Due Thursday

Please write a practice 40 minute poetry comparison essay. Prompt and poems available here.

Review Sheets Assignment

Review Sheet Assignments

You must create a complete review sheet for each of the plays and novels we have studied in class this year. Your assignment should be typed an submitted through Turnitin, unless otherwise arranged with me.

NOTE: THIS INFORMATION CANNOT BE LIFTED FROM THE INTERNET!! YOU WILL RECEIVE A SCORE OF ZERO IF THIS HAPPENS. IT ALSO CANNOT BE MASS PRODUCED AND SUBMITTED AS A GROUP.

Oedipus
Hamlet
Tartuffe
A Doll’s House
Death of a Salesman
Raisin in the Sun
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Wuthering Heights
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Each review sheet must address the following:

 Title of Work
 Author
 Approximate Time Period
 Main Characters: Names and Relationships
 Brief Plot Summary
 Handy Plot References
 A Meaning of the Work as a Whole
 Relevant Literary Techniques
 If I write on this work, I will be sure to mention...
 Quintessential Quote(s) [Easy to memorize, sure to impress]

A Condensed Example (Yours will be more detailed)

 Title: Metamorphosis Author: Franz Kafka Time: Early Modern
 Characters: Gregor-Salesman and Bug Grete: Sister and aspiring musician
Mr. Samsa, Mrs. Samsa, Charwoman, Lodgers
 Plot Summary: No space— but self explanatory. Can be done as bullets.(Do not plagiarize!)
 Handy Plot References: Rocking to get out of bed, desire to go to work, never miss a day, arrival of boss, attempt to communicate, picture with girl, saving furniture, apple attack, walking on walls, borders, sister playing violin…
 Meaning of Work as a Whole: The essential alienation of mankind from a world that seems to value only the material contributions he can make.
 Literary Techniques: Narrative voice, symbolism,
 I will be sure to mention: Symbolism: picture frame, apple, music, bug. Lack of explanation for transformation, Gregor’s desire to keep working.
 Quotations: “When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams…” “Was he an animal…”

Due Tuesday

Complete your reading of Portrait Chapter 4. Continue to add things to your scavenger hunt, paying special attention to the "fascination with language", "bird/flight imagery", and "women".

Chapter 4 notes are available here.

Due Monday

Read Chapter 3 of Portrait. Line notes are available here.

For those of you wanting to work on vocab for AP test, here is a link to Lauren's quizlet account. She has created quizlets for two sets of AP fancy vocabulary.

Due Thursday

Read Chapter 2 of Portrait and continue to add notes to your scavenger hunt. Chapter 2 notes are available here.