APRIL 28TH

WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR AP ENGLISH

MONDAY, APRIL 28TH:

Your Mary Barton essay is due today.

Brief discussion of WAITING FOR GODOT, which you should read tonight.

Please remember that with WAITING FOR GODOT, just as you have with the other selections you have read: THE STRANGER, THE METAMORPHOSIS, etc.,you must write a brief synopsis of the story, and give examples and comments on the literary tropes. In WAITING FOR GODOT, the tropes will include tone, theme, motif and symbolism. You should also address the characters and the relationship(s) they have with each other. You may write any other comment you would like on the piece.

The reading log for WAITING FOR GODOT will be due on Friday, May 2nd, along with an essay the topic of which I will give you in class.

At noon we will have a timed forty-minute essay on “The Birthday Party”.



TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH:

Shortened Day!

Your AP test is nine days away!

We will discuss WAITING FOR GODOT today and also go over some writing techniques as needed.


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH:

Today we will read Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” and an assignment over the poem will be given to you to do tonight.

At noon we will have a timed forty-minute essay on Henry James’ “The Pupil”.

THURSDAY, MAY 1ST:


Today we will discuss the villanelle form of poetry and Dylan Thomas’ villanelle, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”.

At noon, we will have a timed forty-minute compare and contrast essay over two poems by Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson.

A multiple choice test will be given to you tonight over “Typhoon” by Joseph Conrad. We will go over it tomorrow.


FRIDAY, MAY 2ND:


Your WAITING FOR GODOT reading log and your WAITING FOR GODOT essay will be due today.

We will go over the answers to the multiple choice selection from “Typhoon” by Joseph Conrad.

At noon we will have a timed forty-minute essay on a Cormac McCarthy passage.

Two multiple choice selections will be given to you over the weekend to work on.

It’s almost over........

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