AP English Literature and Composition Marriott Room 224 This course is designed to provide students with the skills necessary to become skilled readers and writers through the study of great works of literature spanning multiple genres and time periods. Students will be taught beginning-college writing through the fundamentals of rhetorical theory, and follows curriculum requirements described in the AP English Course Description. Teacher Schedule Period 1: AP Lit Period 2: English 4H Period 3: Conference Period 4: English 4H Period 5: English 4H Period 6: Lunch Period 7: AP Lit Period 8: AP Lit marrilit.weebly.com Materials: * Digital Device (laptop/tablet/smartphone) * 5 Subject Notebook * Pens (blue/black ink) Major Works*: The Importance of Being Earnest A Streetcar Named Desire As I Lay Dying Hamlet The Handmaid’s Tale Salvage the Bones *All books are subject to change Reading Assignments The most important requirement for this course is that students read every assignment – read it with care and on time. Students unused to literature courses will need to plan time in their schedules to allow for more reading than most courses require. Poetry, though usually not long, is dense and complicated and should always be read at least twice. Novels in particular require planning and time. Short stories have a deceptive title in that they are not always exceedingly short, and will also require planning and time. Beware. Writing Assignments Each student will write 20+ short critical papers, explicating poetry and dramas, and performing a close reading of novels including one that is research based. In general, each paper will use specific and well-chosen evidence to articulate an analysis of poetry, drama, and fiction. These critical essays are based on close textual analysis of structure, style, literary/poetic devices and literary critical perspectives. Specified assignments will be edited and revised with teacher feedback before submission. Teacher feedback will include an examination for effective word choice, inventive sentence structure, effective overall organization, clear emphasis, and above all, excellence of analysis, including exhaustive supportive evidence, (i.e., quotations) and clear, persuasive, elegant connection of this evidence to your overall analysis.

Class Rules IMPORTANT INFO Be Respectful Be Prepared Be Kind In regards to late work: This class is primarily digital. I update the class website daily, which also has a calendar of events. And most of your assignments are due electronically. Therefore, no late work shall be accepted. We’re going to play by college rules here: if, for some reason, you cannot make a deadline for a major assignment, you must request an extension at least 24 hours in advance. That way I will have time to get back to you with whether or not it is approved. Be Prepared Be Kind If you can do this, we’ll have a great year!  Absences and Make-up Work It is the responsibility of the student to make up any work missed due to absence. Students have up to 3 days of returning to school to inquire about the missed work. Students with unexcused absences may obtain make-up work and receive partial credit for the assignment. Plagiarism and Cheating Plagiarism is the use of someone else's published ideas or information and presenting them as your own, without giving proper credit. This is considered a serious academic offense and could lead to the dismissal of the student from a university. During this course, students will be taught how to avoid plagiarism. With that said, this course holds a zero tolerance policy for plagiarism and other forms of cheating. Such actions will result in a zero for the assignment in addition to possible disciplinary action. Again, beware.