Take a complete AP Practice Exam from 10-2 and earn four days' worth of participation points.
Arrive on time. Anyone who arrives after 10:15 will not be given the test, and anyone who just guesses on a huge chunk or leaves early, before the testing session is completed, as determined by the proctor, will not earn the credit.
See how you will fare on the real thing. Take the practice test now! There is a car wash on campus all day, so drop off your car, take the exam and then have a great vacation.
SPRING TITLES:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Book of Job, the King James Version
Oedipus the King a play by Sophocles
The Importance of Being Earnest a play by Oscar Wilde
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
A Room of One's Own an essay by Virginia Woolf
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (book available through school book-room)
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Topdog/Underdog a play by Suzan-Lori Parks
Yellow Face a play by David Henry Hwang
Poetry by Luis Rodriquez and Other Authors
Due Monday, April 20, 2009:
Read Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex),
The Importance of Being Earnest and
The Awakening. Be prepared for an exam on Monday, the day you return. It may consist of a timed write or a collection of multiple-choice questions or both. If you are absent on Monday, then expect a slightly more difficult assignment upon your return.
Because the Spring Break reading list consists of two plays and a very short novel, it is super feasible and hopefully quite enjoyable.
The goal is to make it through A Room of One's Own before the exam.
Due Wednesday, April 22, 2009:
Review the Spring Break titles, as they may be the subjects of one or more of this week's timed writes, and preview this poetry explication hand-out in preparation for tomorrow's timed write.
Also, for your information, read these notes on today's poem
Due Thursday, April 23, 2009:
Review the Spring Break reading for tomorrow's timed write.
Spend approximately forty minutes previewing/reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and A Room of One's Own.
Also, print out and bring to class one or both of these texts so that you will have something to read in class. You will given the entire class period on Friday to catch up on your reading. Some of you may make up your timed-writes. You will NOT be allowed to nap, socialize or otherwise neglect the test-prep obligations that await/haunt you.
FOR THOSE WHO WERE ABSENT AT LEAST ONE DAY, MONDAY-THURSDAY, APRIL 20-23: FRIDAY, APRIL 24 IS THE LAST DAY TO MAKE UP ANY MISSED TIMED-WRITES AND YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ESSAY DUE MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2009:
Write a 750+ word essay in answer to the following prompt, written by a fellow AP teacher, and bring it to class in MLA format.
Many works use contrasting places - two countries, two cities or towns, two houses, or the land and sea to represent opposing forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Craft an essay in which you contrast two such places in The Awakening by Kate Chopin, and explain how the places differ, what each place represents, and how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.
Due Monday, April 27, 2009:
Read the first chapter of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and A Room of One's Own.
Due Tuesday, April 28, 2009:
Read Chapter 2 of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and A Room of One's Own.
Due Wednesday, April 29, 2009:
Review Chapter 2 of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and A Room of One's Own.
Due Friday, May 1, 2009:
Read through Chapter 3 of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and A Room of One's Own.
Due Wednesday, May 6, 2009:
Complete reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and A Room of One's Own.Also, review Friday's lecture notes and this essay that uses some of the -isms in context.
If you have time, work on your exam prep outline. Refer to/add these oft used titles.
We will work on the outlines in class on Wednesday. Class will be held in J187.
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