AP ENglish Literature Period 1/6

You will type up the results of both interviews, and also you will write a compare and contrast essay on the differences and similariteis in responses from the male interviewee and the female interviewee. Period 1 has already turned in interview questions and responses. These will be checked--solely for the purpose of seeing that you completed the assignment. Once stamped and returned, you will construct this compare and cntrast essay. In it, you will discuss the interviewees, what you learned, and explain why you think there are differences in the type and scope of response you obtained. This essay will be discussed in class, but you should begin thinking about it now as it will be a typed multpage essay.

AP English Literature Homework p.1 and p.6

In Chapter one of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Henry tells Dorian: "Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common and the vulgar. Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! The world belongs to you for a season.....We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and to the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to. Youth! Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world but youth! pg 23 (pdf version). With what, if anything do you agree with in the above statement to Dorian from Lord Henry? How to you feel about his remarks about time; living and youth. Is he simply trying to be encouraging or actually expressing sentiments while harsh, but true? Discuss in a response of at least one page. 2. Based on Lord Henry's remarks, create a set of no fewer than eight to ten interview questions, then pick two individuals over age 30, one male; one female. They may be your parents, another family member; a teacher or counselor; hair dresser, coach, someone with whom you have a relationship. Let them know that you have to do an interview for your AP English Literature Class. Arrange a time when you can ask them a few questions about them; their accomplishments. Then share with them the passage. You should already have your interview questions ready... you might want to include the following: Is there anything in life that you regret not taking advantage of? Be prepared: you may want to record their answers using your phone, because carefully constructed questions will elicit potentially rich and long responses. Interview Responses due on your block day.

AP English Literature Period 6

Please click on the "My Categories" under handouts. Then look at how I categorized the literary terms. Select one entire category and define those terms using your Perrine Literature text. Disregard any previous directions.

AP English Literature Period 6

1. Reflection--In what ways can categorizing questions by type (comprehension; grammar; detail; tone) or knowledge domain prove helpful and possibly beneficial for us as students? In what ways might this skill transfer to other classes? Why is creating questions helpful? 2. Please read the article "Questioning the Text: Literary analysis and Multiple Choice Testing" by Eric Wimmers. Be sure to annotate it. Read up to the top of page 121/421 with the paragraph that ends with the words theme.

AP Lit Periods 1&6

Homework: Use either The Shadow of the Wind; How to Read Literature Like a Professor; Enrique's Journey; or The Glass Menagerie to create a total of 8 ORIGINAL Questions: 2 Right There; 2 Think and Search; 2 Author and You; 2 On My Own. 2. Continue to Categorize the Multiple Choice Questions from our first AP English Literature Practice Exam. Use the following as your categories: Grammatical Knowledge; Comprehension: Tone; Audience; Purpose; Main Idea; Detail; Literary Term Vocabulary; Relationships/Word Patterns; Patterns of Organization. Use the link to the right under classroom Readings to download/view the test questions. The correct answers are on page 39 of the test. 3. You will meet in your Literature Circle Groups one last time before the play. Period 1 on Tuesday; Period 6 on Wednesday. Please be prepared to discuss. Exam for Period 1 Tomorrow/Period 6 on Wednesday.

AP English Literature Periods 1 & 6

Be sure to complete the AP English Literature Mini Unit Exam Sheet. Period 1 you were given this sheet. Period 6, you will find it uploaded under class readings and handouts.

AP English Literature Homework Periods 1 & 2

Tomorrow, both periods will engage in a Literature Circle Discussion of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. You should have already determined who will be the: Discussion Director; The Connector; the Summarizer; The Illustrator; the Literary Luminary. I have uploaded a sheet for each role under Class Readings and Handouts. Please download and print OR Duplicate on your own paper. Your role sheet MUST BE DONE when you ENTER CLASS. 2. YOu must have 8 (period 1)/ 6 (period 6) Journal Entries for your reading. Because there are no acts but scenes, you may DO ONE ENTRY for SCENE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, two for scene 6 (because it is longer); and one for the scene 7. As long as you have the required number of scenes. Many students have already READ the ENTIRE PLAY. I will give you one more chance to meet in Literature Circles before we attend the play next week. 3. Please bring your dialectical journals, with a quote from the play, the scene number and your response to class tomorrow.

AP English Literature Periods 1 & 6

1. Your Self Evaluation of your Summer Reading Dialectical Journal Entries for Shadow of the Wind is DUE ON MONDAY!! not FRIDAY. 2. Buy The Picture of Dorian Gray. 3. Begin Reading The Glass Menagerie. The link to the PDF is under Class Readings and Handouts. On Thursday, you will meet in your first Literature Circle Meetings to discuss Acts 1 & 2. Period 1, your groups will be determined on Monday. 3. Begin Reviewing How to Read Literature Like A Professor and notes on Summary versus Analysis for Exams next week. Finally, on your block day you will take the multiple choice portion of an AP English Literature Exam. The remaining three essays will be distributed during the next two or three weeks.