AP Lit and Comp (Period Per 6) Assignments

Bootcamp presentations begin next week and continue into Finals week. Your Final exam grade will be a compilation of  the following:

Socratic Seminar

Bootcamp Project 

Web page with entries through Contemporary era. You must print out your hard copy and bring to the Final Soc Sem during your assigned final time. 

Final AP Multiple Choice exam (completed)

Final Essay exam ( completed)

NO ABSENCES DURING FINAL EXAMS UNLESS EMERGENCIES CLEARED BY SPHS

Continue to read the Bootcamp stories for a culminating project which constitutes one fourth of your final exam grade. 

On Friday 5/20 ( this upcoming Friday) you need to turn in questions from any 8 of the remaining Bootcamp short stories. For each story, you may choose any four questions following each selection to answer. You may handwrite or type your responses  but I must be able to read your work clearly.

 

**** I will be checking your web pages this Friday. You should be completed through the contemporary era.*******

Narrowed down list of stories to read include the following:

"IND AFF", "The Moths", "Battle Royal","The Hand","Miss Brill, "Love in LA", "Lust", "Summer", "A Good Man is Hard to Find"

You are to choose 4 questions to answer after each of these selections. Word ALONE on questions, No collaboration.

This week will be in-class completion of Web pages through the Contemporary era

 

LOOKING AHEAD:

NEXT week  ( May 23 - 27) will be reading and answering questions with some discussion. We will form teams for the Bootcamp activity on Thursday and Friday of next week and begin planning

 

The week of May 31 to June 3 will be working on Final Bootcamp activity.

FINAL WEEK we will complete the course with a Socrativ Seminar.

 

 

 

We will continue with Bootcamp reading in class. Be sure and complete the questions for your Thurs.  5/12  assignment if you have not already submitted that work. Since I was absent I will accept your homework on Monday for both Periods 6 and 7.

Per 6 : AP Breakfast for those of you who are taking the test tomorrow! Cafeteria 7:15 to 7:50.

We will finish web pages and start on our short story bootcamp tomorrow.

Finish reading Cacciato and quiz packet. You will need to complete all sections to get  full credit . We will have a brief discussion of the novel and then proceed with the first section of the AP test which will take place this upcoming week in preparation for the College Board AP Lit on May 4. This will be a major grade and will constitute one third of your overall final exam grade for this semester.

Continue reading Cacciato ( pace yourself) so that you can complete your quiz packet by Monday/ Tuesday.

 

Looking ahead: We will have a  class discussion on the novel  Mon/Tues in preparation for the AP Final  exam which I will be giving on Tuesday and Thursday.(Per 6) and Wed, Thurs, Friday Per 7. The AP Test will be full length with Multiple Choice and essay sections. 

 

Read through p. 146 of Going After Cacciato for a MAJOR Quiz on Monday. We need to finish the novel before the AP test so that it is a viable option for you on the Free Response section.

 

Link below to Lit Terms for final review and for the AP test ( mine and the College Board)

Read through p.50 of Cacciato for a bellringer  Wednesday (Per7); Thursday (Per 6)

GO DIRECTLY TO THE LITTLE THEATRE ON WEDNESDAY PER 6 FOR THE MACBETH PERFORMANCE. 

Read Chapters 2 and 3 of Cacciato for a bell ringer Friday. It will cover the first three chapters.

Read any two stories in The Things They Carried  ( link below) and Chapter 1 of Going After Cacciato and take notes on Tim  O' Brien's style ( DDISFT) and what makes him unique as a writer.

Time to breathe......and catch up....We will be reading two more selections from Dubliners in class so  NO homework. Hooray!!

Identify paralysis, epiphany, social implications, political implications, what defines writer's style, use of stream of consciousness in "Eveline" by James Joyce

Identify the following in "The Sisters" in the e-text online version of The Dubliners

a. Epiphany or awakeny of character(s)

b. Paralysis of character(s)

c. Implication re Dubliners society

c. Implications re Dublin/ Irish politics

D. writing style of James Joyce and what makes him unique

e. Stream of consciousness

1. Read the packet of modern poems distributed in class Friday We studied "Prufrock" in class so you may omit that one. You SHOULD include "Do Not Go Gentle...". Type up short summary of THEME of each poem. This should  be analytical but brief. Bring a hard copy to class. 

2. On your packet, mark the following ( one example of each as it/ if it is included in each individual poem) language devices/ figurative language:

 metaphor, personification, assonance, alliteration, hyperbole, parallel structure, repetition.

3. Look up these terms:

lyric poem, villanelle, free verse,  iambic pentameter, iambic tetrameter, trimeter, couplet. Type up your definitions . Be as clear as possible.

****BRING A HARD COPY OF YOUR WORK TO CLASS!!! *******

The library printer may be out of order so you must be sure and make your copies off campus .

Read through page 65 in HOD and continue with annotations. Finish the book over the weekend if possible. We will discuss Monday and write the prompt on Wednesday next week. 

