Ms. Bridges' AP English

Links for you: HAMLET AP ENGLISH WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26TH - NOVEMBER 30TH Monday, November 26th: Your Act 1 open book test is due today. We will go over the questions, and a few of the monologues in Act 1, particularly Polonius's words of advice to Laertes and his admonishment to his daughter, Ophelia. We will also discuss what the ghost told Hamlet. Should he believe the ghost? Why or why not? Plus some interesting tidbits about Shakespeare and the first productions of Hamlet. The literary tropes wheel will be given to you. The "wheel" is a handout which you will fill out with the play's themes and the literary tropes which support them. We will go over them in class today so you will know how to fill out the wheel as we read the play. Tuesday, November 27th: Your Act 2 open book test will given to you today. It will be due when we finish reading Act 2. We will begin reading Act 2 and watching the video of Kenneth Branagh's HAMLET. P...

November 19th - 21st Weekly Schedule for AP English Monday, November 19th: Today we will go over the weekend’s reading of Act 1, Scene 1, and you will be given the Act 1 open book test for HAMLET, The open book test will be due on Monday, November 26th. Then, we shall watch the most excellent video of HAMLET by Kenneth Branagh. For tonight’s homework, read Act 1, Scenes 2 and 3. Tuesday, November 20th: You’ll be given another unscrambling grammar handout on adjective clauses. This will be due on Monday, November 26th. This will actually help you decipher some of Shakespeare’s lines. We will discuss Act 1, Scenes 2 and 3 and then again dive into the most excellent Kenneth Branagh video of HAMLET. For homework, read Scenes 4 and 5. Wednesday, November 21st: A small worksheet on how to decipher Shakespeare followed by a discussion of last night’s reading of Scenes 2 and 3. Then - yippee! - watch the Kenneth Branagh’s video. For homework, please finish reading Scenes 4 and 5, and then...

NOVEMBER 13TH - 16TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR AP ENGLISH TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH: After we finish our "Canterbury Tales" presentations, we will begin working on HAMLET! You will also be given a fun little packet on appositives which will be due on Friday, November 16th. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH: Today we will do a multiple choice test over an Elizabethan sonnet by Shakespeare. Then we will do a small exercise in inversion, identifying the subject and the verb in complex, compound Shakespearean sentences, and we will explore the vocabulary of the play. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH: We will continue exploring the wonderfully complex world of the Dane. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH: Your Act 1 open book test will be given to you today to work on. Your packet on "appositives" will be due today.

NOVEMBER 5TH - 9TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR AP ENGLISH Monday, November 5th: Good morning scholars and artists! Wake-up! I know you’re tired with all these rehearsals! Today we will do the multiple choice questions on John Keats’ “On the Sonnet.” And we will collect Unit 2 from your vocabulary book. We will go back into the misty past and read a little bit - and I do mean a little bit - of Chaucer’s THE CANTERBURY TALES, which was written in Middle English, not Olde English - if I were a really mean teacher, I’d make you translate it! However, some kind soul did that for us so we don’t have to. Tuesday, November 6th: Today we will continue our foray into the misty past and read a bit about the earthy characters who are making their way on a pilgrimage. We may, if the xerox machine is up and running, do a very fun exercise on parallelsim or some other fun grammar thing I just happen to cook up! (Can you tell these late night rehearsals are getting to Ms. Bridges too?) This will be due o...