CLIFFNOTES; pages 185 - 187 Meditation by John Donne Multiple Choice Questions Vocabulary: Firmament: the skies Vicissitudinary: (noun) the ups and downs of life Equinoctial: (adjective) having to do with the equinox; of equal division. Malignant: evil; of evil intent; cancerous Pestilential: (adjective) having to do with a virulent, dangerous epidemic Intestine: internal What is John Donne’s thesis? What is his theme? Are happiness and misery meted out in equal measure? Why is it not necessarily a good thing the disease has declared itself so that the doctor may more clearly see it now? Rack: a medieval form of torture which literally pulled a person’s joints apart. Cordial: a sweet alcoholic drink Scarce: rare, hardly, running out Encumbrances: burdensome, something that inhibits movement Allay: combination of metals; alloy He drinks misery, and he tastes happiness. For homework: answer the questions on pages 186 - 187.
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December 3, 2012 - December 7, 2012 A.P.
December 3, 2012 – December 7 th Weekly Agenda for A.P. English Literature Monday, December 3 rd : Please bring your packet to class today. We will go over “Meditation 17” by John Donne and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell. Please bring your yellow and black book, CLIFFNOTES. We will do the multiple choice questions over John Donne’s essay “Medition”, page 185. Tuesday, December 4 th : Homework assignment on adjective clauses. Briefly go over. The assignment on adjective clauses will be due on Wednesday, December 5 th . The packet on Elizabethan sonnets by Shakespeare will be passed out and assigned today. For homework, please read all the sonnets and answer the questions. We will pair up, choose one of the sonnets to analyze and present to the class. Wednesday, December 5 th : Sonnet presentations Thursday, December 6 th : Read prompts and released student essays. Discuss. Friday, December 7 ...
November 26, 2012 - November 30, 2012 Weekly Agenda for A.P. English Literature Monday, November 26th: In class timed essay: Analysis of a foil in HAMLET which serves to highlight a character or advance the theme of HAMLET. Tuesday, November 27th: Please bring your CLIFFNOTES paperback book (yellow and black book) to class today every day this week: Poetry Selection; multiple choice questions For homework; due Wednesday: Read "Carpe Diem"; biography of Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh Poems: "The Passionate Shepard to His Love by Marlowe and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepard" Wednesday, November 28th: Poetry Selection; multiple choice questions For homework, due Thursday, November 29th: in your Cavalier Poets' Packet, please read the following: page 269: Ben Jonson; page 270: “Still to Be Neat”, “Song to Celia” and “On My First Son” page 271; “Comment: Ben Jonson’s Vision of His Son” Please answer: page 272: “Sti...
November 13, 2012 - November 16, 2012 Weekly Schedule for A.P. English Literature Tuesday, November 13th: Discussion over Act 4 Comprehension: Ophelia's Drowning Claudius' manipulation of Laertes Claudius and Laertes' scheming Figurative Language Wednesday, November 14th: Act 4 Test will be due today Pass out Act 5 Test Watch Act 5 HAMLET Read Act 5 Thursday, November 15th: Discussion: Grave Digger Scene Work on Act 5 reading logs and Test Friday, November 16th: In class test Act 5 reading logs and test will be due on Monday, November 26th.
November 5, 2012 - November 9, 2012 Weekly Schedule for A.P. English Literature Monday, November 5th: Watch Act 4 of Hamlet Read Act 4, Scene 1 of Hamlet Discussion of Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 4 Tuesday, November 6th: Work on reading logs and test for Act 4 Wednesday, November 7th: Finished watching Act 4 and "the Grave Digger Scene" Thursday, November 8th: Work on reading logs and test for Act 4 Friday, November 9th: Finish reading Act 4, Scene 2
October 29, 2012 - November 2, 2012 A.P. English
October 29, 2012 - November 2, 2012 Weekly Schedule for A.P. English Literature Monday, October 29th: Watched film of Act 3 Discussion Extra Credit Assignment: Short research on Hamlet's Oedipal Obsession with Gertrude. Must include citation. Due Wednesday, November 7th. Tuesday, October 30th: Read and finish discussion of Act 3 Wednesday, October 31st: In class essay on Claudius' speech in Act 3 ("My sins are rank...") Thursday, November 1st: Your Act Three Test and your reading logs for Act 3 are due today. Begin watching and reading Act 4 of HAMLET Friday, November 2nd: Continue watching, reading and discussing Act 4 of Hamlet. Please continue working on your reading logs for Act 4. The Act 4 test will be given to you today.
October 22, 2012 A.P. English Literature
OCTOBER 22, 2012 – OCTOBER 26, 2012 A.P. English Literature Monday, October 22 nd : Watch the DVD of Kenneth Branagh’s HAMLET Discussion of Act 3, Scene 1 Your Act 3 reading log is due today. Tuesday, October 23 rd : Act 3 HAMLET ASSIGNMENTS: Act 3, Scene 1: Choose one of the following two: 1. Take the "To be, or not to be" soliloquy and dividing it into six parts, create six panels, illustrate the passages and write the passages underneath as captions (like a cartoon or storyboard). The passages are from Act 3, Scene 1; lines 64 - 66; 67 - 72; 73 - 77; 78 - 85; 86 - 90; 91 - 96 (Stop at "... And lose the name of action.") 2. The Hamlet and Ophelia Scene: Rewrite in contemporary English and perform. You may also reinterpret with music, dance and spoken word. Wednesday, October 24 th : Present the “To be, or not to be” soliloquy or present the Hamlet and Ophelia scene. Thursday, October 25 th : Watch A...