April 3, 2018 - April 6, 2018 Weekly Agenda for A.P. English

Tuesday, April 3rd:

Figurative Language:
Context – what is the situation in which the example is being used.
Who, to whom, and why provide the context
Who is speaking?
To whom the speaker is speaking?
Why is the speaker addressing the other person?
What is revealed by the question or the statement or by the figurative language.

Chimney Sweep
Tom Dacre
Who was speaking?
To whom was he speaking?
What was he saying and why?
“You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.”
The chimney sweep is consoling another little boy who is a chimney sweep about how filthy and uncomfortable he is.  
Always refer the quotation and the context back to the overarching of the literary piece.
Always use soapstones, always look at the time that the poem was written, always look at the title of the poem, and name of the author.  Try to divine the tone (attitude) by looking at diction, syntax, and imagery.

Passed back essays – Hamlet, London’s Summer Morning, The Chimney Sweep, etc. Briefly went over.

Passed out “Adjective Clauses” handout and quickly went over. Will be due tomorrow. 

Wednesday, April 4th: 
AP Multiple Choice Questions #1 – 10 over Frankenstein

Handout: “Functional Shift” 
Tomorrow bring your vocabulary book  

 Thursday, April 5th: 
Went over Adjective Clause handout
Relative pronouns: who, whom, whomever, whose, that, which, where 
Noun + relative pronoun + adjective 
Aaron +whose + locker is near mine 

 Read and analyse the poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" 
Enigma - a mystery, the inexplicable 

Friday, April 6th: 
Quiet make-up time






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