Enduring Understandings/Essential Questions

(some from the 8 units we will study in AP / World Literature) 

1. *Why is faith an essential springboard to worldly enlightenment?
2. *What does a human relationship with God really mean?
3. *Why is it our responsibility to be humanitarians to ourselves and others?
4. *How do we know when humans are behaving in humanistic ways?
5. *What is the origin of knowledge, religion, good and evil, morality, and reality?
6. *What can an eighteen year old do to ensure the survival of humanity?
7. *Why do humans value humanity? Why do some people detest humanity?
8. *What factors effect how humanism is defined in major movements of literature?
9. *Humanism is sacrifice; what would you be willing to risk your life for besides family, friends, or faith? What would it be and why?
10. *Why is literature a portal for expressed humanity?
11. *Why is it necessary to have a global vocabulary in regards to literary works of the past and present?
12. *What are the essential differences among good, great, superior, and exceptional writing?
13. *What critical steps/decisions/sacrifices do you need to develop throughout the course of your life in order to arrive at paradise?

Concepts to Further Inspire Thought and Critical Thinking

{Sophomores: You can read these questions and consider these tasks and concepts as you prepare yourself for AP Language & Composition and AP Literature and Composition}

Values are Actions not words (Life/College skills necessary for a fruitful existence)

1. *Act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood, decency, and respect.
2. *Reflect the essence of God, the value of creation, and personal responsibility in everything you do.
3. *Live and present yourself with a sense of justice, selflessness, grace, and dignity
4. *Cultivate and capture your philosophy and perceptions of the universe through reading, discussion, and interpretation of World Literatures.
5. *Show consistent, measurable improvement in day to day life decisions
6. *Show consistent, measurable improvements in response to AP writing prompts; build upon and show learned techniques of grammar, sentence structure, syntax arrangements; dedicate yourself to do better in AP each passing day of the year.
7. *Critique ancient, classical, modern, and present works of literature for thematic, historical, technological, spiritual, and artistic merit.
8. *Create thorough, annotated research papers that show personal invention, mature style, traditional, grammatical phrases and connecting clauses, academically stimulating arguments supported by each text, and a vocabulary that goes beyond a common writing.
9. *Collaborate respectfully with classmates
10. *Listen to each thought or opinion proposed by your peers without interruption.
11. *Use new vocabulary in speech and writing assignments.
12. *Question the development of World Literature; explore why ideas and values evolve.
13. *Communicate in formal manner; raise your hands to be acknowledged
14. *Excel on tests, quizzes, presentations, projects, homework, and class work.
15. *Rigorously revise your writing assignments
16. *Achieve a four or five score on the AP Examination in May
17. *Contribute to the overall experience and memory of this class in meaningful ways.