Hello ! This is AP English Lit for Juniors, designed and produced by Instructor Eloquenté and Extraordinairé Ricardo M, who has accepted additional duties to teach AP Lit for SPX juniors in 2009 - 2010. What a blessing !
In semester one, you will be reading a literary classic for an independent reading book. A list is available below, and the number of titles will continue to grow throughout the summer and school year. The more familiar you are with these titles, the better for you -- whether it be as an English student per sé, or for the AP English Lit test next May. I cannot stress this enough. Some of the titles listed you may read in other classes; there are also literary classics that ACCP U.S. history students will read that will enhance your understanding of both English and history -- titles such as The Crucible, The Grapes of Wrath, Uncle Tom's Cabin, etc.
Most likely, semester 2, your independent project will be a poetry analysis (more on this at a later time).
During this semester 1, after you learn how to do poetry analysis, there will be due periodically a poetry analysis paper; the first of these will be in early October.
We have begun poetry analysis as of September 15th; after that, we will discuss in detail The Kite Runner. After that, we will revisit The Riverside Reader for some essay selections, then proceed to Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, a novel of intrigue and rich language that explores attitudes and customs of early New Englanders and their rigid Puritanism.
AP Lit Classics
AP Lit Summer Assignment
AP Lit Selections: Binder
The Scarlet Letter Internet / Research Resources
Updated: 11/ 22 / 2009
