Ms. Bridges' AP English

Monday, October 30th:  Finish watching the video Tuesday, October 31st:    Finish watching the video of Death of a Salesman Wednesday, November 1st: Take the multiple choice questions 15 - 30 on Death of a Salesman  Go over in class Read and discuss Arthur Miller's essay on Why Death of a Salesman is a Tragedy. Assigned Vocabulary Unit 3, #1 - 10 due Tuesday, November 7th Thursday, November 2nd: Ms Campbell will speak to class about college admission Friday, November 3rd:  40-minute timed A.P. Open Essay  Begin Sonnets Bring Perrine's to class

Monday, October 23rd:  Read Death of a Salesman  Multi-choice Questions over Death of a Salesman  Tuesday, October 24th:  Read Death of a Salesman Read Death of a Salesman   up to page 1599. Bernard, “Willy, do you want to talk candidly?” The first division for the Act Two reading log is the bottom of page 1593.   Make sure you have at least one entry per major character: Willy, Ben, Biff, Happy, Linda, Bernard, etc.  Character Characteristic Quotation  Analysis of character  Themes  Quotation  Analysis of play to support evidence for theme(s).  Due Monday, October 30th. Wednesday, October 25th:  Read Death of a Salesman Read up to page 1618.  Thursday, October 26th:   Read Death of a Salesman Finished Brief discussion: Expressionism in theatre Biff as protagonist Themes of Death of a Salesman What major realization did Biff have near the end of the play about himself and his father? Accord

Monday, October 16th:  Dispatch - Quizlet:   tinyurl.com/LevelFUnit2 Grammar Handout:  Combining Sentences Discussion of  Death of a Salesman Pair up and look for possible themes in the plays. Remember a theme is a statement, not a word. One of  Romeo and Juliet's possible themes could be that the lack of openness between parents and child can result in disaster and loss.    Love is not a theme of Romeo and Juliet.  Love is a topic or a subject of Romeo and Juliet, but not a theme. Possible themes and evidence:  Matteo – pages 1573 Willie is remembering talking to Ben when he said that he walked into the jungle of Africa and walked out with a diamond mines. Is Ben a cipher who represents the American businessman? Theme - Risk can pay off. There is a dark side to the American Dream – that sometimes risk does not pay off. Angela – Biff is willing to take risks but none of them have panned out. The closest thing he has found to be successful is the r

Monday, October 9th:  Turn in Oedipus Rex Multiple Choice questions #16 – 20 on Oedipus Rex Vocabulary: Peripetatic: wandering Calamity: disaster Impiety: not religious; blasphemous, not being religiously devout Tuesday, October 10th:  Absent  Make-up work today Wednesday, October 11th:  Make-up work today Thursday, October 12th:  PAM and NMA monthly meeting today. Friday, October 13th:  Turn in The Oedipal Cycle  Read Death of a Salesman   Read to page 1550 For the weekend, please read Act One Please do reading log: The reading log should include: The act and scene Brief summary with analysis Themes Characters Irony Foreshadowing Figurative Language Example:   Death of a Salesman The setting: Post War New York and Boston Brief summary: Act One, Scene One: The opening of Death of a Salesman is late at night as Willie Loman, a sixty-year old salesman, returns home after a long trip on the road selling some undetermined product up and down Ne

M Monday, October 2nd:  Hot Seat Class divides into three groups of nine each. Each member of group chooses a character to become. Everyone in the group creates three questions and answers for each character in OEDIPUS. Tuesday, October 3rd:  Hot Seat! 1st Group: Tiresias - Wm Minor Creon Oedipus - Oscar Luis and Emily - Chorus Zane - Messenger Shepherd Questioners: Angela, Matteo, Sydney, Daireen 2nd Group: Jocaste Messenger Chorus Leslie Sandra Sydney Questioners: Luis, Emily, Carter Wednesday, October 4th:  Hot Seat! Continue with 2nd group: Andrea, Brandy, Carter, Danya, Matteo Sandra, Daireen, Questioners: Kais, Oscar, Luis, Zane, 3rd Group: Carter, Matteo, Ronald, Alejandro, Monce, Angela, Danya, Alisson, Sydney, Questioners: Manual, Aliyah, Jefferson, Kais, Oscar, Emily Thursday, October 5th:  Oedipus Essay! Practice Free Response Questions #2 The following passage, from Sophocles Oedipus Rex, is the scene in which Oed