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AP® EnglishLiterature and Composition Learning Coach Guide Contents Part C Unit Information12 Short Fiction I Unit13 Poetry I Unit14 Longer Texts I Unit15 Short Fiction II Unit16 Poetry II Unit17 Longer Texts II Unit18 Short Fiction III Unit19 Poetry III Unit20 Longer Texts III Unit21 Part AWelcome to AP® EnglishLiterature and Composition Welcome Letter Dear Learning Coach, Thank you for partnering with CCA and investing in your learner’s education. This Learning Coach Guide is intended to help you support your learner in their Advanced Placement (AP®) English Literature and Composition course. Within this guide, you will find the goals, components, and features of the online course. Please take time to read and review this information so you understand how to help your learner interact with all the course’s elements. The Learning Coach Guide also includes information about each of the units in this course. On each page of unit information, you will discover the following. The Unit Overview will tell you what the focus, content, and skills of the unit will be. The Unit Assessment section is a place for you and your learner to preview the graded work in the course. At the start of each unit, work with your learner to look at the unit in edio and find out which types of graded work are in this unit. The assessment types are provided as a checklist. You can check off each one as your learner completes it. The Unit Materials section tells you the materials your learner will need to complete the activities in this unit. You will also find the materials list repeated within each lesson so that your learner has exactly what they need at the right time. The Unit Discussion Questions are optional questions that you may want to ask your learner during the unit to increase home and school connections about what your learner is studying. In the Unit Notables section, you may find optional activities, literature connections, career connections, technology tips, ideas to help your learner if they get stuck, or safety tips. CCA wishes you and your learner a terrific school year! Supporting Your Learner Your role as a Learning Coach is very important. Here are a few ways you can help your learner do their very best in the course. Help your learner know what time guided or live class instruction is scheduled for, and prompt them to attend sessions or watch recordings. Remember, it is okay for your learner to get stuck. Learning new material takes time. Encourage them to take breaks, keep trying, and even ask the teacher for help. Help your learner navigate technology. That may mean helping them type information or upload work into edio. Always encourage your learner to do their very best. Review the course syllabus for your learner’s course. Advanced Placement® (AP) courses require more from the learners than other courses. You may find that your learner needs more practice, more review, and more support to be successful when compared to non-AP® courses. Excellent AP® learners should strive for mastery. Think of athletes and musicians. They practice until they are excellent. AP® learners should follow that kind of work ethic. Maintain communication with your learner’s teacher. Part BCourse Information Course Goals The AP® English Literature and Composition course provides high school learners with the opportunity to engage with an introductory-level college English curriculum. This course helps learners develop close reading and analytical skills to better understand and interpret fiction, poetry, and drama across the centuries. Your learner will analyze various works according to aspects of structure, style, and theme. They are expected to produce interpretive, analytical, expository, and argumentative compositions to exhibit understanding and promote thoughtful discourse about literature. Your learner will also create meaningful connections among course concepts and deepen their understanding of how writers use language to produce significant, entertaining, and lasting works. By the end of the year, your learner will be able to: explain and analyze character, setting, plot, structure, and narrator or speaker, including their functions within a text; explain and analyze word choice, imagery, and symbols, including their functions within a text; compare and contrast the use of literary elements and devices; demonstrate skills in analysis, synthesis, and evaluation; develop textually substantiated arguments about interpretations of part or all of a text; demonstrate an understanding of the art of reading and writing about literature; and effectively communicate ideas about what is read, both orally and in writing. Course Format Lesson Components: Each day, your learner will spend approximately 50–60 minutes completing an AP® Literature and Composition lesson. Some days may take less time, while other days may take a little more time. It is common for learners taking AP® courses to spend time outside of the scheduled class time completing course reading or studying. This section will help you to understand how your learner’s course is structured in edio. Lesson Bundling: Within the lesson bundles, there are different components your learner will interact with. These components will not be used every day. 1. Getting Started Lesson: There is one Getting Started lesson in this course. It can be found on Day 1 of Unit 1. This lesson includes important information about the course and contact information for your teacher. 