* Pray
* Card Quiz: Austen
* Timeline: Short
* Term Note: The five general stages of a plot:
1. Exposition --> 2. Rising Action (Complication) --> 3. Climax
--> 4. Falling Action --> 5. Denouement (Resolution)
* AP Prep. 2008, part 1
* Tomorrow's Card Quiz: Shakespearean Comedy of Your Choice
* If time, begin in class (J42)
1999 Poem: “Blackberry-Picking” (Seamus Heaney)
Prompt: Read the following poem carefully, paying particular attention to the physical intensity
of the language. Then write a well-organized essay in which you explain how the poet conveys
not just a literal description of picking blackberries but a deeper understanding of the whole
experience. You may wish to include analysis of such elements as diction, imagery, metaphor,
rhyme, rhythm, and form.
Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney
Late August, given heavy rain and sun
For a full week, the blackberries would ripen.
At first, just one, a glossy purple clot
Among others, red, green, hard as a knot.
You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet
Like thickened wine: summer’s blood was in it
Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for
Picking. Then red ones inked up and that hunger
Sent us out with milk cans, pea tins, jam-pots
Where briars scratched and wet grass bleached our boots.
Round hayfields, cornfields and potato-drills
We trekked and picked until the cans were full
Until the tinkling bottom had been covered
With green ones, and on top big dark blobs burned
Like a plate of eyes. Our hands were peppered
With thorn pricks, our palms sticky as Bluebeard’s.
We hoarded the fresh berries in the byre.
But when the bath was filled we found a fur,
A rat-grey fungus, glutting on our cache.
The juice was stinking too. Once off the bush
The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour.
I always felt like crying. It wasn’t fair
That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot.
Each year I hoped they’d keep, knew they would not.
HW: J42: One-page+ response. 1990, Heaney. Write for 20 min...but no more than 40 min.
Monday, 4/30: AP Preparation
* Pray
* CWP due Thursday (or send in two pieces to contests)
* Study aids on the blog
* Literary Periods part I: From the beginning
* Short Card quiz each day. Tomorrow: Austen.
* Per. 1 ICE returned today, Per. 3 tomorrow, Per. 6 on Wednesday.
* Notes so far:
- Book Titles! Spell them correctly (a vs. the, tale vs. tail). Underline.
- Archetype: Noun: "The Eden archetype plays significantly in the garden scene..." Adj. "Sydney Carton is not an archetypical hero; rather, he is an antihero who finds redemption in sacrifice."
- Avoid contractions
- But can open a sentence, but beware!
- Avoid boring verbs (does, did, do)
- Avoid "author uses" for elements. Conjure ten synonyms for uses in your notes now. Look over the terms for a reasonable pairing.
- Write, "In the novel's exposition...," not "in the start of the book." If you can't remember the term, at least say opening.
- Review the apostrophe (section 36, pp. 408-410): dogs (more than one dog), dog's (belongs to one dog), dogs' (belongs to many dogs), its (possessive with no apostrophe, like his), it's (it is), Dickens' or Dickens's are both correct; I prefer the first.
* Terms
HW: Read the rest of our terms.
* CWP due Thursday (or send in two pieces to contests)
* Study aids on the blog
* Literary Periods part I: From the beginning
* Short Card quiz each day. Tomorrow: Austen.
* Per. 1 ICE returned today, Per. 3 tomorrow, Per. 6 on Wednesday.
* Notes so far:
- Book Titles! Spell them correctly (a vs. the, tale vs. tail). Underline.
- Archetype: Noun: "The Eden archetype plays significantly in the garden scene..." Adj. "Sydney Carton is not an archetypical hero; rather, he is an antihero who finds redemption in sacrifice."
- Avoid contractions
- But can open a sentence, but beware!
- Avoid boring verbs (does, did, do)
- Avoid "author uses" for elements. Conjure ten synonyms for uses in your notes now. Look over the terms for a reasonable pairing.
- Write, "In the novel's exposition...," not "in the start of the book." If you can't remember the term, at least say opening.
- Review the apostrophe (section 36, pp. 408-410): dogs (more than one dog), dog's (belongs to one dog), dogs' (belongs to many dogs), its (possessive with no apostrophe, like his), it's (it is), Dickens' or Dickens's are both correct; I prefer the first.
* Terms
HW: Read the rest of our terms.
This Weekend
You are reading through terms G-P. Notice that I created a new box on the right side with AP review materials. I made a blank sheet to quiz yourself or fill in. I made a sheet that you can read if you want to avoid ads.
I will be covering the literary periods next week. You can click over on the right to see.
If you did not turn in your Dickens notecard this week, please have it ready on Monday. I was able to get the resolution better, but I had to make it take a large picture on the blog below.
I will be covering the literary periods next week. You can click over on the right to see.
