AP Literature Group A Assignments
- Instructor
- Teacher Jennifer Lowery
- Term
- 2020-21 1st Semester
- Department
- English Language Arts
- Description
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Welcome back to school and the beginning of your Senior YEAR!
Where do we start? With Summer Reading of course! This will take several weeks to work our way through, inserting archetype lessons from chapters from How to Read Literature Like a Professor along the way. We begin with Critical Theory and Archetype, and we will work with Oedipus Rex first. So if you didn't read it thoroughly, read it well, or read it at all, you have a few days to review it and catch up. You can expect criticism, theory, lenses, and archetypes to be applied. Socratic Circle will help solidify ideas on this foundational text. Jane Eyre and The Metamorphosis will follow. Add Senior Project on top of that, and we have a busy first few weeks!
Keep checking in on the website for major project due dates, Senior Project article updates, and documents and websites that will help you make it through this semester. I will update periodically!
While you are joining my Google Classroom, please go ahead and take the time to join AP Classroom. Here are your classroom codes:
1st Period - Z47GGE
2nd Period - 37Y9NEWHEN YOU SIGN UP, the default is "YES, I WANT TO TAKE THE AP LIT EXAM." If you already know that you aren't taking it, make sure to "un-check" that box.
This is a NMSI year again - there won't be incentive money for passing tests, but we will be supported with reduced fees for AP tests in Science, Math, and English. Also, virtual study sessions will be held throughout the year like before. Take advantage of these when you can.
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Make sure your Senior Sonnet is turned in. Look at the Desert Dawning lesson in GC. I listed some questions for you to consider as you read this poem. There is also an annotation guide that goes with it posted. I will give you a hard copy in class though on Tuesday. See what you can do with it! I think you will like this poem.
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Work on Sonnet
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Work on Sonnet
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Preview Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells". Posted here and in GC. This poem brings together Structure and Contrast in a really fun/weird way. See what you notice on your own. we will work with it together in class tomorrow.
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Today we will talk about "I Am Offering This Poem" in class and work with "Theme for English B." Both are posted in GC.
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COMBO DAY
"I am Offering this poem" - Instructions in Google Classroom. We are reading for STRUCTURE analysis today. After that, we are making snowflakes. :)
Fix your research papers over the holiday. Finish college apps. Relax! Get some Senior Project hours done if you can. See you in about 9 days!
Fix your research papers over the holiday. Finish college apps. Relax! Get some Senior Project hours done if you can. See you in about 9 days!
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Frankenstein Test
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Frankenstein Socratic Circle. Come with your topics ready and the book complete.
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COMBO DAY
Here are the guidelines for this Socratic Circle. While we need to discuss the last half of the novel, we also need to look at some poetry and some criticism. See the attached sheet for some extra material and resources for you to consult.
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Open NOTES quiz - In class. Chapters 11-16
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AP Classroom video -
Go to video Unit 1, Skill 3.B. This video is on the FUNCTION of structure. Since Frankenstein clearly has an interesting/ different structure than just traditional linear structure, we need to ask the text WHY is has this bizarre layering of stories within stories. Yes, it creates depth, but what kind, why, and HOW?
Go to video Unit 1, Skill 3.B. This video is on the FUNCTION of structure. Since Frankenstein clearly has an interesting/ different structure than just traditional linear structure, we need to ask the text WHY is has this bizarre layering of stories within stories. Yes, it creates depth, but what kind, why, and HOW?
This video models the process of asking these questions with Kate Chopin's "The Story of An Hour" which some of you read last year. (print one for yourself in order to do this activity with Mr. Escobar.)
Let's look at the author's literary choices and how to analyze the linear structure of this very short story, and see what we can do with the much longer more complex story as well. You should come to class with an attempt at an explanation for the structural choices made in telling the story of Frankenstein.
Let's look at the author's literary choices and how to analyze the linear structure of this very short story, and see what we can do with the much longer more complex story as well. You should come to class with an attempt at an explanation for the structural choices made in telling the story of Frankenstein.
