Grading: This course follows the grading system of the Virginia Satellite

Educational Network:
93-100 =A
85-92= B
77-84= C
70-76= D
Incomplete assignments will be entered in the grade book as zeros.
Major Papers 45%
Research Paper (Will be Counted as Three Major Papers)
Major Tests and Exam 40%
Classwork 15%
POLICIES: Since this is a college-level class, students should strive to:
Commit yourself to the study of college-level material,
Discuss literature and other issues with maturity and decorum,
Treat satellite classmates with respect and kindness.

Timeliness: All written assignments must be completed on time. Each day a

paper is late will equal a letter grade deduction.

Sources: Plagiarism is the use of someone else’’s words, key phrases, or ideas
without giving proper credit. This includes paraphrasing a source without giving
due credit. Plagiarism is a serious breach of academic integrity and any
assignment containing plagiarism earns a zero.
Advanced Placement English
Instructor: Anna Lee Gibson
Course Theme: "There is no coming to consciousness except through pain"
(Carl Jung)
Course Focus: The Hero
To search for additional texts, resources on myths, and philosophies online:
http://www.bartleby.com/

First Semester Assignment Schedule

AUGUST -September ASSIGNMENTS
Aug. 29 - Welcome to AP English (Student Rolls from Schools)
Aug.30 - Introduction to the Greek Concept of Tragedy
Aug.31 - Oracle at Delphi -
http://www.greekciv.pdx.edu/arts/theater/callaway.htm
Sept. 1- Cadmus, Europa and the ancient Greek city of Thebes
Sept. 2- Writing Assignment 1
Autobiographies due for schools that begin before Labor Day
Should include family information, personal hopes and dreams, and one story
concerning your childhood. Essay must be typed. Please attach a picture suitable
for
use on-air
Aug. 30 - Continue background discussion
Aug. 31 - Begin Discussion of Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles
You may choose to download the play from the following address:
http://eserver.org/drama/sophocles/oedipus_trilogy.txt
If you download the F. Storr translation, please note that the play we are studying
is the first 42 pages of that file.
SEPTEMBER ASSIGNMENTS
Sept. 4 - Labor Day (No Broadcast.)
Sept. - 4-14 Discussion and lectures of Oedipus the King

