AP English Literature PEriods 1 & 2 Due Tomorrow

1. You all received the article "A Dozen Demons" by Ellis Cose. Select any ten of the demons (Exclusion from the Club; Faint Praise; Low Expectations; Shattered Hopes, etc) and write briefly about a time when either personally or academically, you experienced any 10 of those "demons". You do not need to read the article as of yet, feel free to change names to protect the innocent or guilty, lol. 2. Read (BOTH CLASSES) Up to and including page 85 of The Fall of Rome. You will have a READING QUIZ on the novel tomorrow. BOTH CLASSES 3. Please do not forget to bring your Perrine Literature Textbooks as well as those old King Lear book lying underneath your pillow (lol).

AP English L iterature Period 1

Complete an Open Mind. YOu may divide the Open mind into two sections, or even three or four, as space for the Chapters Mr. Washington, Rashid, Ms. Hansen, and/or Gerald. Use a combination of symbols/pictures and images plus two character revealing quotes or actions in each section. You must have no fewer than twelve images or small pictures on the total open mind, regardless to your how many section you divide the Open mind into. Finish reading the novel up to page 85, and complete any questions you were unable to do today during period one. Be ready for a reading quiz on Chapters 1-4 by Tuesday.

AP English Literature Periods 1&2

In class today, May 12th, we read Chapters 1 and 2 of The Fall of Rome. If you do not have the text yet, you may check it out from the library; or download the Kindle copy of the PDF. By Wednesday (for period 2) and Thursday for Period 1, all students must have answers to the following questions: 1. What is the purpose of having different point of view? Why is Washington's chapter first person? Rashid's Chapter (Chapter 2, in omniscient) and the chapter about Ms. Hansen, also first person? Compare and contrast Rashid Bryon's upbringing and motivation to that of the young, affluent boys who attend Chelsea. Why does Rashid's older brother Kofi attend Mt. Herndon? Why does Rashid attend Chelsea? What additional motivation do Kofi and Rashid have for attending a boarding school that the other, more affluent students do not? 2. Complete the Circles Chart. What impact does your race; ethnicity; gender; social class; education have on who you are--or how others see you? Which of these variables exerts the most impact on your personality? Read the Self-Awareness Handout, and complete it. Include a one page reflection concerning which of these variables most influences who you are now OR how you feel you are perceived. Good luck tomorrow on the AP Government Test!

AP English Literature Period 1&2 Homework

1. Complete your "one pager" be sure that you have a thesis. Underline it in your essay. 2. Visit http://dl.keywin.org/a/6/a660d071e2e96992300af73b0b57b067.pdf This is the link to an online study guide for AP English Literature. At this point, I believe the work you have done has prepared you, so try not to spend too much time reading the pointers, rather practice taking the test. Please take the Practice Test which begins on page 347 and ends on page 363 (page numbers may be different on your computer). PLEASE DONOT LOOK AT ANSWERS until after you are finished. You are to take the ENTIRE TEST including two essays: one on the poetry question; another on prose. DO NOT DO THE FREE RESPONSE, SINCE YOU ARE ALREADY DOING THAT WITH YOUR ONE PAGER. 3. You do not have to print out the exam, if you would like, write out your answers to the multiple choice on another sheet. Extra Credit for doing the Multiple Choice: 10 points (or the equivalent of 1 missed or missing journal entries). Extra Credit for doing the essays: 30 points extra credit. Why? Because it is slightly harder to cheat. Reminder: AP Review is on Monday, May 5th afterschool from 3:15-4:20. You may bring snacks or pitch in $2.00 for Pizza--I will need your donation by lunchtime. We need napkins, plates as well. If I havenot received your Major Data Worksheet for The Kite Runner (periods 1 and 2) it is due; and your Major Data Worksheet for your Independent Reading Novel (period 2) it is also due. I will accept these on Tuesday. Get some rest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Many, not all of you have journals from first semester readings in class. If you have these, drop by during homeroom to pick them up and actually read. Lastly, several students have asked, "After the AP Exam, what next?" Many of you need additional points to restore your A's and B's. To that end, we will read The Fall of Rome by Martha Soutgate. It is a contemporary novel about race, class and privilege. It is a delightful, short and powerful read. If you did not order it during Winter Break, you must order it and have it by May 9th. We will then have 7 days to read 11 chapters (a chapter and a half each day). The assignments I ask of you will be done in class, as opposed to for homework. For many of you this will be the last and only opportunity to pass. If everyone does not have their own physical copy of the book on Friday, May 9th--we will not read it...and you will pretty much stay where you are in terms of points! The book is not online, nor is it an e-reader.

