August 22, 2016 - August 26, 2016 Weekly Agenda for A.P. English Literature

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 25th.

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 29th. 

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: 
Synonyms (3): 
Antonyms (3):
Sentence using the word in a literary piece: 
(Include the title, author, and page number of literary piece)

Original Sentence: 

Original Sentence: 

Original Sentence:  

Wednesday, August 24th: 
 
Can you think of a situation where people can believe in an illusion rather than the truth?
Who has been punished for bringing the truth to the people?
Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King,
In Lord of the Flies, what happened to Simon when he came down from the mountain to tell the other boys the truth about the “monster”.
Read “The Allegory of the Cave”, up to page 8; line 105
Discussion
Finish reading the allegory tomorrow; watch videos
Answer for tomorrow night, Thursday, August 25th, questions 1 – 5

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