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
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
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.
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!
Lovers Untangled
This is a helpful little animation to sort of visually organize the chaotic love triangles in this play.
Poetic Forms
This video illustrates some interesting ways Shakespeare embeds emotion and characterization directly into the rhyme (or lack thereof) of his text.