AP Literature & Composition (Period 3) Assignments

1. Refer to the handout below.  It is a list of all short stories we will read in our Bedford Anthology. 

 

1.  Use the link provided below to access helpful websites to prepare you for the AP Literature Test (May 6).  It is upon us.  :))))))))

This link to "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" will help you understanding postmodernism.  See you if can identify the postmodern elements herein:  http://allpoetry.com/All-Watched-Over-By-Machines-Of-Loving-Grace

 

HOMEWORK:  STUDY YOUR GOOGLE SITE (WEBSITE) TO PREPARE FOR THE AP TEST ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 6. 

 

 

 

1.  Finish reading The Stranger by next class.   To find it online, go to Google and type the following into the search box:  "The Stranger" text pdf

2.  We begin our huge  AP Lit. Test--everyone takes it--next class.

1.  Grendel Test (on entire novel).

2.  Bring your scored 2001 and 2005 sample essays (released by the College Board).  We will create a master copy of each!

3..  Shmoop (yes, a verb!!!) "The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot and then explicate it using the "How To Explicate a Poem" handout.  Remember, this is a MODERN ERA poem and captures the Modernist zeitgeist!!!  See the link below:

 

1.  Finish reading Grendel.  Expect a reading test on this entire novel.  (NOTE:  You will be writing an in-class TIMED essay on Grendel  the week of April 27.) 

 

You can find Grendel online at Wikispaces! 

1.  Read the four articles on postmodernism linked below.  They will help you tremendously. 

2.  Read the next three chapters (Chpts 4-6) of Grendel and expect a reading quiz. 

1.  Study your Glossary of Poetic Terms (N-Z).  You will have Poetry Terms Test (Part II) (N-Z) on Friday.

2.  Make sure you have completed all journals to date for Heart of Darkness. 

 

NOTE:  On Friday we will also be watching a few scenes from the film Apocalypse Now and parallel them to Heart of Darkness, which inspired the film. 

1.  Next class we will take Part I (terms that start with letters A-M) of our actual Poetry Terms Test.  It will be similar in format to the Poetry Terms Quiz we've already taken as preparation for this test.

 

NOTE:  Journal entries are to be written IN CLASS, not for homework. 

1. Study for your Poetry Terms Quiz, which will be given next class.  All terms reviewed thus far will be included in this quiz, which, by the way, will not carry as much weight at the actual test.  NOTE:  The actual TEST on these terms will be spread out over a couple of days in the coming weeks. 

2.  Finish hand-writing your journal entry on the assigned passage from Heart of Darkness.  Below is the BOLDED journal prompt I had written on the white board.  This will be your prompt for every passage on which you journal.  (NOTE:  100-150 words in length)

 

 

Go to this link (see below) and submit your choice of Lit. Crit.  This will be the one you use to write your entire journal for Heart of Darkness.  :)   

 

 

 

1.  You will have a Poetry Terms Quiz when you return on Wednesday.  Remember, you can use the Quizlet link provided on this homework website.  The password is posted along with the link.  (I posted it several days ago.)  NOTE:  Some of the terms that will be on this quiz are NOT included in this Quizlet file.  As a note of encouragement, many of these terms you already know.  There will be a follow-up TEST soon after this quiz.  So... review them over your 3-day weekend.  

 

Thank you for submitting your "Lit. Crit." lens to the Google Form!  Remember, the lens you submitted is now YOUR assigned lens through which you will write your journal of passages I designate as we read our way through Heart of Darkness.  

 

 

 

 

1.  Read up to Part III in HOD (the top of p. 50).   That is another 27 pages--and it does require focus!  So give yourself time. 

2.  Begin studying the terms up to the top of p. 19 in your "Glossary of Poetic Terms" packet. (See the link to this packet below.)

Triangulate three documents:  any essay, poem, and the play The Importance of Being Earnest and draw conclusions about Wilde's values, his ostracization from society, and the values of society exposed by Wilde. This assignment is in lieu of the timed essay for this play and the Victorian Era.  It must be 1-2 pp. long, double-spaced, typed in a conservative font. It is now due February 13 at midnight at Turnitin.com.  I will require a HARD COPY turned in by no later than

 

Use this New York Times Obituary of Oscar Wilde to help you find your three documents to triangulate: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D06EED9153DE433A25752C0A9649D946197D6CF

Below is the link to the spot where we stopped in class.  Make sure you watch the remaining sections and be prepared for an M-C Test the day you return (Wednesday, 2/18/15).  Enjoy your 4-day weekend and be safe and good! 

