AP Lit Links

Important Links for AP Lit!

* – You must be logged into your wcsd.org account to view anything with the red asterisk

General:

Major Works Data Sheet (if you need an extra)

AP Essay General Rubric

Literary Terms Sheets (in a Google Drive folder)

Critical Reading Journal Guidelines and Example

Thesis Statements PowerPoint (For help developing strong thesis statements)

“A White Heron” Passage and Essay Question *

Independent Reading:

Quarter 1: 1984

1984/Dystopia Creative Writing Assignment

Quarter 2: The Great Gatsby

Short Stories:

Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin

The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman *

“Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway

“Misery” by Anton Chekhov *

Death of a Salesman Unit:

Pre-Reading Research Task

Aristotle’s Rules for Tragedy *

“Tragedy and the Common Man” (Essay by Arthur Miller)

“Death of a Salesman” Analytical Paper Explanation

“Bartleby, the Scrivener” by Herman Melville

“Bartleby, the Scrivener” full text

Literary Textbook Chapters/Explanations (must be logged in to wcsd.org account to view these)

“Character” Handout (round and flat characters, etc.) *

“Theme” Handout *

“Point of View” Handout and stories *

Hamlet Unit:

The Full Text of Hamlet Online

No Fear Shakespeare–Both Original and Modern Text (don’t rely on the modern text–a lot of Shakespeare’s poetics are lost in translation here)

Quote Wall Explanation/Handout