Homework

--Slaughterhouse-Five... read it over break. You can buy a copy and mark it up for extra credit.
--Journal (30 quotes) and 2 IMs for Slaughterhouse-Five
--Third draft (for class due, printed, in class)
The final draft will be delayed, turned in over break. Date TBA.

Homework 12/12

Revised draft two of the epiphany paper is due Tuesday on Turnitin.com

Homework 12/9

--Epiphany paper (draft 1) due
--Conference with Ms. P
--Test on Friday

Welcome back -Homework

--Epiphany paper proposal - TYPED
--Read "The Cub" and complete the journal questions
--Review poetry terms/TPCASST
--Test Friday on Beloved

***Note***
I will not be at school on Friday. Please leave your journal questions in the bin, and push back ALL Epiphany Paper due dates by one class.

Homework

- Beloved quotes and IMs due Tuesday
- Final Paper due Tuesday:
Novels and plays often include scenes of weddings, funerals, parties and other social occasions. Such scenes may reveal the values of the characters nad the society in which they live. Choose such a scene from Beloved, and in a focused essay, discuss the contribution the scene makes to the meaning of the work as a whole.

Homework 10/7

-Be prepared for your test
-Submit your papers on Turnitin.com
-Read Beloved and complete the quote journal by October 17

Homework

--Paper due FRIDAY on Turnitin.com

Homework

-Choose one chapter of How to Read Literature Like a Professor and apply it to one of the novels you have read in AP this year in a paper (less than 2 pages, Times New Roman 12). Submit to turnitin.com by Friday.
-Write 30 tone words that are synonyms for MAD, SAD or GLAD. Email those to me by Thursday before class.

Homework

Have a nice weekend... be ready to discuss How to Read Literature Like a Professor on Tuesday.

Homework

-Finish How to Read Literature Like a Professor
-Write a two page literature paper:
Write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe the standards of the society in which Meursault exists and (b) show how he is affected by and responds to those standards.

These essays will be evaluated for thorough textual analysis of the work students analyze, structure, clarity of argument, specific, comprehensive supporting evidence and style. All finished essays are expected to contain effective diction, imaginative syntax, and exceptional style. Students must conference with the teacher for at least one draft of these papers.

Homework 9/12

Read How to Read Literature Like a Professor by next Friday.
No writing homework this weekend! Whoo hoo!

Homework

-The College Portfolio is due!
- Be prepared for your test... it will be an analysis test on a piece you've (probably) never read before!

Homework 9/5

-Complete a college application for your portfolio. This includes all essays with the application
-Entire portfolio due 9/12

Homework 9/3

-First of all, several of you STILL do not have your portfolios divided and labeled properly. As I said in class, I'm not grading them until they are organized.
-Final Resume due Friday
-Final General Topics essay due Friday
-Study for your first test on The Stranger

Weekend Homework!

The Stranger quotes and IMs are due September 3
Letters of receommendation and your third draft of your Personal Statement are also due September 3!

Homework 8/22

New dates!
Resume - August 26
Letters of Recommendation - September 3
Personal Statement (final) - September 3
Resume (2nd draft) - September 5
General Topics Essay - September 5
PORTFOLIO - September 12

The Stranger quotes and IMs due September 3

Homework 8/19

-PAUSE! We are trying to get these personal statements and general topics essay PERFECT so the second draft of both has been postponed until FRIDAY.
-Keep reading and doing quotes for The Stranger

Homework - 8/15

-Draft two of your General Topics essay is due on 8/19. If you were absent today, you need to pick up your first draft of the General Topics essay ASAP. If you did not turn in the General Topics essay, you need to email it to me this weekend.
-You are now reading The Stranger on your own. In your reading journal, you will examine 30 quotes (same as with A Clockwork Orange). However, this time you only need to have TWO IM conversations with your peers. The book must be finished, the IMs and quotes are due on SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

Homework - August 12

-Write draft TWO of the personal statement.
-For the three people who did not turn in their general topics essay, EMAIL them to me ASAP.
-Start reading The Stranger. Those of you who were not here need to come get books from me ASAP. If you choose to purchase a book to annotate, you can receive extra credit!

Homework

-Work on the general topics essay
-be prepared to discuss A Clockwork Orange

First Homework Assignment - 8/5/08

--Turn in your AP Plagiarism Signout if you have not done so
--Begin work on the College Portfolio. The first draft of the personal statement (autobiographical essay) is due on Friday (also known as Ms. P's birthday).

For the four of you who were absent today, there is a link to the College Portfolio on the "Important Class Documents" section of this page.

For the three of you who are not out of town until next week, I expect you to come in to make up the test you missed today the day you come back (tomorrow?) or you will receive a zero on it.

Got anything to say about "A Clockwork Orange"?

If you do, sign up on the blog and post! See where it says comments? That's for you guys!

I'll start the first question. How does diction affect meaning in A Clockwork Orange? Consider how the novel might be different without the use of nadsat slang....

Reading Journal Instructions and Guidelines

While reading each of the summer reading requirements, keep a Reading Journal, in a double entry reading log format, as shown below.

1. Fold several loose-leaf (or notebook) pages in half vertically to make two equal long columns. Label the left hand column "Quotes" and the right hand column "Significance".
2. As you are reading, choose at least 30 quotes that you feel are significant (a key character's development, a recurring or important theme, or which simply made you think about a idea in a new or different way) from each novel, play or nonfiction. Leave considerable amounts of room between your choices (half page minimum).
3. On the right column, reflect on the significance of what is being said. Ponder your selected quotes and try to answer your own questions in this space. Make connections to the world outside the reading, explain how the selected quote is important to a character or event, and/or use the quote as a springboard for personal reflection.
4. Once a week, join with others through instant message, email conversations or post on this blog to discuss points you are pondering as you read. This is an excellent means of keeping your reading schedules, expanding your understanding of the books, and finding more enjoyment in the literature you read. Keep records of these discussions.

To submit your reading journals on your return to school in August, bind them in a paper or plastic folder with your name and date clearly identified on the front of the folder. Include any email or chat transcriptions with your journals.

Evaluation:

• Selection and tracking of a substantial number of quotes
• Thinking about and writing about the significance of quotes;
• Response to literature.

As a response to the literature, the journal’s purpose is to reflect:

• Judgments that demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of the significant ideas;
• Support for key ideas and viewpoints through accurate and detailed references to the text;
• Awareness of the author's use of stylistic devices and an appreciation of the effects created; yes, that means you have to know literary terms.
• Personal connection and reflection as a response to reading.