AP English Literature (Period 7) Assignments

Photo Memory Poem due. Be sure to include your photos with your typed poem.
Guidelines attached.

Original odes inspired by the odes of Pablo Neruda due (assignment guidelines attached).

Binder Check #3- organized binder due. Use attached TOC and print copy for evaluation.

Existentialism and the Absurd written portion (3-4 pieces of evidence for each of the three works) due. Should be typed in format of sample on project guidelines.
Presentations start. (guidelines attached).

Finish reading Six Characters in Search of an Author.

For students not taking AP Lit Exam- read 2183-2193 in DiYanni book. Take notes.

AP English Literature Exam- 7:30 am
Student not taking AP Lit Exam- read 2174-2183, in DiYanni book; take notes.
AP Open Question Essay: in-class for students who are not taking the AP Lit exam.

For students not taking AP Lit Exam- read p. 2161-2171 in DiYanni book; take notes. Bring book.
Students taking AP Lit Exam- review and study, as needed. Use Cliff's Prep book. Bring practice multiple-choice exam to class.

For students not taking the AP Exam- read p. 2154-60 in DiYanni book. Take notes.
Students taking the exam do not need to complete this assignment.

AP Exam Prep- Open question essay prep due (see assignment sheet).

Finish reading Waiting for Godot- bring book.

AP Exam Review- multiple choice prep due (see assignment sheet).

AP Exam Review- terms pages 3 and 4 due.

AP Exam Review- prose essay prep due. See assignment sheet.

Bring ID card to check out No Exit, by Sartre.
Binder Check #2- bring organized binder to turn in for evaluation.

The Stranger- reading response #3 due (prompt attached). Bring book.

AP Exam Prep- terms pages 2 and 3 due.

AP Review and Prep- poetry essay prep due (see assignment sheet).
Start organizing binder for binder check #2- Tuesday, 4/23 (see attached TOC)

The Stranger- reading response #2 due. Bring book.

The Stranger- reading response #1 (-prompt attached)

Print copy of The Stranger reading schedule and Existentialism handouts (posted on-line yesterday). Read through the handouts and bring them to class tomorrow.
Read, highlight and annotate “The Myth of Sisyphus,” by Camus. Consider Camus’ ideas about Sisyphus in relation to introductory notes and statements about Existentialism.

Print copies of attachments. Read introductory handouts on existentialism. Bring handout and The Stranger reading schedule to class Thursday, 4/11.

Finish "Prufrock" questions.

Work on AP Exam review assignments. Page 1 terms due on Monday, 4/15.

Bring ID card and any books you need to return. We will check out The Stranger and Waiting for Godot.

Work on AP Exam review assignments.
Think more about Prufrock- work with poem continued in-class Tuesday.

AP Exam review assignments- print copy of attached assignments and complete each of them by the due dates indicated.
AP English Literature Exam, Thursday, May 9, 2013.

Independent reading- in-class essay.

Poetry of Robert Frost #2- see reading schedule for assignments. Bring DiYanni book.

Independent reading- reading response #5 due.

Poetry of Robert Frost (print copy of attached reading schedule). Bring DiYanni book.

Independent reading- reading response #4 due.

Homework- Dickinson poetry continued. Read assigned poems for Wednesday. Answer either questions 2,3, 4 and 5 on pages 936-37 (on a nature poem) or questions 2, 3, 4, and 5 (on a poem about death) pages 937-38. Bring book or copies of Dickinson poems assigned for tomorrow.

Print copy of DiYanni book Dickinson poems to read for Tuesday, 3/19 and Wednesday, 3/20/ Bring DiYannit book or copies of all assigned poems to class.

Independent reading- reading response #3 due.

