Greetings APEs!
I hope your weekend was restful. We are still participating in a short story boot camp. This reading workout will culminate in an analytical essay based on one or a combination of the stories we have read. This week we will finish our presentations on the story "Clothes." The next stories we read will be "Fifteen Minutes in the Life of Larry Weller," which I will give you in a handout, "Miss Brill," found on page 134 of your texts, "The Cask of Amontillado," pg. 528, "A Rose for Emily," pg. 81, "The Yellow Wallpaper," pg. 588, and "I Stand Here Ironing," pg. 608." We will also read the story "Once Upon a Time." Please come prepared to discuss each of these stories.
While we may not get to all of these stories in one week, we will discuss them, so read ahead.
I am also planning your first foray into APLIT MC questions and your first timed essay for APLIT.
Don't forget that Saturday, Sept. 17 is the first AP Prep Session.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
Friday, September 9, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Week Five English 12: September 6-9
Good morning Seniors!
A new month is upon us. We have lots to do in the coming weeks. We will begin our study of British literature with a history background before delving into Beowulf, the oldest English text. You may need your books by Thursday, but I will let you know.
We also need to write another essay, but not just any essay, a very important one: your college entrance essay. We will look at topics and samples before you write your own. These we will bring to class for peer review before turning in a final draft. I hope the essays you write will be useful in your college applications.
In addition to these activities, we will also review your lesson 5 vocabulary for a quiz on Thursday. Bring your workbooks.
See you soon!
Mrs. SO
A new month is upon us. We have lots to do in the coming weeks. We will begin our study of British literature with a history background before delving into Beowulf, the oldest English text. You may need your books by Thursday, but I will let you know.
We also need to write another essay, but not just any essay, a very important one: your college entrance essay. We will look at topics and samples before you write your own. These we will bring to class for peer review before turning in a final draft. I hope the essays you write will be useful in your college applications.
In addition to these activities, we will also review your lesson 5 vocabulary for a quiz on Thursday. Bring your workbooks.
See you soon!
Mrs. SO
Week Five APEnglish 12: September 6-9
Greetings APEs!
Just two days this week. We will forgo our usual vocab quiz this week. Expect one NEXT Friday on the E words.
This week we will be in full short story boot camp mode. We will read and discuss the following stories:
"Clothes" We will do an in class group activity with this story.
"Desiree's Baby" You will look at color imagery in this story.,
"Where are You Going, Where Have You Been" You will look at the importance of allusions in this story.
In addition to these I will assign several stories for discussion next week. We will also have some MC practice questions on an excerpt from Invisible Man or The Stranger.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
Just two days this week. We will forgo our usual vocab quiz this week. Expect one NEXT Friday on the E words.
This week we will be in full short story boot camp mode. We will read and discuss the following stories:
"Clothes" We will do an in class group activity with this story.
"Desiree's Baby" You will look at color imagery in this story.,
"Where are You Going, Where Have You Been" You will look at the importance of allusions in this story.
In addition to these I will assign several stories for discussion next week. We will also have some MC practice questions on an excerpt from Invisible Man or The Stranger.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Week Five English 10: September 6-9
Hello Sophomores!
I hope you had a great holiday. I had family from out of town, so mine was busy but fun. This is a short week for B days, so lets make the most of it.
In class, we will begin reading and discussing Native American Mythology, including creation stories. Bring you books to class!
We will review your tests on the parts of a sentence, and we will begin looking at prepositional phrases, how to identify them, and how they function.
You will have a vocabulary quiz on lesson 5 on Friday, so we will go over those words. Bring your workbook.
We will also look at at least one poem a day from the POL anthology. It's important when you recite your poems the last week of September that you pick a poem that speaks to you, one that you understand. To help you with your understanding of this type of writing, we will focus on paraphrasing, looking at connotations, finding shifts and explaining them, and tone.
Don't forget that progress reports go home Friday.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
I hope you had a great holiday. I had family from out of town, so mine was busy but fun. This is a short week for B days, so lets make the most of it.
In class, we will begin reading and discussing Native American Mythology, including creation stories. Bring you books to class!
We will review your tests on the parts of a sentence, and we will begin looking at prepositional phrases, how to identify them, and how they function.
You will have a vocabulary quiz on lesson 5 on Friday, so we will go over those words. Bring your workbook.
We will also look at at least one poem a day from the POL anthology. It's important when you recite your poems the last week of September that you pick a poem that speaks to you, one that you understand. To help you with your understanding of this type of writing, we will focus on paraphrasing, looking at connotations, finding shifts and explaining them, and tone.
Don't forget that progress reports go home Friday.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
Week Five PreAPEnglish 10: September 6-9
Hello Sophomores!
I hope you had a great holiday. I had family from out of town, so mine was busy but fun. This is a short week, so lets make the most of it. My A day will only meet twice instead of three blocks, so we cannot waste any time. Because of the short week, we will forgo the vocabulary quiz and have lesson four next week.
In class, we will continue reading and discussing Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. We will also look at at least one poem a day from the POL anthology. It's important when you recite your poems the last week of September that you pick a poem that speaks to you, one that you understand. To help you with your understanding of this type of writing, we will focus on paraphrasing, looking at connotations, finding shifts and explaining them, and tone.
Don't forget that progress reports go home Friday.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
I hope you had a great holiday. I had family from out of town, so mine was busy but fun. This is a short week, so lets make the most of it. My A day will only meet twice instead of three blocks, so we cannot waste any time. Because of the short week, we will forgo the vocabulary quiz and have lesson four next week.
In class, we will continue reading and discussing Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. We will also look at at least one poem a day from the POL anthology. It's important when you recite your poems the last week of September that you pick a poem that speaks to you, one that you understand. To help you with your understanding of this type of writing, we will focus on paraphrasing, looking at connotations, finding shifts and explaining them, and tone.
Don't forget that progress reports go home Friday.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
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