*Sept 9- Autobiography due for students who joined after Labor Day.
Sept 15 - Writing Assignment 2 - Narrative Paper concerning:
The theme of this course is Carl Jung's statement that "there is no coming to
consciousness without pain." In a well-organized essay discuss the elements of
blindness that eventually lead Oedipus to lose his family, throne, and actual vision.
(These steps must be supported by text quotes from the play as proof to support
your position.)
Sept. 16 - Test –– Major Test covering the background and the play
Oedipus the King
Sept. 19 - Begin Beowulf discussion - Online text-University of Virginia Library
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgibin/browse_mixed?id=AnoBeow&tag=public&image
s=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/eng_parsed
Sept. 20 - Consider this as you read: What is honor and a hero to the
Spear Danes and the Geats?
Address for Anglo Saxon Culture: Please note the Living History section with dress,
food, and the West Stow village.
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/subjects/british_isles/anglo_saxon/anglo_sa
xon.html
What is honor in a warrior society? What is honor in our society?
What does the choice of a hero suggest about a nation or an individual?
Sept 21- October 7 - Continue Beowulf lectures
October Assignments
October Reminder: Declare Yourself a Candidate for the AP Literature and
Composition Exam: Speak to Your School's Guidance Counselor
Oct 3 - Research Paper Topic Approval
Oct. 7 - Major Test (Beowulf) In class essay concerning an aspect of the
development of the hero.
Oct 10 - Begin Prologue to the Canterbury Tales - Internet address:
http://www.canterburytales.org/canterbury_tales.html
Oct. 11 - Knight and Squire
Oct. 11 - Nun Prioress
Oct. 11 - Monk and Friar
Oct. 12 - Cook and Wife of Bath
Oct. 12 - Parson and Plowman
Oct. 12 - Summoner and Pardoner
Oct. 13 - Pulling together ideas
Oct. 14-19 - Wife of Bath's Prologue and Wife of Bath's Tale
Oct. 20 - Due Date - Description Paper Writing Assignment 4
Look carefully at Chaucer’’s techniques in presenting vivid descriptions of the
manner of dress and personality of his characters. Although Chaucer appears
never to criticize his subjects but simply relates the character’’s dress, physical
form, and mannerisms, the readers enjoy the facade of innocent revelation that
the author invokes. Describe a well-known historical, political, or entertainment
personality using the techniques that Chaucer utilizes.
Oct. 21 - Major Test on Canterbury Tales
Oct. 24 - Begin Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot
Please note that there is not an electronic text available for this work; therefore, it
is the individual student's responsibility to find this short play before we begin the
lectures on October 22!
Background Information on life of Eliot:
http://www.digitex.net/renard/eliot.htmhttp://www.digitex.net/renard/eliot.htm
http://www.digitex.net/renard/eliot.htm
Oct. - 25-31 - Who are these characters and what is their motivation?
Henry II
Priests
Thomas a' Becket
Tempters
Knights
Philosophies
November Assignments
Nov. 1 - Due Date - Writing Assignment 5
Persuasive Writing
Many individuals attempt to justify their actions by re-adjusting truth to support a
position that is advantageous to them. Choose one knight from Murder in the
Cathedral and present his adjustment of reality to support a position which will
benefit him.
Nov. 4 - Major Test - AP format multiple choice questions. Total timing for the
test- 50 minutes.
Nov. 7 - Begin Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare (Act 1)
Address for online text: http://www.binary.net/df/WS/Hamlet/H_TOC.html
Nov. 8 - Election Day - No Broadcast

Nov. 9 - Nov 10 - Continue Act 1 Hamlet

*Nov 9. (Proposed) - Works Cited or Works Consulted for Semester Research
Paper
Nov. 11 - Act 2 Hamlet
Nov. 14 - Act 3 and Act 4--Hamlet
Nov.15-17 - Complete Hamlet discussions and lectures
Nov. 18 - Proposed Thesis for Semester Research Paper Due
Nov. 18 - Major Test - Hamlet - Multiple choice questions

Nov. 21 - Writing Assignment 6

Argumentative paper concerning Hamlet's motivation and move toward revenge.
An argumentative presentation presents a step-by-step reasoning to prove a point.
Is Hamlet mad or pretending madness to protect himself? This is a documented
paper; you must use MLA style to present support for your argument.
*Nov. 21-30 - Part of each class on Documentation Lectures for Research Paper
Nov. 23-25 - Thanksgiving Break ( No Broadcasts)
Nov. 28 - Begin Portrait of the Artist by James Joyce -
http://www.bibliomania.com/Fiction/joyce/artist/artist1.html
December Assignments
Dec. 1 - Philosophies and an attempt to understand Joyce's writing:
http://www.nwe.ufl.edu/~kershner/port.html
Dec. 2-8 - Continue Research Questions and Portrait of the Artist
Discussions
Dec. 9 - Research Papers Due Writing Assignments 7, 8, 9 - Research packet must
include:
1. Typed, documented paper (without a cover sheet or folder)
Please use the standard university style form that we have discussed on
air (as found in the MLA Handbook
for Writers of Research Papers).
2. Xerox copy of all pages of critical sources used (both paraphrased and direct
quotes)
Dec. 12 - Complete Portrait

Dec. 13-21 - Discuss Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

On line text from Bartleby: Pygmalion by G.B. Shaw
http://www.bartleby.com/138/
Dec. 22 - Jan.3 - Winter Break ( No Broadcasts)
January Assignments
Jan.4 - Return to Broadcast
Jan. 5 - Begin Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad :
|http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/~emorgan/texts/literature/english/1900-
/conrad-heart-372.txt
Jan. 6 - Review Congo Policy of Prince Leopold III
Jan. 9-11 - Continue Heart of Darkness
Jan. 12 - Exam Review
Jan. 13 - Exam

