Ms. Bridges' AP English

   Monday, March 27th: Discussion over A Doll’s House   and the free response essay. Tips on how to write the free response essay on A Doll's House:  Do not merely summarize The student can easily turn summary into analysis by defining a character’s relationship with another. For example, instead of writing that Christine is a friend of Nora’s, write instead that Christine Linde, a close friend of Nora’s, acts as a foil to her for Christine has forged her independent way in a man’s world by working and supporting herself in business. Another example of turning summary into analysis is with the character of Krogstad: instead of writing that he knows of Nora’s secret, note that Krogstad and Nora are ironically linked by the fact he was also guilty of committing forgery, but he was caught, and suffered and is still suffering social humiliation and ostracism as a result of his criminal act – a fact that is not lost on Nora. You might want to f...

9:00 - 10:30 Look at Bruegel's painting of "Icarus"  Take an overview of it: write down some of the things you notice about the painting. Now after some analysis, write a sentence describing the scene. There is a man farming,   a man herding sheep,   a pirate ship in the distance and a city across the water. Now divide the painting into quadrants and analyze each part. What do you see in the upper left quadrant? Jamille: a city like those in Europe Itzel: the lighting is different Lela: there are ships right next to the city What do you see in the upper right quadrant? Luis: water and mountain Valorie and Julia: the sunset Leyla: a house Itzel: it’s not as busy What do you see in the lower left quadrant? Luis: a ploughhorse Lester: a weapon Courtney: darker and there is more verdant nature What do you see in the lower left quadrant? Anthony: sheep, darker, Luis: livestock There is a pair of legs sticking up from ...

 Monday, March 20th:  Multiple Choice questions 1 - 7 for A Doll's House  Went over in classs Vocabulary from A Doll's House Chafe: to rub against; to irritate or break the skin through rubbing Usually transitive verb - to chafe at or to chafe by Paternal: having to do with the father or having fatherly qualities  Paternalistic: Having fatherly qualities Paternalistic: protective; giving advice; taking care of; caring about a younger person in a fatherly, protective way; Maternal: motherly, loving in a loving, protective way Avuncular: having qualities like an uncle Spendthrift: someone who wastes money, who spends money recklessly. Confection: candy Tuesday, March 21st: Passed out the grades for A.P. Multiple Choice questions 8 – 16 for A Doll’s House Wednesday, March 22 nd : Turned in A Doll’s House Checked out The Sun Also Rises Went over multiple choice questions 1 – 7, Act 1 of A Doll’s House Gave multiple choice ques...

March 20th  - March 24th  Monday, March 20th:   Questions on Act 1 and Act 2  Homework: Questions and reading log for Act 3 of A Doll’s House  Assigned: Vocabulary Unit 5; #1 - 10  Due Monday, 27th Tuesday, March 21st:   Finish A Doll’s House  Open Response Essay on A Doll’s House Check out The Sun Also Rises  Begin reading The Sun Also Rises  30 pages a day Brief summary Characters Analysis - minimum of two  Theme Analysis - minimum of one  Figurative language Analysis - minimum of three Wednesday, March 22nd:  Begin work on Middlemarch essay Continue reading The Sun Also Rises  30 pages a day Brief summary Characters Theme  Figurative language Thursday, March 23rd:  In-class essay on Middlemarch essay  Homework: Poem by Emily Dickinson - “I Felt a Ringing in My Brain” + questions  Continue reading The Sun Also Rises  30 pages...

March 20th  - March 24th  Monday, March 20th:   Questions on Act 1 and Act 2  Homework: Questions and reading log for Act 3 of A Doll’s House  Tuesday, March 21st:   Finish A Doll’s House  Open Response Essay on A Doll’s House Check out The Sun Also Rises  Begin reading The Sun Also Rises  30 pages a day Brief summary Characters Analysis - minimum of two  Theme Analysis - minimum of one  Figurative language Analysis - minimum of three Wednesday, March 22nd:  Begin work on Middlemarch essay Continue reading The Sun Also Rises  30 pages a day Brief summary Characters Theme  Figurative language Thursday, March 23rd:  In-class essay on Middlemarch essay  Homework: Poem by Emily Dickinson - “I Felt a Ringing in My Brain” + questions  Continue reading The Sun Also Rises  30 pages a day Brief summary Characters ...

Monday, March 13th: Kahoot! Kate Chopin's The Awakening Reviewed Hamlet!  Short multiple choice test over an excerpt from The Awakening    I suspect that a number of you did not read the weekend's assignment - and I forgot the page numbers I assigned -  which was to read up to page 285, Chapter XXV, so I am going to revise the assignment to read from 220 to 261 and do the following:  For tonight, read from page 220 to 261; write a short summary and note the figurative language: the quotation using the figurative language, paraphrase the example of the figurative language - explain what it means; what does it reveal about the character and/or the situation.  Please be aware that you must be finished with The Awakening by Wednesday, March 15th, for we are exchanging the book for A Doll's House. So on Tuesday, you will have to read from pages 261 to 351. Assign Vocabulary Unit 4, #11 - 20; due Friday, March 17th Tuesday, March 14th:  Practi...

  Monday, March 6 th : 2 nd Period: Go to library to turn in Frankenstein   and check out The Awakening Read the first twenty pages tonight. Write a brief summary Identify the figurative language used and how and why it is used What is revealed by the use of the figurative language?   Finish the Combining Sentences exercise Pass back the essay on John Keats’ “Bright Star” and the notes. Tuesday, March 7 th : AP Multiple Choice Questions – Excerpt from The Awakening Went over the first seven questions; finish tomorrow. General Comprehension Questions: These questions ask for general overall information about the text. Examples of the general comprehension questions: “The question is primarily concerned with…” “Which one of the following choices best describes the tone of the passage?” “Which one of the following choices best describes the narrator’s relationship to her mother?” Detail Questions: These questions a...