AP Literature and Composition (Period Per. 4) Assignments
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- 2014-2015 School Year
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Work on Final Boot camp presentation.PPP.
create card tricks for the 12 works we studied ( this includes all the short selections from Dubliners)
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*****IMPORTANT CHANGE
1.Boot Camp Short Story Final Presentation is POSTPONED until next week. We will work on in class. Bring in SUMMARIES of allm stories you were able to find online; the remainder of the stories can be summarized IN CLASS on the 27th.
2. Prompt on Magical Realism May 20th. The students going to Yosemite will test the week of the 27th. Makeup days TBD.
3. Work on short story summaries throughout the week of May 27th.
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Prompt on "Magical Realism".
*******BRING YOUR CACCIATO TEXT*****************
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Read Boot camp stories for Project
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Please type up responses to the Cacciato take home test and submit through turnitin.com. Due by 3pm Wednesday latest.
******: AP LIT EXAM BREAKFAST IN CAFETERIA AT 7:00 15 - 7:55 WEDNESDAY 5/6 BEFORE TEST. ALL STUDENTS TAKING THE EXAM ARE WELCOME!!!!
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Book report due April 30 through turnitin.com. Bring in formatted, typed hard copy in addition to your turnitin.com Originality report
**Adjustment of date for Cacciato test. May 4 ( as noted on assignment calendar 4/20) If you have an AP test that day, let me know in advance so we can make a plan.
**Final AP test 4/28 and 4/30
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Terms Test M-Z Wed 22nd
VIETNAM PROJECT DUE FRIDAY 24TH
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See attached REVISED DATES for assignments and projects due.ead through Chapter 24 of Cacciato for bell ringer quiz Monday which will cover Chapters 9-24
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Read through Chapter 16 of Cacciato.
I will be handing out the book report format for your outside reading book .
Practice test in class Thursday
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Poetry terms A - H test and bellringer for Cacciato Chapters 1 - 4
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Read Chapters 1-4 of Cacciato. for bellringer on Wednesday
Poetic terms test on A-H terms Friday.
Select outside reading book for reports due week of May 1st. Instructions and rubric will be given out in class for this assignment, but get your book and start reading asap. Clear your book selection with me by Friday April 10
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Dubliners e-text link below. Please read the final story "The Dead" for homeowrk.
We will have a prompt on Thursday on The Dubliners so bring in all your handouts: Araby, The Sisters, Eveline, Encounter, Clay, Counterparts, A Painful Case and The Dead ( I can provide copies of The Dead if needed)
www.gutenberg.org/files/2814/2814-h/2814-h.htm
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We will have a prompt on Dubliners Thursday. Practice AP test after class discussion of Dubliners Tuesday
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Read two short stories from The Dubliners and type up the following:
1. epiphany and paralysis in EACH
2. how has the use of diction and detail by Joyce made the stories effective. ( EACH ONE)
So, there will be a total of 4 paragraphs.
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Period 4 will read "Araby" and "Eveline".
Period 6 will read "The Sisters" and "Eveline"
Be prepared with your VOICETHREADS on google drive for presentation FRIDAY!!
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Work on voicethread for "Fallen Angels" project with AHS partners. Due date is coming up fast.
Finish your lit crit analysis of four passages from The Awakening
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Read the poem "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" . The first 4 questions should be typed up, the remaining responses should be marked on the poem itself.
1. Define existentialism
2. Why would T.S. Eliot start the poem with a cant from The Inferno?
3. Why, specifically, is "a dead spirit" speak to a p"presumably" dead Prufrock? in the canto?
4. What do the first few stanzas reveal about Prufrock's character?
5. Identify the use of language devices i.e. alliteration, assonance, repetition, hyperbole, parallel structure, allusion, metaphor in the poem. Mark at least one example of each. Be able to explain the poet's purpose in using these language devices.
Keep working with your partners on The "Fallen Angel" project. Remember: DEADLINES ARE FIRM.
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Test on The Awakening ( MC for reading check basically). In depth discussion of passages in book will follow for deeper meaning.
Prufrock questions due.
Deadline for "Fallen Angel" project slides due 3/11 to show on 3/12 in class.
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Finish The Awakening for a bell ringer on Thursday. Test on the novella will be on March 9
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Read through Chapter XXX ( Chapter 30) of Awakening for a bell ringer quiz Tuesday March 3.
Connect with AHS partners over weekend re. your "Fallen Angels" Project.
Be aware of deadlines posted on the project handout!
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Read through Chapter 19 of Awakening for a bell ringer
Class link for collaborative project with AHS "Fallen Angels"
tutorial on voicethread: https://voicethread.com/new/share/6502173/
Creating a Voicethread Account
Please see Voicethread account registration for information about how to register for an account.
Accounts are free.
Please see Voicethread account registration for information about how to register for an account.
Accounts are free.
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Read Parts I through VII of The Awakening for a bell ringer and class discussion.Link attached.
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Personal reflection ( typed-1page, 12 font) on your "journey" through "The Lagoon".
You can use symbols,i.e. lagoon, birds, use of light/dark, snakes; sensory images i.e. visual, auditiory, tactile, movement of the piece.
