Mrs. Corby's English Classes
AP English 12
Syllabus
Homework
Week of January 24-25
Thur.-Introduction to course
A notebook and a journal are required for this course.
Fri.- Read the Shakespearean sonnets and answer questions.
Week of January 28-February 1
Mon.-Burns poems
Fri.-Blake poems (p. 503 and p. 569)
February 4-8
For all assignments read the poems, review the assigned questions, and enter in your journal.
Mon.-Wordsworth (p. 482)
Tue.-Coleridge (p. 536)
Wed.-Keats (p. 818)
Thur.-Browning (p.609) and Tennyson (handout)
Fri.-Elliot (handout)
February 11-15
Mon.-"In a Station at the Metro," p. 549; Williams handout; "The Man He Killed," (pp. 471-472);
Essay (pp. 489-491)
Tue.-Frost-"Mending Wall" (753), "Design" and "Nothing Gold Can Stay" (758), "The Road Not
Taken" (756)
Wed.-Practice AP test
Thur.-Poetry test
Fri.-Go over AP test essay and AP book
February 18-22
Mon.-Holiday
Tue.-Go over sample AP test (no homework)
Wed.-Poetry exam
Thur.-Revisions due
Hand in both the original essay and the revision. Also submit the revision to turnitin.com
Fri.-"Young Goodman Brown" (331-339)
Quizzes are possible on all short story readings.
February25-March 1
Note: Quizzes are possible on all stories so read for detail.
Mon.-"Young Goodman Brown" story (331-339) and essay (361-364)
Tue.-Poetry paper due (2-3 pages)
Bring grammar book to class
Wed.-"A Rose For Emily" (75-81)
Thur.-"Yellow Wallpaper" (408-418)
"Story of an Hour" (287-289)
Fri.-"Miss Brill" (176-179) and essay (448-453)
March 4-8
Mon.-Snow!
Tue.-"The Things They Carried" (81-92)
Quiz
Wed.-"The Lottery" (120-125)
Quiz
Revised poetry paper due (You must turn in the original and the rewrite.)
Thur.-"A&P" (309-313)
Quiz
Journal due
Fri.-Short story objective test
Introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream in class
March 11-15
Mon.-Do grammar assignments on fragments, fused sentences, comma splices, and agreement
Read A Midsummer Night's Dream (Use review papers as a guide)
Tue.-Read A Midsummer Night's Dream (Use review papers as a guide)
Wed. and Thur.-Watch A Midsummer Night's Dream in class
Fri.-Make sure you have completed the play and be prepared for a discussion. There will be a short
essay test on Monday.
Bring completed grammar work and book to class.
March 18-22
Mon.-Discuss A Midsummer Night's Dream
Continue grammar in class
Tue.-A Midsummer Night's Dream essay
Continue grammar in class
Wed.-Prose essay in class
Work in AP book in class
Thur. and Fri.-Hamlet in class with nightly reading assignments TBD
Revise prose essay when it is returned.
March 25-29
Mon.-Revisions on "The Dead" due (hard copy and turnitin)
Tue.through Fri.-Reading Hamlet in class daily. Homework TBD daily based on how far we get. Write
a journal entry at the end of each act.
April 1-5
Mon.-Read Act III in class, assignment TBD
Tue.-Essay quiz
Read Act III, assignment TBD
Wed.-Read Act III and discussion
Thur.-Act III movie
Read Act IV, assignment TBD
Fri.-Read Act IV
April 8-12
Mon.-Act III reading due
Read Act IV in class and finish for homework
Tue.-Act IV reading due
Read Act V in class and finish for homework using reading guide
Wed.-Discuss Act V
Movie beginning with Act III in enrichment
Thur.-Movie concluded in class
Review papers due
Fri.-Review AP book in class
Finish Hamlet discussion if necessary
Note that the 4-5-page paper is due on April 22nd at the latest!
April 15-19
Mon.-Hamlet exam including AP free response essay
Tue.-Work in AP book
Bring completed wordiness and passive voice worksheets with you.
Start Waiting for Godot if time
Wed. and Thurs.-Waiting for Godot in class
Reading pages and worksheet pages will be assigned each day.
Fri.-Have a good holiday!
Note that the 4-5-page paper is due on Monday, April 22nd!
April 22-26
Mon.-Paper due
Reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead in class
Tue.-Assigned pages of R and G
Reading R and G in class
Wed.-Journals due for marking period
Movie R and G in class
Thur.-Movie R and G in class
Fri.-Revision of 4-5 page paper due
Final discussion of Theatre of the Absurd in class
April 29-May3
Mon.-Heart of Darkness, chapter 1 reading due
Worksheet and journal entry due
Tue.-Grammar and AP test review in class
Wed.-Heart of Darkness, chapter 2 reading due
Worksheet and journal entry due
Thur.-Grammar test
Prepare free response selections in class
Fri.-No school
May 6-May10
Mon.-Heart of Darkness, chapter 3 reading due
Submit all worksheets and journal
Tue.-Pride and Prejudice, pages 5-36
Movie day
Wed.-P&P, pages 36-65
AP test/reading day
Thur.-P&P, pages 65-99
Discussion day
Fri.-P&P, pages 99-129
Movie day
May 13-17
Mon.-P&P, pages 130-165
Discussion day
Tue.-P&P, pages 165-198
Movie day
Wed.-P&P, pages 198-233
Discussion day
Thur.-P&P, pages 233-266
Movie day
Fri.-P&P, pages 267-299
Movie day and discussion day
May 20-24
Mon.-Research paper final due date
P&P, pages 299-324
Discussion day
Tue.-P&P exam
P&P quotes due for journal grade
Wed.-Catcher, chapters 1-4
Thurs.-Catcher, chapters 5-9
Fri.-Catcher, chapters 10-14
May 27-31
Mon.-Holiday
Tue.-Catcher, chapters 15-17
Wed.-Catcher, chapters 18-21
Thur.-Senior Outing
Fri.-Spring Day
June 3-7
Mon.-Finish Catcher
Tue.-Review 3 novels for final exam
Wed.-Review 3 novels for final exam
Thur.-Final exam
