AP Literature (Period 2) Assignments

Here is the Summer Assignment, with the book list, to prepare you for AP Lang (as was handed out today).

For any people still having issues finding information about AP Testing on Wednesday, here you go.

 

Students will be in the following rooms:

 

Crossroads-Room 100-40,

Crossroads-Room 103-40,

Crossroads-Room 104-50,

Crossroads-Room 105-70 

 

Make sure you are prompt and prepared!  Testing starts at 7:30.

It is highly recommended that you start reading Invisble Man by Ralph Ellison over the break.  Because the AP test is coming up the first week of May, we will be moving through the novel at an accelerated pace when we get back from Spring Break. 

 

Remember that when completing the Motif chart you can only skip 3 motif boxes per chapter and still receive full credit.

Invisible Man Chapter 15-20 Quiz

Invisible Man Chapter 12-14 Quiz.

Be prepared for a Quiz on Chapters 6-11 of Invisible Man.

Be prepared for a Quiz on the Prologue-Chapter 5 of Invisible Man.

Have copy of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison in class.

Be prepared for Beloved Unit Exam.

Be prepared for a quiz on Beloved, Chapters 21-25.

Be prepared for a quiz on Beloved, Chapters 16-20.

Be prepared for a quiz on Beloved, Chapters 9-15.

Be prepared for a Quiz on Beloved, Chapters 6-8.

Read Beloved, Chapters 1-5 and be ready for your first reading quiz.

Study your notes on Toni Morrison for the Quiz.

Get your copy of Beloved by Toni Morrison

Wuthering Heights Gothic Infographic

Wuthering Heights:  read Chapter 28-end

Wuthering Heights:  read Chapters 22-27

Wuthering Heights:  read Chapters 16-21

Wuthering Heights:  read Chapters 12-15

Wuthering Heights:  read Chapters 10 and 11

Read Wuthering Heights, Chapters 5-9

Get your copies of Wuthering Heights and read Chapters 1-4.

Make sure to have your copy of Wuthering Heights in class on this day.

Stylistic Prose Journals and Commercials are due.

 

Journals should be submitted to Turnitin.com and Commercials should be ready for presentation in class.

Poetry Multiple Choice Exam

 

Study presentation notes and complete Poetry Multiple Choice Practice nightly.

 

A study guide has been attached.

Poetry Scrapbooks are due!  Oral Presentations will begin on this day.

To stay on pace, make sure the have these components for your Poetry Scrapbook with you in class on this day:

• Choose your 6 poems and have all 6 printed out (ready for mark up) and in class.
• From your 6 poems choose the one you want to focus on for your Essay and Presentation.
• Have your two Critical Articles about your chosen poem.

Complete your Death of a Salesman Reading Journal in preparation for your Death of a Salesman Essay Outlin test.  You may have a paper copy of your reading journal with you the day of the Essay.

 

Reading Journal Instructions:

Illustrate each of the Aristotle’s ideas on tragedy (both his 6 characteristics as well as his definition of tragedy as we broke it down). Find the quote. Explain how it relates to tragedy and add your thoughts on the quote.

You need a quote for each of the following

1. Thought-what can be said and should be said at each moment
2. Diction- how it is said (memorable lines)
3. Melody- the beat, rhythm, or tone blending to create something pleasing
4. Spectacle- where staging helps the play move and make sense
   Character
5. The characters must be good in some way.
6. The characters should act appropriately for their gender and station.
7. The characters have to have believable personalities.
8. Each character must act consistently throughout the play.
   Plot
9. Peripety- the change from things at the beginning of the play to the exact opposite state by the end of the play.
10. Discovery- is a change from ignorance to knowledge.
11. Misery-a good man going from happiness to misery
12. Horrible or evil deed- arouses fear for the characters

 

 

Pick your Poet and submit your choice for approval via Google Classroom (see announcement).

Review the CRISP writing strategies and come with any questions you may have about writing.

Prepare for Hamlet Exam.  Resources are attached and on Google Classroom.

Finish your Close Reading Essay Practice and write a Thesis that properly answers the question.

 

For More Practice:  You may write a Introduction Paragraph or even a complete essay if you would like, and I am happy to proved more feedback.

Finish reading Act 5 and prepare for the reading quiz.

Finish reading Hamlet Act 4.

 

Finish the Hamlet Mandala Assignment.  Do NOT write the essay.

Finish your D.I.D.L.S. analysis of either Act III, Scene i, lines 56-161 or Act III, Scene ii, lines 89-145, 226-244 (whichever you were assigned in class).  

 

Also, finish reading Hamlet Act III and be prepared for the reading quiz.

Finish Shakespeare Vocabulary Matrix and prepare for the test.

Read Hamlet Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2

Read Act II of Hamlet and prepare for reading quiz.

Read all of Hamlet Act I.  Be prepared for a reading quiz.  Reading questions to consider as you read are attached.

Go onto Google Classroom and answer the homework question about allusions to Shakespeare.

Finish and turn in your Scarlet Letter Essay via Turnitin.com.  Directions on how to log in/create an account are on Google Classroom.

Make sure to have your copies of Hamlet.  Any copy of the entire work in which the lines are numbered is fine.  The recommended version is the Folger Shakespeare, ISBN:  978-0-7434-7712-3.

 

Finish your Body Paragraphs and be ready for a Peer Edit.

Continue preparing for your Scarlet Letter Unit Test

Prepare for Socratic Seminar

Summer Assignment:  Scarlet Letter Quote Journal 

 

You will need to have your quotes with you in class on this day.  If you have already turned them in, Mrs. Lewis will hold onto them and give them back to you on this day.

Make sure to find your Hester Prynne physiognomy quote and answer the question:  How does this fit or go against our ideas of what a heroine is supposed to look like?

 

Be ready to share.

Study for your Lit Professor Quiz.  

Finish your Theme for AP Literature poem.

 

Make sure to bring Lit. Professor

Fill out Google form to show that you and your parent have read the syllabus.