Assignments : AP English Literature and Composition
December 8 to December 12, 2008
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Monday -
Objective: Students will
gain familiarity with AP Literature poetry prompts.
Activity : Review "Writing about Poetry." Review the weekend
reading of Keats and Longfellow and review the scoring of anchor papers.
Information - Teams for poetry unit presentations
will be formed; dates assigned.
Homework: Read "Word Choice" p. 755-788.
Prepare for a Heart of Darkness Quiz.
Tuesday -
Objective: Students
will discover connections between Moby Dick and Shakespeare; will discover
themes in Heart of Darkness.
Activity : Quiz on Heart of Darkness. Socratic Seminar of Moby
Dick.
Information -
Homework: Finish reading Heart of Darkness;
read at least one critical article on which to report and the introduction
to your edition of HD
Wednesday -
Objective: Students
will learn vocabulary and ideas connecting diction with poetry.
Activity : Teacher presents, modeling
expectations for pair/group presentations on following days.
Information -
Homework: Read " Symbol, Allegory, and Irony"
p. 837-863. One pair/group prepares intensively in order to present tomorrow.
A presentation with cogent examples, some sort of assesment (test or quiz)
and question and answer session is expected. Visual aides are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.
Please prepare before you arrive in class. Teach the class what you have learned.
Thursday -
Objective:Students
will learn vocabulary and ideas connecting imagery with poetry.
Activity : "Symbol" are presented.
Information -
Homework: Read "Images" p. 790-814.
One pair/group prepares intensively in order to present tomorrow. A presentation
with cogent examples, some sort of assesment (test or quiz) and question and
answer session is expected. Visual aides are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. Please prepare
before you arrive in class. Teach the class what you have learned.
Friday -
Objective: Students
will learn vocabulary and ideas connecting figures of speech with poetry.
Activity :"Images" are presented.
Information -
Homework: Read "Sounds" p. 863-891.
One pair/group prepares intensively in order to present the next class day.
A presentation with cogent examples, some sort of assesment (test or quiz)
and question and answer session is expected. Visual aides are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.
Please prepare before you arrive in class. Teach the class what you have learned.
