AP Literature Book Club

Book Club is a great way for students to select readings of their own choice that have appeared on AP Literature essay prompts.  I like to do these activities on Fridays as it gives students something to look forward to each week, and it gives students more time to read.  If these lesson plans are completed on Fridays (or your preferred day of the week), students have six weeks to read whichever book they select. Throughout the course of their work, students will encounter adaptations of eight former AP Literature essay prompts, practice writing opening sentences each week, practice annotating and close reading, as well as learn to read through a lens.  While you will be able to check their progress weekly by dropping in on their discussions, you will also have the opportunity to help them improve their essay-writing skills with a provided essay outline, analytical paragraph structure, and a group essay with grading rubric. Each group member will have individual responsibility as well as contribute to the whole but will not be penalized if other group members do not complete their work.  This is a nine-day unit intended to be completed one day per week, but it can be used repeatedly throughout the year to instill the sought-after love for life-long reading. Also available in my AP Literature Intro!

Looking for more AP Literature Resources?  Check these out:

• AP Literature Units Bundle
  • Literary Merit Book Notes Bookmark Pamphlet
  • AP Literature Poetry Review
  • Literature Deepening Assignment Project
  • Comparing The Handmaid's Tale, The Awakening, and A Doll's House Lesson Plans
  • Sonnets, Hamlet, and Critical Theory
    • Sonnet Booklet and Prezi

• • Post-AP Test Creative Writing Unit

• AP Literature Introduction Unit 
• Habits of Mind: Class Introduction
• Immigration, Muslim Perspective, Kite Runner, and Thousand Splendid Suns
• Modern-Day Afghanistan with Hosseini’s Novels
• AP Literature Test Editable Review
• Book Review Shmoop Snoop
• Beowulf and Lord of the Rings after AP Lit. Test Lesson Plans

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