Doth Grin: AP Literature and Composition 2005-2006

AP Literature and Composition/Mr. Tyler 2005-2006

AP Literature Calendar July 2005 (assignments under calendar)

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(AP 11 Archived material available on the AP 11 Link)

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First Day of School

Poisonwood Bible Essay assigned July 24th, formally assigned July 26th
Literary Criticism: An Overview of Approaches
Cornell Notetaking Handout

Poisonwood Bible	Poisonwood Bible Essay Assignment due August 4th and August 5th (New July 24th!!!) Poisonwood Bible Summer Reading Assignment Patrice Lumumba's Independence Day Speech Lumumba biography Congo History (1908-1960); Congo History (since 1960, with more links under article)
First Week of School:	AP 12 Syllabus AP 12 Year in Review: Find out what is planned for the year. The whole year. This list is not set in stone, so be sure to pay attention to deadlines when work is formally assigned. AP Writing Handbook (revised)(Word) AP Writing Handbook (PDF file)
Literary Criticism	Literary Criticism: An Overview of Approaches Get a jump on this first week lecture by reading up on these approaches. They will be critical during the year. Literary Resources: Some brief materials that can help understand certain literary time periods. "The Problem of Meaning": An examination into the old question about what a work of literature is "supposed" to mean.
Writing	Cornell Notetaking: This year, taking notes is extremely critical and part of your overall grade. Find out how to take successful notes with the Cornell method handout.

AP Literature Calendar August 2005
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
July 2005 Info on AP 12 Page	1 AP Syllabus due Preface	2 AP MC Quiz 1 (Zero, 1st, and 2nd)	3 AP MC Quiz 2 (5th)	4 Poisonwood Bible Essay; Notes (1st and 2nd)	5 Poisonwood Bible Essay; Notes (Zero and 5th)	6
7	8 Fiction Terms Test Resume Beowulf 1-5	9 Beowulf 6-10 (1st, 2nd)	10 Beowulf 6-10 (Zero, 5th)	11 Beowulf 11-18 (1st, 2nd) Explication	12 Beowulf 11-18 (Zero, 5th); Explication	13
14	15 Beowulf Mini Essay due College Application (Recommendation letter is Aug. 22) Beowulf 19-26 (All classes)	16 Beowulf 27-35 (1st, 2nd) AP MC Quiz 2 (Zero, 1st, and 2nd)	17 Beowulf 27-35 (Zero, 5th) AP MC Quiz 2 (5th)	18 Beowulf 36-43 (1st, 2nd) Essay Examples for Beowulf Major Essay	19 Beowulf 36-43 (Zero, 5th) Essay Examples for Beowulf Major Essay	20
21	22 Recommendation letter due; College Essay (Students may use their 11th grade 2nd sem. essay)	23 Elements of Style Test (Zero, 1st and 2nd) Beowulf MC Test (1st and 2nd)	24 Elements of Style Test (5th) Beowulf MC Test (Zero and 5th)	25 Canterbury Tales begins (buy your Penguin Classics edition now at Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com)	26 Canterbury Tales begins (buy your Penguin Classics edition now at Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com)	27
28 Beowulf Major Essay due at turnitin.com AT 8:00 (deadline change)	29 Beowulf Major Essay due Literary Forms Test moved to Sept. 12th	30 Prologue (Canterbury Tales) reading due (1st and 2nd)	31 Prologue (Canterbury Tales) reading due (Zero and 5th)	Major Deadlines: Beowulf Essay UPDATE: Turnitin.com deadline is 8:00 Sunday evening! Literary Forms Test (September 12th)

Beowulf: August 2nd-26th	Beowulf Online Text (Old and Modern English) (With DSL and Dial-Up Access, best one with lines) English 311 Site: (with lines from various translators) Beowulf Online Text (Old and Modern/Late Elizabethan English) (no line numbers) For those who enjoyed the story: Purchase the Seamus Heaney version at Amazon.com Resources for the Study of Beowulf (Great site for helping with developing Beowulf notes, strengthen your assignment grade with these resources)
Literary Criticism	Archetypes Handout (an AP must have item) Literary Resources: Some brief materials that can help understand certain literary time periods. "The Problem of Meaning": An examination into the old question about what a work of literature is "supposed" to mean.
Literary Terms	Literary Forms Vocabulary:
This month's Archive	History of English Language English Language History (another site) Literary Criticism: An Overview of Approaches	AP 12 Syllabus Fiction Terms Vocabulary: Elements of Style Vocabulary: Cornell Notetaking:

AP Literature Calendar September 2005
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Beowulf Information Archived on AP12 page August 2005 Info on AP 12 Page AP 12 Year in Review				1 Knight's Tale; Miller's Tale; Reeve's Tale; Cook's Tale (1st and 2nd)	2 Knight's Tale; Miller's Tale; Reeve's Tale; Cook's Tale (Zero and 5th)	3
4	5 Labor Day/No Classes	6 Senior Research Paper: Research for 3 Schools due; Canterbury Group B (see assignment guide) due (1st and 2nd)	7 Senior Research Paper: Research for 3 Schools due Canterbury Group B (see assignment guide) due (Zero and 5th)	8 Canterbury Group C (see assignment guide) due (1st and 2nd)	9 Canterbury Group C (see assignment guide) due (Zero and 5th)	10
11	12 Literary Forms Test	13 MC Quiz #4 Canterbury Group D (see assignment guide) due (1st and 2nd)	14 MC Quiz #4 Canterbury Group D (see assignment guide) due (Zero and 5th)	15 Canterbury Group E due (1st and 2nd) College Research Paper Spreadsheets (moved to Monday, 9.19)	16 Canterbury Group E due (Zero and 5th) College Research Paper Spreadsheets (moved to Monday, 9.19)	17
18	19 SSR Period (possible) College Research Paper Spreadsheets (all classes)	20 Canterbury Group F (see assignment guide) due (1st and 2nd)	21 Canterbury Group F (see assignment guide) due (Zero and 5th)	22 Independent Reading Essay due all classes by 12:30; Turnitin.com by midnight Canterbury Group G (see assignment guide) due (1st and 2nd)	23 Canterbury Group G (see assignment guide) due (Zero and 5th)	24
25	26 Canterbury Group H and I (see assignment guide) due all classes Introduction to Perrine's Literature	27 Canterbury In-Class Essay (40 minutes, Zero, 1st and 2nd periods)	28 Canterbury In-Class Essay (40 minutes, 5th Period)	29 Perrine's Literature	30 Perrine's Literature

The Canterbury Tales	Canterbury Tales Assignments (with lines from various translators) Canterbury Tales Online (for use if you do not have the book)
Writing	Writer's Guide to MLA Style: Download this program for easy access to MLA Questions!!! Writing College Essays: Get these handy tidbits for college essay writing MLA Crib Sheet for Essays: Another must have handout; students are heavily advised to download!!! Sample Essays: Check out these models of what you should be doing!!! AP Writing Handbook (revised)(Word) AP Writing Handbook (PDF file)
Literary Criticism	Archetypes Handout (an AP must have item) Literary Resources: Some brief materials that can help understand certain literary time periods. "The Problem of Meaning": An examination into the old question about what a work of literature is "supposed" to mean.
Literary Terms	Literary Forms Vocabulary: These words will be test September 12th, 2005
Scholarships: (1st posting August 9th, 2005; archives will begin in mid-September)	FastWeb: Get access to more than 600,000 scholarships!!! Prestigious Scholarships via FinAid.org Unusual Scholarships via FinAid.org Financial Aid Applications (including FAFSA) Presidential Freedom Scholarship

AP Literature Calendar October 2005
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
UPDATED: November Scholarship Information						1
2	3 Fall Intercession through October 17th (14th for teachers)	4	5	6	7	8
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16	17 October Scholarship Information Recommendation Form NEW	18 Perrine's Literature	19 Perrine's Literature	20 College Research Project Due!!!	21	22
23	24 Macbeth Begins (you can purchase your book at Barnes and Noble at Germann and Gilbert --35 copies have been ordered)	25 Perrine's/Macbeth Calendar Revised 1st/2nd periods: Get a better copy of the Perrine's poetry assignment for Thursday.	26 Perrine's/Macbeth Calendar Revised	27 Perrine's Poetry Assignment #2 1st and 2nd, this is a better copy of the assignment I gave you on Tuesday! MC Quiz #2.2	28 Perrine's Poetry Assignment #2 MC Quiz #2.2	29
30	31 Macbeth Act I Reading and Questions due

