Due: Pigman Essay corrections and self-assessment form
March USSR forms are overdue.
If you were absent today, read yesterday's blog for the criteria for this test.
Tomorrow: You will have time to work on your anthology projects which are due on Tuesday. We will also do the Works Cited page (bibliography) during class and you can type it up for Tuesday. Bring materials needed to work on the cover pages.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
AP Lit: Hamlet's 5th soliloquy
This soliloquy confounds the scholars. Annotate it and arrive to class tomorrow with your best explanation for why Hamlet does not kill Claudius and what the purpose of this scene is in Act 3. It will make some more sense once you read the next scene, called "The Bedroom Scene" since it takes place in his mother's bedroom.
If you were absent today, this soliloquy is on page 60.
Keep reading and annotating your novels for the essay next Wed. after school.
I will return the multiple choice test tomorrow.
If you were absent today, this soliloquy is on page 60.
Keep reading and annotating your novels for the essay next Wed. after school.
I will return the multiple choice test tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
AP Lit: Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
My computer has sound now so we will watch the scene tomorrow but tonight finish reading the scene. Pay particular attention to Ophelia as this scene elucidates her character in detail. Notice that no matter how bitter Hamlet appears, she remains loyal. Why? Her soliloquy will help you to answer that question. Write down key quotations about Hamlet from her soliloquy.
If you were absent today, get the notes on soliloquy 4. Read your novel.
You will also need to stay after school tomorrow to write the multiple choice quiz.
If you were absent today, get the notes on soliloquy 4. Read your novel.
You will also need to stay after school tomorrow to write the multiple choice quiz.
English 9: Study for the Comprehension Test
YAY! You get to demonstrate all you have learned in English 9 so far on a test tomorrow. Lucky you....
You will have to read a story and answer a question about the story in a formal, literary paragraph of at least 250 words to a maximum of 500 words. You must finish the paragraph during the class, unless you have an IEP and are allowed extra time.
Create and revise your thesis several times before starting your paragraph to ensure an insightful response.
Tonight: Study the following:
We worked on our corrections and on our anthologies today.
You will have to read a story and answer a question about the story in a formal, literary paragraph of at least 250 words to a maximum of 500 words. You must finish the paragraph during the class, unless you have an IEP and are allowed extra time.
Create and revise your thesis several times before starting your paragraph to ensure an insightful response.
Tonight: Study the following:
- Your literary "must-haves" list
- How to cite
- How to integrate quotations
- How to be insightful and elaborate on your quotations
- Structure: Thesis, first opinion, first evidence, first elaboration, Transition etc
- Formal Diction *You may not use a thesaurus on a test. Memorize your vocab. list.
- Style: strong verbs, sentence variety, no THIS, IT, THAT etc Be persuasive.
We worked on our corrections and on our anthologies today.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
AP Lit: Act 2, Read Act 3, Sc 1, first two pages
Get the notes on Act 2, Scene 2, and Hamlet's 3rd soliloquy.
Tonight: Annotate the to be or not to be soliloquy. Look for diction, tone, shifts, imagery, and be prepared to discuss your insights in context with the first two Acts. How has Hamlet changed? What is he talking about? Every time you have an idea, tie it back to something we have already looked at. Marks awarded for intriguing connections.
Take risks.
Predict. Connect. Look up allusions. Read what other people have to say, but always rely on your own interpretation as you have the text right in front of you.
Go beyond what it says. Discuss what it means.
You will be presenting your findings to the class and then we'll watch Act 3. The nunnery and bedroom scenes are fabulous.
After school tomorrow is the multiple choice test.
Tonight: Annotate the to be or not to be soliloquy. Look for diction, tone, shifts, imagery, and be prepared to discuss your insights in context with the first two Acts. How has Hamlet changed? What is he talking about? Every time you have an idea, tie it back to something we have already looked at. Marks awarded for intriguing connections.
Take risks.
Predict. Connect. Look up allusions. Read what other people have to say, but always rely on your own interpretation as you have the text right in front of you.
Go beyond what it says. Discuss what it means.
You will be presenting your findings to the class and then we'll watch Act 3. The nunnery and bedroom scenes are fabulous.
After school tomorrow is the multiple choice test.
English 9: Getting the creative juices flowing . . .
