Ms. Bridges' AP English

NOVEMBER 1ST WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR BEGINNING ACTING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST: PERFORMANCES: ELANA GOLDSTEIN KIERRA MYRICKS NATALIE REISER JESSICA ROBINSON JOSE YANEZ Last call for anyone who has not done his/her monologue! Theatre games! TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND: We all need a break - we’re going to do THEATRE GAMES! WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD: Friendly reminder! Your favorite actor assignment will be due on November 8th. I am going to assign some of you group scenes to do with two or three other actors. Work on your monologues! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH: Vocal exercises, physical warm-ups, sense and memory exercises. I will begin to work with selected students on their monologues: Alisa Alayan De’Jong Cockrell Laura Diaz Alisa, De’ Jong and Laura will do their monologues on Tuesday, November 9th. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH: Vocal exercises, physical warm-ups, sense and memory exercises. I will work with se...

WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR AMERICAN LITERATURE NOVEMBER 1, 2004 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST: The first draft of your third and fourth paragraphs will be due today. If I have not given specific approval to do short stories from the anthology, do not assume that it’s all right for you to choose short stories and turn those in for your literary analysis. It will SERIOUSLY IMPACT YOUR GRADE IF YOU MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION! Also do not even think that you are going to substitute a short story....say the excerpt from BLACK BOY to be found in the anthology by....say, Richard Wright ....and try to pass it off as a full fledged literary analysis (where you actually read the 344 page autobiography which you didn’t because you only read a four page excerpt from the book). A few years ago someone else tried to do that and that person wound up failing the class. So be honest! If you didn’t bother reading anything, shame on you, but come to me and we will work something out. TUESDAY,...

NOVEMBER 1ST WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR AP ENGLISH MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST: We will do the analysis of that long awaited Sharon Olds’ poem entitled “The Subway”. We will also work on the extra credit vocabulary “word study”. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND: Today we will tape the extra credit vocabulary “word study”. Since I know how much you all love grammar I am going to assign some of it to you today. It is in your Warriner’s grammar book; pages_____; exercise _____; “Identifying Parts of the Sentence.” It will be due on Friday, November 5th. And today, if there is time, I really will bore you with a lecture on the history of the English language. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD: Today is the day your long awaited Oedipus papers are due! After that, we will continue our stroll down English history lane. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH: Today is COLLEGE FAIR! So you are all going to be out frolicking and having a good time while I will be quietly grading....papers....

WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 1ST 9TH GRADE HONORS 6th Period MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST: We will go over the vocabulary, diction, syntax and irony in “The Cask of Amontillado” . I think we need a little grammar now and I know how much you all like grammar, so we are going to have a verb tense review. Don’t worry, the review is not in your grammar book. I am going to give you a handout over verb tenses, which will be due on Thursday. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND: We will review and then we will have a wee small test over “The Cask of Amontillado” today, plus a small paragraph essay. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD: Today and Thursday we will work on the persuasive essay assessment. We will read a selection and answer multiple choice questions. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH: Today, we will write in class a persuasive essay which will be due by the end of the period. YOU CANNOT TAKE IT HOME TO WORK ON. This is a very important essay which will be used for assessment b...

9th Grade Schedule for the week of November 1st Monday, November 1st: First Period: Everyone’s rough draft of her/his third and fourth paragraphs will be due by the end of the period today. I am going to assign homework over verb tenses today. It will be a handout which I will give you. It’s not in your grammar book. It will be due on Thursday, November 5th. Tuesday, November 2nd: Election Day! Everyone’s rough draft of her/his fifth, sixth and seventh paragraphs due today! Wednesday, November 3rd: We will begin working on the assessment of the persuasive essay. We will read, discuss and take a multiple choice test. Thursday, November 4th: Today we will work on the persuasive essay. We will have ONE period to write the essay. YOU CANNOT TAKE IT HOME TO WORK ON IT. The persuasive essay will be due at the end of the period. (No pressure, right?) Friday, November 5th: If all goes according to plan - and it never does - I will be finished gradin...

WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 25TH ACTING CLASS MONDAY, OCTOBER 25TH: I will rehearse with: Melisha Corbett Melissa Jovel Miriam Munoz Kierra Myrick Sydnni Olah Natalie Reiser Carlos Santos Jose Yanez TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH PERFORMANCES! Rajesh Batchu Melisha Corbett Valerie Evans Elana Goldstein Starkimber Johnson Melissa Jovel Jose Lopez Monique Mejia WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27TH: PERFORMANCES! Alexis Moody Jammi Muhammad Miriam Munoz Kierra Myricks Dakota North Sydnni Olah THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28TH: MINIMUM DAY PERFORMANCES! Dasha Plagova Natalie Reiser Jessica Robinson Edwin Rodriquez Carlos Santos FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29TH: PERFORMANCES! Leila Turner Vanessa Victorian Jose Yanez Viky Zelaya Plelase remember to bring your photo, your monologue and your bio with you on the day of your performance to turn into me for a grade. As so...

SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 25TH, 2004 FOR AP ENGLISH LITERATURE MONDAY, OCTOBER 25TH: Good morning, scholars! Today your first literary term analysis is due. You remember that one - where you find an example of a literary term (for example: extended metaphor, synecdoche, etc.) and write a one to two paragraph analysis on it. I’ll give you a couple of hints: for stream-of-conscious, look at Molly Bloom’s speech in ULYSSES, or for an example of litotes or understatement check out Joseph Heller’s CATCH-22; for synecdoche look at the carriage scene in MADAME BOVARY. Happy hunting! We are just going to read OEDIPUS AT COLONUS, and we will continue reading until we finish it. Then we will discuss the nine essay questions and you will then choose one which will probably - realistically - be due on Monday, November 1st. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH: The Unit Three Vocabulary test will be given when we finish reading OEDIPUS AT COLONUS. I hope that it will be on Tuesday;...

SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 25TH, 2004 FOR AP ENGLISH LITERATURE MONDAY, OCTOBER 25TH: Good morning, scholars! Today your first literary term analysis is due. You remember that one - where you find an example of a literary term (for example: extended metaphor, synecdoche, etc.) and write a one to two paragraph analysis on it. I’ll give you a couple of hints: for stream-of-conscious, look at Molly Bloom’s speech in ULYSSES, or for an example of litotes or understatement check out Joseph Heller’s CATCH-22; for synecdoche look at the carriage scene in MADAME BOVARY. Happy hunting! We are going to just read OEDIPUS AT COLONUS, and we will continue reading until we finish it. Then we will discuss the nine essay questions and you will then choose one which will probably - realistically - be due on Monday, November 1st. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH: The Unit Three Vocabulary test will be given when we finish reading OEDIPUS AT COLONUS. I hope that it will be on Tuesday;...

SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 25TH AMERICAN LITERATURE MONDAY, OCTOBER 25TH: Today we will begin work on your long anticipated literary analysis! Please be sure to bring your outside reading novel and reading log. We will go over the introductory paragraph for your literary analysis. We will also go over pages 151 - 152 in English Workshop; “Adjective and Adverbial Phrases”; exercises 3 and 4. For those of you who would like a little extra credit, you may break into groups of four, select five words from your vocabulary list and create a “words study” for them - which can be a rap, a choreographed song and dance, a skit or a combination of all the above. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH: Your vocabulary unit 4 is due today. We will go over the second paragraph of your literary analysis. We will also review such fab concepts as theme, plot, the various types of conflict, protagonist, antagonist, point of view, symbolism and motif. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27TH: ...

Schedule for the week of October 25th 6th Period: Monday, October 25th: We'll have a wee, small test over "The Necklace" which will focus on vocabulary, comprehension, irony and theme, and a short one-paragraph essay. The essay will be concerned with the "narrator writing that Madame Forestier's response to Mathilde's late return of her necklace was "frosty". The question is - was the perceived "frostiness' actually something else?" We will then read O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi". Tuesday, October 26th: We will begin working on a compare and contrast essay comparing and contrasting the two characters of Mathilde in "The Necklace" and Della in "The Gift of the Magi." It will be due on Wednesday, October 27th. Wednesday, October 27th: Please bring your outside reading book and your reading log to class today. We will begin working on your literary analysis. We will go o...

Schedule for the Week of October 25th for Ninth Grade Honors Monday, October 25th: The Compare and Contrast Essay Between Mathilde in "The Necklace" and Della in "The Gift of the Magi" will be due today. We begin working on our literary analysis today. Please bring your outside reading novel and your reading log. We will work on the introductory paragragh. Tuesday, October 26th: The rough draft of your introductory paragraph will be due. We will then begin to work on the second paragraph. We will go over the concepts of plot, protagonist, antagonist, point of view, the different types of conflict, theme, motif and symbolism. Wednesday, October 27th: The rough draft of your second paragraph will be due today. We will revisit the literary terms from yesterday as needed. We will review plot today and begin working on the third paragraph. I will also have individual tutoring with you on your literary analysis which will include grammar and writin...

