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Course Description
This course is designed to comply with the curricular requirements
described in the AP English Course Description and will present an
in-depth study of great literature from around the world. Writing is
emphasized throughout, and frequent essays, both analytical and
personal, will be assigned along with two major research papers.
Students are expected to have mastered composition skills such as
writing with a thesis and research paper techniques. Students must also
have excellent reading skills in order to handle the significant amount
of required reading. It is strongly recommended that students also take
the advanced placement exam; however, the primary objective of this
course is for you to become better critical thinkers, readers and
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Next Assignment: Please read
Chapter Eight (Fiction) Perrine & Edith Wharton – Roman Fever, page 409,
and Flannery O’Connor – A Good Man Is Hard to Find, page 454.
Assignments
(5) The Week of February 6 - 3 classes
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Mon 2/6 Period 4:
Chapter Summary &
Presentation for
Chapter Eight (Fiction) Perrine & Edith Wharton – Roman Fever, page 409,
and Flannery O’Connor – A Good Man Is Hard to Find, page 454 -
Castro Santiago & Chavarro
Martina. Discussion of
Evaluating Fiction.
- Assignment:
Please read Edgar Allan Poe – The Cask of Amontillado, page 611, and
Elizabeth Tallent - No One’s a Mystery, page 617, for next class.
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Wed 2/8 Period 2:
Finish Chapter Eight from Fiction (p. 645).
Discuss Evaluating Fiction:
Edgar Allan Poe – The Cask of Amontillado, page 611, and Elizabeth Tallent - No One’s a Mystery, page 617.
- Assignment: Please read the introduction (pages vii to xlii) in
Hamlet, Perrine (pp 1027 to 1032 &
1074-1078), the handouts (Tragedy Handouts -
Tragic Structure
and
Tragic Hero)
and the Hamilton (pages 1 to 7) for next class.
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Thu 2/9 Period 5:
Introduction to Tragedy, Shakespeare and Hamlet
(6) The Week of February 13 - 3
classes
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Mon 2/13 Period 3:
Close Reading of
Hamlet - Experts - Echeverri Esteban & Estevez Maria Andrea
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Wed 2/15 Period 1:
Close Reading of
Hamlet.
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Thu 2/16 Period 4: Close Reading of
Hamlet - Experts - Franky Catalina & Giraldo Maria Camila
(7) The Week of February 20 - 3 classes
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Tue 2/21 Period 2:
Close Reading of Hamlet
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Wed 2/22 Period 5:
Close Reading of Hamlet - Experts - Gutierrez Laura & Gutierrez
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Fri 2/24 Period 3:
Close Reading of Hamlet
(8) The Week of February 27 - 3 classes
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Tue 2/28 Period 1:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
Review Hamilton reading and exercises.
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Thu 3/1 Period 1:
Close Reading of Hamlet - Experts - De Pineres Paula & Llano
Helena
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Fri 3/2 Period 4:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
- Assignment:
King Lear (to end of Act III) due
March 9
Major Assignments
- 3/9: King Lear
should be read to the end of Act III
- 3/20: King Lear should be finished
- 3/30: Third Shakespeare play
- 3/25: Third quarter
Formal essay
- 4/1: AP Essay over Third Shakespeare play
- 5/6: Formal Essay over one Shakespeare play
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