Due tomorrow: USSR sheets for March
Tonight: Type up two of your six poems for your anthologies
Tips: (Write like a writer)
1. Using nouns instead of adjectives:
Instead of saying hot sun, for example, you could say The San Pueblo sun
or The Sri Lankan sunrise etc Instead of loyal dog, you could say:
The pinch-hitter dog
The Colonel Smith dog
The I'll-never-leave-you mutt
The it-ain't-over-till-it's over Labrador
2. Once you find the first metaphor, build on it. For example, I am a monk. Brainstorm nouns associated with monk. Use a magazine or a flip dictionary or a reference book about monks in order to help.
For monk, you could add the following words to your poem, bald, choir, blue of prayer, robe, monastery, silk, burlap, mohair, Bible, Mt. Vernon, ten commandments
and your poem doesn't have to be about a monk. It is simply a metaphor.
Eg. On our walk our dog turns into a monk. His breath, the blue of prayer, reading a passage from the Bible at each fence post. His inky cloak soft in the morning light as if he knows more than he should. The sun is rising because it has to. My turn to walk the dog. Snow, our monastery street, this dog, me.
Don't lose the poems and paragraphs you created day as we will use them on Friday.
This week:
Wed: Reviewing the literary must-haves, paragraph style and insight. Creating our anthology covers and typing poems.
Thurs: Comprehension and paragraph writing test.
Friday: MLA Works Cited list for your 6 poems. Time to work on your anthologies. I'll also hand out the poetry manuscript (your poems) criteria sheet if we have time.
Tonight: Type up two of your six poems for your anthologies
Tips: (Write like a writer)
1. Using nouns instead of adjectives:
Instead of saying hot sun, for example, you could say The San Pueblo sun
or The Sri Lankan sunrise etc Instead of loyal dog, you could say:
The pinch-hitter dog
The Colonel Smith dog
The I'll-never-leave-you mutt
The it-ain't-over-till-it's over Labrador
2. Once you find the first metaphor, build on it. For example, I am a monk. Brainstorm nouns associated with monk. Use a magazine or a flip dictionary or a reference book about monks in order to help.
For monk, you could add the following words to your poem, bald, choir, blue of prayer, robe, monastery, silk, burlap, mohair, Bible, Mt. Vernon, ten commandments
and your poem doesn't have to be about a monk. It is simply a metaphor.
Eg. On our walk our dog turns into a monk. His breath, the blue of prayer, reading a passage from the Bible at each fence post. His inky cloak soft in the morning light as if he knows more than he should. The sun is rising because it has to. My turn to walk the dog. Snow, our monastery street, this dog, me.
Don't lose the poems and paragraphs you created day as we will use them on Friday.
This week:
Wed: Reviewing the literary must-haves, paragraph style and insight. Creating our anthology covers and typing poems.
Thurs: Comprehension and paragraph writing test.
Friday: MLA Works Cited list for your 6 poems. Time to work on your anthologies. I'll also hand out the poetry manuscript (your poems) criteria sheet if we have time.
Monday, March 31, 2014
AP LIt: Reprieve!!
This Wed. will NOT be the novel essay due to a delay in actually reading the novels.
This WED after school will be a multiple choice test. The first section is a poem and some hard questions. Skip hard questions so that you can stay calm. Continue reading. The key during this section is not to lose control. Stay focused. Read and re-read the selection as often as needed.
If you were absent today, we finished reading Act 1, took notes, and started reading Act 2, and we took notes. Tonight, read Act 2, Scene 2. It is quite long and most of it is plot based but there is a key scene where Hamlet lets Rosencrantz and Guildenstern know how he feels. The scene with Polonius is filled with sexual references. Use No Fear Shakespeare for those parts of the scene which are difficult.
Look for images that supplement themes originated in Act 1. The entire play continues to loop back to the first line: Who's there?
We will be watching parts of the film tomorrow. Act 3 is amazing!! Lucky you.
This WED after school will be a multiple choice test. The first section is a poem and some hard questions. Skip hard questions so that you can stay calm. Continue reading. The key during this section is not to lose control. Stay focused. Read and re-read the selection as often as needed.
If you were absent today, we finished reading Act 1, took notes, and started reading Act 2, and we took notes. Tonight, read Act 2, Scene 2. It is quite long and most of it is plot based but there is a key scene where Hamlet lets Rosencrantz and Guildenstern know how he feels. The scene with Polonius is filled with sexual references. Use No Fear Shakespeare for those parts of the scene which are difficult.
Look for images that supplement themes originated in Act 1. The entire play continues to loop back to the first line: Who's there?
We will be watching parts of the film tomorrow. Act 3 is amazing!! Lucky you.
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