WEEK OF OCTOBER 18TH SCHEDULE FOR ACTING Wednesday, October 20th: I will work with ALL people who are not attending The Glass Menagerie and have still not rehearsed with me: Rajeesh Batchu Valerie Evans Jose Lopez Monique Mejia Miriam Munoz Dakota North Edwin Rodriquez Thursday, October 21st: Brief discussion of The Glass Menagerie. It is a requirement for all magnet students to see all magnet productions I will work with the following students who have yet to rehearse with me. Melisha Corbett Melissa Jovel Jammi Muhammad Kierra Myricks Sydnni Olah Carlos Santos Leila Turner Friday, October 22nd: Performances: Starkimber Johnson Alexis Moody Dasha Plagova Jessica Robinson On Monday we will discuss The Glass Menagerie. I will work with: Vanessa Victorian Jose Yanez Viky Zelaya Elana Goldstein Natalie Reiser. On Tuesday and Wednesday, October 26th and October 27th we...

OCTOBER 18TH SCHEDULE FOR AMERICAN LITERATURE Wednesday, October 20th: Journal: vocabulary handout Bring your vocabulary book. We will go over Unit 4 today. It will be due on Tuesday, October 26th. Go over persuasive essay techniques. Go over MLA citing a source. Begin reading Ben Franklin’s eye witness account of a witch trail. Thursday, October 21st: Journal: vocabulary handout Read background of Joe McCarthy’s “witch trials” in Literature: An Integrated Study, pages 137 - 141. Please bring English Workshop to class. Homework will be assigned. If there is time, you may use the computers for internet use and typing your essay. Friday, October 22nd: Journal: vocabulary handout Finish reading the background of Joe McCarthy’s ‘witch trials” For the last half of the class you may work on your essay. Your persuasive essay will be due at the end of the period today along with your rough draft. Next week we will begin working o...

OCTOBER 18TH SCHEDULE FOR NINTH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH Wednesday, October 20th: 1st Period: Discussion of irony in “The Necklace” and in “The Gift of the Magi” Contrast and comparison between the female protagonists. 6th Period: Continue with presentations of the “The Necklace” scenes - “What happens next?” Read “The Gift of the Magi” Discussion of irony in “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” Thursday, October 21st: Test over “The Necklace” . Assignment of essay: Compare and contrast the two characters in “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi”. Will be due on Monday, October 25th. For 6th Period: English Workshop, pages 165 - 166, “Adverbial Clause” will be due today, Thursday, October 21st. Friday, October 22nd: Begin working on literary analysis. Please bring your outside novel, and reading log. We will go over some literary terms (protagonist/antagonist, conflict, plot, theme, tone) and the first paragraph.

AP ENGLISH SCHEDULE WEEK OF OCTOBER 18TH Tuesday, October 19th: Go over writing strategies for essays. Review James Joyce’s “The Dead”. Review Unit 3 Vocabulary. Due today the imitative paragraph of James Joyce’s “The Dead”. Write one paragraph in the style of James Joyce describing a character in a setting in which the setting reflects the internal state of the character. Wednesday, October 20th: Presentation by Raymond Matsamura on diction, denotation, connotation, tone. “Adverbial Clause handouts” will be passed out and discussed. The handout is homework and will be due on Thursday, October 21st. Go over answers to Unit 3 Vocabulary Read and finish Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus. Thursday, October 21st: Multiple choice questions over the poem,“The Writer”, by Richard Wilbur. Read, analyze and go over in class. Finish reading Oedipus at Colonus. Discussion. The Sophocles essay will be due on Monday, October 25th. You already h...

AP ENGLISH LITERATURE WEEK OF OCTOBER 11TH Monday, October 11th: Presentations: Chanelle Johnson: Pathos, Free Verse, Blank Verse Josh Johnson: Pass back essays. Brief discussion. Final draft will be due Thursday, October 14th. Warriner’s Grammar; pages 43-44; exercise 14; “Direct Objects” due today. Please bring your vocabulary book; Unit 3 will be assigned and will be due Friday, October 15th. Finish reading ANTIGONE. Tuesday, October 12th: Shortened Day! Yeah! Presentations: Jennifer Balaoen: Quatrain, Rhythm, Scansion, Feet Diana Diaz: Discussion of ANTIGONE Begin reading Sophocles’ OEDIPUS AT COLONUS Wednesday, October 13th: Presentations: Jessica Johnson: Flashback, Paradox, Apostrophe, Arthur Valenzuela: Allusion Grammar Handouts: Adverbial Phrases; will be due on Thursday, October 14th. Read Sophocles’ OEDIPUS AT COLONUS Thursday, October 14th: Presentations: Kathy Panchenko: Oxymoron, Metaphor...

ELEVENTH GRADE AMERICAN LITERATURE WEEK OF OCTOBER 11TH MONDAY, OCTOBER 11TH: Journal: Excerpt from the book:Voice Lessons: Diction. Read Samuel Sewell’s Diary; pages 56-57. Begin work on persuasive essay format. Read pro and con arguments for the land mine ban treaty. Tuesday, October 12th: Shortened Day! Yeah! Read student sample for the persuasive essay. Analyze format for the persuasive essay. Read Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Wednesday, October 13th: Briefly revisit persuasive essay format. Discuss topics for persuasive essays. You get to choose one! Rough and final draft of your persuasive essay will be due Tuesday, October 19th. Continue reading Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. Analyze Edwards’ rhetorical devices in his sermon. Thursday, October 14th: Brief discussion of persuasive essay topics and format. Break into collaborative groups, analyze Edwards’ rhetorical d...