 

Be sure and email me the prompt outlines that you worked on with your team today. You can submit ONE copy with all names attached. Bring a hard copy to next class.

HOD p.35-45 for Wednesday. Keep annotating. I will be checking at end of class Tuesday.

 

**** We are skipping p.21 - 34 so you may use notes to summarize that section******

You need to cover 10 pages per day so we can finish up by next week.

Your prompt will be on the evolution of Conrad's writing style . You can include your annotations from "The Lagoon" and from Heart of Darkness in this analysis. We will write the prompt next Tuesday 3/1 in class.

Read through page 10 of the pdf formatted copy of Heart of Darkness  for Thursday See the link below..

Work on your Victorian era webpage. All the categories should be completed by the end of this week. I will be checking your work on Friday 2/19

Read through the posted online pdf text ( on homework site)  through page 20 of Heart of Darkness. We are examining Conrad's "impressionistic" style of writing and documenting examples of how his style evolves from "The Lagoon" to Heart of Darkness. Annotate as you move through the text in terms of the stylistic devices of diction, detail, imagery, syntax, figurative language and tone (DDISFT) and show how they are used within passages and quotes. Particular emphasis should be placed on the use of imagery that begins in the first chapter and continues through the novel, i.e. snake, light/dark, color/lack of color, fog, geometric shapes and forms,  and stark contrasts in the landscape and river. 

Themes can be notated i.e. isolation, savagery, colonialism, madness/ illness, cruelty, the dark and evil  hidden nature of man, abuse of power and any other themes that are prevalent in BOTH works. You will be writing a prompt that uses these details and you need this information to develop your response.

*****NO CLIFF NOTES OR ANY OTHER ONLINE NOTES!  This work need to be your own. I will be checking your annotations on the first 20 pages on Friday. We will discuss fully next week after the writing conferences have been completed. 

After reading "The Lagoon" ( see link on last posted homework)

pleas type out a response to the following. This must be typed in order to get any credit on this assignment.This needs to be  one full page in length . It can be more if you need to develop more examples.

1, How does Conrad create mood though his imagery?

2. Which three of these stylistic devices contribute most to his personal style as a writer? ( Remember  DDISFT)  diction, detail, imagery, syntax, figurative language or tone.  Analyze how your selected devices define his own unique style and give examples using lines and quotes from  "The Lagoon" to illustrate your points.

Read the online text version of "The Lagoon" by Joseph Conrad. We will discuss in class Thursday 2/11 and Tuesday 2/16. Link is attached below

Looking ahead:

Thursday 2/11  will be the day we go over the M/C AP test and calculate your scores. We will also take the 20 min SBAC . It will be a  graded assignment so if you are absent, you will need to make it up with either me or one of the administrators after school.

Next week, I will have writing conference sessions in class for all students. In addition, we will do passage analysis of Conrad's work.

Add a thread to your Victorian website. This is an  INDIVIDUAL entry. Should be at least one half page.

Prompt on Earnest Tuesday 2/9

 

1. Type up and/or copy your entry on SATIRE ( at least three Victorian era  conventions ) used by Wilde. in a hard copy on Wednesday

 

NO CLIFF NOTES!!! I will be checking.

Looking ahead: Wed Act Three in class reading of Earnest

                          Frid.. Multiple Choice AP Practice Test

                          Tues 2/8  Prompt on 1.

 

 

 

 

                 

Re read the first act of Importance of Being Earnest  through to end of p.19 ( Per 7, we will finish through Act One on Thursday)

On your webpage, start working on the Victorian era, You should summarize the conventions of Victorian society that are being satirized by Wilde in this first act, i.e. marriage and include as a one web page entry under "Card Tricks" summary section.

******( I changed this assignment from the one posted yesterday to make it an electronic rather than paper entry)*****

You can work as a team on this entry but post it on your own webpage. You can add to these points of satire at a future date as needed. This play is public domain and the e-book version is available online at the following link:

In poetry packets, explicate "The Lady of Shalott", "Dover Beach" and"The Convergence of the Twain" using 2 of the 4 explication methods for each poem

Review the attached powerpoint on the Victorian age for a bellringer quiz Wed

( Per7) and Thurs ( Per 6)

Three poems in poetry packet explicated using two methods for each poem, Lady of Shalott", "Dover Beach" and "The Convergence of The Twain"

Frankenstein Bell ringer on Chaps 16 - 20 on  Thurs Per 6

Finish the novel by Friday.

Complete and submit  ,the link to your website  to me via e-mail by Tues 19th 11:59:59 pm

Each member must have his/her own website. and should print off pages to use as notes for the Socratic Seminar section of your final on Thursday 21st.

 There  can  be no sharing of notes.

 

We will complete our cause-effect maps in class for team presentations.

Bell Ringer on Chaps. 10 - 15 Tuesday.

Read 16 - 20 for Thurs.

You need to finish Frankenstein ( through Chap 24) by end of the week.

Keep working on website.

