| AP Literature & Composition-Unit One |
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| Unit Vocabulary Reading Selections Writing Process Tools Author Focus |
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| Unit Vocabulary |
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| Reading Selections PLOT “A & P” (John Updike) POV “The Yellow Wallpaper” (C. P. Gillman) CHARACTER “Everyday Use” (By Alice Walker) SETTING “Greasy Lake” (T. Coraghessan) TONE & STYLE “Barn Burning” (William Faulkner) THEME “Harrison Bergeron” (Kurt Vonnegut) SYMBOLISM “Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been?” (Joyce C. Oates) For Further Discussion Poisonwood Bible- (Barbara Kingsolver) |
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| Writing Process 1. Close Reading practice of "A&P"
2. Reader’s Response to “The Yellow Wallpaper” incorporating commentary skills from the Close Reading exercise 3. Rewrite a section of “Greasy Lake” changing the point of view
4. Reader’s response to "Everyday Use"
5. Reader's response to "Harrison Bergeron"
catastrophe, the dead-end course of human civilization--these are their foremost problems, the intellectual content of their works. Such SF is as it were a priori vitiated by pessimism, in the sense that anything may happen will be for the worse." (cited in "The Time-Travel Story and Related Matters of SF Structuring," Science Fiction Studies 1 [1974], 143-54).
Writing Focus: How the short fiction pieces open—connect to the chapters “Launching” and “Openers” in Trimble’s Writing With Style |
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| Author Focus |
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| IMAGES: "Alice Walker." No date. On line Image. Gentle World. 10 Aug. 2008 <www.gentleworld.org/.../alice_walker.jpg>. "Joyce Carol Oates." 2007. On line Image. Purdue University. 10 Aug. 2008. <http://www.news.uns.purdue.edu/images/+2007/J.C.Oates.jpg>. "Kurt Vonnegut." 2006. On line image. Computer Science. 10 Aug. 2008 <www.cs.uni.edu/.../session03/kurt-vonnegut.jpg>. "William Faulkner." 2007. On line Image. Mantex. 10 Aug. 2008 <http://www.mantex.co.uk/graphics/faulkner.jpg>. |
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| Last Updated On: 9 Sept., 2008 |
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| Essential Questions: 1. How does a writer of poetry and prose craft a work of literary merit? What makes their work noteworthy? 2. What is style and form? How does this differ from plot? 3. How are the various writers we read a “technician” of their form? Consider grammar/conventions as well. 4. How does point of view shape/influence the rest of the story elements? How does POV impact time, action, and relationships? 5. Does the knowledge that a particular short fiction piece was written in the past or present or by a man, woman, or particular racial/ethnic group influence your reaction to the story? To its validity as a piece of art? |
| Short Fiction |
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| -Literary Fiction vs. Commercial Fiction -Canon -Didactic writing -Point of View/Criticism -Gender Criticism -Social Criticism |
Plot Pyramidal pattern Exposition Setting Rising action Conflict Turning point/climax Dénouement Character Hero/heroine antihero Protagonist |
Antagonist Static character Dynamic character Flat character Stock character Round character Tone Style Symbolism Conventional symbols Literary symbol |
| Literary Criticism Overview |
| How to Write an Explication |
| Short Fiction-Essay Writing |
| Expert Teaching WS for Short Fiction Study |
| Short Fiction Summary WS |
| Point of View WS |
| Barn Burning Study Guide |
| Author Biography |
Author Links |
| John Updike |
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| C.P. Gillman |
Listen to the radio broadcast of the story! Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper |
| Alice Walker |
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| T. Coraghessan |
See a mini film of Greasy Lake Author Photos |
| William Faulkner |
Read Faulkner's Nobel Speech |
| Kurt Vonnegut |
Video Tribute to Vonnegut |
| Joyce C. Oates |
Video-On Writing Characters |
