October 23, 2017 - October 27, 2017 Weekly Agenda for A.P. English Literature

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?
According to Biff, what was the one thing Willie never understood about himself?
What did Biff blame his father for? 

Please submit your Act 1 reading log of Death of a Salesman tomorrow, Friday, October 27th.
Please submit your Act 2 reading log of Death of a Salesman on Monday, October 30th.  





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