Message for AP students

AP students,

Please write in pencil in your literature book your name, my name, and the year. I found a book at school and don't know whose it is, since I no longer have book numbers.

Mrs. Scanlon

Thu, Aug 21,2008

Thu, Aug 21

Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Plan college essay
A. Make a list of 5 to 10 experiences
B. Write at least 50 words about one of them and hand in.

Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in MC listing ones not understood on front
3. Qz on Terms B&C + A review
4. Check summer books
HW: Study terms D&E (13)
for quiz on D&E+A,B,C

Wed, Aug 20, 2008

Wed, Aug 20

Pd1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Plan college essay
A. Make a list of 5 to 10 experiences
B. Write at least 50 words about one of them and hand in.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Cornell Notes on 4 kinds of writing: Narrative, Descriptive, Expository, Persuasive— Definitions and examples
3. Write 4 paragraphs, one using each type of writing
Hand in with notes.

Tues, Aug 19,2008

Tues, Aug 19

Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg and log
2. Finish Cornell Notes on 4 kinds of writing: Narrative, Descriptive, Expository, Persuasive— Definitions and examples
3. Write 4 paragraphs, one using each type of writing
Pd 1, 2 hand in paragraphs,
Pd 2 hand in notes & paragraphs

Pd 5
1. Quiz on A terms in text p1259--
2. Check MC 1-32
HW: For the ones you missed, list any for which you don’t understand the right answer. List on the front of the test.
3. Finish Meecher Teacher and get with partner to give your quiz orally. You and partner will introduce each other to the class and read one quiz qstn to class.
HW: B&C literary terms for quiz Thurs: I give word, you write definition

Mon, Aug 18,2008

Mon, Aug 18

Pds 1,2,4
1. AR reading
2. Cornell Notes on Writing: Four Kinds
(Narr,1,2,4 Desc,1,4)
3. e.g =exemplia gratia Latin for "example given." Underline foreign words
i.e.= id est meaning “that is” or “in other words”
4. Spell out numbers when one or two words. Write the Arabic numeral when three or more words.
5=five
20=twenty
56=fifty-six
100= one hundred
101=101 (one hundred one)


Pd 5

1. Hand in final drafts of essay w/rough draft, final OL, rgh OL. Erase names and use pseudonyms.
2. Begin to check summer book
HW: Study all literary terms beginning with A pp1259-60 for quiz where students write the defn. Definitions in bold in book.

Thurs, Aug 14, 2008

Thurs, Aug 14

Pds 2,4
1. AR reading and logs
2. STAR score sheets given
3. AR ranges recorded in planners on first page at bottom
4. Checking out books explained

Pd 5
1. Show me your 600 words
HW: Final draft
Rough draft
Final Outline
Rough Outline
due Monday
2. AP Mult Choice Exam 1-32

Wed, Aug 13,2008

Wed, Aug 13

Pd 1
1. AR reading, logs, procedures, get range and record in planner

Pd 4
1. Take STAR test in Mac Lab
2. Get AR book to read in library

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Tues, Aug 12

Pds 1,2
1. Take STAR test in Mac Lab
2. Get AR book to read in library

Pd. 5
1. Take STAR test in Mac Lab
2. Get AR book to read in library
3. Show me 300 words
4. Take AR quiz on summer books-deadline today
HW: Show me total of 600 words of essay on Thursday

Monday, 11 August 2008

Mon, Aug 11

Pds 1,2,3
1. Copy Voc 2&3
2. Finish presentations
3. Review Voc 1-3
4. Cornell Notes (4th only)
When are they good to use?

Pd. 5
1. AR Quiz for summer novels: Deadline tomorrow!
2. Show me your thesis and outline for 10 pts.
3. Discuss thesis & outline
4. Finish Meecher Teacher 1-6
HW: Write at least 300 words of your essay to show me tomorrow. By Thursday, show me a total of 600.

Thu Aug 7 - Fri Aug 8,2008

Thu Aug 7
Pds 1, 2
1. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with word #1. figurative and defn.
2. Check your 5 facts about yourself by passing papers back.
3. Write your quiz by adding two wrong choices
4. Discuss listening rubric: shoulders, eyes, nod, smile
HW Finish at home if not done by end of class
Pd 4
1. Check quizzes
2. Ask and answer questions aloud. Talk about yourself and each other. Find one thing you have in common and write it on your papers. Select a question about your partner to share with the class in your presentation of your partner.
2. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with 1, 2, and 3
Pd 5
1.Terms I and II and summer Quiz.
2. Four Handouts:
• Grading and other policies/ Essay Analysis Form/
• Composition Correction Symbols & a Few No No’s/. Swovelin’s Personal Correction Symbols
• Poetic Form and Structure/ Epic--Lyric--Dramatic Poems
• Homework: Practice Free Response Question 1 Take 40 mins to organize and write. If you want more time, draw a line after 40 mins, then continue writing.

