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 of St. Petersburg; Raskolnikov turns himself in at the police station.
Epilogue 1 and 2

Wednesday, December 1st:
Last discussion and final wrap-up on CRIME and PUNISHMENT
Begin HAMLET!
Pass out the open book test over Act 1 of HAMLET.
Watch the first two scenes of Kenneth Branagh's HAMLET.
Read the first two scenes of HAMLET.

Thursday, December 2nd:
Literary terms wheel will be passed out to you today.
Go over literary terms
Go over iambic pentameter
Read Act 1, Scenes 3 and 4
Watch Act 1, Scenes 3 and 4 of HAMLET

Friday, December 3rd:
Read, discuss and act out Act 1 of HAMLET
Watch the video of Kenneth Branagh's Act 1 of Hamlet.

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