Ms. Bridges' AP English

Monday, January 29th: Divide the class into groups to redo Hamlet, Act 3: First group: Act 3, Scene 1; pages 101 – 109 Claudius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Ophelia, Polonius, Hamlet – “To Be or Not to Be” Hamlet with Ophelia Hamlet   with Polonius Second Group Act 3, Scene 2; pages 111 – 119 Hamlet with the players, Hamlet with Horatio, Hamlet with Ophelia and the court, Third Group Act 3, Scene 2; pages 121 – 127; ends at the Lords, “Lights, lights, lights!” 4 th Group: Act 3, Scene 2; pages 127 – 133; Hamlet with Horatio, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Polonius 5 th Group: Act 3, Scene 3; pages 133 – 139 Claudius with R&G Claudius praying Hamlet contemplating murdering Claudius 6 th Group: Act 3, Scene 4, pages 141 – 153 Polonius, Gertrude, Hamlet Hamlet kills Polonius Ghost, Hamlet, Gertrude 1 st Group: Sandra, Jefferson,   Alejandro, Luis, Brandy, Ronald 2 nd Group: Carter, Oscar, Eliza...

Monday, January 22nd: Middlemarch essay redo: Look at your essay. Look for the main conflict in the passage - what is the main issue at play between the husband and wife? Every time you make a point about one of the characters, bolster your point with a brief quotation. Example: When Lydgate refuses to go to Rosamond's father for help, he does it in a very overbearing way - "I insist upon it that your father shall not know unless I choose to tell him, "added Lydgate, with a more peremptory emphasis. The narrative perspective immediately following this is from Lydgate's point of view in which he admits that he is being "unkind": however, Rosamond has unexpectedly shown an unknown side of herself, which leads Lydgate to have "evil expectations as to what she would do  in the way of quiet, steady disobedience." Mulish, stubborn disobedience is not the way a well-born obedient wife is supposed to behave! What other evil things is this dainty cre...

January 15th - January 19th: Tuesday, January 16th: Multiple Choice Test: "When men shall find thy flower, thy glory gone..." Assign Vocabulary Unit 4, #1 - #10 Wednesday, January 17th:  In-class writing prompt - 2016 Poetry Selection "London's Summer Morning" by Mary Robinson  Collect Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1 Pass out Hamlet, Act 3, Scenes 2, 3, and 4 Thursday, January 18th: Went over the multiple choice questions on the poem by Samuel Daniels “When men shall find the passing of thy flower, thy glory…” Hoar is an archaic term for snow or frost or the color white. Hoary is an adjective meaning snowy white or old. Elizabethan Sonnet has fourteen lines, with the last two lines a couplet. It is in iambic pentameter, and has the following meter: ababcdcdefefg Discussion of the rubric for Mary Robinson's poem "London's Summer Morning" Friday, January 19th: Senior Assembly Vocabulary Unit 4, #1 ...

Readings: Hamlet Collect Act Three test - Scene 1 Make copies of Hamlet - Act 3, Scenes 2, 3, 4 and give to students on Tuesday, January 16th Collect on Monday, January 22nd. Give Act 4 on Monday,  January 22nd and collect on Friday, January 26th Pass out Act 5 on Friday, January 26 and collect on January 21st. Prep for Tuesday, January 16th: Revise Test  for Act 3, Scenes 2, 3, and 4 Make copies Make copies of "When men shall find thy flower, thy glory gone...." January 15th - January 19th: Tuesday, January 16th: Multiple Choice Test: "When men shall find thy flower, thy glory gone..." Assign Vocabulary Unit 4, #1 - #10 Wednesday, January 17th:  In-class writing prompt - 2016 Poetry Selection Collect Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1 Pass out Hamlet, Act 3, Scenes 2, 3, and 4 Thursday, January 18th: Go over the rubric Go over the released student A.P. papers Friday, January 19th: Hamlet - read, write a brief mini-essay on Hamlet Vocabulary Unit...

Monday, January 8th:  Read Middlemarch excerpt Annotate it Discussion Tuesday, January 9th:  Passed out the Act 3 Hamlet Test Continued annotating the excerpt from Middlemarch. Students practiced writing introductory paragraph Wednesday, January 10th:  Forty-minute timed write on the excerpt from Middlemarch Then work on the open book Hamlet Act Three test. Thursday, January 11th:  Analyzed Hamlet's soliloquy "To be or not to be" Read and acted out the Hamlet and Ophelia scene Discussed Claudius' opinion of Hamlet's mental state and what his plans are for Hamlet. 

Hamlet Act Three Open Book Test  Act 3, Scene 1 1  What is Claudius questioning Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about?  a. Have they been able to find out the cause of Hamlet’s disturbing behavior?  b. Is Hamlet suffering from unrequited love?  c. Has Hamlet complained about Claudius and Gertrude’s marriage to them?  2.  What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern say in response to Claudius’ questions? a. Hamlet confesses he is feeling distracted but will not give a reason.  b. Hamlet is not willing to be questioned and remains aloof to their questioning.  c. Hamlet was most forthcoming in his answers to their questioning.  d. A and B are correct 3. What was the one thing that seemed to give Hamlet joy?  a. There was nothing that gave Hamlet joy. b. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern informed Hamlet a theatre troupe was arriving. c. Hamlet will be performing that night with the players.  4....