Ms. Bridges' AP English

SEPTEMBER 26th WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR AP ENGLISH LITERATURE Monday, September 26th: Chiasmus Handouts Discussion of Oedipus Rex; continue reading. Tuesday, September 27th: Wee small test over Vocabulary, Unit 1 (You will only have fifteen minutes to take the test). Daybook: of Critical Reading and Writing; pages 25-26 (red book); “The Nature of Symbolic Fire” by Erich Fromm; and “First Frost”, a poem by Andrei Voznesensky Finish reading Oedipus Rex; discussion Wednesday, September 28th: Grammar: Handouts on periodic and balanced sentences and parallelism. This will be due on Friday, September 29th. Brief review of literary terms Begin reading Oedipus at Colonus Thursday, September 29th: Brief test over literary terms. You will only have twenty minutes to take the test. Multiple choice selection: tba Continue reading Oedipus at Colonus Friday, September 30th: Assign independent literary terms project Continue reading Oedipus at Colonus; finish over the weekend.

SEPTEMBER 19TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR AP ENGLISH Monday, September 19th: Mohammed Hussein will present his literary terms presentation Hand out from Voice Lessons on syntax. Grammar is due! Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition; pages 32-33; exercises 3 & 4; “Finding the Subject”. Briefly go over some basic grammar. Go over some basic essay writing for AP English. Begin reading “The Other” Tuesday, September 20th: Kayla Bodden will present HAIKU today! Handout from Voice Lessons on diction. Vocabulary is due; VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Unit One; go over in class. Unit One test will be on Monday, September 26th. Finish reading “The Other” Check out Sophocles Oedipus the King. Wednesday, September 21st: Germa will present metonomy and Liz will present synecdoche today. Handout from Voice Lessons on detail. “The Dead” essay will be due today. Please turn in. Begin reading Oedipus the King. Thursday, September 22nd: Mohammed will present aside and Phyllicia will present imagery. Hando

Weekly Schedule for September 12th Monday, September 12th Finish presentations for Aristotle’s Poetics King and Elodie will present literary terms: diction and denouement Tuesday, September 13th: Shortened day! Liz and Cory will present their literary terms: assonance, iambic pentameter Check out Vocabulary Workshop; assign Unit 1; will be due on Monday, September 19th. Begin reading the handout “The Problem of the Other” Wednesday, September 14th: Megan, Ashley and Phyllicia will present their literary terms: parody, Harlem Renaissance, and epithet Check out grammar book; page 34; exercise 4: go over in class; this will be due on Friday, September 16th Continue reading “The Problem of the Other” Thursday, September 15th: Fatima and Alvaro will present their literary terms: apostrophe, rhetoric Joseph will present his literary terms: oxymoron and litotes Continue reading “The Problem of the Other” Discussion on writing an AP paper. Reading and analysis of an excerpt of James Joyce’s “

Week of September 5, 2005 AP ENGLISH LITERATURE Tuesday, September 6th: Multiple choice questions over Richard Wilbur’s “The Writer” Break into groups and work on presentations for Aristotle’s Poetics. Wednesday, September 7th: Your HANDMAID’S TALE essay is due today. Class work: Diction handout from VOICE LESSONS Check out grammar book; assign pages 39-41; exercise 11; “Complements”; will be due on Thursday, September 8th Begin presentations on Aristotle’s Poetics. Take notes! Thursday, September 8th: Begin presentations on literary terms Finish presentations on Aristotle’s Poetics Check out VOCABULARY WORKSHOP, LEVEL F; Assign Unit 1; will be due on Tuesday, September 13th; wee small test over Unit 1 will probably be on the following Friday, the 16th. If we have time we will check out Oedipus the KIng and begin reading it. Friday, September 9th: Continue presentations on literary terms Check out SOPHOCLES’ THE OEDIPAL CYCLE Begin reading Next week we will review essay writing techni