April 3rd
Weekly Schedule
for AP Literature


Monday, April 3rd:

Grades must be turned in tomorrow so if you have not turned in either long forms for Frankenstein or for Crime and Punishment, then you will receive an “F” for this grading period. If you have only turned in one long form you will receive a “D”. Sorry, guys, but you knew about these books since December, 05.

Today we will discuss Crime and Punishment: the plot points, characters, literary devices, and the philosophical and historical contexts of the book.

We will also read and discuss the Romantic poets: William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and of course, John Keats. So please be sure to bring your books today and for the rest of the week.


Tuesday, April 4th:

More of the same. Discussion of Crime and Punishment; readings of the Romantic Poets.

When we have finished reading and discussing Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, and Keats, we will have a small quiz which will include the poetry terms, and the poems and the lives of the poets. I am aiming for Wednesday (April 5th) of this week.

Wednesday, April 5th:

Be prepared for the wee small quiz over poetry.
After the test we will look at, discuss and analyze two poems by William Blake which you, dear scholars, will turn into a compare and contrast essay which will be due on Monday, April 10th. The tempo quickens apace!


Thursday, April 6th:

Final wrapping up - if needed - of Crime and Punishment. It is an important book and will be useful on the open topic essay prompt.

We will have a multiple choice selection today. I don’t know which one it’s going to be yet, but it will be fun, I promise.

Your appositive handouts will be due today and we will briefly go over the grammar handouts.


Friday, April 7th:

We will begin reading Madame Bovary today.
Please bring your vocabulary book. Unit 6 will be assigned today.

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