Homework

--Epiphany paper final draft is now pushed back until WEDNESDAY. Make them perfect
--Hamlet books have been distributed. We will begin in class tomorrow; however, you will be expected to complete journals and IMs. Journals should focus on diction, syntax and tone.

Homework

Conferences with Ms. P over first draft of the epiphany paper will be held until Thursday
Draft two is due FRIDAY

Homework 12/04

--Conference with me about your proposal today or Monday
--First draft of epiphany paper due Tuesday

Welcome Back! 11/30/09 Homework

--Read "The Cub" and answer the journal questions for it. Also write 6 questions of your own. Due Thursday, December 3.
--Epiphany paper proposal due Friday, December 5

End of Trimester One

Last draft of Beloved Symbolism paper is due Monday
One final AP essay on Friday

Homework

Re-do the symbolism paper, only this time, write it on Beloved.

Homework

Don't forget... you're reading Beloved.
Journals and IMs due October 13!

Don't forget!

New improved GLORIOUS symbol paper is due tomorrow.
Beloved journals and IMs due October 13.

Homework

Symbol paper... AGAIN... due Friday 10/2

Read Beloved, complete journals and IMs by Friday October 13... appropriate, huh?

Homework 9/22/09

As some of you already know, a family emergency requires me to leave town tomorrow. In class on Thursday and Friday, you will be working on the paper you were assigned today. This is to be THREE pages long, typed, double-spaced, the usual:

Based on the 2009 open-ended essay prompt:
A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works, a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. In The Stranger, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Homework!

Rewrite your essay for The Stranger.
Turn in the revision and original copy to my mailbox Wednesday morning before you go to Baxter.
No homework for the weekend. No test. Consider yourselves lucky this week!

Homework

Full portfolio is due on MONDAY, Sept. 14
Includes: completed college application, awards, flash drive, perfect copies and all drafts of work.

Review The Stranger for tomorrow's test

Upcoming Homework due dates

--General Topics Essay FINAL DRAFT - 9/1
--Letter of Rec FINAL DRAFT - 9/2
--The Stranger dialectical journal and IMs - 9/8
--Rewrite your choice of this year's timed essay prompts. This will be a FORMAL essay. It should have an introduction (not just a thesis statement) and use quotes from the text (with page references). Obviously, Times New Roman 12 double spaced - 9/9

Great story that you should read!

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Homework

--Letters of recommendation are due FRIDAY August 28
--2nd draft of the resume is due MONDAY August 31
--The Stranger journals and IMs are due September 8

Due Dates!

Resume - August 25th (Tuesday)
2nd Draft General Topics - August 27th (Thursday)
Letters of Recommendation - August 28th (Friday)
The Stranger dialectical journal (30 quotes) - September 8th
The Stranger IMs (two) - September 8th

AP Literature Homework

--Draft FOUR of the personal statement is due Monday (August 24)
--Resume is due Tuesday (August 25)
--Letters of recommendation are due Friday (August 28)

Homework 8/17/09

General Topics essay due THURSDAY
(either look at the topics from an application to the school of your choice or use the common app.)

http://www.commonapplicationessay.com/essay-topics/

Homework 8/13

--Third draft of your autobiographical essay is due MONDAY. Please bring an electronic copy to class. Have your hard copy (and the previous two drafts) hole punched and in a three ringed binder.
--Study for your exam. Check this link out:
http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/AP/APOpenQuestions.html
And review A Clockwork Orange

Homework 8/11 (Mrs. Mest's birthday!)

From novels/plays you have read for class in the past four years at LMSA, give examples of the following (and explain your choices)
1. Quest
2. Act of communion
3. Vampirism
4. Intertextuality (no story is original)
5. Allusion to Shakespeare
6. Allusion to the Bible
7. Allusion to fairy tales
8. Allusion to mythology

Homework

--Read chapters 8-9 of How to Read Literature...
--Revise your thesis statement from your test.
--Figure out some way to make 50 minutes pass way more slowly. I need more time with you guys.

Homework 8/7/09

--2nd draft of your autobiographical essay is due MONDAY
--Read chapters 5-7 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Homework 8/6

--Read chapters 2 & 3 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor
--Revise your Autobiographical Essay for MONDAY
--FIRST TEST TOMORROW!!!!! Study up, buttercups!

