AP English Literature Winter Break Assignment

Good Morning! I hope that all have had a chance to get some rest. As previously stated, your Winter Break Assignment is posted here.  Do note that some assignments are actually DUE before we return to school or ON THE DATE WE RETURN.  Some assignments call for you to use Schoology to submit them.
Assignment One: Read and create dialectical journals for the final play in the Oedipus Cycle: Antigone. Antigone can be found by clicking the hyperlink here: Antigone Paul Rouche 
2. Dialectical Journals on Antigone.  Select a quote, then respond: What does the quote say/REVEAL about a character, their motives, their development, their advice (if the Chorus); or the plot?  You must have 20 such quotes and responses.  You must have at least 2 quotes from the following: The Chorus; Ismene; The Messenger. The rest can come from the other major characters.
3. A Major Data Worksheet on Antigone.
4. Reading from our text on Poetry.
5. Deciding on a Novel to read or even RE-Read with a group of no fewer than 3 and no more than 5 students for literature circles.  Please check back as I will hyperlink the Major Data Worksheet.

AP English Literature period 1

Today, in class, we will briefly discuss your responses to the Free Response Question #3 connecting How to Read Literature like a Professor and the first two texts in the Oedipus Cycle. As previously discussed, the rubric used is the AP General Scoring Rubric, and the essay is worth a total of 90 points. Click here to read the AP General Essay Scoring Rubric. Click the first link, and the rubric should download in your computer.  We will also briefly discuss the short response questions. Then, I will finish inputting your Reading Reaction records while we watch The Gospel of Colonus.  At this time, no grades have been recorded in MISIS yet.  Please also do not ask "did you put this in?" As a teacher, I decide what assignments are indicative of progress. Currently, AP English Literature students have obtained a gratuitous number of points and credits for Practice Exams, Completing Reflections, and Creating A Multiple Choice Exam; Padlets; and Defining Literary Terms.  I won't be swayed if you are borderline on your grade unless you average a 6 or above on essays.

H. Expository Composition Period 2

First, click here to complete the Interview Reflection.
Then you will have a chance to share with a peer and the class.
Next, The Fall of Rome, "mini-exam".

AP English Literature Reflection

1. AP English Literature End of Semester Reflection 
2. Study Time-- This is for those who didnt receive their Major Data Worksheets
3. Winter Break Assignment: Finish the novel you are re-reading.  Continue to complete reading reaction records and annotate passages.  Major Data Worksheet on Your Novel
4. Exam

H. Expository Composition Periods 6

Artwork: Select ANY scene from the novel The Fall of Rome.  Draw that scene.  It may include characters, or simply be scenery.  Perhaps you thematically draw one of the major characters: Jerome, Rashid, Jana. Or perhaps you draw all three of them, perhaps how they symbolically intersect.  Be creative! Use color, pencil, pen, or even chalk.  Make your drawing on white paper.  It should use the entire space . It may be vertical or horizontal.

2. Option 2--Not an artist? Create a series of haiku poems, or other poems about 6 pivotal characters from The Fall of Rome.  Due Wednesday with your Interview Audio (Remember, you will present/do the interview reflection in class)

H. Expository Composition Period 6

So that we are able to finish our novel, The Fall of Rome, and engage in meaningful discussion, please read the following: Chapters 12-13. Use post-it notes to note interesting or sentences of note. Then, simply find an index card or half sheet of paper, and retitle chapters 12 and 13.  That is, based on your reading, give Chapter 12 a new title, and Chapter 13 a new title.  Be ready to discuss with me and with peers!  Lastly, please be sure that you have found an interviewee, and have any questions for me ready.

Reviewing Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus

Questions for Notes and Written Discussion
1. Why is it significant that Oedipus Rex begins with a question?
2. What role do questions have in Oedipus Rex?
3. Discuss the symbolism of rivets and bindings.
4.  How are suffering and wisdom connected?
5.  What ironies are present in Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?

Keep Reviewing Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus.  Pick 3 of the most important passages or scenes in Oedipus Rex and three of the most important scenes in Oedipus at Colonus. Re-familiarize yourself with the plot.  Tomorrow ALL students who turned them in will get back their Major Data Worksheet and any Oedipus Related Bio-Poems and study questions to study for the weekend.

On Monday, you will have an exam on Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus.

The Hate You Give Extra Credit Submission

The Hate You Give Extra Credit Will Be Collected Friday!!! Have Your Ticket Stub Stapled to Your Paragraph!!!!

H. Expository Composition periods 2 and 6. Tips for Interviews

1. Interviewing A Source
2. Qualitative Research: Interviews and Observations
3.. Informational Interviews
4. How to Do A Research Interview 

Honors Period 2

1. Finish your SOAPS and A Summary/Reaction of one page your article.  How did you react/relate to the content (did you agree, were you surprised, etc). Please write out this assignment!
2. Begin looking for your interviewee!

H. Expository Composition Period 6

Article of The Week
Experiencing the Demons.  Please read any of the following for your Article of the Week. You may choose to read the same article with a partner: My White Boss Talked about Race in the United States and This is What Happened. 
Beyond The Myths: The Paternal Values of Latino Fathers
Black Men and Public and Public Spaces by Brett Staples p. 240 in our text.
Beyond The Model Myth: Why the Studious Asian Myth Hurts 
The Myth of The Latin Woman by Judith Ortiz Cofer (in our online text, p.232)
The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
Home, Strange Home, Caught between Nigeria and America
The Black Middle Class is Leaving Its Brothers and Sisters Behind
Stop Trying To Flip Female Trump Supporters

Homework: Finish reading the article you chose.  Then complete a SOAPS and a written reflection (not a summary) of the article.  How did you interact with the text? Where there personal connections that you made with the piece? Was it serious, humorous? Did you enjoy or appreciate the text? How so? Why?
Read Chapter 11-13 in The Fall of Rome. Just Read it, even if I don't post any questions.