Ms. Bridges' AP English

AP Curriculum for August 29th - September 2nd: Monday, August 29th: Vocabulary Scenes from Vocabulary Unit 1, Level F: Words: Acquisitive, arrogated, belabored Sentences: You have an acquisitive wife. Why do you think she married you? She has arrogated your money for herself. Script: You are beating a dead horse. I don’t believe you for a moment. You are belaboring the point that your wife is a wonderful loving wife who loves you for yourself!   She doesn’t. Vocabulary Scenes: Vocabulary Words: Largesse, Emulate, Insatiable Fried Chicken Elgin, Joanna, Ardelle Elgin: Hey, Jamille, I got you a truck full of fried chicken! Joanna: Wow! You do not see that kind of largesse every day! It’s from Popeye’s, right? Elgin: Of course. KFC tries to emulate Popeye’s Chicken, but they fail! Ardelle: Oh, my god! Thank you, Elgin. You fixed my insatiable need for fried chicken! Insatiable In = Not To sate = to satisfy ...

Monday, August 22nd:    With your partner, please reread the prompt for Anne Bradstreet’s “The Author to Her Book”.   Please pay attention to the title. Who is the speaker? Who or what is the speaker addressing? What is the occasion? What has happened to prompt this address? Is there a pun in line 15? What is a press? What does she tell the addressee regarding its parentage? Why?  Tuesday, August 23rd:  Returned the essays on “The Author to Her Book” Briefly went over the essays The essay rewrite will be due on Thursday, August 25 th . Passed out the Frayer Vocabulary Model Went over the process Assigned Unit One, all twenty words for the Frayer Vocabulary Model This will be due on Monday, August 29 th .  You may do the Frayer Vocabulary Model in the following manner:  Vocabulary Word from Unit 1, Level F: Definition: Part of Speech: Etymology:  Root Word: Prefix:  Suffix:...

Tuesday, August 16th: Class check-in Syllabus passed out and discussed Please read and go over the syllabus with your parents After reading please sign and have your parents sign the syllabus Turn the signed syllabus in on Wednesday, August 17th. Wednesday, August 17th: In-class essay today on the short poem "The Author to Her Book" by Anne Bradstreet. Due at the end of class. Thursday, August 18th: First half of period: go to room 506 for text book checkout Assign seats For tomorrow: Multiple choice questions on "Patty Charcoal Drive-in" Friday, August 19th: Multiple choice questions on "Patty Charcoal Drive-in" Go over the poem, questions, answers, figurative language.

Kate Bridges P.A.M.  August, 2017 SYLLABUS FOR A.P. LITERATURE  COURSE DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this class is to enrich the students’ lives through exposure to some of the world’s greatest literature. The intention, aside from preparing the students to pass the AP tests and prepare for college level writing, is to help expand the students’ horizons intellectually and creatively through an in-depth analysis of literature and a strict yet creatively challenging response through writing. The AP class is designed to prepare the students for freshman level college work, to read, analyze, and evaluate the effectiveness of a literary work and to explain by speech and writing why and how the literary work is effective. To aide us in our analysis of what makes great literature great, we will follow the curricular requirements as outlined in the AP English Course Description. I view this class as a workshop in which there is opportunity to explo...