AP Literature and Composition Assignments
- Instructor
- Mrs. Dana Coogan
- Term
- 2016-2017 School Year
- Department
- English
- Description
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This course engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students will deepen their understanding of the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure to their readers.
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EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: Practice taking tests on Shmoop.
How? Create an account, if you don't already have one (see me for instructions/magic word).
Find "join class" and enter code c8434
As you take tests, you will earn "shmoints," and this is how I will give you extra credit. I will be putting points in the quiz/test category of your grade.
Have fun!
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Read Heart of Darkness part 3--QUIZ
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Read Heart of Darkness part 2--QUIZ
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Read Heart of Darkness, part 1--QUIZ
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Finish The Awakening
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The Awakening through ch. 31
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2nd (typed) draft due (5 pages minimum for full credit)
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1st (typed) draft due (3 pages minimum for full credit)
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Working thesis due
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Read 1984 through end of part 3 (quiz in class)
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Read 1984 through end of part 2 (quiz in class)
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Read 1984 through end of part 1 (quiz in class)
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Read chs. 19-30 The Scarlet Letter; fourth journal entry due and quiz
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Read chs. 12-18 in The Scarlet Letter; third journal entry due and quiz
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Read chs. 7-11 in The Scarlet Letter; second journal entry due and quiz
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Read chs. 1-6 in The Scarlet Letter; first journal entry due in TURNITIN (prompts in attachment) and quiz
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You may revise your poetry analysis and resubmit for a higher grade (no grades will be lowered under any circumstance, so there is nothing to lose by taking advantage of this opportunity).
Revise means to examine the comments made on your performance in relation to each of the six traits of writing and make some serious decisions about how to improve weak areas.
In order to receive a grade change, your revision MUST be accompanied by a one-page (typed, double-spaced) metacognitive analysis addressing the following:
- What did you learn about your own writing process through this revision experience?
Due Monday, November 28th, with ORIGINAL GRADED COPY ATTACHED, along with REFLECTION
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Read Act 5 of Hamlet; Quiz!
Hamlet Log due
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Read Act 4 of Hamlet; Quiz!
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Read Act 3 of Hamlet; Quiz!
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Read Act 2 of Hamlet; Quiz!
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Read Act 1 of Hamlet; Quiz!
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POETRY ESSAY DUE IN CLASS OR IN IC
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In class essay/quiz on Antigone
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TYPED DRAFT OF POETRY ESSAY IN CLASS FOR PEER REVIEW
No credit if not typed, or not in class at the beginning of the period
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Poem selected for essay due IN CLASS
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Annotated List of Works Cited for poetry project due, printed or in IC (NO EMAILS)
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GoW Quiz 3; CRIS #3 due
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GoW Quiz 2; CRIS #2 due
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GoW Quiz 1 (chs. 1-11); CRIS #1 due
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Terminology Quiz (based on summer word list)
Turn in HTRLLAP graphic organizer (unless you were a late add to class)