REQUIRED COURSE TEXTS Fall Semester Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace, Joseph Williams A Doll House, Henrik Ibsen Oedipus Rex, Sophocles Antigone, Sophocles Hamlet, William Shakespeare Crime and Punishment, Fydor Dostoyevsky Spring Semester The Metamorposis, Franz Kafka The Stranger, Albert Camus The Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad Others TBD RECOMMENDED READINGS Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense, Arp and Johnson (Ninth Edition) Glossary of Literary Terms, A. H. Abrams Handbook of Literary Terms: Literature, Language, Theory, Kennedy, Gioia, and Bauerlein American Heritage Colleiate Dictionary (Fourth Edition) Cracking the AP Literature Exam 2004-05, Princeton Review

AP English Homepage (for BHS Students)

This page is meant to serve both students and teachers who are preparing to teach and to take the AP Literature and Composition exam. I am using it to support my own AP students foremost; others who find it useful are welcome to use what helps them. I will be adding to it as I discover new resources or create materials to help.

AP Course Documents

1. Course Syllabus (.pdf)
2. Independent Reading List (with links to Amazon.com for more info on titles)
   1. Independent Reading List (.pdf)
3. Independent Reading Assignment (.pdf)
4. Booknotes Worksheet (.pdf)
5. Six Trait Rubric (.pdf)
6. Independent Reading Assignment Rubric (.pdf)
7. Style Analysis Summary (.pdf)
8. AP Essay Scoring Rubric (.pdf)
9. Reading Notes Scoring Rubric (.pdf)

Additional AP Literature Student Resources

1. Literature and Composition course description
2. Overview of Literature and Composition AP exam (with samples)
3. AP Literature and Composition Homepage
4. Purdue Online Writing Lab