Good Morning, AP Students!
The first blog of the 2007 Fall semester!
Tuesday, September 4th:
We will pass out an unpuctuated excerpt from THE THINGS THEY CARRIED and together you and your partner will puctuate it in the best way that captures the mood and the feel of the piece.
We will then examine three English translations of the poem, "First Frost", and analyzing for diction and syntax, try to find the combination which is the most effective.
For homework: Due on Thursday, September 6th: Write a poem using heat as a metaphor to describe the first time one has an unpleasant experiece. DO NOT USE THE WORDS HOT OR HEAT IN THE POEM. Try to convey heat through the use of metaphor or imagery.
Wednesday, September 5th:
Your THE THINGS THEY CARRIED assignment is due today. Remember: the assignment is to write one paragraph each on a character and the things they carry in their backpacks. They have to use the contents of their backpacks in some sort of conflict and the contents must express who they are as people.
We will do a multiple choice selection.
Thursday, September 6th:
Your heat poem is due today.
If the xerox gods smile on us today, you will receive a literary terms packet. We will divide up into partners and divy up the literary terms so that each partnership will receive five literary terms to learn and then teach to the rest of the class. You and your partner should be prepared to make posters with the definitions and examples. You can also act out examples or draw pictures or do whatever you need to do to understand the literary terms yourself and then to teach the concepts to the rest of the class.
If we have time, we will begin work on the literary excerpt from Margaret Atwood's THE HANDMAID'S TALE.
Please be sure to bring post-its.
Friday, September 7th:
We will continue working on the literary excerpt from THE HANDMAID'S TALE.
You will eventually write an essay examining the literary devices used by the author to convey attitude and relationships between the two characters.
We probably be receiving our textbooks this week and as soon as we do, they will be checked out to you. The first book we will read is ANTIGONE.
The first blog of the 2007 Fall semester!
Tuesday, September 4th:
We will pass out an unpuctuated excerpt from THE THINGS THEY CARRIED and together you and your partner will puctuate it in the best way that captures the mood and the feel of the piece.
We will then examine three English translations of the poem, "First Frost", and analyzing for diction and syntax, try to find the combination which is the most effective.
For homework: Due on Thursday, September 6th: Write a poem using heat as a metaphor to describe the first time one has an unpleasant experiece. DO NOT USE THE WORDS HOT OR HEAT IN THE POEM. Try to convey heat through the use of metaphor or imagery.
Wednesday, September 5th:
Your THE THINGS THEY CARRIED assignment is due today. Remember: the assignment is to write one paragraph each on a character and the things they carry in their backpacks. They have to use the contents of their backpacks in some sort of conflict and the contents must express who they are as people.
We will do a multiple choice selection.
Thursday, September 6th:
Your heat poem is due today.
If the xerox gods smile on us today, you will receive a literary terms packet. We will divide up into partners and divy up the literary terms so that each partnership will receive five literary terms to learn and then teach to the rest of the class. You and your partner should be prepared to make posters with the definitions and examples. You can also act out examples or draw pictures or do whatever you need to do to understand the literary terms yourself and then to teach the concepts to the rest of the class.
If we have time, we will begin work on the literary excerpt from Margaret Atwood's THE HANDMAID'S TALE.
Please be sure to bring post-its.
Friday, September 7th:
We will continue working on the literary excerpt from THE HANDMAID'S TALE.
You will eventually write an essay examining the literary devices used by the author to convey attitude and relationships between the two characters.
We probably be receiving our textbooks this week and as soon as we do, they will be checked out to you. The first book we will read is ANTIGONE.
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