September 26, 2016 - September 30, 2016 Weekly Agenda for AP English

Monday, September 26th:
 
Perrine's "Literature", "The Drunkard"
 Show how Frank O’Connor’s use of irony heightens the humor in “The Drunkard”. Does the humor heighten the pathos in the story as well?

You have ten minutes to write one to two paragraphs. You must turn both the paragraph(s) and the homework from Perrine’s  “The Drunkard”, page 342 – 352; questions 1 – 8, in at 9:40.

Check points:
Did you include the author’s full name?
Did you include the title of the piece?
Did you include a brief back story or exposition?
Did you include examples from the story as evidence to support your argument?
Are there any run-ons or sentence fragments?

Examples of sentence fragments:
During the class time.
What happened during the class time.
Even though I set my alarm.

Students who read their one paragraph of “The Drunkard”:
Cruz
Kelly

Pass out the Sandra Cisnero’s excerpt “Eleven” from her book House on Mango Street.  Analyze the excerpt for figurative language and its effectiveness.

The prompt is to analyze how Cisneros uses literary techniques to characterize Rachel.

Annotate the excerpt for literary techniques used to describe Rachel.
What literary techniques are used to convey (to get across) Rachel’s age?

 

Tuesday, September 27th:
2nd Period:
Perrine’s Literature
“You’re Ugly, Too” by Lorrie Moore
Page 352
Questions 1 – 7; pages 370 – 371
Due Tuesday, October 4th

“Eleven”
Draw up a chart detailing the quotations, the literary techniques, and the effect of the literary techniques.
Literary Techniques which characterize Rachel
Describe Rachel
What are the elements that go into describing someone:
Gender
Age
Behavior
Appearance

Characteristics
Literary Techniques
Effect/Author’s Purpose
Age


Youth






Polysyndeton: repetition of the conjunction. It is used as an intensifier showing the immensity of emotion or exertion or any thing suggestive of magnitude.

Anacoluthon: an interruption of a sentence or thought with another closely related thought but not connected with proper grammatical construction:
Example:
“I’m not going to tell you about this – just stop talking, okay?”
“The good stuff – think about it.”

Anaphora: the repetition of a word at the beginning of successive sentences.
This creates rhythm which intensifies the significance of the words and their meaning. (The brain is hardwired to notice rhythm. Rhythm captures our attention. Rhythm affects our heart rate. Rhythm affects our emotions.)

For homework tonight:
Please finish annotating “Eleven” and try writing an opening paragraph for “Eleven”.
Tomorrow, during class, we will work on constructing the body paragraph.

Please remember to bring your play Oedipus Rex tomorrow to turn in. You have to turn in Oedipus to check out your Hamlet script.

Tomorrow, we will also check out a grammar book.Yay!

Wednesday, September 28th: 

Pass back papers

Go to book room to check out Hamlet and a grammar book

For Homework:

Writer’s Choice (green grammar book)

Pages 548 - 550

Exercise 23; #1 – 20
Due on Friday, September 30th:
Run-ons are when you do the following:
You join two sentences with a comma.
You join two sentences without anything separating them
You join two sentences with a conjunction but without the comma

How you correct a run-on:
You can put a period separating the two sentences
You can use a semi-colon separating the two sentences (;)
You can use a conjunction with a comma
You can use this construction: ;however,­­­­­­­­­­_____________. 


For tomorrow:
Go over the “Eleven” prompt
Work on writing the body paragraph
Work on writing the introductory paragraph 

Thursday, September 29th: 

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Half of class gone to the college center re: University of Maryland.

Went over how to do the body paragraph for an analytic essay.

Always link everything to the prompt
Mini-Thesis Statement for Each Paragraph
Introduce the thesis
Develop the thesis
Use examples to illustrate your thesis
Then you show how the examples prove your thesis.

Please avoid generalities:
“A lot of”
“The writer uses a lot of metaphors……”

Use the imagery, the metaphors, etc. used by the author to analyze the excerpt. As Cisneros uses the image of the layers of an onion, you can use the same image or analogy in peeling away the layers of figurative language to discover who this young girl is.

The name Rachel, which means lamb in Hebrew, beautifully illustrates the vulnerability, the sensitivity of this young girl who has just turned eleven, but is also a two year old, a seven year old,  and a ten year old.

The onion layers reveal that growing up comes incrementally, in baby steps, and that one doesn’t just suddenly wake up and is now a mature eleven year old, but also has, hidden below the eleven years, the defiant two year, the frightened three year old, all of which make up the character Rachel.

Through Cisneros’ masterful use of metaphorical devices such as……., she………
Other phrases one can use:
Cisneros employs
Cisneros peels away the layers of Rachel’s years to reveal
Cisneros  peels away the onion layers of Rachel’s years to expose her aching vulnerabilities.

Synonyms:
Childish, immature,
Positive synonyms for being child like:
childlike, tender, vulnerable, innocent

For tomorrow, we will go over how to write an introductory paragraph.
Looking Ahead:
Tomorrow, Friday, September 30th:
Grammar Book, Run-ons, page Writer’s Choice (green grammar book)
Pages 548 - 550
Exercise 23; #1 – 20

Tuesday, October 4th:
“You’re Ugly, Too” by Lorrie Morris from Perrine’s; pages 370 – 371; questions 1 - 7

“Eleven” analytical essay will be due on Wednesday, October 5th.

 

Friday, September 30th: 

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Due today:

Grammar Homework

Writer’s Choice
“Run-On’s”; pages 548 – 551
Exercise 23; #1 – 20
Go over in class:
“Student Responses: Profound and Plodding”
“Rank These Opening Sentences”
Work on opening paragraph to “Eleven”
Looking Forward:
Tuesday, October 4th:
Due: “You’re Ugly, Too!” Perrine’s, pages 352 – 370; questions 1 – 7; pages 370 – 371
Wednesday, October 5th:
Your “Eleven” essay
Vocabulary:
Homily: adage designed for religious or moral instruction
Albatross: a psychological burden which feels like a curse







 







 




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