Read through to the end of Chapter 15 in Frankenstein

Bellringer schedule:

Bellringer on Friday 1/8  will be on Chapters 5-9

Bellringer on Tues 1/12 will be on Chapters 10 - 15

 

Goal is to finish Frankenstein by Finals week so that we can do the prompt on time.

Read chapters 5 - 9 of Frankenstein

Finish your " conflict beats" for Act One Scene 6 of Macbeth

Choose any four of the Hamlet soliloquys  ( you may choose from the packet handed out in class) OR the attached ones ( see link to Word doc) and annotate for the following:

1. tone shifts

2. graph out conflict beats

3. Mark example of iambic pentameter in any ONE of the four sonnets selected.

Read Act One, Scenes 1,2,3 of Macbeth and type up a summary

Read 3 of the sonnets and the "Types of Sonnets"  packet for Monday ( Per 7) and Tuesday (Period 6)  Annotate the following  on your handout:

1. What is the rhyme scheme of the four sonnets?

2. What is the theme of each sonnet?

3. What does the couplet at the end serve to do for each sonnet?

4. Where are the tone shifts in each sonnet?

Your Prezi/ Google Slides/ Power Point on Renaissance Theater is due. There should be a minimum of 8 slides.

Read to the end of Pg. 60 in  your novel. There will be a 10 to 15 question quiz on pages 1 - 60  prior to the Presentation

Link for Gawain and The Green Knight below:

 

There are three or four parts so watch all of them

 

Watch and type up two paragraphs on how Gawain meets the five virtues of the Knight's code i.e. friendship, compassion, piety, chastity and honesty

 

We will have a prompt on Wednesday based on how the writers of the medieval i.e. Dante, Chaucer, Marlowe and the anonymous author of Gawain reflect the zeitgeist (or sensibility) of the era

****. Bring in NOTES, MATERIALS AND CHARTS  to help you on the prompt.

Read "The Pardoner's Tale" online

 Type up your line by line translation of Faust sililoquy

Multiple  Choice Practice Test Friday

Per 6 Read "Miller's Tale" and "Wife of Bath". Fill in your chart ( Fabliau etc)

Bellringer Wednesday on these two stories.

next story will be "Pardoner's Tale" . See link below

We will access Canterbury Tales from the library Monday ."The Wife of Bath" and "The Miller's Tale" in class 

Read through the Prologue on the online link below.

SCOP Project due.

Finish Beowulf for a prompt Tuesday.

Scop Project due today. We will be presenting these projects today after the prompt,  and Thursday. All team members must attend as I will be calling teams at random. No late work on this presentation.

Work on team "Scop" project. Be sure and incorporate in your myth/legend/fairytale/personal written story the use of kennings, alliterative verse , epithets, caesura and  chorus. You may sing, play a musical instrument, chant or recite as you relate in the oral tradition. Allow  five to six mins for your performance on Tues. 22nd  September.

Read through to top of page 151 in Beowulf

Read to the end of p 125 of Beowulf for a Bellringer Quiz.

POETRY TEAM PROJECTS AND ESSAY RESPONSE is due today. Please do not be absent unless there is an emergency. You cannot get credit and your teammates will suffer if you are not present. 

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Read through to page 70 in Beowulf

Read pp. 1 - 27 Beowulf for class discussion and a Bell ringer Quiz

Type up a two paragraph , one page ( max) comparison of the "classic" hero defined  from either the Greek, Roman or Anglo-Saxon eras with your

concept of a "modern day" hero. You may use Joseph Campbell's definition of an archetypal  hero as a guide 

****Period 6 will get more direction for this assignment on Monday 8/31******

Bring in one  Anglo-Saxon poem and mark for kennings and alliterative verse.

You can look up the definition of kennings ( double noun, usually hyphenated i.e. whale-road) and alliterative verse( i.e. the lovely, lilting, laughing lady")

We will be in the library Wed to work on our poetry project. Details and handouts will be given out Wednesday to both Per 6 and 7

Read the handouts on "Anglo-Saxon Burial Rites" and "Joseph Campbell"

Your first in class writing prompt will be on Monday August 31. You can bring in quotes from Oedipus that define character ( team work Thurs and Friday) but you do not need to bring in any other material. You will have the option of using summer reading material for your response.

 

Finish reading Oedipus online.Reading quiz Thursday

Type up a paragraph on how DDISFT ( choose 2 of these stylistic elements)

contribute to the TONE of the poem, "January Wind"

 

Reminder: Dialectical Journal submission to turnitin.com by Thurs am latest.

Print out the text format of your Originality report ( FIRST PAGE ONLY)

See attached link for the online text version of Oedipus Rex. Read through to the end of p.44 for Aug. 25

 

Submit your dialectical journal to turnitin.com by Thurs.August 27 latest.

Class ID and log in information has been given out in class:

ID for Per 6     10435358

ID for Per 7      10435277

Password for BOTH classes:  challenge

 

The name on the teacher account will be under Dooley( my account)