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COMBO DAY
We are starting today with an AP Classroom Video (short - only 8:25). It is on how we determine CHARACTER from text. We need to characterize the Monster/Creation from the passages I chose for our analysis this week. See what you can come up with after watching this video: physically, emotionally, and psychologically. The video is in AP Classroom and is the one titled 2: SKILL 1.A DAILY VIDEO 1 on a section of the poem Ulysses. I assigned it to you through AP classroom, so you should have received that notification.
Then we will work on the Multiple Choice Practice and hopefully have some reading time. (the MC we didnt get to the other day.)
Then we will work on the Multiple Choice Practice and hopefully have some reading time. (the MC we didnt get to the other day.)
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Read through Chapter 16. Open Notes Quiz when you return.
Also watch the Screencast I posted on Analyzing Quotes. Use this guide (watch it twice if you have to!) to try to analyze one major quote from each passage. we will look at these when you return and discuss how the "HOW?" question provides better analysis.
Also watch the Screencast I posted on Analyzing Quotes. Use this guide (watch it twice if you have to!) to try to analyze one major quote from each passage. we will look at these when you return and discuss how the "HOW?" question provides better analysis.
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Multiple Choice MWednesday!
And Paradise Lost Discussion - come with your annotations and synthesis questions ready.
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ELECTION DAY
Enjoy your day.
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Read Frankenstein through Chapter 17by Wednesday. Come with notes complete. You can take them on your own paper, or you can take them on the pages I created for you (posted in GC).
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Jamboard Posts for Paradise Lost Jamboard (see assignment in Google Classroom)
Be sure to READ this weekend! We need to be through Chapters 11-17 on Wednesday. Open Notes Quiz! The chapter guides are also in GC.
Be sure to READ this weekend! We need to be through Chapters 11-17 on Wednesday. Open Notes Quiz! The chapter guides are also in GC.
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Chapter 6-10 - Open Book/Take Home Quiz.
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In class essay - Chapter 5 prose passage.
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Paradise Lost - the Monster's parallels to Adam and Satan.
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Chapter 5 passage - Thesis writing lesson.
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Work on Style assignment. Annotate Passage from Chapter 5 for Essay prep. Use style chart to analyze after you read.
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RP Due!!! For all!
Must be submit to turnitin.com as well to be graded.
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Give out Friday Assignment - Shelley's Style. Due Monday.
Style Worksheet and discussion
Style Worksheet and discussion
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Finish Research Paper as well. EDIT. Check citations. BLEND quotes.
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Discuss parallels between the Mariner, the Wedding Guest, Victor, and Robert. Discuss the Albatross allusion. A look at Shelley's Style.
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Submit your Pre-Outline to GC by today. Work on your Research Paper! Due Thursday!
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Pre-Outline for Research Paper due MONDAY to GC. Quiz grade. media center lab for class today. Research Papers are due Thursday. Use OWL at Purdue for citation questions. Ask me in class. And view the tutorials I post in GC to help you!
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Listen to the recording and follow along with the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. This poem is alluded to SEVERAL times in Frankenstein, so it is essential we can see the parallels. Annotate with sticky notes or print the poem from GC and annotate it as you listen. The recording is posted there, but there are many others online.
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THE LAB HAS BEEN CANCELLED!!! Make sure you have read through Chapter 5. You have a quiz today!
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It is time to write your OFFICIAL thesis statement for your research paper. Go through your research articles, and try to write a cohesive thesis that presents an analysis of the topic you chose. Use the Thesis Guide posted here and in GC to help you. If you use this spider model presented, you will also have a preliminary outline you can develop into a formal one to help you write an organized and analytical paper. I will be taking up your thesis statement as a Half Quiz grade, and your Preliminary Outline will be a whole quiz grade.
FRANKENSTEIN QUIZ TOMORROW!
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LEARN FROM HOME FOR ALL
Read Frankenstein!
