Important! AP Lesson Plans October 3, 2016 - October 7, 2016

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Go over annotation of "Eleven"
Body paragraph
Structure
Chronological Age - immaturity
Intelligence
Evidence - quotations
diction
imagery
polysyndeton
Anaphora - repetition of words occurring at the beginning of sentences.
Anacoluthon - syntactical break. A sentence that is interrupted midway with a shift in its structure or syntax

Intro paragraph
Tuesday - for homework, write a two page essay on "Eleven"

Perrine's Literature
"You're Ugly, Too" - Laurie Morris
Camus

Make packet of literary terms  and tone words for AP Lit.

Use the translations of the Russian poem for diction.

Use the The Things They Carried for syntax.

Use the excerpt from The Things They Carried selection of details.
Use the Snake “Metaphors for Tone” packet.

Active and Passive Voice
Run-ons
Sentence Fragments
Adverbial clauses
Adjective clauses

Sonnets

HAMLET

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