Ms. Bridges' AP English

AP ENGLISH WEEKLY AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 1st - DECEMBER 5th Monday, December 1st: I hope you had a wonderfully fun-filled and relaxing Thanksgiving break. Now, back to work! Go over Chaucer’s THE CANTERBURY TALE. The following will be due on Friday, December 5th: Page 112; THINK and DISCUSS; UNDERSTANDING: questions 1 and 2. ANALYZING: questions 5 and 6. Page 121; THINK and DISCUSS; ANALYZING: questions 4, 5, and 6. APPLYING: Irony: questions 1, 2, and 3. Page 137; THINK and DISCUSS; UNDERSTANDING: question 1. APPLYING: Allusion: questions 1, 2, and 3. Tuesday, December 2nd: Grammar: ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION: pages 64 - 70; exercises 6, 7, 9 and 10. “Participles” is due today. Begin HAMLET. Please keep a reading journal. Pass out “Figurative Language Wheel”. Wednesday, December 3rd: Vocabulary: Unit 3 will be assigned today. This will be due on Tuesday, December 9th. Read and discuss Hamlet. Please keep a reading journal. Thursday, December 4th: Warm-up: “Loose sentence”. Wr...

November 24th - November 26th AP English Weekly Agenda Monday, November 24th: Watch tape of last year’s vocabulary projects. (Yes, I found them!) Warm-ups: Write five sentences, each using one word from Unit 2 and employing the adverbial clause. Do brief postmortem of BEOWULF. Read Chaucer’s THE CANTERBURY TALE, pages 97 - 112. Please keep a reading journal. Please read the next five pages from where we stopped in class. Tuesday, November 25th: Warm-ups: Write five sentences, each using one word from Unit and employing loose sentence structure. Continue reading THE CANTERBURY TALE; pages 97 - 112. Please keep a reading journal. Please read the next five pages from where we stopped in class. Wednesday, November 26th: Read an excerpt from James Joyce’s THE DEAD and begin working on the prompt. This analytic essay will be due on Tuesday, December 2nd. Please finish reading THE CANTERBURY TALE by Monday, December 1st. Your reading journal will be due on Monday, December 1st. On Mo...

November 17th - November 21st AP English Monday, November 17th: Review writing principles: essay structure Brief discussion of Elizabeth Bishop’s “Pink Dog” and some final thoughts on OEDIPUS. Pass out “Unscrambling Adverbial Clauses”. This will be due on Wednesday, November 19th. Read ENGLAND IN LITERATURE: Christopher Marlowe; pages 265 and 266. Tuesday, November 18th: Shortened Day! Break into groups of four, choose five vocabulary words from Unit 2, create a song and dance number or a skit using the words and conveying the meaning of the words. You will have about fifteen minutes of class time to work on this with your group. These will be presented on Friday, November 21st. Continue reading and studying Marlowe, using booklet from the Mark Taper Forum. Wednesday, November 19th: Marlowe Your “Unscrambling Adverbial Clauses” is due today! Thursday, November 20th: Field trip to see THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT at the Mark Taper Forum Friday, November 21st: Present your choreographed song a...

November 10th - 14th AP ENGLISH AGENDA Monday, November 10th: Please bring your vocabulary book to class today. Unit 2 will be assigned and will be due on Friday, November 14th. Please write the words, the definitions, the synonyms and antonyms. You only have to write the correct words for “Completing the Sentence” and “Choosing the Right Words”, but please write out the synonyms and antonyms, underline the italicized words and write the vocabulary words. Break into groups of three and read the four translated passages from BEOWULF. Choose the one your group likes the best and storyboard it: illustrate it and write the passage underneath the illustration. Tuesday, November 11th: No school today in observance of Veterans’ Day. Wednesday, November 12th: Warm-up: In order to maximize the limited time we have in class, during “dead time” (for example, when I am taking roll, etc.) please write five sentences using your vocabulary words from Unit Two and for bonus points, write two with ...

WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR AP ENGLISH LITERATURE NOVEMBER 3rd - 7th Monday, November 3rd: Your “Unscrambling Adjective Clause” handout is due today. Pass out the Sentence Pattern Handout. Go over periodic sentences. Using your words from Unit One Vocabulary, please write five sentences using periodic construction. Today you will receive the packet for BEOWULF which we will begin reading. (And no, Grendel's mother does not look like Angelina Jolie.) Please take notes while you are reading BEOWULF: a brief summary; any unfamiliar words, or any figurative language. Pay attention to syntax and write down any interesting syntax you may notice in the story. Go over last night’s reading of BEOWULF. Tuesday, November 4th: Shortened Day! There will be a brief writing assignment comparing and contrasting four translated passages from BEOWULF. Please read the next ten pages from where we finish in class. For both class and at home reading, please keep a journal which should include a brief summary, ...