Ms. Bridges' AP English

November 28th Weekly Agenda for AP English Monday, November 28th: Go over Act 1, Scene 1 and 2 of Hamlet. Watch video. Turn in the fourth installment of your literary terms. Turn in your wee small test over Act l of Hamlet. Tuesday, November 29th: Go to cafeteria and meet with Mr. T, the counselor, regarding your schedules next spring. I’m not going to be here today but I will assign some fun grammar for you to do while you’re waiting to see Mr. T. This will be due on Wednesday, November 30th. Wednesday, November 30th: Finish up Act 1; pass out Act ll wee, small test on Hamlet. Read and discuss Act ll; watch video. Thursday, December 1st: Read and discuss Act ll; watch video. Remember your vocabulary book? You know the one you left under a pile of clothes somewhere? Yeah, that one! Good! Bring it to class today because I’m going to assign Unit Four in it. Friday, December 2nd: All outstanding work - outstanding work as in work not turned in - is due today. No late work will be

November 21, 2005 Weekly Schedule for AP English Monday, November 21st: Unit Three Vocabulary test today. No kidding! Finish presentations of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Adjective Clause Handouts #1 and #2 due today. Pass out Hamlet books. Tuesday, November 22nd: Begin work on Hamlet - at last! Pass out “Wheel of Figurative Language!” and explain. Begin reading and watching the Kenneth Branagh version of Hamlet. Your homework for Tuesday is due today - “Four Types of Sentences: periodic, interrupted, balanced and loose sentences”; assignment: write three original sentences illustrating the four types of sentences: periodic, interrupted, balanced and loose; then write about something you feel strongly about using the four types of sentences. Wednesday, November 23rd: Pass out Act l test on Hamlet. Assignment: Read Act l of Hamlet and finish the open book test. The test will be due on Monday, November 28th.

November 21, 2005 Weekly Schedule for AP English Monday, November 21st: Unit Three Vocabulary test today. No kidding! Finish presentations of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Adjective Clause Handouts #1 and #2 due today. Pass out Hamlet books. Tuesday, November 22nd: Begin work on Hamlet - at last! Pass out “Wheel of Figurative Language!” and explain. Begin reading and watching the Kenneth Branagh version of Hamlet. Your homework for Tuesday is due today - “Four Types of Sentences: periodic, interrupted, balanced and loose sentences”; assignment: write three original sentences illustrating the four types of sentences: periodic, interrupted, balanced and loose; then write about something you feel strongly about using the four types of sentences. Wednesday, November 23rd: Pass out Act l test on Hamlet. Assignment: Read Act l of Hamlet and finish the open book test. The test will be due on Monday, November 28th.

November 7th Weekly Agenda for AP English Monday, November 7th: Greetings, scholars! Ms Bridges is not going to be here today - this will be, I promise! - the last time I will take off this semester. Mr. Itkin and I are going to Sony’s to drop off the props and furniture we borrowed. So you need to work on your Chaucer’s Canterbury Tale presentations. We will begin presenting on Tuesday. Tuesday, November 8th: Shortened day! We will begin presenting today so please be ready! Wdnesday, November 9th: Your beloved and long awaited and anticipated Unit 3 test in vocabulary will be given today. Yeah! Along with a multiple choice literary excerpt. Thursday, November 10th: Ms. Bridges’ long anticipated and much postponed mini-lecture on the history of the English language or why fish could also be spelled ghetio - We will also do some work out of the book Voice Lessons, and perhaps I will throw in some grammar for good measure to make Joseph and Gerna happy. Friday, November 11th, Vetera