MARCH 30th - APRIL 3rd WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR AP ENGLISH

Monday, March 30th:
Multiple choice questions: Emily Dickinson’s “The Habit of Perfection”
Go over essay writing techniques.
Discuss pages 70 - 100 in CRIME and PUNISHMENT. Please be sure to do Cornell notes.

Tuesday, March 31st:
Shortened day!
Your compare and contrast essay on William Blake’s two poems, “The Chimney Sweep”
from “Songs of Innocence” and “Songs of Experience” is due.
Today the infamous “Is It a Rock Star or a Romantic Poet?” test will be given.
Continue discussing CRIME and PUNISHMENT (pages 70 - 100). Please be sure to do Cornell notes.
The next fifteen pages will be assigned for tonight’s reading. Remember that random Cornell Note checks will be - well - randomly conducted.

Wednesday, April 1st:
Warm-ups: Using your Unit 5 vocabulary words please write five sentences. Each sentence should have either an adverbial clause, an adverbial clause, a participial clause or an appositive clause.
A packet of Dostoevsky's life will be passed out, read and discussed.
Continue discussing CRIME and PUNISHMENT. Please be sure to do Cornell notes which will be randomly checked.

Thursday, April 2nd:
Warm-ups: Using your Unit 5 vocabulary words, please write five sentences. Each sentence should have either an adverbial clause, an adverbial clause, a participial clause or an appositive clause
A packet on Nietzsche and existentialism will be pass out to you today. We will read and discuss this very important philosophy and how it applies to the personality of Raskolnikov.
Continue discussing CRIME and PUNISHMENT. Please be sure to do Cornell notes which will be randomly checked.

Friday, April 3rd:
Multiple choice questions on CRITICISM.
Continue reading and discussing CRIME and PUNISHMENT. Please be sure to do Cornell notes which will be randomly checked.

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