October 3, 2016 - October 7, 2016 Weekly Agenda for A.P. English Literature













Monday, October 3rd:
No school today!

Tuesday, October 4th:
Perrine's; "You're Ugly, Too"; pages 370 - 371; questions 1 - 7 due today
Two handouts from Voice Lessons on "Selection of Detail" will be assigned.

Wednesday, October 5th:
The essay"Eleven" from Sandra Cisnero's The House on Mango Street  is due today.
Pass out excerpt from The Things They Carried for selection of detail
Read, discuss, change the items the soldiers carry, discuss how changing the items the soldiers carry change our perception of the soldiers
A volunteer will empty the contents of her/his backpack and the class will discuss how the contents reveal the person's character, personality.
For homework:
Create a brief description (minimum of one paragraph each, half a page each) of two characters (the characters can be students, professionals, a music star, a hired assassin, your call)  based on what s/he carries.
This will be due on Thursday, October 6th.

Thursday, October 6th:
The class code for turnitin.com is 13628925

Please title the two paragraph description of two separate characters: “The Things Teens Carry”; this will be due on Monday, October 10th.

Homework:
Grammar
Writer’s Choice
Active and Passive Voice
Page 587, 588 and 589
Exercises 21, 22, 23, and 24
Due Tuesday, October 11th

Vocabulary Workshop, Level G
Unit 2
Do the first ten words
Not every word has a prefix or a suffix
Be sure to write your original sentence and a sentence using the word from literature or film
Due Thursday, October 13th

In-class Multiple Choice Questions
“The Iceberg’” – due at the end of the period


Friday, October 7th:
Field Trip
The Mark Taper Forum to see August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. 

 Literary Excerpt with multiple choice test

For those of you not going to see the play, please bring your Perrine's, and read "The Guest" by Albert Camus, pages 371 - 383; questions 1 - 9; pages 383 - 384. This will be due on Tuesday, October 11th.

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