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1 Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School Unit 1 Writing Review (5 Days) AP English Units and AP English A 1. I can distinguish the different parts of speech as well as identify and correct common grammatical mistakes (subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, verb tense, word usage). 2. I can examine punctuation usage in writing and determine which punctuation is appropriate as well as identify and correct common punctuation mistakes (comma usage, possessives with apostrophes, semicolon/colon usage, punctuation with quotation marks, hyphen/dash usage). 3. I can recognize writing conventions and determine appropriate usage depending on genre, purpose, and audience as well as identify and correct common convention errors (capitalization, numbers, italicizing, quoting). 4. I can construct writing which consistently demonstrates correct grammar, punctuation, and conventions. Unit 2 Writing About Literature (5 Days) 1. I can define and use literary terminology appropriately and effectively. 2. I can compose a strong thesis which determines the direction and argument of my writing. 3. I can identify the literary elements within a text and offer personal criticism of each. 4. I can define rhetoric and explain its importance to writing. 5. I can use MLA formatting accurately while summarizing appropriately. Unit 3 Writing About Prose (10 Days) 1. I can identify story elements and use textual evidence to defend my interpretation of their influence on meaning. 2. I can determine historical and cultural influences which affect authors and influence subjects and writing styles. 3. I can compose an essay which defends a personal reading of a text. 4. I can constructively revise written works. Unit 4 Writing About Poetry (5 Days) Mr. Rykal 6/28/2016 1

2 1. I can define and use literary terminology specific to poetry appropriately and effectively. 2. I can identify figurative language and explain its importance to the text. 3. I can appraise a poem using subject, speaker, form, and structure. 4. I can reflect on the effectiveness of my own writing. Unit 5 Historical Perspectives: Anglo-Saxons through The Middle Ages (10 Days) 1. I can formulate which historical and cultural influences made the greatest impact on the authors and literature from different time periods. 2. I can define hero archetype and determine changes in archetypes through time and cultures. 3. I can analyze difficult text in order to evaluate the characterization techniques used by different authors. 4. I can reconstruct works from different time periods into more current forms of language. Unit 6 Historical Perspectives: The Renaissance (10 Days) 1. I can assess bias and credibility of resources from multiple different sources and create an MLA formatted bibliography. 2. I can generate a research paper which uses several sources and includes cite textual evidence to qualify my claims. 3. I can analyze and evaluate challenging works of literature written in different time periods. 4. I can evaluate the structure of literature to understand the attributes which make it identifiable to certain time periods or writers. 5. I can compose an essay which compares and contrasts a text presented through different media. Unit 7 Historical Perspectives: Restoration and the 18 th Century (10 Days) 1. I can identify the use of satire and irony in literature and explain their rhetorical effectiveness. 2. I can integrate satire and irony into my own writing in order to persuade an audience. 3. I can analyze separate texts which address different perspectives on the same topic. 4. I can compose an essay which critiques the effectiveness of arguments made about different perspectives on the same topic. 5. I can diagram similarities and differences in literature in regards to subject, structure, theme, and style specifically as they relate to different time periods. Mr. Rykal 2/18/2018 2

3 Unit 8 Trimester Review (5 Days) 1. I can identify and use literary terminology correctly when analyzing sample texts. 2. I can analyze style by identifying speaker, audience, situation, and setting in a work of prose or poetry. 3. I can analyze diction and narrative voice in order to make inferences about a text. 4. I can compose an academic essay which offers insightful analysis of a given text. AP English B Unit 1 Historical Perspectives: The Romantic Period (15 Days) 1. The students will re-examine the concepts of heroes and villains along with protagonists and antagonists by reading Mary Shelley s Frankenstein. (RL , RL RL ) 2. The students will articulate the reasons an author chooses to write using a frame story structure. (RL ) 3. The students will provide evidence for their thematic reading of the text by creating a well-supported essay which includes several parenthetical references to the text. (RL , RL ) 4. The students will examine the standard structure of poems used by writers like William Blake and William Wordsworth. (RL , RL ) 5. The students will point out the differences in the structures used by poets like Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. (RL , RL ) 6. The students will compare poems from this period to others from this period as well as those from previous periods in order to understand the progression of writing.(formal Writing) Unit 2 Historical Perspectives: Victorian Period and American Realism (10 Days) 1. The students will review the concepts of rhetorical devices used in literature in order to make an argument. (W ) 2. The students will analyze the use of imagination mixed with religion in order to decide whether it is an effective rhetorical device in Leo Tolstoy s What Men Live By. (RL , Formal Writing). 3. The students will compare and contrast the use of fiction versus nonfiction as rhetorical devices, specifically pathos and logos, while reading excerpts of Upton Sinclair s The Jungle and Eric Schlosser s Fast Food Nation. (RL , RI ) Mr. Rykal 2/18/2018 3

