Ms. Bridges' AP English

Monday, November 28th: Watch Hamlet Work on the Act 4 Test for  Hamlet  Tuesday, November 29th: Watch Hamlet  Work on the Act 4 Test for  Hamlet  Wednesday, November 30th: Watch Hamlet Act 4 Test is due Thursday, December 1st: In auditorium watching rehearsals for Peter and the Starcatcher  Work on the Act 5 Test for  Hamlet Assigned one of ten essay topics for Hamlet; this will be due on Tuesday,  December 6th Friday, December 2nd: Watch Hamlet  Work on the Act 5 Test for Hamlet 

Monday, November 14th:  Discuss Hamlet’s soliloquy, Act 2, Scene 2, which begins with “Ay, so God be wi’ you. Now, I am alone….to “The play’s the thing / Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.”  Discuss Hamlet’s soliloquy, Act 3, Scene 3, Scene 1, which begins with “To be or not to be,  that is the question….”    Please write a one to two paragraph analysis of Hamlet’s   soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 1, lines 64 – 98 You must include the following: Who is speaking; what are the circumstances in which s/he is speaking; what is the theme of the soliloquy; the arguments and rhetorical devices used; analyze the metaphors, the personifications which are used and how the figurative language reveals the themes and characters. Examples of Figurative Language: “The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of trouble.”   “To die, to sleep – no more….Must give us pause.” “The und...

Monday, November 7th:  Hamlet Act 2 Test is due today Please download Hamlet Act 3 Test For tonight: read Act 3, Scene 1 Briefly summarize Act 3, Scene 1 Identify the following: Examples of Figurative Language: metaphor, personification, simile (if any), imagery, allusion (if any), apostrophes (if any) Examples of Spying (list the lines and explain their meaning in contemporary English) Expression of Guilt (list the lines and explain their meaning in contemporary English) Perrines: Page 803; "To My Coy Mistress", Andrew Marvell; questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. This will be due on Wednesday, November 8th Tuesday, November 8th:  Writer's Choice: Adverbial Clauses;  this will be due on Thursday, November 10th. Review the Hamlet and Ophelia's scene Watch Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2, and Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2 Analysis of "To Be or Not to Be" For tonight: Read Act 3, Scene 2  Analyze Hamlet's speech to Horatio which b...

Monday, October 31st:  Not here. Students analyzed passages they were assigned from Act 2, Scene 2 Turned in. Tuesday, November 1st: 2 nd Period:  Passed back work Assigned Act 2 test, which is now downloadable on the blog.  This will be due on Friday, November 4th.  Analyze the two speeches by Polonius and Laertes to Ophelia in Act 1, Scene 3. Analyze both characters’ use of figurative language (metaphors, imagery, puns and choice of themes) and how it is used to reveal who the men are and their attitudes toward Ophelia and love.  The rewrite of this essay will be on Thursday, November 3rd. Helpful hints: Look for the use of nature imagery in Laertes’ speech. Look for the use of money imagery in Polonius’ speech. What is an extended metaphor? Long passages in which a metaphor is used to explain and explore a person or thing being discussed. Aisha: Itzeel: “A violet in the youth of primy nature….” J...

Monday, October 24th: Review the weekend's homework: Pair up and share your analysis of Laertes' speech to Ophelia Identify and analyze how the extended metaphors reveal Laertes' attitude towards Ophelia Then analyze Polonius' speech to Ophelia Identify and analyze how the extended metaphors reveal Polonius' attitude towards Ophelia Share with class Review the following scenes and monologues from Act 1: Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude: Scene 2: Pages 25 - 29; lines 67-131 Find the lines that reveal his attitude towards his mother. Find Hamlet's puns in this scene. What do his puns reveal about his state of mind? What advice does Claudius give Hamlet regarding his father's death? Scene 3: Pages 43 - 44; lines 60 - 87 Paraphrase Polonious' words of advice to his son, Laertes. Which words of advice were helpful and actually wise? Scene 5: Pages 57 - 61 According to the ghost, how did he die? What does the ghost say regarding Hamlet's...

Monday, October 17th:  Please bring Hamlet  to class with you. We will read selected passages in class You will pair up,  be assigned passages to explicate, and to identify and explain the figurative language used. Pass out the Hamlet Act 1 Open Book Test. This will be due when we finish Act 1. Assign in the Perrine's Literature  Pages 885 - 886, "My Mistress' Eyes"  Questions 1, 2, and 3  Due on Tuesday, October 18th For tonight:  Read Act 1, Scene 2  Explicate  Claudius' opening speech: "Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death..."to  "So much for him"  Explicate Hamlet's soliloquy:  "Oh, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt..."to "...But break my heart, for I must hold my tongue." In Class Work:  jkatbridge2004@gmail.com Pair up!   Read pages 13 – 17 (end at the entrance of the ghost) Starts on Marcellus’ line (line 81) Identify the figurati...

Looking Ahead:  Due Tuesday, October 11th:  Grammar Writer’s Choice Active and Passive Voice Pages 587, 588 and 589 Exercises 21, 22, 23, and 24 Perrine’s Literature "The Guest" by Albert Camus Pages 371 - 383  Questions 1 - 9; pages 383 - 384. Due Thursday, October 12th:  Vocabulary Unit 2 The first ten words Please bring your Hamlet  and Perrine's  Monday, October 10th:  Mercurial:  describes who is volatile, erratic in behavior; like the mercury in a thermometer, a mercurial person will go up and down, etc.  Pass out the three verisons of the Andrey Voznesensky Poem "First Ice" With a partner, analyze the three versions of the poem Then select the best word choice from each line of the three poems and construct a fourth poem. This poem should have what you consider to be the best lines from the three poems.  Then, write your own twelve line poem but change the seaso...