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