 

Also, we will be "triangulating" our essay when you return from the weekend.  Mr. Asher 

 

http://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/002/060/297/RUG01-002060297_2013_0001_AC.pdf

 

Below is a link to the "Victorian Era Poetry Assignment" handout with instructions.  Be sure to follow them. 

 

 

 

Triangulate Oscar Wilde.  Find THREE different types of literature written by Wilde (play, poem, short story, essay, lecture, etc.).  Use all three pieces to triangulate (i.e., focus on) the overall message that Oscar Wilde conveyed.  Examples must come only from these three sources that you choose to triangulate.  You will submit to Turnitin.com by next Friday a double-spaced, TYPED (of course) essay.  Make sure to use quotation marks to set off his words.  You are to use PRIMARY SOURCE documents only for this assignment.  https://www.gutenberg.org/ is an awesome website to help you with this. 

Below is a link to the "Card Trick" document.  Incorporate this into EACH of the literary periods on your Google Site  There are three required sections for each literary era:  1)  threads (review in class)  2)  "Card Trick"  and  3)  250-ish word paragraph about how the literature read in the era is reflective of the zeitgeist, spirit, or sensibility of the era in which it was written.  Feel free to embellish your Google Site in ANY appropriate way you wish:  graphics, links, etc.  Begin working on this project now at home.  Once you do ONE literary era, the next one gets easier!!!  :)))

1.  Per the sub's instructions and his discussion with me at the end of Period 5 on Wednesday, you were instructed to finish reading The Misanthrope and to complete the worksheet on pairings of conversations (the one we started in class).  So... you will have a timed essay on The Misanthrope on Friday.  To help you during this timed essay, you are allowed to use only your book AND the worksheet on pairings of conversations. 

Read Act II, Scene1: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/tempest/page_60.html

Read Act II, Scene 2: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/tempest/page_94.html

 

 

Both of these scenes from The Tempest are filled with puns and allusions.  No Fear Shakespeare (see links above will help you). 

1.  Take 10 original photographs that you will use on your e-portfolio (class website) for EACH of the following 4 eras:  Greco-Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, and Renaissance.  Remember, as long as YOU know how the picture relates to the era, the photograph is usable.  NO PHOTOGRAPHS "SCABBED" FROM THE INTERNET. 

1.  Read Act I of The Tempest.

 

1.  Watch and take  notes on the main points of the following video:  Greek theater and democracy.

2.  Be prepared on Friday to write your first TIMED essay.  You will be randomly assigned to write on any ONE of the three novels read this summer. 

3.  Summer reading journals are due, both in hard copy and electronic form (Turnitin.com), Sept. 2.  Be sure to print out your Originality Report and attach it to the bottom of your journal before you turn it in to me. 

1. Read the following informational texts (see links below) BEFORE reading the entire play Oedipus Rex.   (See summary below to help you with your reading.) 

2.  Read Oedipus Rex.

3.  Expect a reading test on Oedipus Rex on Wednesday, Aug. 27.

 

Period 0:  ID is 8467924 and PW is p02014 (all lower case)

Period 1:  ID is 8467937 and PW is p12014 (all lower case)

Period 3:  ID is 8467954 and PW is p32014 (all lower case)
Period 5:  ID is 8467898 and PW is p52014 (all lower case)

 

Be sure to print out your "originality report" and staple it to the bottom of the hard copy of your Summer Reading Journal, which, btw, is also due on Sept. 2.  

 

Oedipus the King (a summary below)

A plague has stricken Thebes. The citizens gather outside the palace of their king, Oedipus, asking him to take action. Oedipus replies that he already sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to the oracle at Delphi to learn how to help the city. Creon returns with a message from the oracle: the plague will end when the murderer of Laius, former king of Thebes, is caught and expelled; the murderer is within the city. Oedipus questions Creon about the murder of Laius, who was killed by thieves on his way to consult an oracle. Only one of his fellow travelers escaped alive. Oedipus promises to solve the mystery of Laius’s death, vowing to curse and drive out the murderer.

