Ms. Bridges' AP English

WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 30TH for AP ENGLISH LITERATURE Monday, November 30th: History of the English Language Read BEOWULF Heads Up: When we finish reading the first part of BEOWULF, the questions on page 25 will be due: page 25; “Think and Discuss”; questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; “Analyzing”; questions 6 and 7; “Extending”; questions 8 and 9. Don’t forget to do Cornell Notes as you are reading. Tuesday, December 1st: Shortened Day! Your adverbial clause handout is due today. Your outline for pages 3 - 9 is due Read and discuss BEOWULF A handout on unscrambling adverbial clauses will be given to you. This assignment will be due on Thursday, December 3rd. Wednesday, December 2nd: Warm-ups: Write five sentences using adverbial clauses with five words from your Unit 3 vocabulary. Read and discuss BEOWULF Thursday, December 3rd: Warm-ups: Write five sentences using adverbial clauses with five words from your Unit 3 vocabulary. Read and discuss BEOWULF ASSIGNMENT: On page 26 there are f...

NOVEMBER 23rd WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR AP ENGLISH LITERATURE Monday, November 23rd: Warm-up: Write five sentences with adverbial clauses using five words from Unit 3 Vocabulary Brief discussion of Haemon’s argument with Creon. Finish the tableaux from Sophocles’ THE OEDIPAL TRILOGY Tuesday, November 24th: Warm-ups: Write five sentences with adverbial clauses using five words from Unit 3 Vocabulary Keynote presentation on The History of English Wednesday, November 25th: Warm-ups: Write five sentences with adverbial clauses using five words from Unit 3 Vocabulary Begin read BEOWULF! Keep Cornell Notes on BEOWULF. It will be counted as a major grade. You will be given a thick packet which is the excerpt of BEOWULF we will be reading. You will be given a reading assignment and some questions to answer over the weekend. It will be due on Monday, November 30th. If you are not happy with your essay grade, then you may rewrite the essay incorporating the corrections, staple the rewritten versio...

Pop Quiz for OEDIPUS AT COLONUS What sacred ground do Oedipus and Antigone find themselves at the beginning of the play? Why is it ironic that Oedipus should land on that particular ground which is sacred to those particular deities? What are the reactions of the people when they find out that the wanderer is the infamous Oedipus? What is Oedipus’ argument regarding his guilt in killing his father and sleeping with his mother? Why does Creon kidnap Oedipus’ two daughters? Contrast Theseus with Creon. How are they different as leaders and as men? What does Polyneices want his father to do for him? Why does Oedipus refuse Polyneices’s request? What is the Greek view of life? What request does Polyneices make of Antigone? What happens to Oedipus at the end? What request does Oedipus make of Theseus? What is the prophesy regarding Oedipus’ body?

NOVEMBER 16TH FOR WEEKLY AGENDA FOR AP LITERATURE Monday, November 16th: Pop quiz over OEDIPUS AT COLONUS Pop quiz over ANTIGONE All late work must be turned in today! Tuesday, November 17th: Shortened day! Break into groups and create three tableaux: one each from the plays Wednesday, November 18th: A brief history of the English language Begin reading BEOWULF Keep Cornell Notes Wednesday, November 18th: Warm-up: Read a short excerpt and answer multiple choice questions Read BEOWULF Keep Cornell Notes Thursday, November 19th: Warm-up: Read another short excerpt and answer multiple choice questions Read BEOWULF Keep Cornell Notes Friday, November 20th: Warm-up: go over adverbial phrases. Write five sentences using adverbial phrases with five of your vocabulary words from Unit 3.

11/09/09 Weekly Agenda for AP English Literature Monday, November 9th: Clean-up day. Because it's been so crazy-busy for everyone, today will be a regrouping day. The following assignments are overdue and need to be turned in as soon as possible! Finish reading OEDIPUS AT COLONUS (Was suppose to be read by last week) Write your OEDIPUS AT COLONUS essay: On page 115, analyze Sophocles' use of literary terms exploring the nature of friendship. The OEDIPUS at COLONUS essay assignment was also due last week. The following assignments are current: Finish reading ANTIGONE (Must finish by Thursday, November 12th) Write your essay on ANTIGONE: the essay prompt is exploring the arc of a character who is in two or more of the Oedipal plays and chart the development of the character. How does the character change? What prompts the character's change? How do the character's changes affect the play? Work on Vocabulary Unit 3 which will be due on Tuesday, November 10th. Tuesday, No...

November 2nd Weekly Agenda for AP English Literature Monday, November 2nd: Warm-up: “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain” by Emily Dickinson; PERRINE’S LITERATURE; page 776. Continue reading and discussing OEDIPUS AT COLONUS Some strategies on reading difficult text Please finish the play tonight. Tuesday, November 3rd: Essay topic: You will be given an excerpt from Sophocles’ OEDIPUS AT COLONUS on which you will write an essay analyzing Sophocles’ use of imagery and other literary devices to convey the theme of OEDIPUS AT COLONUS. Due at end of class. Wednesday, November 4th: Discussion on OEDIPUS AT COLONUE Break into groups and create three tableaux for OEDIPUS REX and OEDIPUS AT COLONUS. Thursday, November 5th: Meet in auditorium. Please bring your vocabulary book; unit 3 will be assigned today. This will be due on Tuesday, November 10th. Begin reading ANTIGONE Friday, November 6th: We will begin reading and acting out ANTIGONE.