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Composition due on Wilde. Make sure you bring in your originality report. Use "text format" to print out entire document. ( Start wiith document viewer and then text format in bottom right corner) Must be submitted through turnitin.com by due date listed. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS WINDOW CLOSES BY TIME STATED
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Multiple Choice Test with one short answer response on IBE Wednesday.
Compositions on Wilde due before or on 2/17.
MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH TURNITIN.COM AND MUST SUBMIT AN ORIGINALITY REPORT FOR CREDIT ON THIS.
NO LATE PAPERS
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Finish reading play.We will have a bell ringer on Act Three of Importance of Being Earnest.
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Finish IBE for bellringer on Acts 2 and 3.
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1. Do explication of "My Last Duchess" using two methods of explication.
2. Read Act Two of The Importance of Being Earnest
3. Bring in an obituary on Oscar Wilde ( British or European ok; not American)
Composition Assignment due Feb 17
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 essay should be 5 paragraphs in length, typed (one a half spaced)and turned in through turnitin.com by Feb 17 latest. No late submissions on this assignment. You have TWO WEEKS to work on this so do not wait until the last minute.
turnitin.com info: My class is listed under the name Dooley
Period 4 password: challenge
ID # 8494550
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
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Read "Lady of Shalott" and write up the Situation, Language devices, Figurative Language and what the Lady ( character) represents within the Victorian society of that time. You may do your write up on the poem packet.
Read Act One of The Importance of Being Earnest
NO LATE WORK THIS SEMESTER!
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Final prompt on the Romantic era. Bring in novels and poems from the era to help you outasneeded
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We will review our practice AP Pride and Prejudice Test questions Thursday.Bring in index cards for "Card Tricks" semester review for Monday 1/12
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Type up answers to the close reading quotes and passages on Wuthering Heights
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Close reading passages on Frankenstein due. Read the Wordsworth poem in your poetry packet for discussion in class.
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Read the four short poems in your poetry packet: Keats', "When I Have Fears", Byron's " She Walks in Beauty" , Shelley's "Ozymandias" and Blake's "Chimney Sweeper" and analyze in terms of the academic language in the packet.Annotate on your packet for discussion in class.
Read chapter by chapter summaries of Frankenstein for close reading activities on Friday
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Re read "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and type up the responses to questions 1-16 in your Poetry Packet. Video youtube link attached for you with narration
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Be prepared for a Bell ringer on Tartuffe and an AP practice Multiple Choice test Tues 11/18. We will be writing a prompt on Tartuffe on Thursday Nov 20
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Read through to the end of Tartuffe. Go back and annotate the following:
Three examples of verbal irony
Three examples of situational irony
Three examples of dramatic irony
Two examples of the "manners" of the period
One example of a contradiction of the usual "manners" of the society ( i.e. specific words or actions of a character that conflict with the expected behavior of the time)
Three examples of actions/behavior/ words that provide us, as readers, with "thoughtful" laughter (i.e. we see ourselves in the contemporary world exhibiting the same behavior as seen in Tartuffe, the play)
Work on calibrating ideas with your selected team on the upcoming project which we worked on today in class. Start creating questions and doing mind mapping. Bring ideas and maps to class next week for collaborative work
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Finish reading and annotations of Tartuffe
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Read Tartuffe through to the end of Act 2 for a possible bellringer quiz.
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Read up to the end of Act Two, Scene two in Tartuffe. There will be a reading quiz
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Work on your two maps or physical representation of your two "threads" ( time line and cause-effect ) moving from the 6 eras we have covered:
Greek, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Renaissance and Enlightenment
Presentations Friday
Read to end of Scene V of Tartuffe.
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Bring in a hard copy of the following:
One "Carpe Diem" poem
One Ben Jonson poem
One John Donne sonnet
This will require that you do some research regarding these poets in the Renaissance
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Complete the CCR ( close reading) packet given out on Tuesday. Be prepared for the in-class prompt on The Tempest Bring notes and text materials.
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Read Act 4 of The Tempest and jot down responses to the practice essay questions that I handed out Friday. We will have our Tempest prompt on Thursday, Oct. 23rd.
There will be a bell ringer quiz on Acts 3 and 4 on Tuesday.
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Read Act III and complete handout on Symbolic Characters in Tempest.
IF YOU DID NOT FILE YOUR MEDIEVAL ESSAY, PLEASE BRING IN TO CLASS AND FILE IT ON FRIDAY
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Read Act Two of The Tempest, and type up a one page ( more is okay, but no more than two) on the character CONFLICTS.
: There will be a reading test on Acts One and Two on Wednesday. Be prepared.
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Paraphrase 28 lines of dialogue from Act One of The Tempest. Do a line by line handwritten or typed ( preferably) translation of Shakespearean to English text.
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Review the Sonnet packet given out last week.
Read Act One of The Tempest and type up a one-page summary.
DO NOT USE ONLINE OR SPARK NOTES! This must be your own work.
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Medieval Prompt today. Bring all materials to facilitate.
Read the Shakespearean sonnets packet given out in class Thurs, Oct 2.
