Monday, February 13, 2012

Work on the Cavalier Poets











WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR AP ENGLISH LITERATURE

Monday, February 12th:

From the book, ENGLAND IN LITERATURE:
Christopher Marlowe
(1564 - 1593)
pages 265-268
The Passionate Shepard to His Love
Sir Walter Raleigh
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepard.

FROM THE PACKET:
Please read:
page 268: “Carpe Diem”
page 269: Ben Jonson
page 270: “Still to Be Neat”, “Song to Celia” and “On My First Son”
page 271; “Comment: Ben Jonson’s Vision of His Son”
Please answer:
page 272: “Still to be Neat”: Analyzing: #2 and 3; “Song, to Celia”: Understanding: #1;
“On My First Son”: Analyzing: #5.

Please read:
page 275: Robert Herrick; “To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time
Please answer:
page 277: “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”: Analyzing: #2.

Please read:
page 278: John Donne
page 282: “Sonnet 10”
page 283; “Meditation 17”
Please answer:
page 285: “Holy Sonnet 10”; Understanding: #1; Analysing: #2 and #3; “Meditation 17’
Analyzing: #2 and #3; APPLYING: SYNECDOCHE: #1 and #2

Please read:
page 288: Andrew Marvell
page 289: “To His Coy Mistress”; page 290: Reader’s Note: “To His Coy Mistress”.
Please answer:
page 291: “To His Coy Mistress”; Understanding: #1; Extending: #4.
Please read:
page 292: John Milton; page 293; “On His Blindness”.

We will break into groups of two, choose two of the above poems and present them to the class. Requirements are:
Be familiar with the poem so that you may read the poem well and with understanding.
Read the poem aloud to the class.
Identify the following:
Theme
Soapstones:
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Tone
Figurative Language
This is for a grade.

This week you will also be given a handout on types of sentences: simple; complex; compound and complex- compound.

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