April 24, 2017 - April 28, 2017 Weekly Agenda for A.P. Literature

Monday, April 24th:
"Advice to a Prophet" multiple choice questions

Read Reinhold Niebuhr's "The Christian Commitment"
Answer the questions one through five in complete sentences incorporating the questions in the answers.

Tuesday, April 25th:
 
Multiple Choice questions “Maud Martha”
Went over yesterday’s multiple choice questions on “Advice to a Prophet”

Answers to “Advice to a Prophet”
12. D
13. E
14. C
15. E
16. D
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. B
21. E
22. D
23. E
Went over the answers, figurative language, vocabulary, syntax, and test-taking strategies.
Read “A.P. Thesis Paragraph”


Wednesday, April 26th:
In-class writing assignment - "It's a Woman's World"
Assign:
Perrine's: pages 976 - 977; Robert Frost's "Acquainted with the Night"
Questions 1 - 4; due Monday, May 1st
Perrine's: pages 967 - 969; Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
Questions 1 - 4; due Monday, May 1st

Thursday, April 27th:
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Redo the prompt from yesterday, “It’s a Woman’s World”. You must write at least two solid pages to receive a “C” or better on the essay. This will be due at 10 a.m.
Then do the multiple choice questions.

The following students may rewrite the opening paragraph of their paper, using the techniques shown on page 264 on AP Sample Thesis Paragraph, using the “fully developed first paragraph” as your model:
Christopher Flores, Lirio Hernandez, Alexandria Hughes, Laszlo Kalo, Itzeel Padillo, Kaitlyn Sanchez, Jamille Taccad, Emie Trembley

Friday, April 28th:

If you have finished answering the questions from yesterday’s multiple choice questions over Charles Dickinson’s excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities, then please write an opening paragraph on the following:

Prompt:
Analyze how Charles Dickinson uses figurative language to create the tone of despair in this excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities.
 
Pass back the multiple choice test over the excerpt from Charles Dickinson’s A Tale of Two Cities. Go over and analyze the answers.

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