Ms. Bridges' AP English

November17th, 2003 First Period: Hi guys! Please read Act 3, sc. 1 in Hamlet for Monday. I want you to make a list of at least three examples of metaphor, simile, personification, and allusion in your reading of Hamlet, Act 3, sc. 1. On Tuesday, you will have a wee small quiz over Act 1 in Hamlet, and perhaps on Thursday another wee small test over Act 2. Peruse Act 2 for some possible questions for the test. I will compile some of the test from some of your questions. Be sure to include the answers On Monday we will quickly go over Units 10 - 12 Vocabulary Review. We will also analyze Hemingway's "In Another Country" and Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" in terms of their writing style. Your assignment - due Tuesday - is to write two (2) one paragraph descriptions - one paragraph written in the style of Hemmingway, the other paragraph written in the style of Poe. The paragraph(s) should deal with meeting a friend. Both paragraphs should be about the s...

Hi Guys! For first period: Read Act 1, scene 4 of HAMLET for tonight (Thursday, 11/6). We will try to finish the first act on Friday. Over the weekend review the text and make a note of some good potential test questions from Act One. See if you can come up with three questions on your own - one dealing with figurative language (allusion, apostrophe, etc.), one dealing with plot comprehension, and the third one dealing with character and relationships. 2nd, 3rd and 5th Period: Bring your outside reading books and reading logs to class tomorrow. We will be working on the literary analysis in class and during the weekend. 2nd period: When we finish the literary analysis we will have a small quizz on the vocabulary. 6th Period: Katya, Christian, Melody are going to do their monologues tomorrow. On Monday, I am going to work with Rossellys, Leo, Steve Traege on THE SEAGULL, and I will have writing conferences with Robert and Rubecca. See you tomorrow!

Hi Guys! For first period: Read Act 1, scene 4 of HAMLET for tonight (Thursday, 11/6). We will try to finish the first act on Friday. Over the weekend review the text and make a note of some good potential test questions from Act One. See if you can come up with three questions on your own - one dealing with figurative language (allusion, apostrophe, etc.), one dealing with plot comprehension, and the third one dealing with character and relationships. 2nd, 3rd and 5th Period: Bring your outside reading books and reading logs to class tomorrow. We will be working on the literary analysis in class and during the weekend. 2nd period: When we finish the literary analysis we will have a small quizz on the vocabulary. 6th Period: Katya, Christian, Melody are going to do their monologues tomorrow. On Monday, I am going to work with Rossellys, Leo, Steve Traege on THE SEAGULL, and I will have writing conferences with Robert and Rubecca. See you tomorrow!

Hi Guys! For first period: Read Act 1, scene 4 of HAMLET for tonight (Thursday, 11/6). We will try to finish the first act on Friday. Over the weekend review the text and make a note of some good potential test questions from Act One. See if you can come up with three questions on your own - one dealing with figurative language (allusion, apostrophe, etc.), one dealing with plot comprehension, and the third one dealing with character and relationships. 2nd, 3rd and 5th Period: Bring your outside reading books and reading logs to class tomorrow. We will be working on the literary analysis in class and during the weekend. 2nd period: When we finish the literary analysis we will have a small quizz on the vocabulary. 6th Period: Katya, Christian, Melody are going to do their monologues tomorrow. On Monday, I am going to work with Rossellys, Leo, Steve Traege on THE SEAGULL, and I will have writing conferences with Robert and Rubecca. See you tomorrow!

NOVEMBER 2ND: REMEMBER EVERYONE! TOMORROW WE MOVE PERMANENTLY INTO #503! FIRST PERIOD: On Monday we move, and if it's not too chaotic, we will pass out HAMLET and perhaps even begin reading it. SECOND PERIOD: Bring your outside reading book and your reading log. We wil begin working on the literary analysis in class. Then by the end of this week or next we will begin reading NIGHT. THIRD AND FIFTH: We will finish up the Amontillado grammar and literary packets. Third period will have the Amontillado quiz on Monday, and Fifth period will have its test on Tuesday. Please bring your outside reading book and the reading log to class on Monday. Sixth Period: You must turn in your: Characte's Biography "A Day in the Life" "The People, Place and Things" papers on your characters by tomorrow (Monday, November 3rd) so that we can begin working on new scenes asap. We may be going to see a play at the Ivar Theatre on Tuesday, November 17th. We wouild leave school by...

First Period: Hi guys. I am not going to be here tomorrow. I am going to an all day theatre workshop. However, your asignment is to write a one to five paragraph analytical essay on THE MAMBO KINGS" - the handout we went over on Monday and again, on Tuesday. The prompt is: Analyze how the author uses sensory detail and the effects the sensory imagery produces. I also want you to use the graph that we worked on today in class to help you in your analysis. Horizontally there shoulde be a listing of the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste) and vertically along the left of the graph should be literary devices such as alliteration, rhythm, etc. As you analyze the excerpt write down the details, and the literary devices that are used. You will turn both in on Thursday. Second Period: The prompt (due Friday, October 31st,) In a well developed, multi-paragraph essay, identify a character from the nonfiction short stories we have read who has undergone a chang...

Hi guys! First Period: Please bring your white (well, they're all stained and tattered and torn up) Warriner's grammar book on Monday. We're going to go over some fun grammar stuff. We're also going to do a little bit of Beowulf and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - not all of it. On Tuesday, I will give you a wee little test on Unit 12 vocabulary. On Wednesday, I will be at an all day theatre workshop but I will return on Thursday! Soon, very soon we will be studying the Bard - Hamlet to be exact. Second Period: We will go over your very long vocabulary homework on Monday, and we will finish the short story, "By Any Other Name." There will be an essay which I will assign to you on Tuesday, which will probably be due on Friday. On Thursday, which is a minimum day, I will give you a wee test on your much hated vocabulary words. Finish up your outside reading book and don't forget your reading logs! On November 3rd we will start working on the literary...