March 17, 2008
Weekly Agenda
for
AP English

Monday, March 17, 2008:

Your “Compare and Contrast William Blake” essay is due today.
If we are finished up with the Romantic poets then I will give you a fun little test entitled “Rock Star or Romantic Poet?” This will test your pop culture knowledge and your Romantic Era knowledge. Have fun with it!

We will - finally- discuss CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Please bring to class your book and the huge pile of handouts you’ve been given. We will read some scenes and discuss the philosophical and literary aspects of Dostoevsky’s novel. (This is a friendly reminder that you are responsible for reading the ENTIRE book.)

Your beloved grammar and vocabulary books will be given back to you like the old friends they are.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008:

Continue discussing and reading selections from CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Today you will be given an excerpt from the novel to write an AP style essay on. The prompt will ask you to analyze the literary tropes of the piece and their effect on tone. This will be due on Thursday, March 19th.


Wednesday, March 19th, 2008:

Continue discussing CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.


Thurday, March 20th, 2008:

Your work from the looooong winter break is due today!

Continue discussing CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.
Your CRIME AND PUNISHMENT essay will be due today.
Another prompt from CRIME AND PUNISHMENT will be given to you today. This will be due on Monday, March 24th.

Your check, cash or money order for your $15 ticket to see CRIME AND PUNISHMENT at the Hollywood Presbyterian Church on Friday, March 21st, is due today.


Friday, March 21st, 2008:

Today, we will read some excerpts on existentialism from PHILOSOPHY and LITERATURE textbook. This is a very important philosophy of the 20th Century - wow, that sounds sooo old! - and many people still adhere to this philosophy today (although many others are taking a more deterministic view of humanity.)

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