AP English Literature Periods 1&2

Directions: Select one of the following Free Response Questions. Read the Prompt Carefully, and then go back to that actual segment in your text. Re-read that section before writing your one pager. You may use King Lear; The Kite Runner; Oedipus (either one); or your literature circle text from Independent Reading. In many novels, having a role model or lacking one can impact a characters behavior. Choose a novel or play of literary merit in which the lack of or possession of a role model shapes a character in an important way. Discuss how this lack of or acquisition of a role model ontributes to the meaning of the work as whole. 2. In many novels and plays, there is a certain word, phrase, a refrain, that is repeated or used several times throughout the text, that holds significant influence, or weight over a character or characters, or the story. Choose a novel or play with a repeated phrase. In a well-written essay, explain the meaning of this phrase and how it impacts the characters, the story, and the work as whole.

AP English Literature Periods 1&2

By now, you should have finished The Kite Runner, or you should be very close. You should have two journal entries: one for each chapter, and you read two chapters per night, including weekends. That means, I should be able to check no fewer than 6 entries tomorrow for the Kite Runner. As you know, next week is our last week to review for the AP English Literature Exam. My intentions are to discuss The Kite Runner and the two poems given you on Monday. On your block day, I intend to give you a mock essay exam with three essays from the AP Exam: one prose, one poetry; one free response OR I may give you one poetry, one prose and have you do free response at home; 1 per night perhaps. As a student, you should be reviewing literary terms and techniques like point of view; narration; tone and tone words; figurative language. You should look over any assignments and journals of independent reading, even if only stamped. You will receive a few old assignments from semester one this week: Old Independent and King Lear reading journals; Kite Runner Reading Journals; etc. Read this as a refresher for the Free Response Questions. Know King Lear; Oedipus Rex; Oedipus at Colonus; The Kite Runner; your first literature circle text, which was a re-read, and your second one which was contemporary. Try to connect themes. Study. You may bring food daily as long as it is not messy. Some days will be interactive; others will be silent reading; review and essay writing. I may quiz you without notice. It is not "personal" it is to help you succeed on your upcoming exam. Please come prepared by having the Kite Runner; your notebook; old texts and lit circle novels. I will host an afterschool study session on either Wednesday or Thursday afterschool, possibly offering extra credit. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Ap English Literature Period 2

The Kite Runner Close Reading Questions. 1. Is Amir’s relationship with his father dysfunctional? Is it functional when they come to America? Or could it be considered a continuum of the family cycle archetype? 2. Does Baba love Hassan more than Amir, his son? 3. Does Ali secretly envy Baba? 4. What motivates Assef to rape Hassan? 5. Why is it significant that on page 66 Amir’s father uses the pronoun “we won” instead of “you”? Why does Amir use both “we” and “I”? 6. Why is it significant that Assef and his gang wanted the blue kite that Hassan had run and won for Amir? 7. Look up the story of Abraham and Isaac. Why is knowledge of that story also significant to the scene before Hassan is raped? 8. Why do you think Baba has such a strong reaction to Amir when Amir suggests on page 90 that they get new servants? What does his reaction reveal? 9. In what ways does Hassan have the qualities that Baba admires in a son? List those traits and the actions Hassan does which demonstrate it. 10. Are Amir and Ali parallel characters? 11. Explain the significance of the story of Rasdam and Sorgab? 12. How is Baba’s life and his condition in America both expected and ironic? Additionally, read two chapters a night. Complete two journals. (this includes weekends)