Ms. Bridges' AP English

October 29th - November 2nd Weekly Agenda for AP English Monday, October 29th: Please bring your Vocabulary Workshop book, Level F, or Level G, if you had Mr. Carmichael last year. Unit Two will be assigned. This will be due on Monday, November 5th. We will read pages 26 - 25 in our BEOWULF handout and a brief in-class writing assignment will be given comparing and contrasting two of the four translations of the description of Grendel’s home. Tuesday, October 30th: Warm-up Journal: Write five parallel sentences using five of your Unit 2 vocabulary words. Your discussion questions, #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, “Think and Discuss: Understanding” , and “Composition: Explaining Beowulf’s Motives” are due today. Read pages 28 - 35 of BEOWULF. What we don’t read in class, please read at home. For homework: answer the following questions under “Think and Discuss: Analyzing”, numbers 4 and 5, and please answer the following question under “Extending”, number 9. Please do “Applying: Metaphor”, nu...

October 22nd - October 25th Weekly Schedule for AP Literature Monday, October 22nd: Read pages 15 - 26 of BEOWULF. Work on your “Character Arc Essay” for The Oedipal Cycle. Tuesday, October 23rd: No fourth period today. Wednesday, October 24th: No fourth period today. Thursday, October 25th: Turn in your “Character Arc Essay” for The Oedipal Cycle. Read and discuss BEOWULF. Friday, October 26th: Mini-lessons in grammar: parallelism. Read and discuss BEOWULF. Heads up: There will be an essay on an excerpt from BEOWULF.

OCTOBER 15TH - OCTOBER 19TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR AP LITERATURE MONDAY, OCTOBER 15TH: Hi guys! I’m sorry but I’m not going to be with you again - more training! So today, I would like for you to either read ANTIGONE, if you haven’t read it or have forgotten what it is about, or begin working on your essay which will be due on Wednesday, October 17th, when I return. The essay topic for OEDIPUS REX (which is due October 17th) is: How well does Sophocles’ OEDIPUS REX conform to Aristotle’s POETICS? It should be at least two pages long and include specific references to both Aristotle’s POETICS and Sophocles’ OEDIPUS REX. Some handouts on the literary terms (CHIASMUS, CONCEIT and HAIKU) will be passed out today. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16TH: Same as Monday. I am going to assign another essay which will be due on Tuesday, October 23rd. The essay will involve an analysis of the development of a character which appears in two of the three plays of the OEDIPAL CYCLE. Choose one of the follo...

Good morning, scholars and artists! This is a reminder that the OEDIPUS REX essay will be due on Monday, October 15th. The topic is: How well does Sophocles' OEDIPUS REX conform to Aristotle's concept of great tragedy?

October 8th - October 12th Weekly Schedule for AP ENGLISH Monday, October 8th: I am not going to be with you today so please read OEDIPUS at COLONUS. Here is an essay prompt for OEDIPUS REX. This essay, which should be about two to three pages, will be due on Thursday, October 11th. The essay prompt is as follows: Discuss how Sophocles’ OEDIPUS REX conforms to the principles of Aristotle’s Poetics. Tuesday, October 9th: Shortened day. I’m back! Yeah! Discuss and continue reading OEDIPUS AT COLONUS. Wednesday, October 10th: Warm-up: Handout on metonymy and synecdoche. Discussion. This is in preparation for the test over literary terms. Discuss and finish reading OEDIPUS AT COLONUS. Thursday, October 11th: Warm-up: Handout on hyperbole and litotes. Go over in class. This is in preparation for the test over literary terms. Begin reading ANTIGONE. Friday, October 12th: Handout on parody and satire. This is in preparation for the test over literary terms. Continuer reading ANTIGONE.