These are a bit harder than the first ones. I'm mixing grammar/multiple choice type terms with true literary terms AND literary time periods for this week. You're welcome. Also, meet the irony brothers.
Asyndeton
Confessional poetry
Irony
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
Verbal irony
Impressionism
Surrealism
Telegraphic sentence
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Someone say it's not already February. Please.
Monday, 2/2
Act IV
Lit Terms
Tuesday, 2/3
All with Byrd
Wednesday, 2/4
All with me
Act IV
Thursday, 2/5
1-TT
2-AP Prac
Friday, 2/6
Mac V
Lit Terms Quiz
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And, another unit bites the dust! ;) This week we will say goodbye to the Middle Ages and move on to the Renaissance.
Monday, 2/2
Final Activity
SENIOR MEM CHPT 2 DUE
Informational text assigned
Tuesday, 2/3
Sir Gawaine/Arthurian Legends
Wednesday, 2/4
Finish, Presentations
Thursday, 2/5
Unit 2 Test
Friday, 2/6
Intro to Renaissance
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January is spent!!! Someone SLOW DOWN THE CLOCK!!!
DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE!!! :)
LOVING Macbeth with you. Just loving it.
Monday, 1/26
Macbeth Act II
Tuesday, 1/27
Macbeth Act II
Wednesday, 1/28
Macbeth Act III
Thursday, 1/29
1-AP Prac
2-TT
Friday, 1/30
Macbeth Act III
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In honor of this Martin Luther King, Jr. day/week, I want to give you a quote that is a perfect fit for you at this point in your lives. It's not actually my favorite of his (although I love it), not even necessarily in my top three, but it is very appropriate for you at this upcoming critical juncture.
"Whatever career you may choose for yourself-- doctor, lawyer, teacher-- let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring form love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Staying easy in Week 1. Most of these are words you at least vaguely know. Remember, become very familiar not only with the definition, but with examples of these. :)
Motif
Parallel Structure
Allusion
Conceit
Parable
Free Verse
Diction
Romance (not of the Friday night/Valentine's Day variety)
Couplet
Connotation
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I don't know how YOU felt about the Kafka projects, but I just read through all the Shrinklits and the Essay prompts and they are soooo, so good. The Shrinklits are incredible and the majority of the essay prompts are VERY well done. Thank you so much for your attention to detail in all of that. I do hope you gained something from the reading of the book and these projects. I am excited to check out the projects this afternoon. :)
...And if you think THAT was good.... HERE COMES MACBETH! :)
Monday, 1/12
Portfolio and reflection due
Discuss Sir Gawain and Le Morte
Tuesday, 1/13
Intro Seminar to Mac
Wednesday, 1/14
Mac Act I
Thursday, 1/15
1-AP Prac
2-TT
Friday, 1/16
Mac Act I
Journals due
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Here we are, back in the swing of things again already! I hope you had a fabulous break and are excited to get going on AP English again. :)
Monday, 1/5
One more day of rest
Tuesday, 1/6
TED talk and discussion
Wednesday, 1/7
Housekeeping
Portfolio and reflection
Explanation: Look through your portfolio and read through your essays (preferably in the order in which you have written them. Consider your writing over the course of first semester. Look at the development of your strengths, the (hopeful) improvement of your weaknesses. Write a reflective paper on your writing development during first semester. In that paper, also identify an area in which you can focus during second semester writing. Finally, pick one paper that would be good for revision and put a star at the top of it.
Thursday, 1/8
TWO HOUR DELAY!
Archetypes
Intro to Unit 3
Friday, 1/9
Kafka due and presentations, discussion
Assign Le Morte and Sir Gawaine
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I want to use this blog as a multi-purpose blog for my English IV AP class. I will be posting the weekly schedule on here, as well as any assignments. My favorite part is probably to showcase wonderful writing and projects! I also will probably post some school/class news at times. Finally, and the most important part to you twenty-eight over-achievers, is that I will be putting a few postings per unit and the students are required to post a comment (a THOUGHTFUL comment) every unit. These comments should take the form of an online discussion, where you read all of the comments before yours and then make a contribution. Each unit will have a blogging grade attached to it. I am looking forward to the semester both in the classroom as well as online! :)
