AP Literature 2026-2027

NO CLASS on Monday 10/19

DUE: O’Connor paragraphs on your story

For Wednesday 10/21:

Read The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka.
Mark in Parts I & II: imagery that makes you feel like a bug/things that repel — WHY does this happen to Gregor?
Part III: symbols and changes

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Frost/cummings essay (three paragraphs): Compare Mending Wall to Space being(don’t forget to remember)Curved…

1) What “doesn’t love a wall” and “wants it down”? [Frost paragraph]

2) Why does cummings allude to Frost’s poem in his? [cummings paragraph]

3) Do the two poems communicate similar ideas or attitudes about something? [paragraph 3 — comparison]

4) What role do modern science and “Billiard-Balls” seem to play in this for cummings? [paragraph 3 — comparison]

Find AP Literature vocabulary HERE OR play to study on Quizlet!

Grammar, key terminology, and vocabulary items that we have discussed in class are on the AP Literature & Composition Vocabulary Archive. While most of you will not take the AP Language exam until next year, it always helps to become familiar with these terms now (rather than cramming next year). The sooner you get started, the sooner (comparative degree) you will know all your terms.

Student Resources: AP Literature

Check every piece for THESE SKILLS before turning anything in for an edit.
Check ALL CITATIONS (quotes) with these formatting rules before turning anything in for an edit.

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Summer reading list for High School students

Access AP Literature class writing archives to see what our readings and assignments are for this year, and to read sample pieces written by previous English II students.

GRADING:

Participation = 30% (purely subjective, based on my perceptions of your initiative, interest, self-motivation, & tenacity)

Assignments (two parts of grade)

1st Semester EFFORT = 20%; CONTENT = 10%
2nd Semester EFFORT = 10%; CONTENT = 20%

Vocab/Multiple Choice tests= 15%
AP Portfolio essay grades= 15%
Exams = 10%<

"The difference between predictions and outcomes is the key to understanding a strange property of learning: if you’re predicting perfectly, your brain doesn’t need to change further…Changes in the brain happen only when there’s a difference between what was expected and what actually happens." — David Eagleman in Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

Unfinished Pieces: Semester I
(updated 10/15/26)

Anna
Assignments: 90%[E]/90%[C]
AP essays = %
Vocab/Mult. Choice practice = %

Sound & Sense: Chapter 4 questions (give to me)
Frost/cummings: Frost paragraph only (1 page/4 quotes to parse poem)
O’Connor essay: Good Country People

Georgia
Assignments: 90%[E]/85%[C]
AP essays = %
Vocab/Mult. Choice practice = %

Sound & Sense: Chapter 4 questions (give to me)
Frost/cummings: Frost paragraph only (1 page/4 quotes to parse poem)
UC College application
Common App
Junior Autobiography
8 Short application essays
O’Connor essay: Everything That Rises Must Converge

An explanation of the assignment grades above: The grade you see is an average of the CONTENT grades you have received over an average of the EFFORT grades you have received. We will have this on hand in class as a graph, which I expect to see rise over the course of the year. There will, of course, be dips, too...During the first semester, the effort grade will be weighted more; during the Spring semester, I will look at the content average as the more significant part of your grade.