MARCH 28, 2011 – MARCH 31, 2011
WEEKLY AGENDA FOR AP ENGLISH LITERATURE





Monday, March 28th:
Read aloud “Ode to the West Wind”
Analyze theme, structure, enjambment, caesura, the terza rima, imagery, metaphor, imagery, etc.
Break into groups of threes; one group will illustrate one stanza and write the stanza underneath as a caption; another group will choreograph an interpretive dance based on one of the stanzas, select music to accompany the dance and perform the dance to music while a member of the group reads the stanza. This will be performed on Tuesday, March 29th.
Please read the preface and the first four letters by Tuesday, March 29th.
Please continue reading FRANKENSTEIN and keep a journal of your readings. The journals should include a brief summary; at least 3 vocabulary words plus definitions; plus literary and figurative devices and how and why the author uses them.

Tuesday, March 29th:
Your Unit 4 Vocabulary will be due.
Your “Ode to the West Wind” project will be due.
Essay: Write an analytical essay exploring Shelley’s use of literary devices to invoke the spirit and theme of “Ode to the West Wind”. This should be at least two pages and will be due on Thursday, March 31st.
Continue reading FRANKENSTEIN and please continue with the journal.

Wednesday, March 30th:
Read and discuss “Ozymandias”, “To Wordsworth” and “England in 1819” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Read and discuss the biography of Lord Byron and his poem “When We Two Parted”
Continue reading FRANKENSTEIN and please continue with the journal.

Thursday, March 31st:
Your essay on “Ode to the West Wind” is due today.
Today read and discuss the biography of John Keats.
Read and discuss John Keats’ “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”; analyze for comprehension; vocabulary; shift of point of view and narrator; imagery and soapstones.
For homework over the long weekend:
Continue reading FRANKENSTEIN and please continue your journal. By Monday morning, you should have read up to (at least) page 125.
In your packet please read John Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale” and answer the following questions in your packet: page 517; “Understanding”: questions 1,2,3 and 4; “Analyzing”: questions 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9; “Extending”: question 10; and “Applying: Onomatopoeia”; questions 1, 2, and 3. This will be due on Tuesday, April 5th.

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