Ms. Bridges' AP English

WEEKLY AGENDA FOR A.P. ENGLISH LITERATURE MAY 14, 2012 - MAY 18, 2012 Monday, May14th: Class meets right after lunch during the traditional 5th period spot. Discussion of THE STRANGER, Part 1 No 3rd Period Tuesday or Wednesday Thursday, May 17th: Discussion of THE STRANGER, PART 2 Friday, May 18th: Regular Bell Schedule Begin reading WAITING FOR GODOT

MAY 4, 2012 Agenda for A.P. English Literature For homework over the weekend: In your yellow and black CLIFFS AP ENGLISH LITERATURE and COMPOSITION, please read the following excerpts and answer the questions for each excerpt: Pages 32 - 34; Wordsworth's poem; questions 1 - 12 Pages 43 - 46; Joseph Conrad's TYPHOON; questions 1 - 13 Pages 114 - 117; George Eliot's ADAM BEDE; questions 30 - 42 Pages 150 - 152; Charles Dickens' DOMBEY and SON; questions 17 - 28 Pages 152 - 155; Thomas Gray's "Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat"; questions 29 - 42 Pages 156 - 159; George Orwell's essay; questions 43 - 56

MAY 7, 2012 – MAY 11, 2012 WEEKLY AGENDA FOR A.P. ENGLISH LITERATURE Monday, May 7 th : Timed 40 minute Free Response For homework: read THE STRANGER; explicate the text Tuesday, May 8 TH : In class reading of excerpt and multiple choice questions For homework tonight: essay on Cormac McCarthy’s ALL THE PRETTY HORSES For homework: read THE STRANGER; explicate the text Wednesday, May 9 TH : Timed 40 minute essay on “It’s a Woman’s World For homework: read THE STRANGER; explicate the text Thursday, May 10 th 8:00 a.m. A.P. English Literature Test Finish THE STRANGER Friday, May 11 th : Discussion of the A.P. test Begin work on the Socratic circle for THE STRANGER

April 23, 2012 - April 29, 2012 Weekly Agenda for A.P. English Literature Monday, April 23th: Adverbial Clause handout from HOLT HANDBOOK Multiple Choice Questions on poetry selection from Nora Millay Ellis Tuesday, April 24th: Review dangling modifiers Multiple Choice Questions Wednesday, April 25th: Review agenda for next two weeks Go over essay writing strategies Read and break down Mary Barton's excerpt from ELIZABETH GASKELL Thursday, April 26th: Go over multiple choice questions Pass out THE STRANGER Brief introduction to the novel and to existentialism Friday, April 27th: Pass out PHILOSOPHY and LITERATURE Assign essays by Sartre; W.T. Stace's "Man Against the Darkness" and Reinhold Niebuhr's "The Christian Commitment".  Read, outline and answer the questions.  This will be due on Tuesday, May 1st.

THE STRANGER CHAPTER ONE “Maman died today. Or yesterday, maybe. I don’t know.” These are the opening lines of THE STRANGER, which suggests that the unknown narrator is more than a little disconnected from his mother.   He is not aware that his mother has taken a boyfriend or even how old she was. The narrator goes on to say that he can take the bus for the vigil and be back tomorrow afternoon – which seems to imply that he sees his mother’s death as an inconvenience, something to be taken care of quickly and easily and then disposed of.   There are quite a few references to heat and to light (“It was very hot….” “….the glare of the sky….” and there are few descriptions at this point of the people, which contributes to a sense of isolation. The man’s inner landscape seems a little desolate.   The man takes a bus to the old age home his mother was staying at.    He meets the director who speaks for him, giving the son ready-made excuses (“You ...

April 30, 2012 – May 4, 2012 A.P. Weekly Agenda Monday, April 30 th : Discuss THE STRANGER; Go over explication of THE STRANGER Multiple Choice Questions: Excerpt from Prose Selection For homework: Please read chapters 2 – 4 in THE STRANGER; pages 19 – 40. Tuesday, May 1 st : Discuss homework over the weekend: Pages 393 – 404 in PHILOSOPHY and LITERATURE Jean-Paul Sartre; pages 393 – 397; Outline the essay and answer questions 1 – 5 W.T. Stace (Man Against the Darkness); pages 398 – 401; Outline the essay and answer questions 1 – 5 Reinhold Niebuhr (The Christian Commitment); pages 401 – 404; Outline the essay and answer questions 1 – 5 Read and analyze prompt for Henry James’ “The Pupil” Strategies in essay writing. For homework: please read chapter 5  to Part 2; pages 40 – 59, in THE STRANGER and write the explication.  If you are unclear how to do this, please check the blog. Wednesday, May 2 nd : Timed essay writing on Henry Jame...

April 16, 2012 - April 20, 2012 Weekly Agenda for A.P. English Literature Monday, April 16th: Brief grammar lesson: Appositives and Appositive Phrases Multiple Choice Questions Read and analyze two poems, one by John Keats ("When I Have Fears") and William Wordsworth. Tuesday, April 17th: Timed compare and contrast essay on the two poems by Keats and Wordsworth. Wednesday, April 18th: Brief grammar lesson: Participial Phrases Multiple Choice Questions Read bio of William Blake and "The Lamb" and "The Tyger" Thursday, April 19th: Read and analyze two poems by William Blake from "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" Friday, April 20th: Timed compare and contrast essay on "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" Multiple Choice Questions Next week begin Existentialism!