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Syllabus:

Students, please read the class syllabus thoroughly and carefully and then sign the agreement form, along with your parent or guardian, and turn it in by the end of the first week of school in order to receive credit.
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**AP Exam Date: May **


Semester One Reading Schedule:

My dear students...in an effort to keep you from feeling completely overwhelmed and going crazy, use this schedule to keep your reading manageable, or if not manageable, at least organized!

Orwell Articles:As I Please

                    Due day 6

Dystopian Stories:

"The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty

                    Due day 10

"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson

                    Due day 10

"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. LeGuin

                    Due day 10

"'Repent Harlequin', Said the Ticktock Man" by Harlan Ellison

                    Due day 10

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

                    Act I due day 13
                    Act II-III due day 14
​                    Act IV-Epilogue due day 15

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

                    Due day 18

Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien

                    Book One due day 22
                    Book Two due day 31

The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

                    Due day 23

Billy Budd by Herman Melville

                    Due day 27

--Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison--

Ellison New York Times Articles

(The articles are posted on the Modern Lit page)

Study Questions for Article One:
1.) How do Ellison's comments relate to the way Invisible Man deals with he world so far? What about the way his grandfather advocates dealing with the world?
2.) What connections can you make between this article and more modern times.

--Shakespeare--

These six short PBS videos give an interesting overview and insight into the play...and best of all they are narrated by Downton Abbey's own Lord Grantham!
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Lovers Untangled

This is a helpful little animation to sort of visually organize the chaotic love triangles in this play.
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Poetic Forms

This video illustrates some interesting ways Shakespeare embeds emotion and characterization directly into the rhyme (or lack thereof) of his text.
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