Ms. Bridges' AP English

November 29, 2010 - December 3, 2010 Weekly Agenda for AP ENGLISH LITERATURE Monday, November 29th: Your essay on Svidrigailov's suicide is due today. Discuss Part Five; Chapter 2; pages 323 - 330: the funeral wake; Discuss Part Five; Chapter 3; pages 330 - 336: Luzhin frames Sonia; page 339: Raskolnikov reveals why Luzhin framed Sonia; and pages 341 - 342: the landlady evicts Katerina Discuss Part Five; Chapter 4; pages 344: Utilitarian Theory; pages 347: Raskolnikov confesses to Sonia; page 350: explanation for murder; pages 355 - 357: Sonia advises Raskolnikov Part Five; Chapter Five; pages 357 - 369: Katerina's death Tuesday, November 30th: Discuss Part Six, Chapter 1: pages 387 - 390: Porfiry urges Raskolnikov to confess Discuss Part Six, Chapter 5: pages 413 - 421: Dounia tries to shoot Svidrigailov Discuss Part Six, Chapter 6: pages 426 - 433: Svidrigailov commits suicide Discuss Part Six, Chapter 8: pages 444 - 450: Raskolnikov bows down and confesses in the streets o...

November 15th - November 19th Weekly Schedule for AP English Literature Monday, November 15th: Quickly go over Part 4, Chapter 5. Go over questions for Part 4, Chapter 6 on the blog. For tonight - if you haven't already - read Part 5, Chapter 1 and 2, and answer the questions on the blog. Tuesday, November 16th: Shortened day Go over Part 5, Chapters 1 and 2 in class. Read passages, act out some scenes from Chapters 1 and 2. GO OVER THE QUESTIONS. Turn in at end of class. Read Part 5, Chapters 3 and 4. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON THE BLOG. These will be due on Wednesday, November 17th. Wednesday, November 17th: Go over the questions for Part 5, Chapters 3 and 4 in class. Act out some of the scenes in class. Read Part 5, Chapter 5 for homework tonight. Answer the questions on the blog. Thursday, November 18th: Read and act out some of the scenes from Part 5, Chapter 5. Friday, November 19th: In class essay on CRIME and PUNISHMENT. You will be given the prompt in class. For home...

November 8, 2010 - November 12, 2010 Schedule for A.P. English Literature Monday, November 8, 2010 Please turn in your Part 4, Chapter 1 vocabulary, figurative language devices and literary analysis today. (We already went over this chapter on Thursday.) Quickly go over Part 4, Chapter 2 and share your vocabulary, figurative language devices and literary analysis. Please turn in if you have not already. Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Regular Day Go over Part 4, Chapters 3, 4, and 5 today in class. We will go over chapters 4 and 5 in detail and read passages from the book. Please turn in your homework for each chapter if you have not already. The homework is vocabulary, figurative language and literary analysis for each chapter. Please read Part 4, Chapter 6 for tonight. The homework is vocabulary, figurative language and analysis for Chapter 6. Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Go over Part 4, Chapter 6 from your last night’s readings. Go over the vocabulary, figurative languag...

LESSON PLANS FOR BEOWULF Begin reading BEOWULF Please keep reading log: Summary; figurative language and vocabulary Watch film of BEOWULF Pages 25 - 26: Break into groups of three; read the four translated passages; create a story board for the one you like the most and find the most descriptive. Gallery walk of storyboards. For individual homework: write essay (minimum of five paragraphs) on the translation you like the most, giving examples of figurative language and the purpose and the effect the writer had for using those examples of figurative language. Read and keep a journal! Read 28 - 35 in class Continue reading BEOWULF; please answer discussion questions #1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; "Think and Discuss: Understanding"; "Composition: Explaining Beowulf's Motives." FOR HOMEWORK: Answer the following questions under “Think and Discuss: Analyzing”, numbers 4 and 5, and please answer the following question under “Extending”, number 9. Please do “Applying: Metaphor”, ...