Fri, Aug 8
Pds 1,2
1. 1. Check quizzes
2. Ask and answer questions aloud. Talk about yourself and each other. Find one thing you have in common and write it on your papers. Select a question about your partner to share with the class in your presentation of your partner.
2. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with 1, 2, and 3
Pd 4
1. Presentations of Partners with 1 qstn and 1 common fact
2. Vocabulary review
Pd 5
1. Hand in essay.
2. Go over handouts on Grading, analysis form, & Symbols. Get handout on essay topics for both summer books.
HW: Select book for first composition with the other for an in-class essay. The first "composition" will be due Monday, Aug 18. It will be a minimum of 600 words. After you select a book for this one, and a topic, write your thesis ( main idea and two to four supporting ideas). Show me your proposed thesis and outline with subtopic details ( I. A.B. II. A. B. minimum) on Monday for 10 pts.

Beginning School July 31-Aug 6, 2008

Thu, Jul 31
Pds 1,2,4
1. Alpha seating
2. Fill out st info forms
3. Handout Class Info and parent signature sheet
4. Go over Class info
Pd 5 AP
1. Alpha seating
2. Hand in 2 summer works
3. Bring Eyes tomorrow
4. No IDs and others take AR quizzes (only 2)
HW: Write an essay explaining what you think the meaning is for one of the summer books and why you think so. These will be read aloud in class anonymously and discussed. 20 points
NOTE: "Major" essays are those that take a week or are AP essays written in class. Other writing will be part of the daily grade.

Fri Aug 1
Pds 1,2,4
1. Attendance and learning names
2. Get photos for IDs if not done
Pd 5
1. Attendance, learn names, students get ID’s if not done
2. Hand in homework essays, get handouts: Class Info; Parent Signature; MOA $23
3. Take one AR quiz
4. Terms PreTest 1 and check
5. Eyes postponed till Mon
HW: Write 10 interesting, creative, or unique facts about yourself. Write a 5-question quiz with 3 answers (multiple choice) for each.

Mon, Aug 4
Pds 1 & 2
1. Names & attendance
2. Class Info
Pd 4
1. Café duty fiasco
2. Take Meecher Teacher quiz & hand in
Pd 5
1. Terms quiz 2
2. AR quizzes
3. Check
4. Get back Terms 1 to copy missed words and study
HW: Write what you think is the theme for second summer book and explain why. If you didn’t read it, write on another book you read.

Tue, Aug 5
pd 1,2
1. Names
2. More signatures?
3. Meecher Teacher quiz
pd4
Same but check Meecher Teacher
HW: Write 5 interesting, unique, or creative facts about yourself.
pd5
1. Terms test III
2. More AR quizzes
3. Get back terms II
4. Hand in essay on second book theme
HW. Study words missed on I and II for quiz. You write defn.

Wed Aug 6
pd1 & 2
Get class set of Gold Globe books from library (pd1 only)
1. Names
2. More signatures?
3. Meecher Teacher check
HW: Write 5 interesting, unique, or creative facts about yourself.
pd 4
1. Names
2. More signatures?
3. Check 5 facts and score
4. Write quiz with 5 facts and 3 multiple choice answers
pd.5
1. Get books for home from library
2. Go over terms on sheet I to #16.
3. How to cover book & name inside
HW: Study for terms quiz tomorrow

Summer Reading Assignment AP Literature

Summer Reading Assignment AP Literature
2008-09 Radford High School
Sheryl Scanlon 545-5023 shscanlon@aol.com

WHAT: For your summer assignment, you'll be reading two twentieth century novels, Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. You will take an AR quiz on both books when school begins.

WHERE to get books: You may buy your own copy or borrow a copy from my class set in the Radford library. The librarian will have a list of students registered for this class.

HOW: 1. You will write questions, list and study vocabulary of your choice, and describe literary elements for each book, due on the first day of class. Keep the work for each book separate. If work is not typed in size 12 Times New Roman font, it should be hand printed, on one side of the paper, and have page numbers. If your printing is too small or illegibly written, you will lose points and have to type it and all future work done at home. Legibility is important on the AP Exam, and therefore also important in this class.
2. I will give you topics for writing an essay on each book before the tenth day of class.
3. You will use your work to write Reading Record Cards to study for the AP exam in May.

WHY: Passing the AP exam for this course can earn you credit in a college literature class and a college composition class as well. To pass the exam, it helps to have read a wide variety of high quality literature and to remember characters, setting, and events for AP Exam Essay Question # 3.

PART I: Questions and Vocabulary (As You Read)

1. QUESTIONS: Write how and why types of questions for each book, with answers only implied in the text. Remember that a character’s actions are the inventions of the author, so when you ask why a character does something, you are asking why the author has the character act that way. It isn’t a person living his/her life; it’s a writer making a character do something for the writer’s purpose. Write 10 to 20 questions as you read each book. Give the chapter, and relevant page number if possible, for each question.

