AP+English

Welcome to AP English! Miss Alison A. Cox, M.Ed. acox@bedford.k12.oh.us 440-786-3531  Class Calendar  Class Syllabus/Expectations  Note Cards

**Part 1: Summer Reading** REQUIRED: [|Lord of the Flies by William Golding], [|How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster], [|Nickel & Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich]  CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: [|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|The Kite Runner by Kahled Hosseini] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare] //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">NOTE: Summer Reading links will take you to a wikipedia article about the book. //

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;">**Part 2: Books/Units/Schedule** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 1. Taste as an Issue - "Appointment with Love" by S. I. Kishor and "The Chaser" by John Collier <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. Review of Analysis 1 week <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 3. Greek Tragedy - Oedipus Rex 1week <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 4. Drama - Othello, the Moor of Venice 3 weeks <span style="cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia,serif;">5. Drama - The Tragical History of of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 3 weeks <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 6. Timed Writing on Drama 1 day <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 7. Novel - Wuthering Heights 3 weeks <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8. Novel - <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> A Lesson Before Dying 3 weeks <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9. Poetry - <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">10. Modern Drama - Everyman, Death of a Salesman <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Compare/Contrast Essay <span style="cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Cry, the Beloved Country <span style="cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia,serif;">College Admission/Scholarship Essays <span style="cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Old Man and the Sea <span style="cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Pygmalion <span style="color: #660000; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia,serif;">A Midsummer Night's Dream

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Rhetoric & Persuasion

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;">**Part 3: AP Test Preparation** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Test Information <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Previous FRQs <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Test Vocabulary <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Test Prep