AP Literature Calendar November 2005
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
UPDATED: November Scholarship Information (Several November deadlines, so please move quickly!!!)		1 Macbeth Act I Cornell Notes due (Zero, 1st and 2nd) Shakespeare Close Reading	2 Macbeth Act I Cornell Notes due (5th) Shakespeare Close Reading	3 Macbeth Act II Reading/Questions due (1st and 2nd)	4 Macbeth Act II Reading/Questions due (1st and 2nd)	5
6	7 Macbeth Act II Cornell Notes (all classes) Do not forget to check out the Macbeth links below for analysis help!! Grades are now updated.	8 Macbeth Act III Reading/Questions/Cornell Notes due (Zero, 1st and 2nd) Get the Cornell Note Template for those of you who like the format!!!	9 Macbeth Act III Reading/Questions/Cornell Notes due (5th) Get the Cornell Note Template for those of you who like the format!!!	10 Macbeth Act IV Reading/Questions/Cornell Notes due ALL CLASSES!!!	11 Veteran's Day, No Classes	12
13	14 Macbeth Act IV Reading/Questions/Cornell Notes due (5th)	15 Enlightment Background begins Macbeth Act V Reading/Questions/Cornell Notes due (Zero, 1st and 2nd)	16 Enlightment Background begins Macbeth Act V Reading/Questions/Cornell Notes due (5th)	17 Timed Writing (1st and 2nd) Literary Terms Test AP Extra Credit Assignment handout now available	18 Timed Writing (Zero, 5th) Literary Terms Test	19
20	21 Macbeth Essay due Moliere: Tartuffe begins (students do not need to buy text; there will be in-class reading and text online)	22	23	24	25	26
27	28 Novel Extra Credit due Tartuffe In-Class reading (Zero and 5th)	29 Tartuffe Act 3 reading due (Zero, 1st and 2nd) AP MC Quiz Tartuffe Act 4 (limited availablity)	30 Tartuffe Act 3 reading due (5th) AP MC Quiz Tartuffe Act 4 (limited availablity)	Tartuffe Act 3 and 4 limited download

AP Literature Calendar December 2005
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Independent Reading Essay #2 due Dec. 7th December Scholarship Information				1 Tartuffe Act 4 reading; Tartuffe Act 5 now available	2 Tartuffe Act 4 reading: Tartuffe Act 5 now available	3
4	5 Tartuffe Act 5 reading due; study questions also due (all classes) Perrine's Poetry Unit 2	6 Calendar for remainder of semester	7 Independent Reading Essay #2 due Zero and 5th Period	8 Independent Reading Essay #2 due 1st and 2nd periods Denotation and Connotation Handout due (available in class only)	9 Denotation and Connotation Handout due (available in class only)	10
11	12 Root Test #14	13 AP MC Quiz	14 AP MC Quiz	15 Final Exam Phase 1: Zero, 1st and 2nd 40 minute essay	16 Final Exam Phase 1: 5th Period: 40 minute essay	17
18	19	20	21 Final Exams (1st and 2nd periods)	22 Final Exams (Zero and 5th periods) Semester Grades now available!!! Happy and Safe Holidays to all!	23	24
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*Tartuffe*	Tartuffe, an examination of the play (be sure to read this!!!) The Enlightenment (additional background)
Macbeth Supplemental Materials	Freud's View on the Macbeth (psychoanalytical view of the play) Perrine's/Macbeth Calendar A.C. Bradley Criticisms on Macbeth (Good analysis!) Modern Criticisms of Macbeth Comedic View of Macbeth, ("Macbeth, or how to stab kings and injure people") but contains spoilers, so wait until you have finished reading the play!
AP Reading	AP Independent Reading Guide (for "Enhanced Points") AP 2nd Quarter List for "Independent Reading" Assignment AP 2nd Quarter IR Essay
Literary Criticism	Archetypes Handout (an AP must have item) Literary Resources: Some brief materials that can help understand certain literary time periods.

AP Literature Calendar April 2006
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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2	3 Three Days of Fury: Essay #2 (All Classes)	4 (MATH AIMS/HALF DAY) Three Days of Fury: Essay #3 (Zero, 1st and 2nd)	5 Three Days of Fury: Essay #3 (5th)	6 Hamlet Act I Reading and Questions	7 Hamlet Act I Reading and Questions	8
9	10 Root Test #16 Hamlet Act II Reading and questions	11 Hamlet Act III Reading and questions (Zero, 1st and 2nd)	12 Hamlet Act III Reading and questions (5th)	13 Hamlet Act IV Reading and questions (Zero, 1st and 2nd)	14 Hamlet Act IV Reading and questions (5th)	15
16	17	18 Hamlet Act V Reading and questions (Zero, 1st and 2nd)	19 Hamlet Act IV Reading and questions (5th)	20 AP Exam Preparation	21 AP Exam Preparation The Project due TUESDAY, 4.25 (change to mark month til graduation)	22
23	24 Hamlet Objective Test	25 Hamlet, the movie; AP Lit. Preparation	26 Hamlet, the movie; AP Lit. Preparation	27 Hamlet, the movie	28 The Project DUE; no exceptions, no e-mails; Hamlet, the movie A Doll's House Act II (5th)	29
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The Project	The Project Criteria Source of Mr. Tyler's Lecture (Krista Siegel) Glossary of Literary Theory Another site:Carleton University Brock University on literary theory
Literary Criticism	Archetypes Handout (an AP must have item) Literary Resources: Some brief materials that can help understand certain literary time periods.

