Angela Scheffler

A rigorously aligned AP English Literature unit that to facilitate students in examining selected lyrics from The Cure as complex poetic texts. The unit situates these works within a broader literary tradition that includes Shakespeare, Romantic poets, Modernists, and confessional poets. Students engage in close reading, structural analysis, and argumentative writing consistent with College Board AP Literature standards. The goal is not to replace canonical literature, but to: Deepen analytic

A Comparative Literary & Sociological Analysis Unit of Albums DAMN. and To Pimp a ButterflyEngage students in rigorous, interdisciplinary analysis through the music of Kendrick Lamar. This upper-level ELA unit invites students to examine how identity is shaped by interacting psychological and structural systems across two critically acclaimed albums: DAMN. and To Pimp a Butterfly. Rather than treating songs as isolated texts, students analyze albums as ecosystems — exploring how internal fo