English IV AP (Period 1) Assignments

FIRST of the TED Talk Presentations due.  Check the calendar on the Senior Bulletin Board in Room 211 for your specific due date.

Vocab Unit 11.  NO New York Times

Read and outline the Synthesis Cluster from the 2011 Free-Response section of the AP Lang exam.  Read and annotate the letter by Samuel Johnson in Question 2.

New York Times due

Vocab Unit 10 and New York Times

Vocab Unit 10 and New York Times

2007 AP Exam

Vocab Unit 10

Complete the MC section of AP Exam 2012 and write essays for free-response questions 2 and 3.

Complete MC portion of 1996 Exam.  Read and annotate passage from Lady Mary Montagu for discussion in class.

Vocab 7-9 Unit Test

Write synthesis essay on Diversity in America

Read and analyze Question #3 from Practice Test #5  (Accawi on time)

Complete multiple choice questions for Practice Test #5

Write response to essay prompt #1 on p. 345 of text.

Vocab Unit 8 and New York Times

Read Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and review questions that follow on pp. 914-921

Read Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and review questions that follow on pp. 914-921

Complete multiple choice section of Practice Test #3

Complete multiple choice section of Practice Test #3

Complete essay question #3 Huxley v. Orwell on p.787 of text.

Quarterly Exam

Unit Vocab 4-6 Test

Read the first three chapters of Maus

Please meet no later than 6:00PM in front of school for departure to the McCarter Theatre for The Piano Lesson.  Dress warmly and bring extra $$ for WaWa!

Read pp717-736 in text.  Be prepared for a quiz!

REMINDER:  Permission Slips and $$ for The Piano Lesson ASAP!

Read David Denby essay on Teen films for discussion tomorrow.

Complete the Boxing Synthesis Cluster for discussion/write the essay!

Merry Christmas!

 

P.S.  Don't forget permission slips for The Piano Lesson + $15.00

Have Maus completed for discussion during Block 1.  Vocab Unit 7 & New York Times for Block 2, as scheduled.

Vocab Unit 6 and New York Times

Read "Silent Season of a Hero" in the text, together with "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" (handout) for discussion.

Read McMurtry passage in text pp453-458

Read "A Spectator's Notebook" pp461-470 in text.  Be prepared for discussion!

Read the Conversation on Defining Masculinity in the text pp. 408-417.  Be prepared for a quiz!

Read "Guys vs. Men," the letters of John and Abigail Adams (pp363-366) and "Sweat" (pp.393-402)

Read Virginia Woolf's "Professions for Women" for tomorrow.

Unit 1-3 Vocab Test

Voice of Democracy Essays due on "My Vision of America."  Two type-written pages.

Complete position paper of 3-5 pages on the ideology of Booker T. Washington (as expressed in The Atlanta Exposition Address) vs. that of W.E.B. DuBois (as expressed in the chapter from The Souls of Black Folk).

 

Support one of the speakers using direct evidence from the text(s) and whatever ancillary sources you may deem appropriate.  Be sure to include a counterargument. 

New York Times articles due

Read Seltzer's "The Surgeon as Priest"

Screening of The History Boys during 2 block period.  Bring your lunch to Room 211 ..... I'll bring the candy!

Read "Serving in Florida " from the text pp179-190

Complete Vocab Unit 3

Read Op-Ed essay "Lecture Me. Really." by Molly Worthen for discussion with The History Boys tomorrow.

Read Alan Bennet's The History Boys and be prepared for a quiz

 New York Times #2

Read "from Education" by Emerson pp.102-108, including questions on pp108-109.  Be prepared for a quiz!