AP English Lit.
Current Topic(s) of Interest:
Their Eyes Were Watching God, bildungsromans, the Harlem Renaissance, the connection between the WHAT and HOW of Literature, thesis statements, textual evidence, tone, diction
Overview:
This course is a year long course designed to provide college level reading and writing experiences. Our year is divided into three 12-week trimesters, and there are four large units in our class. This course is designed to comply with the curricular requirements described in the AP English Course Description. In the final weeks of the course, we prepare more specifically for the AP Literature Exam which takes place in early May.
In a nutshell, this class provides a college-like experience studying imaginative literature (novels, plays, short stories, and poems) and honing literary analysis skills.
Enjoy this poem about what we do as readers.
➤ "The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently" by Thomas Lux
Read Hamlet by Shakespeare
➤ Click here http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/full.html .
Read Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818)
➤Click here http://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Indexes/chapters.html .
Read The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
➤Click here http://www.gutenberg.org/files/844/844-h/844-h.htm
Shakespeare: All Plays
➤ Click here http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/
STYLE: Words Used to Describe Writing or Speech STYLE
➤ Click here http://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus-category/british/Words-used-to-describe-writing-or-speech-style
STYLE versus DICTION versus TONE versus VOICE
➤ Click here http://www.wheaton.edu/Academics/Services/Writing-Center/Writing-Resources/Style-Diction-Tone-and-Voice