4 4. The students will explain the strengths and weaknesses of each work by composing a short, timed essay which argues for or against the effectiveness of each. (Formal Writing) 5. The students will demonstrate their ability to analyze poems using appropriate terminology by writing criticisms of poems written by Robert Browning and Matthew Arnold. (RL ,W ) Unit 3 Historical Perspectives: Modernism (10 Days) 1. The students will discuss the influences of war by examining the poems Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen and The Rear-Guard by Siegfried Sassoon. (RL , SL , SL ) 2. The students will examine the bleak interpretations of T. S. Elliot s poetry and compose an essay which traces the influences from the poems to historical events. (RL , RI , W ) 3. The students will read Elizabeth Bowen s The Demon Lover and evaluate the author s use of figurative language to create its particular tone. (RL ) 4. The students will read the first part of D. H. Lawrence s The Rocking-Horse Winner and then construct an appropriate ending which continues the author s tone of the original story. (RL , W ) 5. The students will compose a short, timed essay which focuses on the new writing style of the modernist period. (RL , RL , W ) Unit 4 Historical Perspectives: Contemporary Literature (10 Days) 1. The students will examine the themes used by Robert Frost in the poems The Road Not Taken, Fire and Ice, and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. (RL ) 2. The students will read The Great Gatsby and interpret the social criticism Fitzgerald is making by deciding how the characterizations of Nick, Tom, Daisy, and Jay Gatsby relate to their positions in society. (RL , RL , RL , RL ) 3. The students will examine the structure of the novel in order to judge the effectiveness of using a first person narrator who is outside the main conflict of the story. (RL , RL ) 4. The students will compose an essay which examines how the structure and themes of the novel portray aspects of several different previous periods of literature. (Formal Writing) Unit 5 World Literature (10 Days) Mr. Rykal 2/18/2018 4

5 1. The students will read Chinua Achebe s Civil Peace and Nadine Gordimer s Six Feet of the Country and categorize the qualities of the protagonist, antagonist, and other story elements of each. (RL , RL , W ) 2. The students will interpret the differences and similarities of protagonist qualities as similarities and differences between American and other cultures. (RL ) 3. The students will chose a novel from the selection of authors provided (examples; Waiting for the Barbarians, The Alchemist, Things Fall Apart) in order to read and examine a text by focusing on story elements. (RL , RL , RL , RL ) 4. The students will construct a criticism of their chosen work which compares and contrasts the works to others we have examined in class. (Formal Writing) 5. The students will present their examination and criticism to the class in a short speech and presentation. (SL , SL ) Unit 6 Trimester Review (5 Days) 1. The students will be able to use literary terminology correctly when analyzing sample texts. (SL , L , L ) 2. The students will be able to distinguish works from different periods by examining qualities such as theme, subject, and structure. (L , L ) 3. The students will be able to support their readings of texts using evidence gathered from the texts. (W ) Unit 1 AP Test Prep Drama (15 Days) AP English C 1. I can read William Shakespeare s Hamlet and offer a paraphrase of some of the most important scenes in order to show my understanding of the language. 2. I can identify and define literary terminology which is most often associated with dramatic works. 3. I can synthesize a thematic essay based on one of eight subjects discussed in the play: mental illness, death, family relationships, friendships, women, fate, deception, or revenge. 4. I can analyze practice AP English multiple choice tests and review for trends in my incorrect answers. Unit 2 AP Test Prep Novel (15 Days) Mr. Rykal 2/18/2018 5

6 1. I can apply close reading skills to Joseph Conrad s Heart of Darkness in order to discern the important story elements of setting, characterization, point of view, and conflict. 2. I can examine the deeper meaning of Heart of Darkness by applying historical references and understanding the symbolism in important scenes. 3. I can defend my understanding of the most important theme of the text by writing a well-supported essay which scores a 6 or higher on the AP Essay Rubric. 4. I can use appropriate literary terminology correctly in my writing. Unit 3 AP Test Prep Poetry (15 Days) 1. I can define and identify the figurative language and literary terminology most commonly used when analyzing poetry. 2. I can complete multiple AP English multiple choice practice exams which focus directly on poetry and score higher than the test average. 3. I can examine multiple poems and identify stylistic characteristics from different literary periods as well as different poets. 4. I can compose a timed writing based on the released AP English exam questions which meets the standards of a 6 or higher on the AP Essay Rubric. Unit 4 High School Review (10 Days) 1. I can compose professional writing in multiple genres (business letters, s, memorandums, and resumes) which demonstrate appropriate tone, professional demeanor, and contain no errors in grammar, punctuation, or conventions. 2. I can produce a portfolio designed to acquire a job and present it in an interview. 3. I can construct a narrative essay which describes how I have changed, grown, and learned over the course of my schooling. Mr. Rykal 2/18/2018 6

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