AP English Lit. Terms -- Definitions & Practice

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Quizlet Set 1 (100 terms) 

Quizlet Set 2 (235 terms) 

Hamlet Practice AP-style Multiple Choice Questions

"To be or not to be . . ." Soliloquy (11 Questions)

An easily searchable (use "Control F") full text version of Hamlet is provided by MIT.edu

Wednesday, Jan. 3 -- Day 74 of 90

Jane Eyre & Bean Trees Socio-Historical Essay
     --Essay Rubric
     --Essay timetable:
          -Tuesday, Jan. 2:  draft of 4 body paragraphs
          -Thursday, Jan. 4:  draft 6 - 8 body paragraphs
          -Friday, Jan. 5:  completed draft including introduction and closing
          -Tuesday, Jan. 9: revised draft
          -Thursday, Jan. 11: final draft
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Reminder:  body paragraphs should be developed as follows:
1. topic sentence  
2. lead-in to textual evidence 1 
3. textual evidence 1 
4. commentary 
5. transition and lead-in to textual evidence 2 
6. textual evidence 2 
7. commentary 
8. concluding or clincher sentence 

In order to provide convincing evidence of a theme, multiple examples must be provided!
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Resources:
--The Importance of Historical Context (skip down to section, "Historical Context in Literature"
The role and status of women:
--"Jane Eyre and 19th Century Women" (text & video)
--"The Bean Trees:  Feminism and Solidarity Among Women" 
Poverty, mobility, & Social class:
--"Class Attitudes in The Westminster Review and Jane Eyre"
--The Bean Trees Quotes
--New York Times Book Review:  The Bean Trees

Hamlet Resources

 Resources:
Hamlet -- Full Text online


Enjoying "Hamlet" 

Shakespeare Resource Center

Hamlet: The Undiscovered Country











Links:

Dr. Seuss Does Hamlet: Fox in Socks, Prince of Denmark

HAMLET: The Song (from Prarie Home Companion)

Hamlet Discussion Questions


Hamlet Journal Templates (This is a backup; we will complete in Classroom)
Click here for the Hamlet Act I Journal template.
Click here for the Hamlet, Act II Journal template.

Then copy and paste the template to your favorite word processing program.  Then save it as a document.

Hamlet on Facebook:
 If only Elsinore had Wifi:Click here to view.

Monday, Dec. 18 -- Day 68 of 90

Jane Eyre & Bean Trees Socio-Historical Essay
     --Essay Rubric
     --Essay timetable:
          -Tuesday, Jan. 2:  draft of 4 body paragraphs
          -Thursday, Jan. 4:  draft 6 - 8 body paragraphs
          -Friday, Jan. 5:  completed draft including introduction and closing
          -Tuesday, Jan. 9: revised draft
          -Thursday, Jan. 11: final draft

" A social historical critical approach to literature seeks to understand the text based on the cultural and historical events taking place at the time it was written."
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Reminder:  body paragraphs should be developed as follows:
1. topic sentence  
2. lead-in to textual evidence 1 
3. textual evidence 1 
4. commentary 
5. transition and lead-in to textual evidence 2 
6. textual evidence 2 
7. commentary 
8. concluding or clincher sentence 

In order to provide convincing evidence of a theme, multiple examples must be provided!
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Resources:
--The Importance of Historical Context (skip down to section, "Historical Context in Literature"
The role and status of women:
--"Jane Eyre and 19th Century Women" (text & video)
--"The Bean Trees:  Feminism and Solidarity Among Women" 
Poverty, mobility, & Social class:
--"Class Attitudes in The Westminster Review and Jane Eyre"
--The Bean Trees Quotes
--New York Times Book Review:  The Bean Trees

Which Jane Eyre Character are You?

Take the quiz here. 

For extra points, take the survey a 2nd time for your teacher or another class member and see if the character you come up with matches theirs.

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A Jeopardy Game featuring questions on Jane Eyre is here.

Wednesday, Dec. 15 -- Day 65 of 90.

Literary Devices in Rime of the Ancient Mariner -- Google Classroom

Rime of the Ancient Mariner -- Study Guide Questions

Jane Eyre -- Read & work on Double-entry journal

Assignment for Thursday:
--Complete Jane Eyre.  Be ready for short quiz on main characters and main events.
--Complete D-E Journal; 20 entries due.

Plan for Thurs., Dec. 7 -- Day 61 of 84

AP Lit. Terms Quiz 

Rime of the Ancient Mariner  (read to line 130 on Thursday)
--Text with Audio & Study Questions
--Dynamos Rime of the Ancient Mariner Themes incl. "Great Chain of Being"

Have you ever done something stupid and known it was stupid at the time? 

