AP English Literature
September 5, 2006
Tuesday, September 5th:
Good morning, scholars. Hope you are rested from your three day weekend! Let’s begin!
We will read and analyze a brief excerpt from Margaret Atwood’s A HANDMAID’S TALE. You will then be assigned a prompt. The essay will be due this Friday, September 8th.
The prompt will be “How does Atwood use figurative language to convey the balance of power in this excerpt from A HANDMAID’S TALE?”
A list of literary terms will be handed out to the class. You will team up with a partner, select two literary terms and a date - which will be in the very near future - on which you will present your two literary terms. This is of course, a major grade. Have fun!
Wednesday, September 6th:
We will continue working on the essay format of HANDMAID’S TALE as needed.
We will then move backwards in time to the Ancient Greeks, and wrestle with Aristotle’s POETICS. We will break into groups, read, analyze, come up with cool posters, examples, analogies and explanations of what we’ve read and then present to the class. These presentations will probably start on Friday, September 8th.
Thursday, September 7th:
If we receive our books this week, we will begin working on vocabulary out of the VOCABULARY WORKSHOP, Level F textbook. Unit 1 will be assigned and will be due on Tuesday the 12th. We need to really work on our vocabulary because the language we will encounter in our readings this year is quite sophisticated - and it will prepare your for your SAT’s! Dual benefit!
We will continue working on your presentations of Aristotle’s POETICS.
Friday, September 8th:
Your essay on Margarat Atwood’s A HANDMAID’S TALE is due today. And we will begin our presentations of Aristotle’s POETICS which will be concluded no later than Tuesday, September 12th.
Next week we will begin our literary terms presentations. I am also going to assign you a five part assignment over literary terms which will extend over this semester. I will explain more next week!
September 5, 2006
Tuesday, September 5th:
Good morning, scholars. Hope you are rested from your three day weekend! Let’s begin!
We will read and analyze a brief excerpt from Margaret Atwood’s A HANDMAID’S TALE. You will then be assigned a prompt. The essay will be due this Friday, September 8th.
The prompt will be “How does Atwood use figurative language to convey the balance of power in this excerpt from A HANDMAID’S TALE?”
A list of literary terms will be handed out to the class. You will team up with a partner, select two literary terms and a date - which will be in the very near future - on which you will present your two literary terms. This is of course, a major grade. Have fun!
Wednesday, September 6th:
We will continue working on the essay format of HANDMAID’S TALE as needed.
We will then move backwards in time to the Ancient Greeks, and wrestle with Aristotle’s POETICS. We will break into groups, read, analyze, come up with cool posters, examples, analogies and explanations of what we’ve read and then present to the class. These presentations will probably start on Friday, September 8th.
Thursday, September 7th:
If we receive our books this week, we will begin working on vocabulary out of the VOCABULARY WORKSHOP, Level F textbook. Unit 1 will be assigned and will be due on Tuesday the 12th. We need to really work on our vocabulary because the language we will encounter in our readings this year is quite sophisticated - and it will prepare your for your SAT’s! Dual benefit!
We will continue working on your presentations of Aristotle’s POETICS.
Friday, September 8th:
Your essay on Margarat Atwood’s A HANDMAID’S TALE is due today. And we will begin our presentations of Aristotle’s POETICS which will be concluded no later than Tuesday, September 12th.
Next week we will begin our literary terms presentations. I am also going to assign you a five part assignment over literary terms which will extend over this semester. I will explain more next week!
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