AP English Literature & Composition Seminar Assignments

Notebook Check #4 (see attachment)

Bring (if not turned in on Friday)
Photo Memory Poem due- final draft, typed with photos.

Recommended reading due- three titles, with author and brief write up (3-5 lines) for each describing why you recommend each book. Typed, single spaced.

Notebook Check #3- see attachment
Bring organized notebook to turn in for evaluation.

Independent reading due. Be prepared for partner discussion of selected work.

The Things They Carried- Final draft essay due. Bring two copies.

Notebook Check #2
Bring organized notebook for credit.

The Things They Carried- Final draft essay for editing due.

In-class writing- AP style prose passage analysis.
Come to class ready to write.

Bring The Things They Carried book and prewriting on three selected vignettes.

"The Hollow Men," T.S. Eliot. Create a visual representation (collage, Powerpoint, original art) of the images you find in the poem.
Bring visual and copy of poem to class.

Bring ID and any books you need to return.

Notebook Check #1- Bring organized notebook to evaluation and credit.

Kennedy Poetry Review- Chapters 21 and 22 due.

Notebook Check #1- Bring organized notebook for evaluation.
Friday, 3/6

Death of a Salesman “Things to Consider” questions (handout) (10)-

Death of a Salesman background on time period (handout) (10)

Death of a Salesman “Things to Consider” individually assigned questions (20) 1,2,3,4,6, or 5&7

Death of a Salesman “Things to Consider” individually assigned questions 8,9, or 10 (20)-

Death of a Salesman “Things to Consider” question 11(20)-

Death of a Salesman “Things to Consider” question 13 (20)-

Fences character introduction; individually assigned (Troy; Rose; Corey; Bono; Gabe/Lyons) (20)-

Fences/DOS essay guidelines (handout) (10)-

Fences/DOS rough draft essay (20)-

Kennedy Poetry Review- In-class notes Chapters 12,13,14,15 (20)

Kennedy Poetry Review- Chapters 16 and 17 (40)-

Kennedy Poetry Review- Chapters 18, 19, 20 (40)-

Kennedy Poetry Review- Chapters 21,22 (40)-

Kennedy Poetry Review- Chapters 18, 19 and 20 due.

"Prufrock" questions 1-4 due.

Fences/DOS Comparative essay due. Bring two final draft copies.
Bring "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" to work on partner questions in class.

Read Act II of Fences, by August Wilson.
Bring book.

Read Fences, by August Wilson, in Harcourt Drama, Act I, 671-685. Complete a written character sketch of either Troy, Rose, Cory or Lyons/Bono (both).
Bring book.

Read Act II, 685-695 for Wednesday, 2/18.

Fall Semester Final Exam

Notebook Check #4- Bring organized notebook to class for credit. See attached contents list.

Motif Project due (see attachment).

John Donne- "Holy Sonnet 10" read and complete questions. Read "Holy Sonnet 14" and be preparaed to complete questions in class.

Shakepearean Sonnet comparison. Analyze each sonnet (see attachment) and then write an essay comparing the two sonnets.

R&G are Dead- In-class essay; AP Open Question style.
Come to class prepared to write.

R&G Presentations continued.
Bring Sonnets of Shakespeare for review of Shakespearean sonnet format and subjects and themes.

R&G Presentations continued.
Bring ID to check out Sonnets of Shakespeare and return Hamlet and R&G.

Rosencrrantz and Guildenstern are Dead presentations.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead project workshop time.

Read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Act Three, 97-126. Consider the questions with which the play leaves you. Be prepared to write them down and discuss in class.
Bring book.
Ropsencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead project introduction and workshop time.

Read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Act Two, p 55-97. Bring book. Be prepared to complete reading response #3 in class.

Notebook Check #3. Bring organized notebook for evaluation and credit (see contents list below)

Notebook Check #3, 10/14/2008-11/18/2008
1. Oedipus questions- three self-selected responses from handout- include handout with all questions;
2. Notes- Aristotle's definition of tragedy. Kennedy book, 1295-1299;
3. Hamlet Act I questions -include handout with all questions;
4. Hamlet Act II questions- include handout with all questions;
5. Hamlet Act III questions[- include handout with all questions;
6. Hamlet Act IV questions- include handout with Act IV and V questions;
7. Hamlet AP Open question essay (add when you get it back);
8. Hamlet essay- passage analysis- include prompt and essay;

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead-Read 31-55, Complete reading response #2 for homework.
Bring parts 1 and 2 of reading response #1 completed in class Monday for discussion.

Read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, by Tom Stoppard, to page 31, when Shakespeare's Hamlet action starts. Bring book.
Notebook Check #3, Wednesday, 11/19.

Hamlet In-Class Essay.

Work on college applications and personal statements.

Read Hamlet, Act. V. Bring book.

Read Hamlet, Act IV. Compleyte assigned questions. Bring book.

Read Hamlet, Act III. Complete assigned quesitons. Bring book.

