Curriculum Calendar 

5/6 Pacing Guide/Curriculum Guide/Materials

Unit 1 Writing Freedom: Words that Shaped a Nation

Unit 2 The Individual and Society: Fitting in, or Standing Out?

Unit 3 Power, Protest, and Change: A Spirit of Reform

Unit 4 Grit and Grandeur: The Importance of Place

Unit 5 Facing our Fears: Victims and Victors

Unit 6 Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Tales: The American Short Story

            The curriculum includes guided close reading of texts, collaborative and project based learning experiences  based on the reading materials and standards, research and writing opportunities, comparison of the text to multimedia presentations of The Crucible and Of Mice and Men, micro standard quizzes based on texts, unit assessments, and unit writing assessments. Along with the AZ 11-12 ELA standards, the ACT Reading, English, & Writing  standards will be taught with each unit to prepare students for the ACT test in the spring. 

AP English Literature and Composition 

Short Fiction (Units 1, 4, 7) 

42-49% AP exam weighting

Poetry (Units 2, 5, 8) 

36-45% AP exam weighting

Longer Fiction (Units 3, 6, 9) 

15-18% AP exam weighting

            In the AP Literature and Composition course, students devote themselves to the study of literary  works written in–or translated into–English. Careful reading and critical analysis of such works of  fiction and poetry, selected locally by responsible educators, provide rich opportunities for students to  develop an appreciation of ways literature reflects and comments on a range of experiences,  institutions, and social structures. Students will examine the choices literary writers make and the  techniques they utilize to achieve purposes and generate meanings.

The AP English Literature and Composition Exam assesses students’ understanding of the skills and essential knowledge outlined in the course framework. The exam is 3 hours long, includes 55 multiple-choice questions and 3 free-response questions, and offers students the opportunity to earn college credit. Please visit apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-english-literature-and-composition/exam for additional information.