September 17-21, 2012

Hello Senior APEs, Younger APEs, and Seniors!

I hope you all had a good weekend. This week holds lots in store for your English classes. Everyone will be participating in Poetry Out Loud on Monday, and some classes that are larger will carry the competition into Tuesday. See this link for some tips on reciting poetry and how you will be scored. The specific plans for each class are listed below:

Pre-APEnglish 10

In addition to the Poetry Out Loud competition, we will also have daily allusions, a vocabulary quiz on Tuesday or Wednesday depending of POL recitation progress, and you turn in your Poe essays. Don't forget that NEXT week, you will be responsible for vocabulary lesson 2 words.

LTF is a program that is designed to give students in pre-AP classes the preparation they need for AP. Our first lesson will be one that relates the Poe poems we have read. As we discussed with Poe, this lesson relates sound devices in poetry to the meaning of the poem. Here is a link to your portion of the lesson. One class started this lesson last week but did not finish. 

We will also complete our weekly LTF lesson on Friday. This week's lesson has to do with levels of thinking in a "visual text." We will look at a painting together and use that image to determine mood an point of view.

In addition to these activities, I intend for us to begin or at least introduce the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. I have copies for the classroom, but at home you can review this e-text. You can download the PDF and save it to your computer.

English 12

In addition to your allusions, you will be reciting your poems from the Poetry Out Loud anthology on Monday and possibly Tuesday for the larger class, you must also upload your Lord of the Flies essay to Edmodo. I will also begin vocabulary lessons this week. Lesson 1 vocabulary we will work through in class, and we will have a quiz on Friday. Eventually, you will be expected to study the vocabulary on your own.
We will also begin using our online textbooks. Be sure you can access your book before Tuesday. The web address for your book is https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp and your username and passwords are first.lastmmdd and welcome + your grade level: welcome12. If you have trouble accessing your book, make sure I know and see Ms. Johnson in the library for help.
I also will review with you the personal/college entrance essay and showing you some examples.

APEnglish Literature and Composition

So much to do...so little time! This week, after we complete our POL recitation competition, we will resume our allusions and discussion of short stories. Expect to discuss at least the first three this week, but be prepared to read all of stories below:
Once Upon a Time
Miss Brill
Desiree's Baby
Hills Like White Elephants (Already discussed)
The Japanese Quince (Already discussed)
Where are You Going Where Have You Been
The Yellow Wallpaper
I Stand Here Ironing
"Clothes"

I have included links to those stories we've already address for your easy location of said texts.
Your task is to come to class prepared to discuss these texts in a scholarly fashion. Take notes. Bring questions. Select passages that you think warrant discussion and be prepared to discuss them.
We will also use this handout on analyzing fiction.


Also, don't forget that you will also begin vocabulary lessons this week. Your lesson for this week is here. Study the words, use the practice sentences, and be prepared for a quiz on Friday.