Read Thomas Hardy poems in DiYanni book:
"Neutral Tones," 798
"The Ruined Maid," 1115
"The Man He Killed," 813
"Channel Firing," 1116-17

Complete Poetry Analysis Questions on "Neutral Tones."
Bring DiYanni book or copy of "Neutral Tones"

Homework- Read the following poems in your DiYanni book. Then select one of the poems to work with and complete the Poetry Analysis questions. Bring DiYanni book or a copy of the poem you work with to class tomorrow.
John Keats- “On First Looking at Chapman’s Homer,” 833
“When I have fears that I may cease to be,” 1131
Percy Bysshe Shelley- “Oxymandias,” 1188
Wordsworth- “It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,” 792

- Read Sound: Rhyme, Alliteration, Assonance, p. 817-820, in DiYanni book; take notes

Independent reading- reading response #2 due.

Homework- Independent reading- reading response #2 due Tuesday, 3/12; finish "London, 1802" questions; read and annotate 2001 poetry comparative essay prompt

Independent reading- reading response #1 due.

Complete each of the following types of reading responses in any order:
1. passage analysis, character development;
2. passage analysis,stylistic techniques (discuss at least 3);
3. open topic;
4. creative interpretation (original poem, art, song...)
5. meaning of the work as a whole.

Cliff's AP Prep book- read Analyzing Poems and Answering Multiple-Choice Poetry Questions, p. 24-28; take notes. Do Set 1 multiple-choice questions p. 29-30; correct and read over answer explanations of questions missed. Do Set 2 multiple-choice questions p. 32-34; check answers and review.
Bring AP Prep book.

Binder check #1- Bring organized binder to class for credit and evaluation.

"To His Coy Mistress," Andrew Marvell- finish questions.
Binder Check #1- due Monday, 3/4 (see attached table of contents)

Finish "The Flea," by John Donne, questions.

Select independent reading novel (see attached list).

"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," John Donne- complete questions.

Read intro to metaphysical poetry notes (attached) and print a copy for your binder.

Read John Donne biography and "Holy Sonnet 10" and answer questions (handout in class 2/22)

Read assigned Dickinson poems. Bring DiYanni book or copies of all assigned poems.
See schedule on 2/19.

The Things They Carried- read p. 225-246; read by Tues., 2/19
Reading response #6 (prompted) due on Wednesday, 2/20. (Note change)
For this reading response, describe the meaning of the work as a whole. Include specific
examples from at least three of the novel's vignettes to support your ideas. Suggested length:
1 1/2- 2 pages.

The Things They Carried- read p. 181-224

Field trip to see Gem of the Ocean.

Homework- Read the following poems in your DiYanni book. Then select one of the poems to work with and complete the Poetry Analysis questions. Bring DiYanni book tomorrow.
John Keats- “On First Looking at Chapman’s Homer,” 833
“When I have fears that I may cease to be,” 1131
Percy Bysshe Shelley- “Oxymandias,” 1188
Wordsworth- “It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,” 792

The Things They Carried- reading response #5, 162-180. Bring book.

The Things They Carried- reading response #4, p. 124-161. Bring book.
Note date change from Thurs. 2/7.
Bring completed "Hollow Men" questions for discussion and credit.

The Things They Carried- reading response #3, p. 62-123. Bring book.

The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien- print copy of reading schedule (attached). Start reading book.
Reading response #1- in class on Wednesday, 1/30

Fall Semester Final Exam.

Homework- Complete Practice Test 1 multiple-choice questions in Cliff’s prep book. Look over practice exam 1 essay questions; pay special attention to the prose essay question and the open question. Bring book.
If you were absent yesterday, read and annotate 1994 prose essay prompt and make a chart that includes devices, examples of their use, and explanations of their contribution to the author’s portrayal of the young girl’s adventure.

Homework- use DiYanni and Cliff’s AP Prep book to write definitions for each of the 15 style analysis terms listed on the back of the prose passage essay handout. Include an example or two for each. (see attached)

Cliff’s AP Prep Book- read AP Literature Exam Section II: Essay Questions, “The Prose Passage,” p. 49-60. Especially note student essay samples and comments by readers.

