04/29/2014

AP English Homework:

 Homework: Portrait Journal Due tomorrow.  

• Last page of Portrait Journal: Do you find Stephen's ideas about aesthetics/"esthetics," art, and or beauty convincing? Respond to one particular aspect of his long, opinionated discussion of these topics--do not try to deal with the entire thing (or it will drive you crazy)--and argue for or against that theory's validity. Support your claims by referencing some artistic medium with which you are personally familiar (music, film, literature, etc.). Be very specific.

***Next book purchase: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

04/24/2014

If you are interested, we are holding another meeting for the Italy/Greece trip on May 1st (Thursday) at 6:30 in my classroom. The deadline to sign up has been extended to May 5th.

Homework: Read the article on Stephen Dedalus and his name. Mark the text by underlining key phrases, making margin notes, and circling words that you don’t know—look up the words and write the definition above them. At the end of the article, write five new discovery statements about the novel that you now have after reading the article. Here is the link: "Stephen Dedalus: Identity in His Name" 

***Come prepared to discuss the article tomorrow in class.
***Portrait journals are due Tuesday, so work to complete those.
Today in class: We finished group questions from the journal and groups continued to work on the journal.

Happy Thursday,

Ms. Johnson

04/23/2014

AP Review PP
Test Answers for AP 1994 Exam are on my older post.
Homework: Work on completing journal for Portrait.

Johnson

Portrait HW: Read up to the point where you can answer the following question "If we must have a Jesus; let us have a legitimate Jesus."
It's around 30 pages

Here is the link for the answer key to the 1994 AP Exam (from review session):
http://ela20ap.wikispaces.com/file/view/AP+Lit+Multiple+Choice+1994.pdf


Ms. Johnson

04/17/2014

Read in Chapter four until you answer the following question in your journal: "What part of Stephen is reappearing here?"

Today in class,

We took notes on the Hero's Journey since one of your questions specifically regards that archetypal story.

• Homework: Write questions for the guest professor (see below)
• Finish chapter three of Portrait and work up through the question "Why doesn't Stephen confess at a normal church?" (pretty obvious)

Dr. Yehnert Visit Tomorrow:

·    Write three specific questions about the AP Exam essays.

·    Write two additional questions that you have about college in general.

·    Questions are due for a grade. 

04/14/2014

Due today: Nothing
Tonight's HW: Please work on the next three pages in your journal packet and answer up to question 5 that states "After confession, Stephen is joyous. Find three excerpts from the text that show how Joyce made his style joyous to echo Stephen."

***These questions will take you about a third of the way into chapter three.

***Please read!!!

***Please let me know if you will not be present for our guest speaker on Wednesday; he is a former AP scorer and very busy college professor, so we want his time well spent while he's here at Sprague with us:)


Johnson

04/11/2014

Today in class:

• Journal Checks

HW: Read Chapter Two of Portrait and work on pages 7 (or where it begins with "The Uncle Charles Principle") and end on page 12 (or just after item number #14 with the question "Where is he at the end of this section?"

***I numbered the pages. Front and Back each count as a separate page. You can number them too, so that when I refer to the pages, you know what I'm referring to!

Check the tabs at the top of my blog for "AP Test Prep," and I will continue to add test prep Power Points and practice exams etc. there.

Johnson 

04/07/2014

***First and foremost: Turn in your Wuthering Heights essay before midnight to Turnitin.com.
Here is the login information: Class ID: 7523349

Password: APENG

1. Please purchase The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. Buy or use an old notebook of yours to keep notes in for the novel. This journal will be worth many points at the end of the unit, so make sure to stay up on it.
2. We watched the first 22 minutes of the Joyce biography and took notes on key/interesting facts about his life that obviously were incorporated into his writing. Here is the link for that biography: http://www.biography.com/people/james-joyce-9358676

3. Here are the Research Topics available from today. The class chose right at the end of the period, and these are due tomorrow (even if you are absent and plan on returning tomorrow, you can easily get this done tonight, so pick a topic and go!):

Portrait Research Topics  

·        Catholic Prep Schools in Ireland (during Joyce’s time)— Hayden V, Daniel, Andrew H,

·        Mythology in the novel- Nate, Katelyn, Evan

v    Color Symbolism: Brittany, Christy, Jamie, Sarah

v    Parnell/Gladstone/Home Rule – Danica W. and Sierra

v    Irish Nationalism—Ireland today – Colton, Nick, and Andrew F

v    Celts – Dreagn, Travis, Grace

v    Jesuits – Heather, Chris

v    Roman Catholicism in Ireland Pre-Vatican II-Valerie and Hayden M

v    Michael Davitt –Phoebe and Ally

v    Fenians – Quentin, Wes, Danica L, Alexis

04/04/2014

Today's assignment: AP Prose Essay on a Wuthering Height's passage
HW: Purchase The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Turnitin Info for Wuthering Heights essay is the same as your former research essay on Hamlet. 

Class ID: 7523349

Password: APENG