If you did not turn in your Dickens notecard this week, please have it ready on Monday. I was able to get the resolution better, but I had to make it take a large picture on the blog below.
Next Year's Classes
Our school is offering dual course credit courses, and some are tied to AP classes. One must have a finished masters degree to teach such a course, and I have not finished mine yet. So, Mrs. Danielski (who does) will be teaching AP English Literature next year. Mr. O'Donnell is teaching Latin I and II, and Mr. Reno is teaching the Classical Literature and Shakespeare course.
Seniors, please encourage your underclassmen friends to take these great courses.
Sophomores, take Latin and Classical literature.
Ohho, Rachel, John Angel, Crystal, and Evan, consider AP Composition with Mr. Holtzclaw. Anyone else, see me before you sign up for his class.
Blessings,
Mr. S
Seniors, please encourage your underclassmen friends to take these great courses.
Sophomores, take Latin and Classical literature.
Ohho, Rachel, John Angel, Crystal, and Evan, consider AP Composition with Mr. Holtzclaw. Anyone else, see me before you sign up for his class.
Blessings,
Mr. S
AP Testing Info.
2012 MVCS AP EXAM SCHEDULE
Week 1
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Monday May 7
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Tuesday May 8
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Wednesday May 9
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Thursday May 10
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Friday May 11
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Morning
8 a.m.
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-Chemistry (7)
NEW ART ROOM
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-Spanish Language (7)
NEW ART ROOM
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-Calculus AB(45)
ARC
-Calculus BC(6)
NEW ART ROOM
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-English Lit (48)
ARC...be there by 7:50; bring water; bring white erasers, good pens, and good pencils (notice the plural nouns)
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-US History (33)
NEW ART ROOM
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Afternoon
12 noon
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-Psychology (18)
ARC
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-European History (16) ARC-Upstairs
-Studio Art (10)
ARC-downstairs
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Week 2
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Monday May 14
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Tuesday May 15
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Wednesday May 16
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Thursday May 17
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Friday May 18
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Morning
8 a.m.
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-Music Theory (5)
NEW ART ROOM
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-Government (30)
NEW ART ROOM
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-English Language (40)
ARC
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Macroeconomics (41)
ARC
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Afternoon
12 noon
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Physics (19)
ARC
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French (2)
Board Room
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Statistics (13)
NEW ART ROOM
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Microeconomics(21)
NEW ART ROOM
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Block Day, Week 37
* Pray
* Finish Video
* Discuss, Terms, Notes
* Dickens ICE #2
Per. 1 Start time: 8:58
Per. 3 Start time: 10:43
Per. 6 Start time: 1:29
HW: Review Terms G-P
* Finish Video
* Discuss, Terms, Notes
* Dickens ICE #2
Per. 1 Start time: 8:58
Per. 3 Start time: 10:43
Per. 6 Start time: 1:29
HW: Review Terms G-P
Wednesday, 4/15/12
* Pray
* Change of plan. I really want you to see the video before I give you the second prompt. I need to delay the essay. Apologies.
* Review Terms
* Video
If you are absent, go to unitedstreaming.com and sign in:
Your username: apliterature
Type in "Charles Dickens." Watch the 48 min. video.
HW: Make a TTC Card; work on your CWP
* Change of plan. I really want you to see the video before I give you the second prompt. I need to delay the essay. Apologies.
* Review Terms
* Video
If you are absent, go to unitedstreaming.com and sign in:
Your username: apliterature
Your password: student
Type in "Charles Dickens." Watch the 48 min. video.
HW: Make a TTC Card; work on your CWP
Tuesday, 4/24: Writing Reminders
* Pray
* Books
* Peer Review
How do I get a higher score? For most, provide ample
1. Textual support. Your statements are probably correct, but does each have a specific support from an event or conversation? Let, "for insance," be your motto, even though we won't write those words so often.
2. Development. If you don't get much down on paper, there's less room for you to make a good case.
3. Intelligent word choices and phrases.
4. Sentence variety.
5. Slip in literary elements connected to your thesis and text whenever possible.
Other reminders:
* Books
* Peer Review
How do I get a higher score? For most, provide ample
1. Textual support. Your statements are probably correct, but does each have a specific support from an event or conversation? Let, "for insance," be your motto, even though we won't write those words so often.
2. Development. If you don't get much down on paper, there's less room for you to make a good case.
3. Intelligent word choices and phrases.
4. Sentence variety.
5. Slip in literary elements connected to your thesis and text whenever possible.
Other reminders:
- Authors do no try to communicate a theme or idea, they do communicate it...or they imply it.
