4th - Senior AP English Literature & Composition
4th - Senior AP English Literature & Composition
Friday, October 17th
Begin Analysis Invisible Man
Wednesday, October 15th
⭐ Group Novel: Summative essay (40 minutes)
College Essays -- last work day is TODAY (ED Nov. 1st)
Buy Invisible Man and bring it to class on Friday, October 17th (begin reading analysis)
Tuesday, October 14th
💛 No School: Fall Break 🍂
Monday, October 13th
💛 No School: Fall Break 🍂
Friday, October 10th
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
Tag me (taryn.cawlfield@bvsd.org) with questions, or if you are ready for an edit!
📚 Group Novel Formative: Due TODAY!! (share with Cawlfield)
⭐ Consider Dates:
Group Novels -- must be finished by Wednesday, October 15th (summative)
College Essays -- last work day is Wednesday, October 15th (ED Nov. 1st)
Buy Invisible Man and bring it to class on Friday, October 17th (begin reading analysis)
Wednesday, October 8th
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
Tag me (taryn.cawlfield@bvsd.org) with questions, or if you are ready for an edit!
📚 Group Novel Formative: Due Friday, October 10th
⭐ Consider Dates:
Group Novels -- must be finished by Wednesday, October 15th (summative)
College Essays -- last work day is Wednesday, October 15th (ED Nov. 1st)
Buy Invisible Man and bring it to class on Friday, October 17th (begin reading analysis)
Tuesday, October 7th
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
Tag me (taryn.cawlfield@bvsd.org) with questions, or if you are ready for an edit!
📚 Group Novel Formative: Due Friday, October 10th
⭐ Consider Dates:
Group Novels -- must be finished by Wednesday, October 15th (summative)
College Essays -- last work day is Wednesday, October 15th (ED Nov. 1st)
Buy Invisible Man and bring it to class on Friday, October 17th (begin reading analysis)
Monday, October 6th
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
Tag me (taryn.cawlfield@bvsd.org) with questions, or if you are ready for an edit!
📚 Group Novel Formative: Due Friday, October 10th
⭐ Consider Dates:
Group Novels -- must be finished by Wednesday, October 15th (summative)
College Essays -- last work day is Wednesday, October 15th (ED Nov. 1st)
Buy Invisible Man and bring it to class on Friday, October 17th (begin reading analysis)
Friday, October 3rd
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
Tag me (taryn.cawlfield@bvsd.org) with questions, or if you are ready for an edit!
14 College Essay Examples From Top-25 Universities (2025–2026)
📚 Group Novel Formative: Due Friday, October 10th
⭐ Consider Dates:
Group Novels -- must be finished by Wednesday, October 15th (summative)
College Essays -- last work day is Wednesday, October 15th (ED Nov. 1st)
Buy Invisible Man and bring it to class on Friday, October 17th (begin reading analysis)
Wednesday, October 1st
⭐ Active Annotating: Read/Annotate/Analyze
ALWAYS define/explain references and words you do not understand!!
What is the novel arguing?
What literary elements (A Poet’s Glossary) are at play?
What time period is the novel written in?
Is the plot taking place in a different time period?
What literary movements is it contributing to?
What genre is it?
What symbols repeat? Extended metaphor(s)?
Start Group Novel Formative: Due Friday, October 10th
Consider Due Dates:
Group Novels -- must be finished by Wednesday, October 15th (summative)
College Essays -- last work day is Wednesday, October 15th (ED Nov. 1st)
📚 Buy Invisible Man and bring it to class on Friday, October 17th (begin reading analysis)
Tuesday, September 30th
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
Tag me (taryn.cawlfield@bvsd.org) with questions, or if you are ready for an edit!
14 College Essay Examples From Top-25 Universities (2025–2026)
📚 Bring Group Choice Novels everyday!! Active Annotations on Wednesday, 10/1
⭐ Consider Dates:
Group Novels -- must be finished by Wednesday, October 15th (summative)
College Essays -- last work day is Wednesday, October 15th (ED Nov. 1st)
Buy Invisible Man and bring it to class on Friday, October 17th (begin reading analysis)
Monday, September 29th
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
Tag me (taryn.cawlfield@bvsd.org) with questions, or if you are ready for an edit!
14 College Essay Examples From Top-25 Universities (2025–2026)
📚 Bring Group Choice Novels everyday!! Active Annotations on Wednesday, 10/1
⭐ Consider Dates:
Group Novels -- must be finished by Wednesday, October 15th (summative)
College Essays -- last work day is Wednesday, October 15th (ED Nov. 1st)
Buy Invisible Man and bring it to class on Friday, October 17th (begin reading analysis)
Friday, September 26th
⭐ Active Annotating: Read/Annotate/Analyze
ALWAYS define/explain references and words you do not understand!!
What is the novel arguing?
What literary elements (A Poet’s Glossary) are at play?
What time period is the novel written in?
Is the plot taking place in a different time period?
What literary movements is it contributing to?
What genre is it?
What symbols repeat? Extended metaphor(s)?
Consider Due Dates:
Group Novels -- must be finished by Wednesday, October 15th (summative)
College Essays -- last work day is Wednesday, October 15th (ED Nov. 1st)
📚 Buy Invisible Man and bring it to class on Friday, October 17th (begin reading analysis)
Wednesday, September 24th
⭐ Active Annotating: Read/Annotate/Analyze
ALWAYS define/explain references and words you do not understand!!
What is the novel arguing?
What literary elements (A Poet’s Glossary) are at play?
What time period is the novel written in?
Is the plot taking place in a different time period?
What literary movements is it contributing to?
What genre is it?
