| AP Literature & Composition | Fall | Winter | Spring | |
| Topics | American literary anti-hero, Racial intolerance, Puritan literature, Folklore | Immigrant experience, American Dream, Journey | Jazz Age, Great Depression, American Dream, Colonialism, Modernism | |
| Literature | Novel, Short Story, Blues Music, Slave songs and spirituals | Contemporary Fiction, Chicano Literature, Short Story | Contemporary Fiction, Romantic Poetry, Contemporary Poetry, Journalism | |
| Composition |
Expository Essay Personal Essay Blues lyrics Poetry |
Literary Criticism Creative Writing Research Paper
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Writing Portfolio Critical Reviews Comparative Analysis Journalism |
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| Portfolio Artifacts | Harlem Renn Poetry Project Blues project Native Son Journals Asstd. essays |
1st person short story One Act writing Poet study/ poetry writing Short Essay Portfolio Spot of Time essay
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Jazz Age Portfolio Film study Vignettes Poetry Portfolio Final Paper |
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| Integrated Units | H: Slavery Music Art: Photography |
H: Research Studies (National Historty Project) H/SL: Immigrant Studies Art: Mixed Media portrait |
H: Great Depression Jazz Age |
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| Field Trips & Speakers |
Hamlet (at Davidson College) Mint Museum |
Charlotte Public Library for NHD research |
Othello (ballet with NCDT), "Death of A Salesman" Actors Theater of Charlotte |
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| Resources |
Native Son, Wright Catcher In The Rye, Salinger "Young Goodman Brown," "The Birthmark" Hawthorne Their Eyes Werre Watching God, Hurston |
My Antonia, Cather Bless Me, Ultima, Anaya Asst'd Poe short stories Marquez short stories |
Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald Heart of Darkness, Conrad Death of A Salesman, Miller Poetry (British and American) |