Hopefully, this week's grading coupled with last week's writing will give you a real taste for what the AP test essay portion is going to feel like. Just based on the self-assessment and the Chaucer essays, I am feeling pretty good about your writing thus far.
Monday, 8/31
Lit Terms 1 Quiz
Finish any essays
Interview skills, resume, etc
Assign College App Essay
Tuesday, 9/1
Group AP Grading
Wednesday, 9/2
Group AP Grading
(SUB)
Thursday, 9/3
1- AP Practice
2- TT
Friday, 9/4
Peer read college app essay
Archetypes packet
SUB
Friday, August 28, 2015
Week of August 31
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Friday, August 21, 2015
Lit Terms 1
Easy, easy, easy... This week's (and really the whole semester's) terms are so easy. Remember the format of the quiz for Friday is that you will be quizzed over ONE of these (randomly) and you won't know which one until you get the quiz. You will need to be able to define and answer an application questions.
Form
Tone
Imagery
Essay
Onomatopoeia
Static Character
Metaphor
Rhythm
Cliche
Ambiguity (in literature)
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Week of August 24
This entire week (almost) consists of practice AP Essay testing. I KNOW that it is going to get tiring and maybe even boring, but it is important for us to keep our goals in mind and to practice, just as you would with any sport or skill.
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Monday, August 17, 2015
Week of August 17
I seriously cannot believe we are in week three of this school year. I would like to say, specifically to you, that I appreciate the way you are getting more comfortable in class discussion and being willing to speak up. Please continue to work toward that. I know that you have the information and have read carefully because I see your post-it notes and annotations! Now use it with your voice! :)
Monday, 8/17
Part I discussion
"Pardoner's Tale" for homework
Tuesday, 8/18
PT Discussion
"Wife of Bath's Tale" for homework
Wednesday, 8/19
WOB discussion
Thursday, 8/20
1- AP pract
2-TT
Friday, 8/21
JOURNALS DUE
Open question character essay in class
*** Prologue is due Monday! Be ready!
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015
AP Resources
Below are some awesome AP resources for those scholars who want to go above and beyond...
Frequency of Titles on Question 3
Great AP Blog with witty study tips
Free Response Study Aids
Great List of Lit Terms
AP Lit Terms Flash Cards
AP Question 3 Prompts
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A few tidbits
Here is the link to the Prologue audio file!
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/gp.htm
Also, here are the things you need to watch for when reading your assignment:
Socioeconomic status- can be determined by the type of horses they ride, color of clothing, etc
Chaucer's opinion of them
Categorize them into one of three categories-- feudal (land), church, or city (merchant/professional)
Make sure that you use post its and make plenty of annotations in your text so that you will have lots of fodder for discussion!
:)
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Monday, August 10, 2015
Week of August 10
Welcome to the first full week of class! I'm excited to get to know you this week and especially excited about our time together.
Monday, 8/10
Classics discussion
Assign Alchemist
Assign Self-Assessment
Tuesday, 8/11
Intro to Search for Identity
Wednesday, 8/12
C-T Notes
Assign Part I of Prologue
Thursday, 8/13
1- TT
2- AP Prac
Friday, 8/14
C-T Part I discussion
Read Part 2 for h/w
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Friday, August 7, 2015
Prologue in Middle English
Canterbury Tales Prologue, Middle English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0MtENfOMU
WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote 1 | |
The droghte 2 of Marche hath perced to the roote, | |
And bathed every veyne in swich 3 licour, | |
Of which vertu engendred is the flour; | |
Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth | 5 |
Inspired hath in every holt 4 and heeth | |
The tendre croppes, 5 and the yonge sonne | |
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, 6 | |
And smale fowles maken melodye, | |
That slepen al the night with open ye, | 10 |
(So priketh hem nature in hir corages: 7 | |
Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages, | |
And palmers for to seken straunge strondes, 8 | |
To ferne halwes, 9 couthe 10 in sondry londes; | |
And specially, from every shires ende | 15 |
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, | |
The holy blisful martir for to seke, | |
That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke. http://www.bartleby.com/40/0101.html |
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