2. Unit Overview: Each unit will include a unit overview. This describes what your learner will learn in the unit and how many assessments the unit will have. 3. Prep for Success: At the beginning of each unit, your learner will find a Prep for Success. This component offers learners tips to be successful in the course, such as study tips, important software information, safety reminders, and more. 4. Knowledge Check: There will be one Knowledge Check in each unit. The Knowledge Check is designed to check prior learning and understanding about key skills and concepts that will be taught in the unit. The Knowledge Check is not a graded assessment. Each lesson has its own components to help guide your learner through the lesson. 1. Lesson Overview: At the beginning of every lesson, your learner will see the lesson overview. This section contains lesson objectives, lesson vocabulary, materials your learner will need for the lesson, and the suggested lesson length. 2. Engage: The first section of the lesson is Engage. In this section, learners will be introduced to the lesson by making a connection to past and present knowledge and will get ready for the lesson’s instruction. 3. Discover: New content and instruction is presented in the Discover section. Your learner will interact with the lesson content through defined vocabulary terms, videos, audio, and a variety of activities. Your learner will be able to practice and answer questions as they work through the lesson. 4. Show: Learners will demonstrate what they have learned in the lesson through a series of practice questions. 5. Summary: This section recaps the day’s objectives and prepares learners for a future lesson or assessment. The course includes assignments and projects. These graded assignments allow your learner to show what they have learned and apply their new skills. All CCA assignments and projects include these components. 1. Overview: At the beginning of each assignment or project, your learner will see the overview. This section contains the goals of the assignment or project, materials your learner will need, length of the assignment or project, and directions for its completion. 2. Plan: In the Plan section, learners will be introduced to the assignment or project. Learners may be provided with a review of content from the previous lessons, strategies for completing the activity, graphic organizers, and grading rubrics. 3. Do: Learners put their plan into action and work to complete the assignment or project successfully. This section also provides the grading expectations and/or rubric the teacher will use to grade the work. 4. Reflect: In Reflect, learners will think back to the work they completed. They will reflect upon the experience and analyze how well they completed the task. These moments of reflection are important and allow learners to think about their learning and their work habits. In addition to assignments and projects, this course also includes quizzes, tests, and exams. Quiz: A quiz may be given within or at the end of a topic. Test Review: Before a test, learners will have the opportunity to review the content they will be assessed on in the test. Test: A test will assess learning across topics or at the end of a unit. Exam Review: Before an exam, learners will have the opportunity to review the content they will be assessed on in the exam. Exam: An exam assesses learning over multiple units. Exams are usually seen as midterm and final exams in Advanced Placement courses. Course Features The AP® English Literature and Composition course is designed to help your learner successfully understand what is on the exam they will be taking at the end of the school year. Your learner will study major literary works, develop skills in literary analysis and argument, and learn how to write effective essays for a variety of purposes and situations. They will understand how to make claims about a text and use evidence to support these claims. Your learner will also be able to write cohesive and well-organized essays, practice multiple-choice questions in the style of the AP® English Literature and Composition exam, and understand how to prepare for the exam. This course includes and uses unique features, such as: Free-Response Questions (FRQ) – An FRQ is an open-ended question found on the AP® exam that typically includes a real-world context or scenario. A variety of essay styles, including: Poetry Analysis – your learner will analyze a given poem where they will discuss the elements, such as structure, theme, and language, of the poem and how they work together to create meaning; Prose Analysis – your learner will analyze a selected passage of prose, which could be drama, and analyze how the characters, setting, plot, and dialogue assist in developing the theme; and Analysis Essay – your learner will select a work of fiction and use specific ideas, concerns, or a portion of a selection they have read to answer the prompt given on the test. Your learner should keep in mind to select a piece they may have previously in an Advanced Placement course or a piece that has a similar quality they have read. Part CUnit Information Short Fiction I Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will be introduced to the AP® English Literature and Composition course. They will determine how characters develop within a text. They will learn how to analyze a text’s setting, plot structure, the speaker or narrator, and the narrative point of view. They