If you are absent today, write the poetry essay at home. Follow the essay criteria used last year and use the checklist included in your package to ensure your writing meets the expectations for the assignment.
If you have used the Lit text for a poem, here is the citation entry:
Author, "Poem title"
Wordsworth, William. "My Heart Leaps Up," in Adventures in English (indent 2nd line 5 spaces) Literature, ed. Fannie Safier, and Katie Vignery. (indent 3rd line 5)Orlando, Florida.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1996, 485.
Remember to call it Works Cited.
Center Works Cited on the page. No underlining, italics, etc.
(See the sample I gave you for web addresses).
Tuesday, March 24: Hand in your poetry notes and we'll have the terms quiz.
Thursday, March 26: Hand in your three poems (I need to read them), the poetry essay, your three TPCASTT charts, your essay checklist and works cited page (MLA style).
Wed. after school will be a poetry essay. Read the sheet I gave you. Study the kinds of questions they ask. You may want to write two or three for practice. I will mark any that you write. Submit the poem, the question, and the essay any time.
You will have a lot of time to read your novel. You will have the open essay question on your novel, Wed. April 2. Read the list with the kinds of questions asked on this section. No matter what the question, know your book's themes well. Do an extensive TICK chart on it. Create note cards for characters, settings, quotes, key stylistic devices, notes on the politics and culture of the era, and the author. Study 3 to 4 key scenes well and annotate those scenes. Memorize quotations. You will be set!!
I know it seems a little daunting to have to work on AP Lit during the break but remember, you are receiving 8 credits for a 4 credit course which is why it can seem to impinge on hours outside of school. Once May 9th hits, though, there will be a lot less homework. Consequently, by really getting ahead now, you will be rewarded with university credit!!
Read yesterday's blog regarding credits for AP courses.
Have a good break.