2. ANSWER: Write a 50-to-100-word answer to your second and tenth questions. Don’t worry about “right” answers. You are exploring your thoughts on the question.

3. VOCABULARY: Find words you would like to learn from each book, 40 total for the two. Write:
(1) the sentence containing the word, or if it’s very long, about 25 words of it,
(2) the page #, and
(3) the definition that fits.
If you can’t find enough words you want to learn from one of the books, find another source for words that interest you and follow the same instructions. However, every word you choose must have a sentence not of your making, containing the word. Wherever you find your words and sentences, I must be able to find the sentence from your documenting the source. For example, if it’s another book you have, give in addition to the above items the title, author, publisher, & copyright date. If it’s an online source, list the URL. If I can’t find it, your won’t get full credit.

PART II: Examining the Literary Elements (After Reading)

Write the question and the answer. Use the term definitions given below.

1. Write what you see as the main theme. In a well-written story all other elements support the theme.
2. Write a statement of the plot (a précis) in one sentence, around 25 words. How is it tied to theme?
3. Describe the setting and its impact on the theme.
4. List five or fewer characters most important to the theme and do the following:
(1) Give an example of characterization for each person and tell whether it’s direct or indirect.
(2) Tell whether the character is flat or round and why you think so.
(3) How does the character fit into the theme?
5. Write about the point of view of the narrator and how it affects the theme.
6. Describe a possible symbol and what it represents. How is it related to the theme?
7. Write about an allusion and how it adds to the theme.

TERM DEFINITIONS:
You will write these definitions for a quiz the first week of class

• THEME: The central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work, often a universal idea. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LITERARY TERM
(It is important not to mistake the theme for the actual subject of the work. In nonfiction, for example, the theme generally refers to the main topic.)

• PLOT: The sequence of events, which includes Exposition, Conflict, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, and Resolution (also known as denouement)

• SETTING: A combination of
(1) Place,
(2) Historical time, and
(3) Social environment

• CHARACTERIZATION: The ways an author describes and develops the characters.
FLAT characters are types, defined by a single quality.
ROUND characters have the three-dimensional complexity of real people.
DIRECT characterization explicitly tells about the characters.
INDIRECT characterization shows characters’ actions, statements, thoughts, and feelings.

• POINT OF VIEW: The vantage point from which a narrative is told.
FIRST person: The author tells the story through a character referred to as “I.”
THIRD person: Third-person narratives come in two types: omniscient (all knowing) and limited.

• SYMBOL: Something that stands for itself and also suggests something larger and more complex.

• ALLUSION: An indirect reference to something in literature, the other arts, history, myths, religion, or popular culture



ANY WORK TAKEN FROM A STUDY GUIDE IS PLAGIARISM AND RECEIVES A FAILING GRADE

AP Literature Summer Assignment 2008-09

The summer reading assignment for AP Literature will be posted by Thursday, June 5.

Don't forget that students registered for the class can go to the Radford library to check out copies of both books required.

Goodbye to Blogspot for daily assignments

Since I can no longer post on this site from school, it will not be used for the day's classwork and homework. However, long term assignments will be posted.

Tuesday, 22 April 2008

Tuesday, 22 April 2008

PERIOD 5
1. Check answers to 11 qstns on p1229 and discuss
2. Handouts for terms on MC and Essays for AP exam
HW: Outline style essay and write one body ¶

Monday, 21 April 2008

Monday, 21 April 2008

PERIOD 5
1. Discuss previous style essays on the 3 stories
2. Compare 2 styles in stream of consciousness
3. Look at the questions about 3 parts of style and discuss what makes simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
HW: Looking at your passage, answer the 11 questions and find evidence to support your answers

Friday, 18 April 2008

Friday, 18 April 2008

PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Sign the list to give location of your passage
3. Quiz p1229
4. Handout of pp1229-30
HW: Write an outline of your essay plan. Use the lists on p1229 to find evidence. Make notes as suggested on p1229 for words, sentences, and devices

Thursday, 17 April 2008

Thursday, 17 April 2008

PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz: Act 5, Epilogue, Comment, Silver review p1210
3. Groups do #8 p1210: Outline Silver's 3 main ideas and support from the play
HW: Read pp1229 for a quiz. Choose a passage for an essay as indicated on p1229. Write the story title, page #, column #, and ¶ # .

Tuesday, 15 April 2008

Tuesday, 15 April 2008

PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Acts 3 & 4
2. Read with English accents after practice
3. Discuss
HW: Read Act 5, Epilogue, Comment, and Arnold Silver review p1210

Monday, 14 April 2008

Monday, 14 April 2008

PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Pygmalion Act 2
2. Read aloud
HW: Read Acts 3 & 4