Oedipus sends for Tiresias, the blind prophet, and asks him what he knows about the murder. Tiresias responds cryptically, lamenting his ability to see the truth when the truth brings nothing but pain. At first he refuses to tell Oedipus what he knows. Oedipus curses and insults the old man, going so far as to accuse him of the murder. These taunts provoke Tiresias into revealing that Oedipus himself is the murderer. Oedipus naturally refuses to believe Tiresias’s accusation. He accuses Creon and Tiresias of conspiring against his life, and charges Tiresias with insanity. He asks why Tiresias did nothing when Thebes suffered under a plague once before. At that time, a Sphinx held the city captive and refused to leave until someone answered her riddle. Oedipus brags that he alone was able to solve the puzzle. Tiresias defends his skills as a prophet, noting that Oedipus’s parents found him trustworthy. At this mention of his parents, Oedipus, who grew up in the distant city of Corinth, asks how Tiresias knew his parents. But Tiresias answers enigmatically. Then, before leaving the stage, Tiresias puts forth one last riddle, saying that the murderer of Laius will turn out to be both father and brother to his own children, and the son of his own wife.

After Tiresias leaves, Oedipus threatens Creon with death or exile for conspiring with the prophet. Oedipus’s wife, Jocasta (also the widow of King Laius), enters and asks why the men shout at one another. Oedipus explains to Jocasta that the prophet has charged him with Laius’s murder, and Jocasta replies that all prophecies are false. As proof, she notes that the Delphic oracle once told Laius he would be murdered by his son, when in fact his son was cast out of Thebes as a baby, and Laius was murdered by a band of thieves. Her description of Laius’s murder, however, sounds familiar to Oedipus, and he asks further questions. Jocasta tells him that Laius was killed at a three-way crossroads, just before Oedipus arrived in Thebes. Oedipus, stunned, tells his wife that he may be the one who murdered Laius. He tells Jocasta that, long ago, when he was the prince of Corinth, he overheard someone mention at a banquet that he was not really the son of the king and queen. He therefore traveled to the oracle of Delphi, who did not answer him but did tell him he would murder his father and sleep with his mother. Hearing this, Oedipus fled his home, never to return. It was then, on the journey that would take him to Thebes, that Oedipus was confronted and harassed by a group of travelers, whom he killed in self-defense. This skirmish occurred at the very crossroads where Laius was killed.

The messenger remarks that Oedipus need not worry, because Polybus and his wife, Merope, are not Oedipus’s biological parents. The messenger, a shepherd by profession, knows firsthand that Oedipus came to Corinth as an orphan. One day long ago, he was tending his sheep when another shepherd approached him carrying a baby, its ankles pinned together. The messenger took the baby to the royal family of Corinth, and they raised him as their own. That baby was Oedipus. Oedipus asks who the other shepherd was, and the messenger answers that he was a servant of Laius.

Oedipus asks that this shepherd be brought forth to testify, but Jocasta, beginning to suspect the truth, begs her husband not to seek more information. She runs back into the palace. The shepherd then enters. Oedipus interrogates him, asking who gave him the baby. The shepherd refuses to disclose anything, and Oedipus threatens him with torture. Finally, he answers that the child came from the house of Laius. Questioned further, he answers that the baby was in fact the child of Laius himself, and that it was Jocasta who gave him the infant, ordering him to kill it, as it had been prophesied that the child would kill his parents. But the shepherd pitied the child, and decided that the prophecy could be avoided just as well if the child were to grow up in a foreign city, far from his true parents. The shepherd therefore passed the boy on to the shepherd in Corinth.

Realizing who he is and who his parents are, Oedipus screams that he sees the truth and flees back into the palace. The shepherd and the messenger slowly exit the stage. A second messenger enters and describes scenes of suffering. Jocasta has hanged herself, and Oedipus, finding her dead, has pulled the pins from her robe and stabbed out his own eyes. Oedipus now emerges from the palace, bleeding and begging to be exiled. He asks Creon to send him away from Thebes and to look after his daughters, Antigone and Ismene. Creon, covetous of royal power, is all too happy to oblige.