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AP Lit
Homework and Due Dates
When in doubt, read.
Homework and Due Dates
When in doubt, read.
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OLD STUFF. STOP. BELOW THIS LINE IS JUNK. SORRY.
Writing due Monday, Oct. 7
A complete Scene/Symbol Analysis
on one of the attached prompts--choose one.
You need your analysis for class Monday in Googledoc form.
Writing due Monday, Oct. 7
A complete Scene/Symbol Analysis
on one of the attached prompts--choose one.
You need your analysis for class Monday in Googledoc form.
| invisible_man_bank_excerpt_prompt.docx |
| invisible_man_eviction_excerpt_prompt.docx |
Study Guide Questions for Invisible Man
| invisible_man_discussion_questions.docx |
Invisible Man Reading Schedule
Due Wednesday, Sept. 18
- Contexts Quiz on Names, Terms, etc. (see Friday's homework)
- Don't leave this until the last minute.
- You will begin reading Invisible Man on Monday and will also have reading Homework.
In Class Friday, Sept. 13
- Students received Characterization Notes
- Read the short story "Sex Education" and recorded how long it took to read so they will have a words per minute speed assessment of themselves.
- They also wrote briefly about "Sex Education."
- We examined closely the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn."
- The first Invisible Man HOMEWORK IS TO RESEARCH AND LEARN SOME TERMS, NAMES AND REFERENCES that will come up in Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison.
- This IM terms list, and the Characterization Notes are linked here.
| invisible_man_contexts.docx |
| characterization.docx |
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Due Friday, Sept. 6
Finish Readng The Secret Sharer. Expect a Quiz.
Anticipate writing an in-class essay on The Secret Sharer early next week.
Due Monday, 8/26
1. Read, annotate, and prepare to discuss or write about these four poems:
Due Friday, 8/22
Read and respond to the Expectations Letter/Contract.
1. Read, annotate, and prepare to discuss or write about these four poems:
- "Balances" by Nikki Giovanni
- "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth
- "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes,
- and "The Centaur" by May Swenson
- Why does the father switch from the ship metaphor to the bird metaphor when thinking about his daughter--from the poem, find the words and clues which suggest this switch. Did the adult you talked to understand this aspect of the poem, or go through a similar change? How did the adult interpret this poem?
Due Friday, 8/22
Read and respond to the Expectations Letter/Contract.
If for some reason, when you were in class, you did not pick up the first assignments you needed, here are the documents you need for the first few assignments:
| apliterature__expectations_2019_20.docx |
| ap_lit_syllabus_2019_20.docx |
| first_day_poetry_assignment.docx |
STOP. Anything below this line is JUNK. STOP
| hamlet_study_guide_and_questions.docx |
| hamletactonesceneonetwostudyquestions.docx |
| hamlet_act_1_study_questions.docx |
| updatedhamletacttwothreestudyquestionsfeb4__4_.docx |
| hamlet_act_4_study_guide_and_questions.docx |
OLD STUFF
Tuesday and Wednesday December 11 and 12
Jane Eyre Final Essay, in class.
Jane Eyre Final Essay, in class.
POETRY
- Read and reread before class.
- Know the names of the poets that go with each poem as well.
- Listen in class for things to annotate.
- Look up any terms, words, allusions you don't know.
- Look up terms, words, allusions you think you know that might contain "double meanings" or seem to be especially important to your understanding of the poem.
Wednesday and Thursday/Friday
January 9 and January 10/11
Poems for this week (so far), read and annotate all.
January 9 and January 10/11
Poems for this week (so far), read and annotate all.
- "Wailers" by Amiri Baraka
- "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" by Gil Scott Heron
- "They Feed They Lion" by Phillip Levine
| wailersrevolutionlionpoems2018.docx |
Poetry list so far
- "Ther Centaur" by May Swenson
- "A Dialogue Between the Soul and Body" by Andrew Marvell. Do the multiple choice questions as well.
