English IV Honors / Pre-AP



AP English Literature and Composition 10014302017-2018At GCHS each student is required to take the AP exam at the date and time established by College Board. Neither, GCHS nor CCPS has control over the date or time an AP Exam is scheduled. Students may not request to have a change in either a date or time of an exam. Any student who fails to arrive on time for an AP exam or who misses an AP exam will be assessed a fee. Welcome. You have chosen to commit to a very rigorous and extensive study of Literature and the English Language. The Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition course is a college-level, introductory course in the reading and critical analysis of literature. The course is concerned with language as a symbolic process and with literature as experience preserved in language. For those students who complete all the requirements for the AP Literature and Composition curriculum, the skills necessary to read and respond to literature as demanded by college level courses will have been met. The demands of this course will be many. This course will guide you for successful and beneficial college-level, literary analysis necessary for successful completion of the AP English Literature and Composition requirements as mandated by the College Board; in addition, it will prepare you for using research for writing authentic papers and developing multi-media presentations. For a more complete overview of the course as described by the College Board, please consult the following links: and A great deal of the work for this class will be done independently. Outside readings, writings, and research will comprise the majority of the work. At the completion of various literary works, each student will be responsible for a position paper, research paper, or presentation. In addition, timed writings will be scheduled throughout the year. During the year, students will also work on the development of multiple choice questions based on poetry and prose excerpts.This summer (2017) students are required to complete two reading assignments and are encouraged to read additional novels or plays that appear on the independent book list.Summer Reading – Two Novels and one play (You may obtain Poisonwood Bible from Mrs. Gorence in room 5-125 prior to the end of May 2016; however, it is recommended that you purchase your own copy so that you may annotate and highlight significant passages.) Please check with Mrs. Gorence for availability of the other titles. Not all books are available for loan.Poisonwood Bible: Keep a reader reaction journal on Poisonwood Bible to enable you to participate in a Socratic Seminar during the first week of class. In order to help you retain the information you may need for the discussion, you are encouraged to maintain journal entries that analyze: the narrator perspective; the effective techniques employed by the author; the effect of setting or other components on a character’s actions; the questions that arise concerning theme, action, character development; the motivations of characters and how he or she changes; the impact and connection of this book to other works, your experiences, and the world. Please make sure you use textual support in your reflections.You will be required to write a paper based on a close reading of this book at the conclusion of the Socratic Seminar.If you have not read Othello by Shakespeare, please have it read by the first day of class.Choose one of the novels from the list of novels recommended by College Board:After reading the book of your choice, respond to one of the five questions. Your typed responses will be collected the first day of classes:It has often been said that what we value can be determined only by what we sacrifice. Consider how this statement applies to a character from a novel or play. Select a character that has deliberately sacrificed, surrendered, or forfeited something in a way that highlights that character’s values. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how the particular sacrifice illuminates the character’s values and provides a deeper understanding of the meaning of the work as a whole. Examine the novel’s presentation of one of the relationships within the novel.Choose a novel or play in which cultural, physical, or geographical surroundings shape psychological or moral traits in a character.Choose a character from a novel or play who responds in some significant way to justice or injustice. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the character’s understanding of justice, the degree to which the character’s search for justice is successful, and the significance of this search for the work as a whole.In a literary work, a minor character, often known as a foil, possesses traits that emphasize, by contrast or comparison, the distinctive characteristics and qualities of the main character. For example, the ideas or behavior of a minor character might be used to highlight the weaknesses or strengths of the main character. Choose a novel or play in which a minor character serves as a foil for the main character. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the relation between the minor character and the major character illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole.Novels and plays often depict characters caught between colliding cultures -- national, regional, ethnic, religious, institutional. Such collisions can call a character’s sense of identity into question. Select a novel or play in which a character responds to such a cultural collision. Then write a well-organized essay in which you describe the character’s response and explain its relevance to the work as a whole.Hint: Make sure you have dealt with all parts of the question, you have not merely provided plot summary, and you have provided textual evidence to support your claims. Absalom, Absalom Agnes of GodThe Age of InnocenceA Lesson Before DyingAll the Light We Cannot SeeAll The King’s MenAll My SonsAll the Pretty HorsesAmerica is in the HeartAn American TragedyAnd the Mountains EchoedAnna KareninaA Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManA Prayer for Owen MeaneyAs I Lay DyingA Thousand AcresA Thousand Splendid SunsAtonementThe AwakeningBelovedBleak HouseBless Me, UltimaBlindnessThe Bonesetter’s DaughterBrave New WorldThe Brothers KaramazovThe CaretakerCatch 22Cat’s EyeCeremonyThe Cherry OrchardThe Color PurpleA Confederacy of DuncesCrime and PunishmentThe CrossingDavid CopperfieldThe DeadThe Death of Ivan IllyichDoctor ZhivagoThe DollmakerAn Enemy of the PeopleExtremely Loud and Incredibly CloseThe FallA Farewell to ArmsFathers and SonsFifth BusinessA Gathering of Old MenThe Golden BowlThe Good SoldierGo Tell It on the MountainHard TimesThe HomecomingHouse Made of DawnThe House of the Seven Gables-11121120595Suggested AP Reading ListSuggested AP Reading ListInvisible ManIn the Lake of the WoodsJ.B.JazzJoseph AndersJoe Turner’s Come and GoneThe Joy Luck ClubJude the ObscureKing LearThe Kite RunnerSnow Falling on CedarsThe JungleA Lesson before DyingLight in AugustLord JimLove in the Time of CholeraThe Loved OneLove MedicineMacBethMain StreetMajor BarbaraMansfield ParkM. ButterflyThe Member of the WeddingThe Memory Keeper’s DaughterMiddlemarchMiddlesexMoby DickMonkey BridgeMother CourageMrs. DallowayMrs. Warren’s ProfessionMy AntoniaThe NamesakeNative SonNative SpeakerNineteen Eighty-fourNo Country for Old MenNo-No- boyObasanOne Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichOne Hundred Years of SolitudeThe OtherOur Mutual FriendPamelaA Passage to IndiaPersuasionThe Piano LessonThe Piano TunerPainThe PlaguePortrait of a LadyThe Power and the GloryPraise Song for the WidowPride and PrejudiceRedburnSaint JoanSaturdayThe Shipping NewsSister CarrieSister of My HeartSlaughterhouse FiveSnowSnow Falling on CedarsSnow Flower and the Secret FanSong of SolomonSons and LoversSoul MountainThe Sound and the FuryThe Stone AngelThe Story of Edgar SawtelleThe Sun Also RisesSulaA Tale of Two CitiesTess of the D’ubervillesA Thousand AcresTo the LighthouseTom JonesThe RailThe Secret HistoryThings Fall ApartThe Things They CarryTristram ShandyVictoryThe WardenWashing SquareWide Sargasso SeaWinesburg, OhioWinter in the BloodWhite TeethWise BloodThe Woman WarriorThe Women of Brewster PlaceWuthering HeightsThe Zoo StoryZoot Suit ................
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