AP English Literature Spring Break Edition

1. Carefully read, and underline and take the Practice Test you received. For every Poem or Prose Passage you must use either a DIDLS; SOAPS; TWIST; or SIFT chart to analyze the language.  This may be done in the margins or the test. 
2.  Open Minds. You should have 4 Open Minds drawn into 4 sections and 1 or 2 Open Minds with the jagged line.
For Open Mind #1: Female Characters Select any four female characters from novels we have read: The Kite Runner; The Piano Lesson (play); Chronicle of A Death Foretold; The Fall of Rome; Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone. Write their name; then record 3-4 actual quotes from the text; 2 images (small); and a simile or metaphor to describe them and 4 WORDS from the QUALITIES OF CHARACTER HANDOUT in each section. Remember you must use color, colored pencils. This assignment must be visually appealing.
Open Mind #2:  Minor Characters: Select four minor characters from 4 different texts and complete the same thing as in #1
Open Mind #3: Tragic Characters:  We have read a Tragedy (Oedipus), yet characters in other texts also appear to have tragic qualities. Select 4 characters from texts we have read that appear to have had tragic flaws that caused significant loss.  Then, do the same thing as in #1--
Open Mind #4:  4 Chracters of Your Choice from Literature you read OF LITERARY MERIT grades 9-12 on your own, or as part of school curriculum.
Open Mind with Jagged Line: Pivotal Moment in The Stranger. On right half select quotes; adjectives for Mersault before the pivotal event; and then quotes, images, description after the pivotal incident.
3. Read-read, and review literary terms.  I have entered two sets of terms in our Quizlet.

H. World Literature Period 5

Part I.  Reflect on your participation and note taking based on groups presentation. Which group's presentation seemed to present the most novel or thought-provoking information? Why? OR Reflect on your own presentation: what information and way of viewing why sexism persists was new to you? Your Reflection must be one page
Part II Select any one of the following group generated questions, and respond using information from your observation; opinion; and/or the text. Your response must be a page, as well.
1. Why do minority communities focus primarily on race issues and often reject gender issues?
2. Do you believe that women are more materialistic in relationships then men?
3.  In society, why do we tend to make women liable for certain situations?
4. Has all music made it more susceptible to objectify any genders today?
5. Do you feel that success is part of the reason that (black) women and men resent each other? (or are beginning to even mildly
Part III. Continue Reading your Literature Circle Novel. You must have 4 entries (front/back of folded sheet) by Thursday.  2. Complete the Role Sheets for your Role!

H. English Ten period 5

Neat Versus Sloppy People Questions for Critical Thinking
Critically respond to questions 1,3, and 6 in class. If not finished, then finish the remainder for homework: 5; 6; 7; and 8
1. When did you first become aware that this essay is written in a humorous vein? 2. What explanation does Suzanne Britt give for a sloppy person's behavior? Do you agree with her? 3. What is this essay really about-- beyond neatness and sloppiness? 6. Do you know anyone who has done the things listed in the concluding paragraph? Which type of person do you think the author is?
Additional Questions for Larger Issues: 5. Why does this essay really matter? What seems to be the author's actual purpose?  6. What shortcomings do neat people possess? What is their fixation? What shortcoming do sloppy people possess? What is their fixation?  7. How can you tell that there are some qualities that Brit admires from each category of people? 8. Develop your own way to classify/categorize individuals that is not based on gender; race; or ethnicity.  (For example: hard working and lazy...then, list traits of each group).

AP English Literature Period 1

Didnt forget about The Kite Runner! Bring both texts tomorrow- or simply always carry them. 

Read Chapters 2-3 of The Stranger. Reading Quiz on Chapters 2-3 Answer the study questions on Chapters 2-3: Chapter 2 Study Questions 1. Why does Meursault worry about his employer when he wakes up on Saturday morning?

2. Who is Marie Cardona?

3. What kind of movie does Marie want to see?

4. How does Marie react when Meursault tells her about his mother?

5. Why does Meursault decide not to eat at Celeste’s on Sunday?

6. What does Meursault do when he’s alone in his apartment? 7. Who does Meursault see from his bedroom window? 8. How does the tobacconist sit on his chair?

9. What does the football fan say to Meursault? 10. How does Meursault feel about Sundays?

Chapter 3 Study Questions: 1. How does Meursault’s employer treat him when he returns to work on Monday? 2. Who is Emmanuel? 3. How does Celeste react when he sees Meursault?

4. How long has old Salamano had his dog and why does he abuse him?

5. Who is Raymond Sintes? 6. Why does Raymond want to get revenge on his girlfriend?

H English Ten period 3

How to Write a Rhetorical Analysis: In addition to the lecture and instruction I will give, the following videos and reviews will help you to conceptualize the objective:
What is a rhetorical analysis (essay) and how do I write one? Why would I write one?
1. Online Writing Lab at Purdue University: How to Write a Rhetorical Analysis
2. How to Write A Rhetorical Analysis

H. English Ten period 3

Please only complete this assignment if you were not able to get the handout distributed in class on Wednesday! Reflect on your self-selected chapter of The Narrative of Frederick Douglass and respond: What do you think is the main message or purpose of this Chapter?
To demonstrate the lack of justice for slaves; that slavery is an unnatural condition for blacks or whites; to show how slavery changes individuals; to show the cruelty of slavery; to demonstrate that slavery damaged familial bonds; to show that rebellion is natural; to take a stand; to demonstrate religious hypocrisy? Etc.
 Which of the types of imagery--visual; tactile/kinesthetic; auditory; olfactory; gustatory helps Douglass make this claim? How does this type or these two types of imagery work together to help make Frederick's point more effective?  Answer these questions in a reflection of at least one full page. Feel free to include a quote or two and your reaction or responses to that passage. How did the use of the imagery make you as a reader react or respond? If you received the handout-- you are pretty much doing the exact same thing. Your response should be at least one page or more!

AP English Literature Period 1

1. Complete the Practice AP English Literature Exam. In the margin of your text, next to a prose passage or poem, I need to see a miniature DIDLS or TWIST or SIFT strategy based on the type of passage (prose or poetry). Try to time yourself. You must underline or mark each of the passages in the practice test!!!!
2. Continue and finish reading Chapter 1 of The Stranger. Reading Quiz for ALL on Chapter 1 on Monday.  Those who were in class on Thursday will teach aspects to those who were not. Question to answer: How is Mersault unlike any character you have met in a literary text before? 
3. Now, use either your SIFT handout (white) or your TWIST handout (orangish) to read the prose passage THAT IS ON THE BACK OF THE PROSE passage about Work (older prose passages). Use that passage and fully complete a SIFT or TWIST analysis.  All of the boxes should be filled out. 
If you can not find or turned in the prose passage, then complete the SIFTS or TWIST strategy handout using the XIV poem by Derek Walcott or one of the Passages in your Multiple Choice Exam.
4. Read your Literary Term Packet that was given to you. Mondays quiz will include five random but not so random literary terms!!!