- "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth
- "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes
- "Get the Gasworks" by David Ignatow
- "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" by Randall Jarrell
- "Buffalo Bill" by e.e. Cummings
- "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg
- "Mourning for Rue" by Tom Crawford
- Plus four by Gwendolyn Brooks (see link below)
- Plus four by Nikki Giovanni (See link below)
- "Advice to a Prophet" by Richard Wilbur
| four_gwendolyn_brooks_poems.docx |
| four_by_nikki_giovanni.docx |
| poemsvoicespeaker.docx |
If you download the poetry packet, and the formatting is odd, click on the "enable editing" button.
Be prepared to discuss in class (have poem read, annotated, and comments prepared):
All poems ready for class discussion (and to be tested at a later date--we'll discuss date and expectations)
by Monday, 2/12, including
Be prepared to discuss in class (have poem read, annotated, and comments prepared):
All poems ready for class discussion (and to be tested at a later date--we'll discuss date and expectations)
by Monday, 2/12, including
- "Rabbit as King of Ghosts"
- "I like to see it lap the miles" by Emily Dickinson
- "I stop writing the poem," by Tess Gallagher
- "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," by William Wordsworth
- "Theme for English B," by Langston Hughes
- "Harlem," by Langston Hughes
- "The Red Wheel Barrow," by William Carlos Willams
- "Batter my heart, three person'd God," by John Donne
- "Naming of Parts," by Henry Reed
Reading Schedule for Jane Eyre
Finish assigned chapters before class on the day listed
FINISH THE NOVEL
MONDAY NOV 26
Finish assigned chapters before class on the day listed
FINISH THE NOVEL
MONDAY NOV 26
| act_5_study_guide.docx |
| theireyesarticlepoliticalincorrectness.pdf |
| theireyesarticlelookingforzora.pdf |
| theireyesarticlehowitfeelscoloredme.pdf |
The following links connect to various study guides for students.
| their_eyes_were_watching_god_close_study_of_characters.docx |
| their_eyes_were_watching_god_study_questions.docx |
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Ethan Frome Reading Schedule
Due, Before/Beginning of Class, Annotated
Monday February 11
Chapter One
Due BCA Tuesday/Wednesday, February 12/13
Chapter Two AND Three
Due BCA Thursday/Friday, February 14/15
Chapters Four AND Five
Due BCA Monday, February 25
Chapters Six, Seven, AND Eight
Due BCA Tuesday/Wednesday, February 26/27
Chapter , Nine AND Closing of the Frame--Finish the novel
Thursday/Friday, February 28/March 1
TBA
Due, Before/Beginning of Class, Annotated
Monday February 11
Chapter One
Due BCA Tuesday/Wednesday, February 12/13
Chapter Two AND Three
Due BCA Thursday/Friday, February 14/15
Chapters Four AND Five
Due BCA Monday, February 25
Chapters Six, Seven, AND Eight
Due BCA Tuesday/Wednesday, February 26/27
Chapter , Nine AND Closing of the Frame--Finish the novel
Thursday/Friday, February 28/March 1
TBA
Jane Eyre Breaks
Friday, January 10
Chapters 1 and 2
Monday, January 13
Chapters 3 and 4
Wednesday, January 15
Chapters 5 through 8 (pages 42-77)
*
Friday, January 17
Chapters 9 through 14 (pages 78-143)
Monday, January 20
Martin Luther King Day, No School
Use the holiday to consider MLK’s contributions, and to get caught up on your reading.
Friday, January 10
Chapters 1 and 2
Monday, January 13
Chapters 3 and 4
Wednesday, January 15
Chapters 5 through 8 (pages 42-77)
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Friday, January 17
Chapters 9 through 14 (pages 78-143)
Monday, January 20
Martin Luther King Day, No School
Use the holiday to consider MLK’s contributions, and to get caught up on your reading.