will develop a line of reasoning using relevant evidence in an argumentative paragraph. Unit Assessments Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Kit Materials highlighter, notebook Household Materials eraser, pen or pencil Unit Notables Unit Discussion Questions Why do you think it is important to read literature from years ago? What point of view do you like to read from and why? Your learner will be asked about the importance of literature and how the study of literature plays a role in studying historical and societal events. They will read works from Keats, Jefferson, Mansfield, Chopin, Gilman, Poe, Cather, and others. Your learner will connect why it is important that plot elements are in order within a text, write an analysis essay and take a unit test. If your learner struggles with understanding the order of plot elements, encourage them to use a graphic organizer. Poetry I Unit Unit Overview Unit Assessments Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions What are some of the words in the poems you are unfamiliar with and how did you determine their meanings? Why do you think the poets chose the words they did for their poems? What did you enjoy most about this unit? Unit Notables Your learner will determine textual details to shape their impressions of characters and points of view within a poem, including the speaker or narrator. They will identify contrasts with imagery, themes, perspectives, and tone and mood. Your learner will read poems by Frost, Coleridge, and others. They will become familiar with AP® style essays, structures, and the test time limits for writing the essay. Kit Materials highlighter, notebook Household Materials eraser, pen or pencil In this unit, your learner will explore the differences between poetry and prose and better understand how the structures of poetry contribute to meaning. This unit utilizes narrative poems that describe or reveal a character, so your learner can continue to practice character analysis skills. They will also explore other fundamentals often associated with poetry: word choice and the foundations of simile and metaphor. Longer Texts I Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will begin to understand and analyze drama, using William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. They will continue analyzing character, setting, and plot, but within the conventions of the dramatic tradition. Unit Assessments Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Was there anything familiar about Hamlet for you, such as lines, conflicts, or characters? What are they? What are some of the themes from Hamlet you found interesting? Why? Why do you think Shakespeare is still being studied over 400 years after he wrote his plays and poems? Kit Materials highlighter, notebook Unit Notables Your learner will analyze the development of plot and characters within a drama. They will determine the setting based on stage directions, word choice, imagery, and the action of characters. Your learner will be able to analyze the author’s message to understand themes and characters’ motives based on actions. They will also write an analysis essay based on Hamlet and will take a unit test. If your learner is interested in dramas, encourage them to explore local theater or writing groups. Household Materials eraser, pen or pencil Short Fiction II Unit Unit Overview In this unit, the complexities of characters, the nuances of dramatic situations, and the complications of literary conflicts are introduced to your learner. They will understand how various contrasts an author introduces necessarily affect the interpretations they make. Your learner should develop analytical skills to account for these elements as they choose evidence and develop commentary to explain their own thinking. Unit Assessments Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Why are different types of conflicts so important to a story? What details within a story help you understand the character and their motives? What did you find interesting about this unit? Unit Notables Your learner will determine textual details that shape the complex relationships of characters within texts. They will identify why setting is important and will be able to explain how plot elements help shape their understanding of a text. They will read short stories and excerpts written by Mansfield, Fitzgerald, Woolf, and others. They will also write a fiction analysis and take a test. Kit Materials highlighter, notebook Household Materials eraser, pen or pencil Poetry II Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will continue to analyze poetry, with a focus on structures, word choice, imagery, and figurative language. They will interpret and analyze imagery, extended metaphors, personification, and allusion. They will also analyze and evaluate the effects of conventional poetic structures, such as meter, rhyme scheme, stanzas, couplets, quatrains, sonnet structures, heroic couplets, blank verse, and others. Unit Assessments Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Why do you think word choices are so important to poetry? How do they affect meaning? What is your favorite poem and what makes it standout to you? What do you need to work on in order to prepare for the midterm exam? Kit Materials highlighter, notebook Unit Notables Your learner will identify and analyze the structures of poems and understand how structure affects meaning. They will analyze different techniques poets use to