Read Hamlet Act I. Bring Folger's edition text.
Bring Act I questions to discuss in class.

Hamlet, Act I. Start reading in Kennedy textbook, p. 1522. Read Act I by Wednesday, 10/29. Bring ID to check out Folger's edition of Hamlet.

Read in Kennedy book- Aristotle’s definition of the concept of tragedy, p. 1295-1299; take notes.

College Application Personal Statement revisions due.

Oedipus Original Elegy due in final draft form.

Oedipus In-Class essay.

Oedipus quesitons- complete two additional questions from Oedipus questions handout.
Bring Norton Anthoolgy of Drama.

Finish reading Oedipus. Complete one question from Oedipus questions handout for Monday, and two additional questions for Tuesday. Bring Norton Anthology of Drama.

Oedipus reading.
Bring Norton Anthology of Drama.
Finish play by Monday, 10/20.

Booktalk #3 due.

Notebook check #2- Bring organized notebook for credit and evaluation.

Notebook CHeck #2 List of Contents- 9/15-10/14
1. 13 Ways Original Poem- add when you get it back
2. Questions "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" 886-889 in Kennedy text. Answer questions 1.,3,4,5 on page 889.
3. Reading respone #1 Old School
4. College Application Personal Statement Prewriting- 5 adjectives that describe you; an experience, activity, aciton that shows each in action; select one adjective/example and quick-write a paragraph about it.
5. College app. personal statement rough drafts questions 1 and 2.
6. Final draft personal statement (add when you get it back)
7. Reading response #2 Old School.
8. Reading response #3 Old School
9. Old School in-class Open Question essay (add when you get it back)
10. Resume (add when you get it back)
11. Notes Harcourt Drama- individual and ALL sections in Intro to Greek Theatre.
12. Oedipus in-class questions 1 & 2.

Resume due in final draft form for credit and editing.

Homework- Resume due Friday, 10/10
Read Sophocles bio and Intro to Oedipus, Harcourt Drama, 25-26. Bring book.

College Application personal statements due in final draft form for evaluation.

10/8- College personal statements 1 and 2 due in final draft form for evaluation and comments.

Finish reading Old School, by Tobias Woolf. Bring reading response #3 and book.

College Application- Personal statement essay #2 completed rough draft due for small group critique and credit.

College Application- Personal Statement: one completed rought draft due for group read-around and credit.

Booktalk #2 due.

Old Schoo, by Tobias Woolf. Reading response #2 due, p. 63- 127.

College Personal Statement- rough drafts for group read-around and credit.

College Application Personal Statement- prewriting

1. List 5 adjectives that describe you;
2. For each adjective, list activities, experiences, or actions that show you exercising the particular trait;
3. Select one of your adjectives and examples and quick write a paragraph describing/showing you involved in the activity

Part 2-

1. List 5 things/individuals in your life that are important to you (family, community, school);
2. For each thing/person listed, write a line or two to describe the influence/role the activity or individual has in your life


9/23/2008


Homework- Work on personal statement; bring draft in progress
Old School reading. Reading response #2 and discussion, p. 65-128, Friday, 9/26

Old School, bu Tobias Wolff. Read "Class Picture" and "Frost," p. 3-59.
Reading Response #1 due.

"13 Ways" original poem modeled after Wallace Stevens' "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," due. Final draft, typed.

Homework- “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,” by Wallace Stevens

Re-read poem with partner, p. 886-889 in KIennedy text, and answer questions 1,3,4,5,6,7 on page 889 together.


“Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Senior Year,” original poem modeled after Stevens’ poem due Thursday, 9/20. Final draft, typed.
Reading response #1 Old School due Friday, 9/21.

Booktalk #1 due (see attachment)

Homework- Compose a descriptive or narrative piece that conveys a specific tone (like O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried).
Use at least three of the techniques O’Brien employs in “Things” in your own writing.

Notebook check Friday, 9/12

Notebook should include:

1. syllabus
2. cultural markers article
3. cultural markers individual list
4. cultural markers interview subject’s list
5. AP Open Questions handout
6. Booktalk assignment sheet
7. “Eleven” highlighted and annotated text
8. “Eleven” devices/examples/commentary chart
9. “Eleven” essay draft
10. List of 15 stylistic techniques
11. Descriptive essay that develops a character
12. “Things Carried” highlighted and annotated text
13. “Things Carried” devices/examples/commentary chart
14. “Things” essay draft
15. Narrative or descriptive writing that creates a specific tone; use at least three of the devices O’Brien employs in “Things”

"The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien style analysis essay. Bring annotated text, chaart and essay.

"The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien. Read, highlight and annotate.

Complete chart of Snadra Cisneros' "Eleven." Include identificaiton of literary device, examples and explanation of what the specific examples add to the characterization of Rachel.
Consider dictionh, detail, figurative language devices, syntax, orverall organization and tone.
Bring chart and annotated copy of "Eleven" to class Monday for in-class writing.

Cultural Markers Interview List due.

AP Literature and Composition Syllabus 2008-09 attached