- Avoid redundancies ("throughout the whole novel")
- Avoid contractions
* TTC
* Lit Charts for Card Composition and review (thank you, Jinsol)
HW: Review for tomorrow's essay
Monday, 4/23: AP Prep., St. George's Day
*Pray
* Today is St. George's day as well as William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Miguel de Cervantes' (1547-1616) birthdays. We're not sure, actually, the exact day of either author's birth, but baptismal records show it is possible for Shakespeare. We do know that Shakespeare died on the 23 and Cervantes the 22 of April. Roman legend has it that Virgil also died on the day of his birth.
* This partial literary history of St. George excerpted below is from Michael Collins (accessed May, 2012).
The Redcrosse Liturgy
St George is a leading character in Spenser’s remarkable
allegory The Faerie Queene (1590 and 1596). St George
appears in Book I as the Redcrosse Knight of Holiness,
protector of the Virgin Una. In this guise he may be seen
as the Anglican Church upholding the monarchy of
Elizabeth I:
‘But on his breast a bloody Cross he bore
The dear remembrance of his dying Lord,
For whose sweet sake that glorious badge we wore
And dead (as living) ever he adored...Thou,
Among those saints which thou dost see
Shalt be a saint, and thine own nation’s friend
And patron; thou St George shalt called be,
St George of merry England, the sign of victory’.
The figure of St George was made use of by Spenser
because of the belief that God had helped England to
defeat the Armada. Recent scholars have stressed the
central importance of Protestant doctrine, theology and
liturgy to Spenser’s poetry. By transforming England’s
patron saint into a sinful knight, Redcrosse, who, beset by
pride and lust, was being brought back to the way of
holiness, Spenser made it possible for
George to reject the doctrines of the Catholic church,
personified by Duessa, and become the champion of Una,
the true faith. Through the influence of a Tudor-esque
Prince Arthur, the young knight regained the path of
holiness, killed the Dragon and transformed himself into
St George. In this way, the figure of St George was
assimilated into a culture that no longer adhered to belief
in saintly intercession or the authority of popes. In his new
guise, St George bridged the gap between the Catholic past
and a future where the Protestant faith had successfully
taken hold under the Tudors.
* AP Test Overview
This test, unlike some others, has little secret knowledge you are unaware of or skills you have not practiced. You must show evidence of mature reading comprehension and literary analysis. For comprehension, taking practice tests is best. For analysis, you need to practice your writing and make sure you know your literary terms. Rhetoric falls in with these terms but is not as important.
AP Literature Open Prompt Essays
AP Literature Poetry Prompts Essays
AP Literature Prose Essays
Next, you want to memorize your cards for the open prompt.
Lastly, review your grammar book as it will only aide your writing, and the test usually has one grammar (part of speech) question.
* Terms
* We will write the Dickens essay #2 on Wednesday
HW: J41: Choose one poetry prompt and respond with your first page of an essay.
Week 36, Block Day: TTC
* Pray
* Note: Be sure you have completed your 55 question M.C. test. I will be scanning today and tomorrow.
* Review TTC
* Video
* 40 min. ICE essay #1 on TTC
Per. 6: 1:22, begin writing by 1:29
HW: Read and consider terms A-F: Can you think of an example for each as you read them?
* Note: Be sure you have completed your 55 question M.C. test. I will be scanning today and tomorrow.
* Review TTC
* Video
* 40 min. ICE essay #1 on TTC
Per. 6: 1:22, begin writing by 1:29
HW: Read and consider terms A-F: Can you think of an example for each as you read them?
Wednesday, 4/18: Dickens
* Pray
* Collect J40
* Correct your grammar while I check to see you have it done.
* Dickens
* Video
If you are absent etc., go to unitedstreaming.com.
Your username: apliterature
Your password: student
If you search for Charles Dickens, it will be the 48 min. video.
HW: Review for the essay
* Collect J40
* Correct your grammar while I check to see you have it done.
* Dickens
* Video
If you are absent etc., go to unitedstreaming.com.
Your username: apliterature
Your password: student
If you search for Charles Dickens, it will be the 48 min. video.
HW: Review for the essay
Tuesday, 4/17: Grammar, etc.
* Pray
* Grammar: Apostrophe, puncutation section 36
- Read and take notes on rules in blue (you may simply copy down examples where best for you)
- Do Ex. 36-1
* Video (Dickens)
* J40: A Tale of Two Cities is a study in contrasts. In one page, explain two significant sets of foils and explain how these foils support a major theme in the novel. Please handwrite all journals.
HW: J40; Ex. 36-1
* Grammar: Apostrophe, puncutation section 36
- Read and take notes on rules in blue (you may simply copy down examples where best for you)
- Do Ex. 36-1
* Video (Dickens)
* J40: A Tale of Two Cities is a study in contrasts. In one page, explain two significant sets of foils and explain how these foils support a major theme in the novel. Please handwrite all journals.
