Period 2

     Period 2           

Advanced Placement English 2008 - 2009

This class is a rigorous study of literary classics to prepare

for the Advanced Placement test in May.

Semester Two

March 16 - 20

Monday -  AS I Lay Dying chapters

Tuesday -  Review writing - return to "Araby"

Wednesday -  AP practice

Thursday -

Friday -  Finish to page 164; HWK: to page 197

March 9 - 13

Monday -  As I Lay Dying - discuss

Tuesday -

Wednesday -  AP test practice - Objective test 3

Thursday -

Friday -  Homework: Read and make notes to p. 119 AILD

March 2 - 6

Monday -  Review "BB" - esp. diction and syntax

Tuesday -  Discuss ending of "BB"; Begin "Rose for Emily" - school text only

Wednesday -  Complete reading "Emily" and discuss -

Thursday -  Read passages from Joyce; Write paragraph on language of Faulkner; choose next novel

Friday -  Begin next novel - Faulkner or Joyce.

February 23 - 27

Monday -  Object practice - AP  test book

Tuesday -  BNW quiz - discuss novel

Wednesday -  Write book outline in class

Thursday -  Review essay prompt - Rewrite intro and conclusion

Friday -  Analyze objective practice from Monday; Homework: Read "Barn Burning" by Faulkner

February 16 - 20

Monday - No School

Tuesday - Group activity - BNW chapters 5 - 8

Wednesday - Write paragraph anayzing language and tone of p. 155 of BNW

Thursday - Make imaginary map of BNW's London 

Friday - Timed write from test book - p. 160

             HWK: Complete BNW and notes by Tuesday

February 9 - 13

Monday –        READ BNW chapters 5 -11 (p. 174) by Tuesday

                        Quiz on BNW chapters 1 - 4

Tuesday -         Anaylze language and tone of page one of BNW

Wednesday –   Work on sentence structure and diagramming

Thursday –       Read portions of Orwell's 1984 -

Friday -            NO SCHOOL

February 2 -6

Monday –        Check out Brave New World - Read through chapter 5 by Monday

Tuesday -         Write paragraph discussing language and meaning on page one

Wednesday –   Rewrite paragraphs

Thursday –       OBJECTIVE Practice: first poem for test 2

Friday -            Discuss BNW 

January 26 - 30

  • Students are to rewrite one final exam essay as an 8 grade essay (AP scoring) - Due Friday
  • Class analysis of Hardy's poem “The Workbox” (764)
  • Group analysis of one of the following:
  •             "Ulysses" by Tennyson (933)
  •              “Porphyria’s Lover” (811)
  •             "Dover Beach" Arnold (671)
  •             "Soliloquy/Spanish Cloister" (1078)
  •             "My Last Duchess" (673)
  • LIBRARY: Check out Brave NewWorld:
  • HWK: READ chapters 1-3 (pp. 1-56) by Next Tuesday

Semester One