Second Semester Assignment Schedule

January Continued
Jan. 16 - No Broadcast - Martin Luther King Day
Jan. 17 - Writing Assignment 8 - In class essay concerning Heart of Darkness
Jan.18 - Begin Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare
Jan.19 - Characters in Othello
Jan. 23 - The secrets of Act 1 of Othello
Jan. 24 - Innocence in an Evil World (Othello)
Jan. 25-31 - Complete Othello
February Assignments
Feb.1 - Writing Assignment # 9 (In Class Paper) Topic to Be Announced
Feb. 3 - Major Test using College Board Style Questions
Feb. 6 - Begin Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky
Feb. 7 - Dostoyevsky’s background
Feb. 8 - Philosophy in Crime and Punishment (Nietzsche and Hegel)
Feb. 9 - 16 Crime and Punishment character study
Feb. 20- No Broadcast - President’’s Day
Feb.21-23 - Continue Crime and Punishment
Feb. 24 - Writing Assignment 10 - In class essay concerning the oberman
philosophy and Raskolnikov’s character. Question Announced on February 24
Feb. 24 - Multiple Choice Questions (15 minute test)
February 27-28 - Begin Poetry Unit: Students are required to keep a
Literary Journal during March and
April For Details view class March 1. Please visit the Terminology site in
Links. For each
poem students will determine:
1. Form of poetry (sonnet, ballad, epic, villanelle, ode, terza rima, ottava
rima, lyric)
2. Point of View
3. Setting
4. Theme
5. Figurative Language Used (Simile, Metaphor, Personification)
6. Purpose
7. Elements of Irony
8. Style
9. Tone / Mood
10. Symbolism
11. Meter and End Rhyme Scheme
12. Imagery Examples

March Assignments
March 1-2 - George Gordon, Lord Byron - "She Walks in Beauty"
March 3-7 - "She Walks" and poetry terminology
March 3 - Major Test––––Multiple Choice (College Board Style Poetry)
March 6-9 "When We Two Parted" and Don Juan
(Section 1)
March 10-Test over "When We Two Parted" and Don Juan
March 13-23 - Begin Percy Shelley’’s poetry - "To Wordsworth" "England in 1819,"
"Ozmandias," and "Ode to the West Wind"
March 24 - Writing Assignment # 11 - In Class essay on Poetry
March 27 - Begin John Keats poetry - "On First Looking into Chapman’’s Homer"
March 28 - "When I Have Fears"
March 29- April 5 -"La Belle Dame Sans Merci", "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "The
Eve of Saint Agnes"
April Assignments
April 6 - Major Test - Multiple Choice (College Board Style)
April 7 - Begin Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poetry
April 10-12 - "The Lady of Shalott"
April 13, 14, 17 - Spring Break ( No Broadcasts)
April 18 - 27 - "Lancelot and Elaine" from Idylls of the King
April 28–Major Test on “The Lady of Shalott and “Lancelot and Elaine”
May Assignments
May 1--Mock AP Study

May 2 - Mock AP Test

May 3 - Review for College Board
May 4 - College Board Exam for AP English
Those not taking the College Board will be involved in an in-class test.
Those taking the AP College Board Literature and Composition Exam are exempt
from this essay.
May 8 - Morte D’Arthur by Thomas Malory
May 9 - “Ulysses”

May 6 - Begin Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O’Neill

May 10 - Symbolism and Characters in O’Neill’s work and O’Neill’s characterizations
May 11-18 - Continue Desire Under the Elms
May 19 - Major Test on Desire Under the Elms
May 20––24 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
May 24 - Last Broadcast
May 25 - Tentative Date for FINAL EXAM