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The Myth of Prometheus and the poem "Prometheus" by Lord Byron. Who was he? Why did Shelley choose to subtitle her novel this way? Allusion and Character
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Read over the Historical Influences of the novel in the front of the EMC book (or on GC if you have your own copy. ) Take notes about each one to keep in your binder for class. Romanticism, Literary Influences, Scientific Influences, Political Influences, and Psychological Influences will be important to our reading of the novel. Also read up on the myths of Prometheus and Pandora - The subtitle of the novel is "The Modern Prometheus," so we will need to make comparisons. See what you can find.
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The Romantics - Era/Historical Notes - What did they believe? Who were they?
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FvU8XRGsVqA Watch this video as your introduction to Mary Shelley and a biographical view of influences on her famous novel. Take notes on things you find interesting that you believe may be important to us! The woman presenting is an AP Lit teacher from another state. If you have the school copy of Frankenstein, read the intro to the Author information in your copy. If you bought your own, it is posted in Google Classroom for you.
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Summer Works Test - Quotes - Jane Eyre, Metamorphosis, and Oedipus Rex
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Socratic Circle - Metamorphosis, "Icarus", and Modernism. Compare and Contrast all three works.
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Finish Metamorphosis Lecture
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Work on reading, annotating, and analyzing "Icarus" by Edward Fields (the poem mentioned in your summer reading letter). Draw connections. How is this poem tied to the ideas presented in the Metamorphosis? It may take until the end of the lecture for these ideas to come together, but start now. Attached is a handout you can use to help you with your poetry analysis. Use any method that helps you find the "art" of the poem.
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Begin Metamorphosis Lecture. TURN IN ANN BIB TODAY. Hard copy too please! with your rubric.
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Watch and take notes - Lecture on the Archetype of Violence - posted in GC. This goes with the Metamorphosis because of the Apple scene and because of Gregor's injuries when he tries to leave his room.
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Socratic Circle - Jane Eyre. Topics choices: Character Criticism, Symbols, and any other topic that I may have mentioned in response to your Parlay posts.
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Finish Annotated Bibliography. Prep Socratic Circle Questions for tomorrow. Re-Read Metamorphosis if needed to prep for the end of this 9 weeks! Time to get Frankenstein too. Order yours if you want one to write in. Otherwise we will get these from the Media Center.
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Part 2 of Jane Eyre Lecture - Themes, Style, Pt of View, Rochester, and Bertha
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Work on Annotated Bib. Start creating Socratic Circle Topics/Questions.
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Continue Jane Eyre Lecture
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Watch the screencast on Symbolism from How to Read Lit
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Vocab Quiz 2 Due
Posted in GC. Do this at your leisure, but turn it in by today.
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Jane Eyre quiz - Open Notes from analysis chart. Begin Jane Eyre lecture.
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Try the modeled sample activity with Jane Eyre's first few pages - Chapter 1. Bring it in for a quiz Monday!
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Why Novels Have First Pages - practice activity. Use the provided pages from the beginning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to try to discover what the first pages of the novel tell us.
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Jane Eyre Message Board Post - to be done over two days. Go to the Parlay website via the link provided, and work through the module on Jane Eyre before answering two questions provided. There are also assessment criteria posted so that you can see what kinds of answers I am looking for. Go back tomorrow and respond to two other classmates' posts with the stems provided. Sept 8-9
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Novels Have First Pages - Jane Eyre - In class Lecture
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SUMMER PAPER DUE - DATE CHANGED! :)
Submit to Turnitin.com sometime TODAY and bring a hard copy to class to turn in to me with the rubric the next time I see you.
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Learn From Home Day - FINISH READING JANE EYRE. She starts next week.
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Oedipus Rex Socratic Circle
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View the second half of the Oedipus Rex lecture and take notes to use for class, studying, and Socratic Circle. Also view the lecture on Marked for Greatness and Blindness.
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VOCAB QUIZ 1 - DUE
See Google Classroom assignment.
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Start Oedipus Rex lecture in class. View the second half at home tomorrow and take notes to use for class, studying, and Socratic Circle.
