January
Theme: Fatal Vision: The Poet as Seer
v Tess of the D'Urbervilles and The Awakening read by February 2
v Macbeth (in class)
v Poetry analysis
v Practice AP objective tests
v Independent reading

February
Theme: Through a Glass: Studies in the Lenses of Perception
v Discussion: Tess of the D'Urbervilles and The Awakening
v Poetry Essay due February 6
v Introduction to literary theory
v Modernism / Postmodernism / Existentialism
v Prose analysis
v A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
v Fences (in class)
v Practice AP objective tests
v Independent reading

March
Theme: See Better, Lear: Terror and Redemption
v Tess of the D'Urbervilles or Awakening Essay due March 1
v King Lear (in class)
v Time's Arrow
v Independent reading
v Practice AP tests

April
Theme: Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us: Preparing for the AP Exam
v Literature Review
v Independent Reading
v Independent Reading Essay due April 9
v Practice AP Tests
v Boot Camp April 19-30

May
Theme: Let Me Speak to the Yet Unknowing World: The Finale
v Advanced Placement Examinations: Language, May 3; Literature, May 6
v Symposium
v Dessert