If you have, then you can relate to the narrator of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

allegory: a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.  2.  a symbolical narrative: the allegory of Piers Plowman.

temporal: 1. of or relating to time.
2.pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly: temporal joys.
3. enduring for a time only; temporary; transitory (opposed to eternal ).

liminal: 1. relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process.
2. occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.

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Assignment:  Read Jane Eyre, chapts, 25 - 26 for Friday.

Read Jane Eyre, chapts, 27 - 28 for Monday.

Read Jane Eyre, chapts, 29- 31 for Tuesday.

Read Jane Eyre, chapts, 32 - 34 for Wednesday.

Read Jane Eyre, chapts, 35 - 38 for Thursday.  Plan for a quiz on Thursday!

Assignment for Monday, Dec. 4 -- Day 58 of 84

• Read Jane Eyre, Chapts. 19 & 20.
• Mark two more places for later use in your double-entry journal.
• Write a draft of a sonnet on a topic of your choice.  Work out the rhyme scheme and rhythm as best you can.  Then go back over it and add alliteration, assonance, consonance, imagery, and a title.

Assignments for Monday, Nov. 27 -- Day 53 of 84

          Jane Eyre -- Project Guterberg, full text online, searchable by "Control F"

          Jane Eyre -- Literature.org, full text online, searchable by chapter

• Read Jane Eyre, Chapts. 1 - 10.
• Use sticky notes to mark 10 text passages that relate to the socio-historical issue you have chosen as a focus.  See handout for suggestions on issues.
• Choose a sonnet as a base and an approach (see handout for suggestions); then draft the first quatrain of your sonnet.

Sonnets, Sonnets, Sonnets! (Day 50 of 84)

"When Nature made her chief work, Stella's eyes, 

In colour black why wrapt she beams so bright?"

                                              --from Spencer, Astrophil and Stella (an example of the type of poem                                                Shakespeare is roasting in Sonnet 130.)

Pop Sonnets  (Contemporary Songs Re-Written in Sonnet Form)
     the Time Magazine article featuring a few Pop Sonnets is here.


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The Bean Trees:

--"Timeline: Guatemala's Brutal Civil War" (from PBS.org)
--"Guatemalan Army Stole Children . . ."
--"Children Were Routinely Kidnapped . . ."
--Kingsolver's Bean Trees as a Political Critique . . ."

Tuesday, Nov. 7 -- Day 45 of 84

Use of Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance in Popular Music

"How Does Hamilton . . ."

"Consonance, Assonance, and Alliteration in Hip-Hop"

"Assonance, and the Art of Writing Lyrics"

Bob Dylan, "Subterranean Homestyle Blues"

Monday, Nov. 6 -- Day 44 of 84

Check in / Schedule Conferences as needed:
     --Personal Essay (due Wednesday)
     --Tragic Characters Comparison Essay (due Thursday)

Intro to The Bean Trees
     --Reading Assignments

• Chapts. 1 - 2 -- due Tuesday, Nov. 6
• Chapts. 3 - 4 -- due Wednesday
• Chapts. 5 - 6 -- due Thursday
• Chapts. 7 - 8 -- due Monday, Nov. 13
• Chapts. 9 - 10 -- due Tuesday
• Chapts 11 - 12 -- due Wednesday
• Chapts. 13 - 14 -- due Thursday
• Chapts. 15 - 17 -- due Friday      

     --Double-entry Journal:  You are asked to keep a double-entry journal of 4 - 6 entries for each set of two chapters.  The left column of each entry is a quote or a paraphrase.  The right column is your analysis.  Analysis may take the form of comments, connections, predictions, or questions.  Connections may take the form of (a) a personal connection; relating the excerpt to personal experience or observation; (b)  a connection to another text; or (c) a connection to the world.
(aka "text to self;" "text to text;" "text to world" connections.)  Include a page number with each entry..

Shakespeare, "Sonnet 97"  & PAWS

Assignments due Week of Nov. 6

Updated Deadlines due to last week's "Bomb Cyclone":

Personal Essay -- Revised Draft to be submitted for grading on Tuesday, Nov. 7

Tragic Character Comparison Essay -- Final draft due Thursday, Nov. 9

Note:  We will be focusing on poetry and on The Bean Trees during class, so you will need to finish up the two essays above largely by working on those outside of class.

"You can never get back lost time . . ."

If you are reading this, first of all, congratulations for surviving the Oct. 30 "weather event" that has changed life in Waldo County forever for a week, at least.  Second, we are going to keep to our weekly schedule as much as possible.  This means you will need to work more independently in completing your personal essay and in completing your tragic character comparison essay.

Due dates:
Personal Essay -- Revised draft due Friday, Nov. 3 (Submit via Google Classroom if no school)
Tragic Character Comparison Essay -- Thursday, Nov. 9

Please email me at my school email address with any questions.