Here is a master list of terms we have learned and discussed this semester. Any of these things may appear on the final.
I'll have more details about the final next week.
AP Lit: Literary Terms Semester 1
Plot
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Internal Conflict
External Conflict
Characterization
Protagonist
Antagonist
Round character
Flat character
Archetype
Anti-hero
Hyperbole
Understatement
Dialogue
Dialect
Focus
Voice/Narrator
Limited Point of View
Unlimited/Omniscient Point of View
3rd Person
1st Person
2nd Person
Auditor
Unreliable narrator
Central consciousness
Author’s persona
Symbolism
Allegory
Satire
Burlesque
Parody
Lampoon
Travesty
Irony
Cosmic Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Thursday
Wednesday
1/14 & 1/15
Freshmen:
SSR. Students had a few minutes to share their LOTF rough draft (homework) with another student. Keep these. We may come back to them later! We then had a small group discussion about some ideas related to an article we will look into next class period.
AP Lit:
Brief discussion about the final exam. You should look over and know: literary terms we have discussed, vocabulary words we have learned and the basics of the stories we have read this semester. We then finished reading Trifles and discussing its various literary aspects.
HW: Read "A Jury of her Peers" and write a response addressing the following: which do you prefer? why? what specific aspects are lost/gained in the adaptation? which title do you prefer?
Shakespeare:
We used our freewrites from last class to create some class poems. Did you know how talented and expressive we all are? Then, we took a few quick notes on the elements of sonnets and began to look at Shakespeare's sonnet #1. We will finish looking at this poem next week.
SSR. Students had a few minutes to share their LOTF rough draft (homework) with another student. Keep these. We may come back to them later! We then had a small group discussion about some ideas related to an article we will look into next class period.
AP Lit:
Brief discussion about the final exam. You should look over and know: literary terms we have discussed, vocabulary words we have learned and the basics of the stories we have read this semester. We then finished reading Trifles and discussing its various literary aspects.
HW: Read "A Jury of her Peers" and write a response addressing the following: which do you prefer? why? what specific aspects are lost/gained in the adaptation? which title do you prefer?
Shakespeare:
We used our freewrites from last class to create some class poems. Did you know how talented and expressive we all are? Then, we took a few quick notes on the elements of sonnets and began to look at Shakespeare's sonnet #1. We will finish looking at this poem next week.
1/12 & 1/13
English 9:
SSR. Discussed the important variations between the LOTF movie and novel. Used the Abstractions List to develop a thesis about a major theme in LOTF.
HW: Using the thesis sentence you developed in class, write a 5 paragraph essay rough draft about how we see the theme in LOTF.
AP Lit:
More discussion on irony in "The Story of an Hour," "A Rose for Emily" and "Genesis and Catastrophe." Then, we began reading the short play Trifles together. We will finish this in class next time.
Shakespeare:
Mainly we worked on some writing today. First, we took a few minutes to finish working on a rough draft of the narrative based on Taming of the Shrew. Then, we did several focused freewrites on a variety of themes: love, beauty, time, change, etc...
SSR. Discussed the important variations between the LOTF movie and novel. Used the Abstractions List to develop a thesis about a major theme in LOTF.
HW: Using the thesis sentence you developed in class, write a 5 paragraph essay rough draft about how we see the theme in LOTF.
AP Lit:
More discussion on irony in "The Story of an Hour," "A Rose for Emily" and "Genesis and Catastrophe." Then, we began reading the short play Trifles together. We will finish this in class next time.
Shakespeare:
Mainly we worked on some writing today. First, we took a few minutes to finish working on a rough draft of the narrative based on Taming of the Shrew. Then, we did several focused freewrites on a variety of themes: love, beauty, time, change, etc...
Thursday
Jan. 5 through Jan. 9
Due to school closures and cancellations, much of this week has been an attempt to get all classes back to the same point in the curriculum.
English 9:
Period 1 took the LOTF quiz that was scheduled before winter break, and the other periods had a bit more SSR and story time to balance this out. All classes began watching the LOTF movie which will be finished up by Friday. From here, we will begin a bit of writing next week and we will be looking at an article that addresses some real-life events connected to the novel.
AP Lit:
BNW papers and soundtracks were collected from those of you I didn't see before break, and period 8 had some extended story time. Then, we read the short story Once Upon a Time and wrote an essay comparing it to BNW.
On Thursday and Friday you will be reading the stories The Story of an Hour and A Rose for Emily and we will take notes on and discuss types of irony. Your homework over the weekend will be to read Genesis and Catastrophe (a handout I'll provide) and pgs. 650 to 652 in your Norton anthology. You should complete prep notes that include the following items: irony in the story, thoughts on the title, how reading drama differs from fiction, and would G&C make a good one act play? Be ready to discuss all of these things next week.
Shakespeare:
After Chris cracked us up with his story of shovelling, Haley told us of her haunted car and I told a few stories too, eventually we finished up watching The Taming of the Shrew. After a little discussion, you should have begun writing a narrative about some "hoop" in your life that, unfortunately, you just have to jump through and deal with-- something that you've realized you can't really fight, so you just have to go along with. We will continue to develop these next class and we will begin a quick look at some of Shakespeare's poetry to end the semester.
English 9:
Period 1 took the LOTF quiz that was scheduled before winter break, and the other periods had a bit more SSR and story time to balance this out. All classes began watching the LOTF movie which will be finished up by Friday. From here, we will begin a bit of writing next week and we will be looking at an article that addresses some real-life events connected to the novel.
AP Lit:
BNW papers and soundtracks were collected from those of you I didn't see before break, and period 8 had some extended story time. Then, we read the short story Once Upon a Time and wrote an essay comparing it to BNW.
On Thursday and Friday you will be reading the stories The Story of an Hour and A Rose for Emily and we will take notes on and discuss types of irony. Your homework over the weekend will be to read Genesis and Catastrophe (a handout I'll provide) and pgs. 650 to 652 in your Norton anthology. You should complete prep notes that include the following items: irony in the story, thoughts on the title, how reading drama differs from fiction, and would G&C make a good one act play? Be ready to discuss all of these things next week.
Shakespeare:
After Chris cracked us up with his story of shovelling, Haley told us of her haunted car and I told a few stories too, eventually we finished up watching The Taming of the Shrew. After a little discussion, you should have begun writing a narrative about some "hoop" in your life that, unfortunately, you just have to jump through and deal with-- something that you've realized you can't really fight, so you just have to go along with. We will continue to develop these next class and we will begin a quick look at some of Shakespeare's poetry to end the semester.
Here we are again...
Welcome back from an extra long winter break everyone. Am I the only one having a hard time getting back into the swing of things? I'm guessing not. Hopefully everyone is ready for the last push to the end of semester.
Some general information:
The semester officially ends on January 28th.
The last day to turn any late work in for my class will be January 23rd.
Schoolwide, finals will take place as follows:
Periods 1 & 5: Friday 1/23
Periods 2 & 6: Monday 1/26
Periods 3 & 7: Tuesday 1/27
Periods 4 & 8: Wednesday 1/28
Finally, just for fun, a picture of Noah...
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