03/21/2013

***Over Break*** Read up through chapter twenty of Wuthering Heights
If you want to, you can begin your research papers. I handed out that assignment today.
We continued the AP 2012 Practice Exam today. We will finish it tomorrow and discuss answers.

See you tomorrow,

Johnson

03/11/2013

Today in class:

• We started the Drama Test; students will finish their exams tomorrow; please bring your Wuthering Heights book to read after you have finished the test and enjoy the one and only time (maybe) that you get the luxury of silent reading time in class.
• By Wednesday, you should be read through chapter 6 and ready to begin chapter 7. Additionally, I should be able to ask you at any given time to produce your character lists, and you should have a nice developed working one by this point.
• Also, everyone should have their Wuthering Heights novels with them every day now. This way, you can refer to your novel during discussions and take margin notes etc.

See you tomorrow!

Johnson

P.S. I may not have my book; it has gone missing, so I might have to do all my reading online:(

Today in Class:

Reviewed for Drama Test

What to know . . .

• Know all authors of the works: Oedipus, Hamlet, Tartuffe, A Doll's House, Death of a Salesman
• Key Significant Quotes: If you know the character's personalities really well, then you often can determine who stated each quote.
• Greek Drama Origins
• Oedipus background story
• Era of Hamlet (when Shakespeare wrote it since the history itself is confusing due to Shakespeare borrowing from multiple sources).
• Tartuffe background information
• Know the foil characters
• How does the deus ex machine structure apply to Tartuffe?
• A Doll's House background info
• Symbolism in the play
• A Death of a Salesman background information
• Willy as the tragic hero
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
• How is the play characteristic of the tragicomedy and absurdist literature?

Still have read chapters 3-6 of Wuthering Heights

03/08/2013

Works Covered on Drama Test:

• Oedipus the King
• Hamlet
• Tartuffe
• A Doll's House
• Death of a Salesman
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Know:

•  The major plot events for each of the plays
• Key quotes from key characters
• Know the Greek drama devices: characteristics of the tragic hero
• Authors of each of the works
• Aristotle concepts
• Sequence of events for each play

Test Tuesday
Homework: Read chapters 3-6 of Wuthering Heights

03/06/2013

Purchase Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and have it here tomorrow, so you can read it by tomorrow night.
Pick an "ism," and research it for tomorrow:

• Feminism and Wuthering Heights
• Psychoanalytical Criticism and Wuthering Heights
• Marxism and Wuthering Heights
• Existentialism and Wuthering Heights 

Homework

Finish A Raisin in The Sun
*Today we discussed themes present in the play; we will continue discussion on that tomorrow.
Drama Test will be Friday.

JJ