August 3, 2009

Read chapter one of How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thursday. Be ready to discuss!

August 3, 2009

--College Portfolio madness begins! Write your autobiographical essay tonight, and bring it to class tomorrow.
--Begin reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor (plan on discussing chapter one on Thursday).

AP Lit 2009-10

I hope you are enjoying A Clockwork Orange...

Make sure you're getting those IMs done. Don't wait until the last minute!

Homework

Your rough draft is due at midnight.... on turnitin.com

Homework

You are working on your literary research papers. First due date - May 27. Final Draft - June 5.

AP TEST IS OVER!!!!

Just a little research paper now!
We'll get started on it in class, and we'll work on much of it there, but start thinking about your topic this weekend.

Homework

Essay on 2004 AP poetry exam. See me for the poems.

Homework for the weekend 4/23

--Write your essay on William Blake (due Tuesday in class, printed)
--Edit the paper of your choice (due Friday 4/24 by midnight--emailed to me)

Homework 4/14

--Rewrite "Woodchucks"
--Some of you are STILL rewriting for an 8... keep it up!

Homework

--Read "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
--Essay due Tuesday: Read the poem, then in a well-organized essay, analyze how the speaker uses the varied imagery of the poem to reveal his attitude about love.

Homework 4/7

--Rewrite the essay AGAIN. You will do this until you earn an 8.
--NEW essay - "Woodchucks" Due IN MY HANDS on Thursday.

Homework 4/3/09

Rewrite the essay AGAIN. You will do this until you get an 8. (Three of you have 7s, the rest have 4s or zeroes).
CHECK YOUR GRADE LEVEL.
These are due in class printed.

3/31/09 - Homework

--Rewrite one of your last four essays (NOT an open-ended essay, this must be one where you have analyzed a piece of literature provided for you). You may use the two from the test you took over break or the two most recent before that. This must be typed, in the usual format, and you must check your grade level, then write it at the end of your paper. This can be turned in either ONLINE Wednesday at midnight or IN MY HANDS Thursday morning before 8 am.

AP TEST OVER BREAK

I will see you all at 10 am on March 18 for an AP exam.

I suggest over break, while you are reading Brave New World, you review your literary terms.

Homework

--TPCASTT the four Milton poems you received in class
--Work on Hamlet journals (due 2/24)

Choose one of four Monologues
-Act II, scene 2 - Ay, so God bye to you...:
-Act III, scene 1 - To be or not to be
-Act III, scene 3 - Oh my offense is rank
-Act IV, scene 4 - How all occasions do inform against me

Monologues will be performed on March 4. No exceptions.

Homework

--Rewrite one essay of your choice (any essay from the past year, either timed in-class or formal paper). You must use a different novel than the one you originally wrote the essay about.
Due on Turnitin.com at midnight 2/18/09

--Continue to read/do quote journal/IMs for Hamlet

Homework

Work on Hamlet quotes... that means read Hamlet.
I will read with you if you are having trouble.

Homework

--Stop! Hamlet-time (I hope somebody gets that... Nicole? Adam?)
Start reading and completing the quote journal. Don't forget the IMs, too.

Homework

--Do your 2nd draft of the Vonnegut paper

Homework

--Revise your Kurt Vonnegut papers (due Tuesday)
--TPCASTT "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

Homework

--In Slaughterhouse-Five, find fifteen quotes that prove the theme of your choice.
--Prepare to read Hamlet. If you want to buy the book, do so now... it's coming up next week.
--Check turnitin.com because your Vonnegut essays will be graded by Sunday, and you will be revising them as an assignment... you can get a head start.

Homework 1/13/09

--Write a letter to the juniors who are prospective AP lit students
--Complete your poetry analysis for the Shakespeare poems
--test on poetry

Homework

--Vonnegut paper due Tuesday
--Test Friday
--Edit your epiphany papers (if I asked you to do so).

Next Writing Assignment

Just in case I forget. Three pages due Tuesday 1/13/09

Some works of literature use the element of time in a distinct way. The chronological sequence of events may be altered, or time may be suspended or accelerated. Show how Vonnegut’s manipulation of time contributes to the effectiveness of Slaughterhouse-Five as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.