AP English Literature 2014-15 Unit 3

Unit 3: Escape and Entrapment

 

Assessments

 

Extended Literary Texts: 

• No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre
  online text, audiobook 
• Fences by August Wilson
  online text: Act 1, Act 2; video clips of Denzel Washington's performance as Troy Maxson

 

Thursday/Friday 5-6 February

• SELF-REFLECTION: personal vision of Hell 
• MINI-LESSON: visions of Hell in art (PowerPoint)
• MINI-LESSON: Dante's Inferno (circles of Hell, chart, modern image)
• CLOSE-READING: excerpt from Canto III of Inferno (Limbo) 
• SMALL-GROUP ACTIVITY: modern application of Dante's Inferno (online text)
• HOMEWORK: annotation of "Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins" (Gwynn) [Seven Deadly Sins]

Monday/Tuesday 9-10 February

• SMALL-GROUP & GUIDED DISCUSSION: "Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins" (Gwynn) [Seven Deadly Sins]
• MINI-LESSON: Existentialism (philosophical notes, "Do We Enjoy Being Free?" (8-Bit Philosophy video by Wisecrack)
• SMALL-GROUP ANALYSIS: "The Myth of Sisyphus" (Camus)
• CLOSE-READING & ANNOTATION: "Sisyphus and the Sudden Lightness" (Dunn) 

Wednesday/Thursday 11-12 February

• MINI-LESSON: Existentialism and No Exit (textual connections) 
• READING & DISCUSSION: No Exit (Sartre)
• ANALYSIS: setting in No Exit (setting images, setting elements)

Friday/Tuesday 13 & 24 February

• FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Membean vocabulary quiz 
• READING & DISCUSSION: No Exit (Sartre)
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: plot, character, and symbol chart for No Exit (Sartre)

Thursday/Friday 26-27 February

• READING & DISCUSSION: No Exit (Sartre)
• ANALYSIS: setting in No Exit (setting elements)
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: plot, character, and symbol chart for No Exit (Sartre)
• FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: AP Exam multiple-choice practice, timed with answers submitted via Socrative

Monday/Tuesday 2-3 March

• GUIDED LESSON: FRQ3 sample analysis of Heart of Darkness essays 
• SELF-REFLECTION: analysis and log of graded essays
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: plot, character, and symbol chart for No Exit (Sartre) 
• WHOLE-CLASS COLLABORATION:  AP Exam FRQ 3 prompt preparation for No Exit (potential topics, #9 1st period outline, #3 4th period outline, #3 8th period outline)
• HOMEWORK: close-reading and annotation of "Courage" (Sexton) and "This Is Just to Say"(Williams) 

Wednesday/Thursday 4-5 March

• READING & DISCUSSION:  Fences Act 1 (Wilson)
• SMALL-GROUP & INDEPENDENT PREPARATION:  AP Exam FRQ 3 prompt preparation for No Exit (potential topics, #9 1st period outline, #3 4th period outline, #3 8th period outline) 

Friday/Monday 6 & 9 March

• ASSESSMENT 1: AP Exam FRQ 3 (No Exit)  
• READING & DISCUSSION:  Fences Act 1 (Wilson) 

Tuesday/Wednesday 10-11 March

• READING & DISCUSSION: Fences Act 1 and Act 2
• VIEWING & DISCUSSION: Fences Act 1 Scene 1 (YouTube clip); Fences Act 1 Scene 3 ["How come you ain't never liked me?" scene with Denzel Washington (YouTube clip @ 5:20) and James Earl Jones (YouTube clip)]; Fences Act 1 Scene 3 ["I don't want him to be like me!" with Denzel Washington (YouTube clip)] 

Thursday/Friday 12-13 March

• READING & DISCUSSION: Fences Act 1 and Act 2
• HOMEWORK: close-reading and annotation of "Mending Wall" (Frost) 

Monday/Tuesday 16-17 March

• READING & DISCUSSION: Fences Act 2
• VIEWING & DISCUSSION: Fences Act 2 Scene 1 ["I been standing right here with you!" scene with Viola Davis (YouTube clip)] 
• SMALL-GROUP DIFFERENTIATION: chronology analysis of Fences 
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: plot, character, and symbol chart for Fences 
• HOMEWORK: close-reading and annotation of "Five Ways to Kill a Man" (Brock) 

Wednesday/Thursday 18-19 March

• INDEPENDENT WORK:  AP Exam FRQ 3 prompt preparation for Assessment 4 (thesis drafting for potential prompts)
• SMALL-GROUP DIFFERENTIATION: chronology analysis of Fences 
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: plot, character, and symbol chart for Fences 
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: Socratic seminar preparation
• FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: timed AP Exam multiple-choice practice  

Friday/Tuesday 20 & 24 March

• FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: AP Exam multiple-choice practice answers submitted via Socrative 
• GUIDED DISCUSSION: AP Exam multiple-choice percentages 
• DRAFTING of THESIS STATEMENTS:  AP Exam FRQ 3 prompt preparation for Assessment 4 (potential prompts about Fences) 
• STUDENT-TEACHER CONFERENCING: AP Exam FRQ 3 thesis statements for Fences
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: Socratic seminar preparation

Wednesday/Thursday 25-26 March

• ASSESSMENT 2: AP Practice EXAM (multiple-choice & FRQ 3)  

Friday/Monday 27 & 30 March

• ASSESSMENT 3: AP Practice EXAM (FRQ 1 & FRQ 2)

Tuesday/Wednesday 31 & 1 April

• ASSESSMENT 4: AP Exam FRQ 3 (Fences) 
• INDEPENDENT WORK: Socratic seminar preparation  

Thursday/Friday 2 & 3 April

• INDEPENDENT WORK: Socratic seminar preparation
  

Monday/Tuesday 13 & 14 April 

• INDEPENDENT WORK: Socratic seminar preparation 

Wednesday/Thursday 15 & 16 April

• ASSESSMENT 5: Socratic seminar