What symbols repeat? Extended metaphor(s)?
Consider Due Dates:
Group Novels -- must be finished by Wednesday, October 15th (summative)
College Essays -- last work day is Wednesday, October 15th (ED Nov. 1st)
📚 Buy Invisible Man and bring it to class on Friday, October 17th (begin reading analysis)
Tuesday, September 23rd
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
Tag me (taryn.cawlfield@bvsd.org) with questions, or if you are ready for an edit!
14 College Essay Examples From Top-25 Universities (2025–2026)
📚 Bring Group Choice Novels for a grade on Wednesday, 9/24!
Monday, September 22nd
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
Tag me (taryn.cawlfield@bvsd.org) with questions, or if you are ready for an edit!
14 College Essay Examples From Top-25 Universities (2025–2026)
📚 Bring Group Choice Novels for a grade on Wednesday, 9/24!
Friday, September 19th
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
14 College Essay Examples From Top-25 Universities (2025–2026)
📚 Bring Group Choice Novels for a grade on Wednesday, 9/24!
Wednesday, September 17th
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
14 College Essay Examples From Top-25 Universities (2025–2026)
📚 Bring Group Choice Novels Everyday!
Tuesday, September 16th
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
14 College Essay Examples From Top-25 Universities (2025–2026)
📚 Bring Group Choice Novels Everyday!
Monday, September 15th
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
14 College Essay Examples From Top-25 Universities (2025–2026)
📚 Select Choice Novels - bring by Tuesday, September 16th
Friday, September 12th
⭐ Drafting college essays continued...
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
14 College Essay Examples From Top-25 Universities (2025–2026)
📚 Select Choice Novels - bring by Tuesday, September 16th
Wednesday, September 10th
⭐ Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire timed formative essay (40 minutes)
Tuesday, September 9th
⭐ Counseling Department: 12th grade BVSD- ICAP
📚 Select Choice Novels - bring by Monday, September 15th
📚📚 Read "The World I Live In" (pages 181-184) for formative essay on Wednesday, September 10th
Monday, September 8th
⭐ Drafting college essays
Make a copy of this and check off boxes as you write: College Essay, Step-by-Step
14 College Essay Examples From Top-25 Universities (2025–2026)
📚 Select Choice Novels - bring by Monday, September 15th
📚📚 Read "The World I Live In" (pages 181-184) for formative essay on Wednesday, September 10th
Friday, September 5th
⭐ Search for colleges/universities!!
Make a folder in Google Drive titled "College Essays"
In your "College Essays" folder make more folders for each college and title them: "CU essays", "Yale essays", "Scholarship Essays", etc.
In each one of those folders create a document that has the college essay prompts pasted on the document.
📚📚 Read "The World I Live In" (pages 181-184) for formative essay on Wednesday, September 10th
Wednesday, September 3rd
⭐ Present or Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Group Discussion (pages 114-179)
Complete: CommonLit 12th Grade Pre-Assessment
📚 Read "The World I Live In" (pages 181-184) for formative essay on Wednesday, September 10th
Tuesday, September 2nd
💛 No School: Professional Development
Monday, September 1st
💛 No School: Labor Day
Friday, August 29th
⭐ Present for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Group Discussion (pages 62-113)
Wednesday, August 27th
⭐ Present for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Group Discussion (pages 18-61)
Tuesday, August 26th
⭐ Present for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Group Discussion (pages 3-17)
Monday, August 25th
⭐ Prepare for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Group Discussion (pages 3-179)
📚 Present for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Group Discussion:
💫Due on Tuesday, August 26th
Friday, August 22nd
⭐ Prepare for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Group Discussion (pages 3-179)
📚 Present for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire Group Discussion:
💫Due on Tuesday, August 26th
Wednesday, August 20th
⭐ Present #10 Group Project
Mrs Cawlfield's defining videos:
Tuesday, August 19th
⭐ Finish #10 Group Project:
Each person looks for interesting images and videos that represent them and relates to their answer for #10/Student Inventory: foods, novels, films, songs, places to travel, hobbies, etc.
Each person in the group should eventually add at least 2 photos/videos to the document
Each person writes a short well written paragraph (10+ sentences) under the videos or images analyzing their importance
📚DUE TODAY Share it with Mrs. Cawlfield: taryn.cawlfield@bvsd.org
re-title the document listing all your first names so I can easily open it on Block for the class
Monday, August 18th
⭐Summer Reading: A Streetcar Named Desire DUE TODAY on Google Classroom
📚 2025-2026 AP Literature and Composition Syllabus
⭐ One person will create a GoogleDoc with their group:
Title it "#10 Group Project"
Share it with everyone in the groups as editors
Share it with me too: taryn.cawlfield@bvsd.org (make me an editor)
Go to "File" select "Page setup" select "Pageless"
Each person looks for interesting images and videos that represent them and relates to their answer for #10/Student Inventory: foods, novels, films, songs, places to travel, hobbies, etc.
Each person in the group should eventually add at least 2 photos/videos to the document
Each person writes a short well written paragraph (10+ sentences) under the videos or images analyzing their importance
DUE Tuesday, August 19th (at the end of the period)
Friday, August 15th
⭐Student Inventory DUE TODAY
Google Classroom Code: jw4mp5g
📚 Summer Reading: A Streetcar Named Desire
DUE Monday, August 18th (at the start of the period)
Thursday, August 14th
💜 Welcome to your new favorite class!
Make a copy of this Student Inventory and respond to the questions, in extensive detail.
DUE Friday, August 15th (at the start of the period)
📚 Summer Reading: A Streetcar Named Desire
DUE Monday, August 18th (at the start of the period)