NINTH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH WEEK OF OCTOBER 11TH Monday, October 11th: Journal: Do you think people always get what they deserve? Why or why not? Your final draft of your persuasive essay will be due today! Improv using vocabulary words from page 23-25. Begin reading “The Necklace” . Tuesday, October 12th: Shortened Day! Journal: Have you ever lied? When do you lie? Do you lie to save face or to prevent hurting someone’s feelings? If we have time, we will do a “word study” on the vocabulary words on page 23-25. Continue reading “The Necklace” Vocabulary and grammar packet for “The Necklace” Discuss situational irony and point of view as used in “The Necklace”. Wednesday, October 13th: Vocabulary test over pages 23-25 in your vocabulary book. Please bring your English Workshop; pages 165-166; exercises 4 & 5; “The Adverb Clause”. It will be due Friday, October 15th. Begin work on a creative scene or monologue based on “The Necklace.” ...

9th Grade Honors English Week of October 4th Monday, October 4th: 1st Period: Comma splice handout 1st and 6th Period: Continue working on persuasive essays. Read: “Reasons For and Reasons Against” “Recognizing Persausive Techniques” Write: Short Constructive Response For homework: Look for examples of Generalizations, Either/Or, and “Loaded Language” in television commercials (yes! That’s your homework! Watch t.v.! and/or in print ads.) Tuesday, October 5th: Shortened Day! Vocabulary Homework is due. Pages 15 - 27 in Vocabulary book. English Workshop homework is due. Pages 163 - 164; exercises 2 and 3; Adjective Clauses. Go over “Writing the Persuasive Essay. Wednesday, October 6th: Journal: Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words. Read: “Save the Children” Work on: “Art of Argument: Evidence and Reasons” “For and Against” graph Thursday, October 7th: Journal: Write a short story using ...

11th Grade American LIterature Week of October 4th: Monday, October 4th: Vocabulary Unit 3 due today! Break into groups and do collaborative work on “The New World”; pages 41 - 45 in American LIterature: An Integrated Study: a. “Corn: Builder of Cities” (page 42) b. “The Animal that Changed History” (page 43) c. “Language History” (page 45) Write a brief synopsis of the reading. Tuesday, October 5th: Shortened Day! Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words from unit 3. Read “The Gullah Dialect” page 44) Write a brief skit with your partner using the Gullah dialect. Present to class. Wednesday, October 6th: Write a short story using ten of your vocabulary words from Unit 3. Brief improv! “Adjective Clause” handout. Do for homework. Will be due on Thursday, October 7th. Read “Diary of Samuel Sewell” (pages 56 - 57) in American LIterature: An Integrated Study. Read “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonatha...

Acting Class Week of October 4th Monday, October 4th: Sense and Emotion Memory Exercises. Vocal warmups. Improvs and theatre games. Continue working on scenes: Julian Alvarez Kelvin Batiste Tuesday, October 5th: Shortened Day! Work with: Samantha Camara Jerry Clemente Theatre games. Wednesday, October 6th: Sense and Emotion Memory Exercises. Vocal Warmups. Sonnet 18 Work with: Melisha Corbitt Laura Diaz Luis Flores-Ramirez Thursday, October 7th: Work with: Jazmin Hart Melissa Jovel Sergio Median Friday, October 8th: Performances! Julian, Kelvin, Samantha, Jerry. When you are finished presenting your scene, then you must also turn in your monologue and character bio, and select a new monologue to work on.

AP SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 4, 2004 Monday, October 4th: Unit 2 Vocabulary test English Grammar; pages 39 - 41; exercise 11; “Complements”. Will be due on Tuesday, October 5th. Presentations: Heidi Alliteration Mitche Hyperbole Imagery Go over body of essay for “The Dead”. Briefly go over: Imagery Litotes Symbol Myth Tuesday, October 5th: Shortened Day! Go over “Complements”; Warriner’s Grammar; pages 39 - 41; exercise 11. Due today. Go over pages 42 - 43; “Distinguishing between Subject and Complement”; exercise 13. Begin reading Antigone Presentations: Alisa Conflict Jeffa Protagonist Antagonist Wednesday, October 6th: Go over analysis of student essays of “The Dead” Read Antigone Assign outside reading of Antigone for homework tonight Presentations: June Romanticism Olga Gothic Stream of Consciousness Thursday, October 7th: Rough draft of “The Dead” is due. Peer Editing. Plea...