If you were absent that day, COME BY and get a packet so you will be able to participate in class Monday.
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NOTE: I will be POSTPONING your Medieval Prompt until MONDAY 6th October so that we can do some close reading of your three Medieval authors. Please bring ALL of your handouts plus your copy of Canterbury Tales to class on Thursday so that we can work more on this assignment.
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Read scene from Dr.Faustus (attached) for discussion in class Tuesday 9/30
Read The Inferno: "Canto XXVII" to be handed out in class Friday 9/26
You will need these readings to be able to write the prompt on the Medieval era Thursday, Oct 2
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Type up a one and a half page, one and a half spaced reflection paper on the "zeitgeist" of the Medieval Era. Use your selections from Canterbury Tales, the two cantos from "Inferno" and short scene from "Dr Faustus" as reference points for your reflection. MUST BE TYPED.
Important Reminder: Be sure and turn in your work at the beginning of class! Do not wait for me to prompt you on this as it is in my class syllabus and I will not be accepting any late work unless you have an excused absence with an accompanying re-admit from the attendance office.
Looking ahead: Prompt on Thursday on Medieval Era. We will begin our unit on the Renaissance this week.
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Read the Prologue of Canterbury Tales. Type up a four to five line (max) description of each of the main characters due 9/22
Please place in your Period tray at BEGINNING of the period on Monday.
Advance Assignment: Read "The Knight's Tale" for a reading quiz Wednesday 9/24
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Reminder: Beowulf test Tuesday followed by Scop presentations
Beowulf prompt Thursday.
We are starting the Medieval era this week.
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Comparison of Two Translations of Beowulf : Heaney and Rafael due FRIDAY 9/12
These are the pages and headings that you need. The Rafael link is posted on earlier homework. You may read ahead to get the gist of the passages.
"Wrath of Grendel" p.9 (Heaney) vs. ""The Monster Grendel ( Rafael) verse 1
"The Coming of Beowulf" p.15 vs. "The Arrival of The Hero" (Rafael) verse 4
"Battle of Grendel" p. 49 vs."The Battle with Grendel" (Rafael) verse 8
"The Monster's Lair" vs Rafael Verse 11 ( lines. 545 - 569)
"The Battle with Grendel's Mother" p. 103 vs. Rafael "The Monster's Mother" Verse 12
"The Last Battle" p.169 vs. Rafael "The Final Battle" verse 14
"The Spoils of War" p. 185 vs. Rafael verse 15
"The Farewell" p.213 vs Rafael verse 17
Read p.127 - 169 for Bellringer Quiz FRIDAY 9/12
Due Tuesday 9/16 Finish reading Beowulf for a test ( objective)
Due Tuesday 9/16 Be prepared to either present your Scop project or turn in your Scop video. We will start presentations after the test.
LOOKING AHEAD: THURS 9/18 In class writing prompt ( timed) on Beowulf
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Read Beowulf to page 127 for Wednesday 9/10. Work on your Scop Presentation for Tuesday, 9/16 Note: This is a date change to allow for reading Beowulf in its entirety.
Link to Rafael version as follows:
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Read Beowulf through to p. 59. Mark kennings, epithets, alliterative verse, caesura, Christian and Pagan elements. Be able to paraphrase in contemporary English for class discussion. In other words, please interpret the lines as best you can.
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Read assigned Anglo-Saxon poem and mark kennings, epithets,alliterative verse; interpret and write up meaning.
Read pp.3 - 29 pf Beowulf
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Test on Oedipus. We will start with the Anglo Saxons this week.
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Finish Oedipus ( link on 8/22) and define the terms listed below. Please type out your definitions:
1. exposition
2. complication
3. discoveries and reversals
a. anagnorises (big discovery)
b. catastrophe
4. peripeteia
5. climax
denouement
LINK to in-class videos are as follows:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNAM3PzGcow (an abbreviated version)
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyQFtJfOonI (ancient Greek theater masks)
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf9cDKqwhQw (BBC Ancient Greece – The Greatest Show on Earth
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyQFtJfOonI (ancient Greek theater masks)
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf9cDKqwhQw (BBC Ancient Greece – The Greatest Show on Earth
REMINDER:: Your summer dialectical journal is due Sept. 10
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Finish Oedipus ( link on 8/22) and define the terms listed below. Please type out your definitions:
1. exposition
2. complication
3. discoveries and reversals
a. anagnorises (big discovery)
b. catastrophe
4. peripeteia
5. climax
denouement
NOTE: Your summer dialectical journal is due Sept. 10
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Finish Oedipus ( link on 8/22) and define the terms listed below. Please type out your definitions:
1. exposition
2. complication
3. discoveries and reversals
a. anagnorises (big discovery)
b. catastrophe
4. peripeteia
5. climax
denouement
NOTE: Your summer dialectical journal is due Sept. 10
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Read , Part One of Oedipus Link attached.
Adjustments on dialctical journal as noted:
9 quotes including 3 from beginning, 3 from middle, 3 from end of Owen Meany, Streetcar and Catcher, Due date September 10
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Dialectical Journals due on summer assignments