HW: J40; Ex. 36-1
Tuesday is a Chapel day (and we have Performing Arts on Thursday)
Sorry, Per. 1. I just saw an updated email that tells me we have both a chapel tomorrow and an assembly on Thursday. My apologies.
Mr. S
Mr. S
Monday 4/16: Finish M.C. 2004
* Pray
* OR option B: you may read Heart of Darkness instead of Crime and Punishment for your quarter 4 outside reading if you wish.
* Review
- This week block (week 36): Dickens Essay
- Week 37: AP Prep.
- Week 38: AP Prep.; CWP Due (if you show proof of two or more contests you are entering in quarter 4, you have fulfilled your fouth quarter CWP)
- Week 39: AP Test; Quo Vadis
- Week 40: Quo Vadis
- Week 41: Final Exam
* Finish M.C. 2004
HW: Review TTC
* OR option B: you may read Heart of Darkness instead of Crime and Punishment for your quarter 4 outside reading if you wish.
* Review
- This week block (week 36): Dickens Essay
- Week 37: AP Prep.
- Week 38: AP Prep.; CWP Due (if you show proof of two or more contests you are entering in quarter 4, you have fulfilled your fouth quarter CWP)
- Week 39: AP Test; Quo Vadis
- Week 40: Quo Vadis
- Week 41: Final Exam
* Finish M.C. 2004
HW: Review TTC
Uncommon Colons
American English in 1945 (from the Book of Common Prayer; see below).
In the prayer for Maundy (Mandate or Commandment) Thursday, notice the two semicolons. The first has a capital following because it's an independent clause. The second does not because it is a dependent clause. In MLA, neither word following the semicolon (or a colon) would be capitalized.
In the Bible text (I Cor. 11:23), notice the three colons in a row. MLA would require apostrophes.
In the prayer for Maundy (Mandate or Commandment) Thursday, notice the two semicolons. The first has a capital following because it's an independent clause. The second does not because it is a dependent clause. In MLA, neither word following the semicolon (or a colon) would be capitalized.
In the Bible text (I Cor. 11:23), notice the three colons in a row. MLA would require apostrophes.
Thursday, 4/5: M.C.
* Pray
* M.C.
* Collect J39 (sorry, my numbers were off; please edit your numbers)
HW: Finish or nearly finish TTC
* M.C.
* Collect J39 (sorry, my numbers were off; please edit your numbers)
HW: Finish or nearly finish TTC
Wednesday, 4/4: Writing
* Pray
* Turn in your journal
* Review grammar exercise (colon)
Important Note:
"MLA and Chicago style use a lowercase letter to begin an independent clause following a colon; APA style uses a capital letter" (465).
* Perrine's ch. 12
- Read ch. 12
- Choose any poem of to answer questions for (of four or more questions)
HW: J39
* Turn in your journal
* Review grammar exercise (colon)
Important Note:
"MLA and Chicago style use a lowercase letter to begin an independent clause following a colon; APA style uses a capital letter" (465).
* Perrine's ch. 12
- Read ch. 12
- Choose any poem of to answer questions for (of four or more questions)
HW: J39
The Best Thing in the World for a Teacher...
is when a wonderful student goes on to do wonderful things. Here's an example...Candace Blanton (maiden name Miser) directing this children's musical fresh out of college. I taught Candace AP Lit. and her husband, Josh, regular English. Bravo!
Tuesday, 1/3: Colonoscopy
* Pray
* (Handwritten)
- Read and take notes on the blue rules for 35a-d.
- Do ex. 35-1
* Journal 37 TTC, "Monsieur the Marquis in Town", ch. 7, about three pages in: Find and explain the passage containing the allusion to the Tower of Babel. How does this allusion inform the message from the narrator to the reader that this passage conveys? (Handwritten, 1 pg. or longer, single-spaced.)
HW: J38
* (Handwritten)
- Read and take notes on the blue rules for 35a-d.
- Do ex. 35-1
* Journal 37 TTC, "Monsieur the Marquis in Town", ch. 7, about three pages in: Find and explain the passage containing the allusion to the Tower of Babel. How does this allusion inform the message from the narrator to the reader that this passage conveys? (Handwritten, 1 pg. or longer, single-spaced.)
HW: J38
Monday, 4/2: Reading
* Pray
* Note the blog
* Find your best piece of the year. Email creative writing to
elizabethdanielski@mvcs.org
mustangnewsteam@gmail.com
* Consider upcoming contests
* Reading: You should be past the half mark of whatever edition you are reading. You should aim to finish the novel within two weeks (be done when you return from Easter break).
HW: Reading
* Note the blog
* Find your best piece of the year. Email creative writing to
elizabethdanielski@mvcs.org
mustangnewsteam@gmail.com
* Consider upcoming contests
* Reading: You should be past the half mark of whatever edition you are reading. You should aim to finish the novel within two weeks (be done when you return from Easter break).
HW: Reading
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