In-class essay- Fences or Death of a Salesman

Binder check #3- bring organized binder to turn in for evaluation and credit. (binder table of contents attached).

Fences- creative writing, question 5 or 6 due.

Fences- answer question 2, 3 or 4- end of play questions (approximately 1 1/2 page response).

Fences-read Act II, scenes 3 and 4. Bring book
Answer question 1- End of play questions (print copy of attached end of play questions).

Read Fences, Act II, scenes 1 and 2. Bring book.

Read Fences, Act 1, scenes 3 and 4.
Answer questions 5,6,7 or 8.
Bring book.

Read Fences, Act 1, scenes 1 and 2. Answer questions 1,2,3 and 4 (attached
Bring book/

Read "Tragedy and the Common Man," 2216-18; take notes. Complete DOS question 10. Bring book.

DOS reading- finish play. Complete individually assigned question 6,7,8 or 9.
Bring book.

DOS reading- p. 1823-1838.

Death of a Salesman- individually assigned questions due.

Print copy of Death of a Salesman questions (attached). Complete question 1 and bring it to class today for credit and discussion. Bring book.
Read through p. 1809.

Print reading schedule for Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and August Wilson’s Fences. (attached). We will be reading it in the DiYanni book. Be sure to take it home. Read “Envisioning Death of a Salesman,” p. 1774-76 and Arthur Miller biography, p. 1777.

R&G presentations due.

R&G Presentation handouts due (if you want me to run copies for the class).

Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are Dead- make an outline of AP Open Question essay prompt.
Come to class prepared to write essay tomorrow.

Binder check #2- bring organized binder with table of contents (attached) in front for credit.
R&G- reading response #2, in-class. Bring book.

Read R&G Introductory Notes and print copy for your binder (attached)
Print copy of R&G reading schedule (attached)
Read R&G and complete reading response #1 (attached at end of intro notes)
Bring reading response and book to class.

Print copy of binder table of contents and organize your binder- due Wednesday, 11/28

Bring ID card to check out Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, by Tom Stoppard.
Bring Hamlet essay outline to use when writing the essay today.

Hamlet- in-class essay outline.

Hamlet- read Act V, scenes i and ii; bring book.
Print copy of Act V study and discussion questions (attached).

Hamlet- read Act IV, scenes v,vi,vii; bring book.

Hamlet- read Act IV, scenes i,ii, and iii. Answer question 3 or 4 (individually assigned); bring book.
Print copy of Act IV questions (attached).

Hamlet- read Act III, scene iv; bring book.

Read Act III, scenes ii and iii; answers question 5,6, or 7 (individually assigned); bring book

Hamlet- read Act III, scene i. We will complete Act III question 2 (all) in class; bring book.
Hamlet Act III questions attached. Print copy for your binder.

Hamlet- read Act II, scene ii. Answer questions 5 and 7 (all); bring book.

Hamlet- read Act II, scene i. Bring book.
Hamlet Act II questions attached- print copy for your binder.

Hamlet- Complete Act I question 13 (all).

Hamlet- read Act I, scenes iv and v. Bring book. Individual questions 8 and 10 due.

Hamlet- Complete Act I question 4 (all) and Act I questions 2,5,6 (individually assigned). You should have one of Act I questions 2,5,6,8, or 10 assigned to you. You are responsible for thoroughly answering the question and talking about it on the assigned date. Bring book.

Hamlet- read Act I, scenes i,ii and iii.

Bring Hamlet to class Thursday, 10/25.
Bring Shakespeare sonnet partner work to class to continue.

Work on college apps and/or personal statements. November 1 is approaching!

Finish Shakespeare Sonnet 29 and Sonnet 60 questions. Due Friday.

Bring copy of Hamlet to class tomorrow.

Print copy of Hamlet reading schedule (attached)

Print copy of Hamlet Act I questions (attached)

Elegy for Oedipus- completed, typed final draft due.

Elegy for Oedipus- completed rough draft of poem due for credit and small group work.

