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BOOK CLUBS Great British Novels SEMESTER TWO AP English 4 Daniel defoe to Margaret atwood Add to Your Literary Knowledge and Prepare for the AP Exam Timeline 18 TH C ENTURY TO P RESENT n your last two months prior to the AP exam, you wi read two books of your own choosing closely and thoroughly. Choosing them yourself should make this a good experience, so choose wisely. Often the shortest text is not the easiest! ou will read these books in a group of at least 3, but no more than 6. This will give you the opportunity to discuss your books (in class and online) and work through their complexities with several other readers. Choose your groups wisely. ach book MUST be a book no one in the group has read before. This is non- negotiable and the consequence of discovery is an automatic zero for everyone in group for all assignments associated with that book. orking with your book means two things: 1) be prepared to discuss your book in class , participate in a Socratic Circle, take a quiz, analyze a passage, etc. Basically, be prepared to do an activity; 2) Participate in an online discussion of your book. In order to be prepared, you need to read closely and thoroughly. Be sure to clarify your comprehension by talking with your group members and DO look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary! Thursday 02/21 Book Choices Due, Reading Plans submitted Choose two books from the list that no one in your group has ever read before. Create a reading plan for each book. (A guide will be provided on 02/28) February 28, March 7, & 14 Book One Discussion Days Come to class prepared to do work about the sections of your book; follow your reading plans. February 28-March 17 (Board closes at 3am) Book One -- Discussion Board Post online at least 3 times. You may post as often as you wish, but you must post at least once within 48 hours of each discussion day. March 15 & 18 03/15: Book One -- In Class Essay Closed book, closed note; AP open question style; based on the four topic choices your group has provided. 03/18: Book One Essay Peer Review Learn about the AP rubric and peer review the essay written on the 28th. March 28, April 11, & 18 Book Two Discussion Days Come to class prepared to do work about the sections of your book; follow your reading plans. March 28 - April 21 (Board closes at 3am) Book Two -- Discussion Board Post online at least 3 times. You may post as often as you wish, but you must post at least once within 48 hours of each discussion day. April 19 & 22 04/19: Book Two -- In Class Essay Closed book, closed note; AP open question style; based on the four topic choices your group has provided. 04/22: Book One Essay Peer Review Learn about the AP rubric and peer review the essay written on the 19th. April 25 Re-write -- In Class Essay Choose one of the book club essays to rewrite and submit for a grade The Project I Classic Literature E W Y
Transcript of Book Club 2013 - Marina AP4
BOOK CLUBSGreat British Novels
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D a n i e l d e f o e t o M a r g a r e t a t w o o d
Add to Your Literary Knowledge and
Prepare for the AP Exam
Timeline
18TH CENTURY TO PRESENT
n your last two months prior to the AP exam, you will read two books of
your own choosing closely and thoroughly. Choosing them yourself should make this a good experience, so choose wisely. Often the shortest text is not the easiest!
ou will read these books in a group of at least 3, but no more than 6. This will give you the opportunity to discuss your books (in class and online) and work through their complexities with several other readers. Choose your groups wisely.
ach book MUST be a book no one in the group has read before. This is non-
negotiable and the consequence of discovery is an automatic zero for everyone
in group for all assignments associated with that book.
orking with your book means two things: 1) be prepared to discuss
your book in class , participate in a Socratic Circle, take a quiz, analyze a passage, etc. Basically, be prepared to do an activity; 2) Participate in an online discussion of your book. In order to be prepared, you need to read closely and thoroughly. Be sure to clarify your comprehension by talking with your group members and DO look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary!
Thursday 02/21
Book Choices Due, Reading Plans submittedChoose two books from the list that no one in your group has ever read before. Create a reading plan for each book. (A guide will be provided on 02/28)
February 28, March 7, & 14
Book One Discussion DaysCome to class prepared to do work about the sections of your book; follow your reading plans.
February 28-March 17 (Board closes at 3am)
Book One -- Discussion BoardPost online at least 3 times. You may post as often as you wish, but you must post at least once within 48 hours of each discussion day.
March 15 & 18
03/15: Book One -- In Class EssayClosed book, closed note; AP open question style; based on the four topic choices your group has provided. 03/18: Book One Essay Peer ReviewLearn about the AP rubric and peer review the essay written on the 28th.
March 28, April 11, & 18
Book Two Discussion DaysCome to class prepared to do work about the sections of your book; follow your reading plans.
March 28 - April 21 (Board closes at 3am)
Book Two -- Discussion BoardPost online at least 3 times. You may post as often as you wish, but you must post at least once within 48 hours of each discussion day.
April 19 & 22
04/19: Book Two -- In Class EssayClosed book, closed note; AP open question style; based on the four topic choices your group has provided.04/22: Book One Essay Peer ReviewLearn about the AP rubric and peer review the essay written on the 19th.
April 25Re-write -- In Class EssayChoose one of the book club essays to rewrite and submit for a grade
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Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid’s TaleAusten, Jane Pride and PrejudiceAusten, Jane Sense and SensibilityAusten, Jane EmmaAusten, Jane Persuasion*Austen, Jane Northanger Abbey*Austen, Jane Mansfield Park*Brontë, Anne Agnes Grey*Brontë, Charlotte Villette*Brontë, Charlotte The Professor*Brontë, Emily Wuthering HeightsBunyan, John Pilgrim’s Progress*Burgess, Anthony A Clockwork Orange*Conrad, Joseph Nostromo*Conrad, Joseph Heart of DarknessDefoe, Daniel Robinson CrusoeDefoe, Daniel Moll FlandersDickens, Charles A Tale of Two CitiesDickens, Charles Bleak House*Dickens, Charles Great ExpectationsDickens, Charles Hard Times*Dickens, Charles David CopperfieldEliot, George Silas MarnerEliot, George The Mill on the FlossEliot, George Middlemarch*
Eliot, George Adam BedeFielding, Henry Tom Jones*Forster, E.M. A Room with a View*Forster, E.M. Howard’s End*Golding, William The Lord of the FliesHardy, Thomas Tess of the D’UrbervillesHardy, Thomas Jude the ObscureHuxley, Aldous Brave New WorldJoyce, James A Portrait of the Artist as a
Young ManLawrence, D.H. Sons and Lovers*McEwan, Ian Atonement *Orwell, George 1984Paton, Alan Cry, The Beloved Country Radcliffe, Ann The Mysteries of Udolpho*Shelley, Mary Frankenstein Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island*Stoker, Bram DraculaSwift, Jonathan Gulliver’s TravelsThackeray, William Makepeace
Vanity Fair*
White, T.H. The Once and Future King
Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray*
Woolf, Virginia Mrs. Dalloway*Woolf, Virginia To the Lighthouse*
*Parent permission required. The text/ author appears on the College Board list of recommended readings, but not on the California Department of Education recommended reading list.