shape their poems, including word choices. Your learner will read poets such as Bronte, Wheatley, Teasdale, and Williams, among others. They will write an argumentative essay. Your learner will also take a unit test and a midterm exam. If your learner is interested in the power of word choice, encourage them to explore word games. Household Materials eraser, pen or pencil Longer Texts II Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will apply the skills they have learned to analyze Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. They will understand that carefully crafted literary texts often contain what appear to be inconsistencies and may at first seem confusing. They will learn that inconsistency in characters, interruptions in plot sequence, or unreliability of a character or narrator can all contribute to the complexities in a text and affect interpretation. Unit Assessments Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions What did you find interesting about the plot developments in Pride and Prejudice? How do the characters change and develop in the novel? What strategies can you use to make writing a literary analysis easier and more meaningful to you? What did you find most interesting about this unit? Unit Notables Your learner will discover the importance of historical context, and will learn how details, diction, and syntax reveal social background, character personalities, and narrative perspective. Your learner will analyze how plot and characters develop throughout a longer text. If your learner struggles with plot and character development encourage them to envision the text as a movie. They will also write a literary analysis and take a unit test. Kit Materials highlighter, notebook Household Materials eraser, pen or pencil Short Fiction III Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will explore how short texts express a wide range of experiences and communicate ideas about a variety of institutions or social structures. They will come to understand that literature is intricate and multilayered as it tries to capture and comment on the complexities of the real world. Changes in a narrative are factors that they should learn to consider as they develop their own interpretations and analyses. Unit Assessments Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions What interested you the most in this unit? How do you find a theme when you look at a character’s actions? How is suspense created? Why do you think suspense creates a compelling plot? Unit Notables This unit challenges your learner to transfer their understanding of figurative language to interpretations of narrative prose. They will learn that it is acceptable and sometimes necessary to revise initial thoughts about a text as they gather information. They will read works by Hemingway, Crane, Poe, de Maupassant, and Freeman, among others. They will also write an analysis essay and take a unit test. Kit Materials highlighter, notebook Household Materials eraser, pen or pencil Poetry III Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner continues to develop their understanding of how to analyze a poem for meaning. They will focus especially on how interpretation of a poem’s parts, including its literary elements and structure, inform an interpretation of the entire poem. By further examining structural contrasts or inconsistencies, your learner will recognize how juxtaposition, irony, and paradox in a poem may reveal a complexity of meanings. Unit Assessments Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions How do word choices of the poet help you understand the poem’s meaning? What was your favorite poem in the unit? Can you describe the ways that a poet conveys feelings within a poem? What surprised you about this unit? Unit Notables Your learner will use what they learned in previous units to continue analyzing structure, word choice, speaker, tone and mood, as well as the impact poetry can make on understanding. They will read poems by Bradstreet, Lowell, Dunbar, Owen, and Moore, among others. Your learner will also write an argumentative essay and take a unit test. Kit Materials highlighter, notebook Household Materials eraser, pen or pencil Longer Texts III Unit Unit Overview In this unit, your learner will explore how literature engages with a range of experiences, institutions, and social structures. They should now recognize that the events, conflicts, and perspectives of a narrator embody different values and the tensions between them. At this point, they should understand how interwoven and nuanced relationships among literary elements in a text ultimately contribute to its complexity and meaning. Unit Assessments Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Who was the most dynamic character in the novella? What did you find interesting about this unit? What do you need to work on in order to prepare for the final exam? What is your plan? Unit Notables Your learner will read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. They will examine historical context and the offensive aspects of the novella as related to imperialism and the racism of the time. They will analyze narrator, character, author’s style, conflicts, and plot structure. They will write a research-based essay, take a unit test, a final exam, and prepare for the AP® Literature and Composition Exam. Kit Materials highlighter, notebook Household Materials eraser, pen or pencil
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