AP Lit. (Period Per. 5) Assignments

Below, is the link to the Senior Survey.  It is critically important that you take this survey--AND WHILE DOING SO BE SURE TO PROVIDE THE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY ADDRESS TO WHICH YOUR HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT IS TO  BE SENT!!!!!

 

Read the following 4 short articles that deal with Postmodernism and come prepared to discuss it.  Know why the Simpson's is considered quintessentially postmodern.  You will be quizzed through your creation of Thinking Maps!

Choose one of the prompts at the link below.  Your essay is due TYPED, single-spaced, by the second day I see you next week.  Be sure to submit it to Turnitin.com as well.  Thank you!  Mr. Asher   

• Lucy Aikin
• Mathilda Betham
• Felecia Hemans
• Mary Howitt
• Mary Leadbeater
• Mary Russell Mitford
• Hannah More
• Amelia Opie
• Sydney Owenson
• Mary Robinson
• Anna Seward
• Charlotte Smith
• Agnes Strickland
• Ann Yearsley

Read Act III of Macbeth and expect a reading quiz.  Be sure to journal each scene through your assigned lens.  Enjoy your weekend. 

Homework is to continue reading all of Act II of Macbeth.  There will be a reading test on Act II next class.  Act II encompasses the murder of King Duncan at Macbeth's castle and the immediate aftermath.  Who's to blame?  The witches, the wife, Macbeth himself?  Hmmmmm.    

1.  Read Prologue to Wife of Bath AND The Wife of Bath's Tale.  

(We will map out both.)  Be sure to have your book.

2.  Your team is to find ONE other translation of your assigned Anglo-Saxon poem in your packet, and be ready to compare and contrast it with your assigned poem.

 

Good job reading and understanding the Prologue today!

1.  Be sure to bring Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (CT ) to class.  We will take some time to continue to work on our websites.  Then look at A-S poetry and the Middle-English poetry of Chaucer.  

 

1.  Finish your banner at home and be prepared to upload it to your website next class  

2.  Read Beowulf to the middle of p. 19.  Expect a reading quiz on pp. 3-19.

 

Good job today with Beowulf AND your websites.  

1.  There will be a Beowulf reading test (maybe an AP TIMED M-C test) before your TIMED essay next class.  You know the themes on which your Beowulf essay options are based, but I've listed them below:

 

1.        values evidenced in the poem Beowulf
2.        the formula of the “epic”
3.        female perspectives in Beowulf
4.        stories-within-a-story
5.        the relationship of the narrator and the story
6.        literary traditions (kennings, epithets, alliteration, paganism, Christianity, etc.) 

1.  Study the Family Tree found at the back of the Beowulf.  NOTE:  Beo is not the same person as Beowulf.  You will need to recognize these names when you read this story in class and/or out of class.  Period 5:  Be sure to have your 10 pics (one for each literary era in your Google Drive.  Period 6:  We will work on getting the 10 pics next class.  You will also be visited by a counselor and by administrators next class to talk about important senior-year "stuff."  You don't want to miss this class--or any class for that matter.  :)    

 

A few students still need to make up the Oedipus essay.  You know who you are. So see me asap to arrange a time to make up this important essay.   

1.  Prepare for essay prompt options on Friday.

2.  Next class, turn-in to me a hard copy of your Summer Reading Journal AND submit it to Turnitin.com.  Here is your Class ID number and password for Turnitin.com:    ID#:  13219096       PW:  P5Tiger   (Capitalize the "P" and the "T".)

1.  Read all of the handouts given last class.

2.  Continue reading Oedipus.  We'll discuss it further on Wednesday.  You will write your TIMED essay on Friday.

3.  Think about the videos you saw last class and how enrich your reading of Oedipus.

1.  You should have Oedipus read by Wednesday.  It is suggested that you read a synopsis of the plot first, then begin reading it online.  Remember, you're reading it in translation, so the syntax will be a bit unusual.  We will be writing an essay on it the last class day I see you next week.  Here's a link to Oedipus with side notes to help you along the way as you read:   http://www.cnusd.k12.ca.us/cms/lib/CA01001152/Centricity/Domain/2613/Oedipus.pdf

 

Good job with the Thinking Maps activity yesterday in class!  It's graded and posted.