Useful links to sites on writing:

Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html
This part of the Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides extensive information on and assistance with grammar, mechanics, and usage as it relates to writing.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html
This part of the OWL site offers handouts and exercises on different aspects of research and the writing of research papers. It includes an extensive tutorial on research papers, called "Research Paper Workshop." There are also PowerPoint presentations related to research and citing sources.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/index.html
This part of the OWL site deals with "General Writing Concerns (Planning/Writing/Revising/Genres)." This portion of the site is useful for all genres (types) of writing assignments.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
This part of the OWL page supplements the information on "when to document a source."

Grammar Handbook at the Writers' Workshop, University of Illinois
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammarmenu.htm
This Handbook explains and illustrates the basic grammatical rules concerning parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentences and sentence elements, and common problems of usage.

Literacy Education Online
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/transitioncues.html
For help with using transitions more effectively

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/cohesion.html
For help with using keywords as transitions

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html
For help with avoiding wordiness especially "it is," "there is," and "there are" at the beginning of sentences and the vague use of "this," "which," and "that."

Dartmouth College Composition Center
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/contents.html
For more on using insert notes, documenting sources, and plagiarism

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~compose/student/ac_paper/what.html
This part of Dartmouth College Composition Center provides extensive assistance in "Writing the Academic Paper." Some of the topics covered are what is an academic paper, coming up with your topic, developing ideas and finding your thesis, revising: cultivating a critical eye, attending to grammar, and attending to style.

English Language Reference Page
http://www.jindagi.com/ref
Search for the meaning of a word in multiple dictionaries. Finds idioms, phrases, rhymes, and thesaurus results for that word.

Media Literacy Sources
ACME
Action Coalition for Media Education has plenty of information to get you rolling.
Media Literacy Resources
Get even more help from this site, including our look into advertising later this semester.

Prose Analysis Mnemonics
Diction: The connotation of the word choice Images : Vivid appeals to understanding through the senses Details: Facts that are included or those omitted Language: The overall use of language, such as formal, clinical, jargon Syntax: (Sentence Structure) how structure affects the reader’s attitude	Subject: The general topic, content, and ideas Occasion: The time and place of the piece Audience: Group of readers to whom this piece is directed Purpose: Reason Behind the text Speaker: The voice that tells the story

Advanced Placement Sources
College Board (AP Language and Composition Course Perspective)
Find out what this course is all about from the National Level

Rhetorical Writing
Handbook of Rhetorical Terms
Expand your knowledge of rhetorical terms and strengthen your academic prowness.
Rhetorical Fallacies
Get even more information on Rhetorical devices

Writing Sources Online
Problems with Literary Citations
Don't go any further with your thesis statement until you check out this site on writing an excellent thesis.
Thesis Writing
Need help with your thesis statements? Check out this handy guide to writing a strong thesis, which leads to a great paper.
Thesis Writing Part II
Don't go any further with your thesis statement until you check out this site on writing an excellent thesis.
Literary Essay
Get some basics on the literary essay and some helpful tools.
Quote Use in Essays! (IMPORTANT LINK)
Using quotes in essays is an essential element for success in Mr. Tyler's class. Find out how to use these now!
Examples of Literary Analysis Paragraphs
Need more help? Check out this web site!

Useful links to sites on writing research papers:

Researchpaper.com
http://www.researchpaper.com
This is a large collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects. Some of the items on this list do cost a little money.

Guide for Writing Research Papers
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm
Read the Modern Language Association's guide to doing research, taking notes, quoting, plagiarism and formatting for research papers.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
This part of the OWL page supplements the information on "when to document a source."

Literacy Education Online
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/transitioncues.html
For help with using transitions more effectively

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/cohesion.html
For help with using keywords as transitions

Dartmouth College Composition Center
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/contents.html
For more on using insert notes, documenting sources, and plagiarism

English Language Reference Page
http://www.jindagi.com/ref
Search for the meaning of a word in multiple dictionaries. Finds idioms, phrases, rhymes, and thesaurus results for that word.