AP English Literature Homework The Stranger per. 3

Read Chapters 3,4,5,and 6 of The Stranger. The novel really picks up! Dont believe me, just read! Please answer the following: 1. How does Meursault’s employer treat him when he returns to work on Monday? 2. Who is Emmanuel? 3. How does Celeste react when he sees Meursault? 4. How long has old Salamano had his dog and why does he abuse him? 5. Who is Raymond Sintes? 6. Why does Raymond want to get revenge on his girlfriend and what does Raymond ask Meursault to do for him? 7. Does Meursault want to be Raymond’s friend? 8. What does Raymond say about Meursault’s mother? 9. What does Meursault do after he leaves Raymond’s room? Chapter 5 1. Where does Raymond want to go on Sunday with Meursault and Marie? 2. What does Meursault’s employer suggest during their ¬meeting? 3. How does Meursault feel about Paris? 4. What does Marie ask Meursault? 5. Does Meursault want to marry Marie? 6. With whom does Meursault eat at Celeste’s? 7. What does Meursault notice about the “robot” woman? 8. What was Salamano’s occupation? Chapter 6: Just read the chapter. Know what happens in it! There will be a reading Quiz on Monday

English Ten Period 2 Homework

English Ten Period 2 Homework Identifying Metaphors Directions: For each sentence below, identify the ideas or concepts being compared. Hint: each sentence may have more more than two ideas being compared. Example: Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life." --John 6:35 [ In this example, Jesus is being compared to bread. 1. Thus a mind that is free from passion is a very citadel. --Marcus Aurelius 2. The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter. --Joshua Reynolds 3. The fountain of knowledge will dry up unless it is continuously replenished by streams of new learning. 4. This first beam of hope that had ever darted into his mind rekindled youth in his cheeks and doubled the lustre of his eyes. --Samuel Johnson 5. I wonder when motor mouth is going to run out of gas. 6. His smile shines brightly each day. 7. The furnace of affliction had softened his heart and purified his soul.

Honors English Ten Questions

Questions—“Mirror” by Sylvia Plath 1. How does the title assist in reading comprehension? 2. Why is personification an apt device for a mirror? 3. Why is a mirror indeed akin to “the eye of a little god”? 4. What might candles or the moon symbolize in the second stanza of the poem? Why? 5. What does the woman do each morning? 6. Why is a mirror indeed similar to a lake? Why is this similarity important to the second stanza? 7. What is an extended metaphor, and explain the extended metaphor of the second stanza. Additional Questions: Compose a level 3 question for the poem "Mirror". Find an object in your room or other part of your house. Examine it, and write a draft of a poem in which you personify it.

AP English Literature Period 1

1. Read Chapters 9-13 of Things Fall apart. Be sure to read/annotate using post-it notes. Select one quote per chapter (a total of 5 quotes) and respond to the quote you selected (this means you wrote it at the top of the page of your TFA journal). Then you responded...for example, what does the quote reveal? why did you choose this quote?, etc. responses should be no less than one half of your folded journal page. Study Questions: Chapter 9: At this time, the Igbo people used the concept of obange to describe what? As Ezinma and Ekwefi are cooking yams, they discuss the fact that large quantities of vegetables cook down to smaller quantities by telling the story of the snake-lizard. Why did the snake-lizard kill his mother and himself? Chapter 10: Who are the egwugwu? That is their role in Igbo (Ibo) society at this time of the novel? Chapter 11: Re-read the story of tortoise. Why don't the birds want tortoise to accompany them? How does he change their minds? How does tortoise get away? What is tortoise' ultimate fate (what happens to him?)? Chapter 12:1. How do the people of Umuike develop their market? 2. The story of the man and the goat shows that the Umuike market is often filled with thieves. What happens in this story? 3. What do Okonkwo’s first and third wives contribute to the betrothal feast? 4. Why does Ekwefi join the betrothal feast later? 5. The members of Obierika’s extended family sit in a half-moon. When his in-laws arrive, they complete the circle. What is the significance of the seating arrangement? Chapter 13: What happens to Ezeudu? What major accident happens at Ezeudu's funeral? What happens to Okonkwo? Can you belive it? Oh my! Be ready to fiscuss questions you have about your reading as well. I will ask all of yiou to write doewn a question from chapter 9-13 as part of your ADMIT slip.

AP English Period 3

1. To the right, is an essay linked entitled "Crime and Punishment AP Essay". Download and print this essay, which is a response to the 2012 Free or Open Response Question. After reading the prompt, and reading and annotating the esssy, score it using your AP English Literature Rubric. Justify your score. then bring the essay to class tomorrow. We will compare and contrast essays, and begin revising your essay. 2. Please re-read chapters 1 and 2 of the Stranger. There will be a reading quiz on these chapters. Also, please bring the novel and be ready to discuss.