AP Lit Week Four

Week 4: Poetry: Sounds, Rhythms and Forms

Texts: “Scarborough Fair,” “A bird came down the walk” Emily Dickinson, “Restaurant” Maxine Hong Kingston, “Song” John Donne, “The Word Plum” Helen Chasin, “My Heart Leaps Up” Walt Whitman, “Fox Trot Fridays” Rita Dove, “Chicago” Carl Sandburg, “My Papa’s Waltz” Theodore Roethke, “Upon Julia’s Clothes” Robert Herrick, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” William Shakespeare, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” Dylan Thomas, “Ode to the Confederate Dead” Allen Tate, “Theology” Paul Lawrence Dunbar

Writing: Students will write a one page analysis focusing on the sound, rhythm, and form of a poem.  This will be the last of their three choices to revise, edit, and turn in for a major essay grade

Timed in-class writing: Practice AP Writing Prompts from Perrine’s Literature Structure, Sound & Sense pg. 898 or 934

Class Activities: teacher conferences about poetry explication with a focus on logical organization, group poetry presentations, practicing AP Multiple Choice items, evaluating poems for excellence

Assignments Due: Summer Reading