| AP 12 British Literature |
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| The 12th grade AP/GT program is a challenging college level course offered to highly able and motivated students which provides the learning experiences and academic orientation essential for success on the advanced placement exam and in post-secondary work (college). The curriculum is an integration of composing, interpreting, and language experiences, which grow out of the chronological study of British literature. The main focus of this course is to prepare students for college, culminating in the AP literature exam. |
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Unit 1: Early British Literature (5-6 weeks)
Readings: Anglo-Saxon poetry, Beowulf, Canterbury Tales (Prologue and 1-2 tales), appropriate critical essays
Composing: critical/analytical essay, independent research proposal, college application essay
Focus: defining the literary canon, etymology of English (Old & Middle English), review research skills and critical approaches
Unit 2: Renaissance and 18th Century (10-11 weeks)
Readings: Hamlet, As You Like It, excerpts from Paradise Lost & Rape of the Lock, “Modest Proposal”, sonnets, and metaphysical poetry
Composing: research based critical paper, persuasive speech/essay using satire, character analysis (Shakespeare)
Focus: Modern English, Humanism, tragedy vs. comedy, Neoclassicism, epic/mock epic, satire
Unit 3: 19th Century Literature (7-8 weeks)
Readings: Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, Importance of Being Ernest, Romantic and Victorian poetry, appropriate critical essays
Composing: analysis of literary elements in a work, closed form poem(s), writing log entries for short story, technical report or argument
Focus: Romanticism, Victorian attitudes, poetry
Unit 4: Modern/ 20th Century Literature (9-10 weeks)
Readings: Heart of Darkness, 1984, poetry of Eliot & Yeats, various modern short stories and poems
Composing: Short story of 8-12 pages, oral presentation lesson explicating a poem, completion of portfolio
Focus: Existentialism, modernism, (deconstruction and post-modernism if time allows)
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