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SENIOR PROJECT
Formal Proposal Due to GC. Please bring a hard copy with you to class. If you haven't turned in your Parent Consent, please turn that in ASAP.
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Summer Essay Rubric Q&A. Intro Poem Jocasta.
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Work on completing essay and SP Formal Proposal. Proposal due tomorrow!
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Lab 502 - write essay. I will be helping with body paragraphs today.
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Revise / Edit your opening paragraph. Upload to GC assignment. Work on the rest of the essay packet - choose your "moments" and plan ideas for your conclusion,
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FIX THE FOUR - Opening Paragraph Peer Discussion - Final draft of opening due Monday.
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Write opening paragraph - include a strong thesis and explanations that direct readers to a higher understanding. Upload to Google Classroom for Friday's activity.
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Summer Essay Packet- Pages 4-5 in class. Develop Thesis. Opening Paragraph assignment - with rubric. Opening Paragraph due Friday in class. Email or post to GC so we can look at them together. *SP formal proposal rubric and activity log handouts as well.
The trees in To Kill a Mockingbird and Pocahontas both serve as a means for the protagonists to receive gifts. In To Kill a Mockingbird Boo Radley leaves literal gifts of friendship for Scout in the tree with the hole in it on their street. In Pocahontas, Grandmother Willow, a sleeping tree with the face of a wise woman, gifts pieces of advice to Pocahontas so that she will succeed at her quest. In these works, trees are important positive symbols that demonstrate love and protection.
In Title of work, __author____ uses ___archetype name______, in order to show trend/ growth, etc… explain it here. ; this same archetype appears in Author’s Title of work, as well, but __explain how similar and different. While these works use the archetype in (choose one) similar/different ways, both authors accomplish showing audiences _____universal theme statement___.
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Works on pages 1-3 of the Summer Essay Packet. Preview page 4. Come with ideas for your archetypes paper so you are ready to work on it in class.
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Q&A - Critical lenses. Archetypes Talk with Pages 1-3 of Summer Essay packet.
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FINISH SUMMER READING. At least 2 of the works by Monday. Finish Archetypes Charts.
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Watch the Podcasts on Critical Lenses. (There are two). Take notes on your lenses handouts to help you understand these ideas presented. Write down questions you have for class. The two podcasts will cover:
Literary Lenses Part 1 - Introduction to Critical Lenses, How to Use them, Historical/Biographical Lens and Feminist Lens - Literary Lenses Podcast - Part 1
Literary Lenses Part 2 - Marxist, Formalist (New Criticism), and Reader Response (not in your packet, but important!) - Literary Lenses Podcast - Part 2
Literary Lenses Part 1 - Introduction to Critical Lenses, How to Use them, Historical/Biographical Lens and Feminist Lens - Literary Lenses Podcast - Part 1
Literary Lenses Part 2 - Marxist, Formalist (New Criticism), and Reader Response (not in your packet, but important!) - Literary Lenses Podcast - Part 2
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Preliminary Proposal Due. Discussion on ideas in class. In class, you will get hard copies of the Critical Lenses packet posted on GC. We will start looking at these today. In Class - Psychological (Freud and Jung), Archetypal, Moral-Philosophical
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Write your Paragraph Response/Analysis. Finish Preliminary Proposal and Archetypes Charts from your summer work. Bring to class Monday the 17th.
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We will talk about senior project requirements and preliminary proposals today. Bring questions and ideas.
We will also discuss your first day activity. :)
We will also discuss your first day activity. :)
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Work on your preliminary proposal. Finish any summer reading you have left asap!
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We will get your textbooks today. I will have you sign your Plagiarism Form and pass out the Parent consent form as well.
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Please review the Plagiarism Form, Parent Consent form, and Preliminary Proposal forms posted. I will explain them in class on Wednesday before we get books. These will need to be completed and returned pretty quickly. Also, sign up for AP Classroom, and finish your Analysis assignment to discuss Wednesday.
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Welcome to your first day of school! Today we will be working on a surprise activity in class. I will post it to Google Classroom for you to finish at home since we have a short class period today.