Homework- Read “Elegy for Oedipus" (handout in class 10/17), and start working on your poem. Completed rough draft due Friday, 10/19. Typed final draft due Monday, 10/22.

Oedipus- In-class essay.

Oedipus question 5,6, or 7 due.
Bring all Oedipus questions.
Each response should be approximately 1- 1 1/2 pages. Include evidence from the text.

Binder Check #1- bring organized binder with printed copy of table of contents to class for evaluation.

"Thirteen Ways" original modeled poem, typed final draft due.

Read Introduction to Greek Theatre," DiYanni text, p. 1302-1305; take notes. Bring DiYanni textbook.

Print Oedipus reading schedule (attached).

Print Binder Check #1 table of contents (attached) and start organizing your binder.  Binder check #1 Thursday, 10/11.

In-class 10/5- view Greek Theatre slide show and take notes. (attached)

"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" completed rough draft of modeled poem due for credit and in-class work.. See "Thirteen Ways" Creative Writing Assignment on "Blackbird" questions for direction.
Typed final draft due Monday, 10/8.

"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," partner questions 2-11 due.

College Application Personal Statement- final draft due for credit and evaluation.
Bring "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," by Wallace Stevens annotated poem and questions 2-11 in progress. There will be time for partner work in class.

Old School- in-class essay.  Bring book.

College Application Personal Statement- final draft, double-space typed, due for credit, writing group response and pass-around editing.

Old School- in-class essay. Rescheduled for Tuesday, 10/2.

Old School- reading response #4 due. See attached directions for reading response. Bring book.

Counseling presentation- bring completed assignment from counseling department.

Revised draft of college personal statement(s) due.

Old School- reading response #3 due.  Bring book.

College Personal Statement- completed rough draft of UC #1 and #2 due for credit and writing group response.

Old School- Reading response #2 due.  Bring book.

 Old School reading and reading response #1 due Tuesday, 9/18.  Bring book.

Personal Statement- draft-in-progress due Wed. 9/19.

Homework- Old School- reading response #1 due Tuesday, 9/18; print reading schedule and reading response suggestions; bring book Tuesday

Print- College Application Things to Do (attached); make a list of the schools to which you plan to apply.

Print-College Application Personal Statement due dates (attached).

Start drafting college personal statement.

Bring a list of the colleges to which you plan to apply.  We will start some personal statement pre-writing in class.

Print copy of Old School reading schedule (attached) and put it in your binder.  First reading discussion and reading response due Tuesday, 9/18. 

Print copy of reading response suggestions (attached) to use for open topic reading response ideas.

Read in DiYanni book, "Barbi-Q," 243-244 or "Woman Hollering Creek," 247-253 and "There Was a Man, There Was a Woman," 245.
Bring ID card to check out Old School, by Tobias Wolff.

Homework-come to class tomorrow ready to complete first in-class writing

Read Sandra Cisneros 238-240 in DiYanni book and “Cisneros on Herself,” 254-257 for Wednesday, 9/13

"Eleven," by Sandra Cisneros.  Reading, highlight and annotate for stylistic devices Cisneros' uses to develop the character of Rachel.  Include identification of specific device, example of use, and explanation of what is contributes to the development of Rachel.

Print copy of attached handout on style analysis vocabulary.

10 Things that Shaped Your Life- typed final draft assignment due; don't forget to include a picture.


All forms due 9/10/12- see 9/5/2012 for attachments.

Rough draft of Ten Things: The Moments that Shaped Your Life due. 

Print and review copy of course syllabus.  Bring printed copy to class tomorrow.

Print attached forms:
Syllabus signature form
Contact info form
Netbook User form
All signed forms due by Monday, 9/10

In-class essay- Fences or Death of a Salesman.

Read Fences, Acts 1 and 2; print copy of Act 1 discussion questions (attached).

Read Fence, by August Wilson, Act 1, scenes 1 and 2.
Answer Act I questions 1-4 (attached).