Part of being a good student and strong writer is demonstrating the ability to self-analyze and judge the work of peers. You were asked to keep a reading journal of your reading of The Kite Runner. For this assignment, do the following:
Select any three of your best journal entries. Highlight the date or Chapters for the three entries so that they are visible when I look into your journal. Then, for each, write a one to two paragraph reflection answering the following: This journal is one of my best because of the way I.....
Be sure that you select journals that are considered your best because they are well-written or poignant or funny, or lengthy or... Do Not simply select a journal because you like the quote or passage excerpted from The Kite Runner. Bring your three to six paragraphs tomorrow.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
AP English Language Spring Break Assignments
1. Read your novel- be sure to respond in your journal for approximately every twenty pages of reading.
2. Complete your annotated bibliography. Due on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Be ready.
2. Complete your annotated bibliography. Due on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Be ready.
The Kite Runner Questions and AP English Lit Assignment for SpRinG BreAk!!
I hope that you all have had some time to rest! And Now, the questions and assignments as promised:
Poetry Assignemt: Using your Perrine literature text, find one poem that you really like or find challenging. Type this poem out, include the poet's name, the title of the poem, and the page number from the text. Your poem must come from the Perrine's literature text, not online, not from another book. Bring to class on Tuesday, April 6th. Be sure you have read it.
The Kite Runner Assignment:
1. Finish reading and responding to The Kite Runner and writing in your journals. Answer the following on a separate sheet (or sheets of paper):
1. Explain how Baba's handling of his diagnosis was typical for him (how was his behavior in line with what you know about his character? Be sure to include adjectives or decriptive words to remind me that you know about his character).
2. Chapters 15 and 16 are in many ways expository an fill in details of what happens in Afghanistan with the fall of the Northern Alliance and teh rise of the Taliban. Why were many Afghans initially happy that the Taliban took control? What soon happened afterwards?
3. What does Amir learn when he goes back to Afghanistan from Rahim Khan? That is summarize Chapter 16.
4. Why is Amir's conflict with Assef significant? Why does Hosseini have Amir find Sohrab in the way and place that he did?
Preparation for Return:
We will discuss overarching themes found in The Kite Runner by way of Whole Class Discussion. You will write about The Kite Runner. You will prepare the Literary Archetype Essay Discussed before Break as a culminiating task. You will taste poetry and learn some of the terms associated with it. You will read a non-fiction article that relates to The Kite Runner. You will take more practice AP Exams in class. We will begin our next novel, probably The Stranger or The Song of Solomon or Chronicle of A Death Foretold during April 12th.
Poetry Assignemt: Using your Perrine literature text, find one poem that you really like or find challenging. Type this poem out, include the poet's name, the title of the poem, and the page number from the text. Your poem must come from the Perrine's literature text, not online, not from another book. Bring to class on Tuesday, April 6th. Be sure you have read it.
The Kite Runner Assignment:
1. Finish reading and responding to The Kite Runner and writing in your journals. Answer the following on a separate sheet (or sheets of paper):
1. Explain how Baba's handling of his diagnosis was typical for him (how was his behavior in line with what you know about his character? Be sure to include adjectives or decriptive words to remind me that you know about his character).
2. Chapters 15 and 16 are in many ways expository an fill in details of what happens in Afghanistan with the fall of the Northern Alliance and teh rise of the Taliban. Why were many Afghans initially happy that the Taliban took control? What soon happened afterwards?
3. What does Amir learn when he goes back to Afghanistan from Rahim Khan? That is summarize Chapter 16.
4. Why is Amir's conflict with Assef significant? Why does Hosseini have Amir find Sohrab in the way and place that he did?
Preparation for Return:
We will discuss overarching themes found in The Kite Runner by way of Whole Class Discussion. You will write about The Kite Runner. You will prepare the Literary Archetype Essay Discussed before Break as a culminiating task. You will taste poetry and learn some of the terms associated with it. You will read a non-fiction article that relates to The Kite Runner. You will take more practice AP Exams in class. We will begin our next novel, probably The Stranger or The Song of Solomon or Chronicle of A Death Foretold during April 12th.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Things Fall Apart AP English Literature
Carefully read Things Fall Apart up till the end of Part One (Chapter 14) Answer the study questions below to help you make sense of the many cultural events described in these chapters. Remember they are included for a specific purpose. Additionally, write one other character analysis-- give yourself no more than 35 minutes to write. Bring to class Monday. Additionally, begin to review the following terms: tragedy (all the lecture notes), freytag's pyramid, literary terms: metaphor, allusion, simlie, rhetorical question, apostrophe, the conventions of fiction, personification, the plot graph. Start reviewing the stories from The Bible, Job, for your final exam.
Chapter 11
1. Why don’t the birds want Tortoise to join them at the feast in the sky?
2. How does Tortoise convince the birds to allow him to join them at the feast?
3. How is Tortoise able to fly with the birds of the sky?
4. What are some of the hard things Tortoise’s wife takes out of the house to prepare for Tortoise’s fall?
Chapter 12
5. The members of Obierika’s extended family sit in a half-moon. When his in-laws arrive, they complete thecircle. What is the significance of the seating arrangement?
6. What purpose is served by involving the reader in a traditional Nigerian wedding?
Chapter 13-14
7. What is the name of Okonkwo’s village?
8. Why does Okonkwo shudder when he learns of Ezedu's death?
9. What does the one-handed spirit mean when he asks Ezeudu to come again the way he came before?
10. What horrible accident happens at Ezedu's funeral and why is it significant to Okonkwo?
11. Why does Obierika begin to wonder about the justice of the Earth goddess?
12. What do the elders mean when they say “If one finger brought oil it soiled the others”?
Chapter 11
1. Why don’t the birds want Tortoise to join them at the feast in the sky?
2. How does Tortoise convince the birds to allow him to join them at the feast?
3. How is Tortoise able to fly with the birds of the sky?
4. What are some of the hard things Tortoise’s wife takes out of the house to prepare for Tortoise’s fall?
Chapter 12
5. The members of Obierika’s extended family sit in a half-moon. When his in-laws arrive, they complete thecircle. What is the significance of the seating arrangement?
6. What purpose is served by involving the reader in a traditional Nigerian wedding?
Chapter 13-14
7. What is the name of Okonkwo’s village?
8. Why does Okonkwo shudder when he learns of Ezedu's death?
9. What does the one-handed spirit mean when he asks Ezeudu to come again the way he came before?
10. What horrible accident happens at Ezedu's funeral and why is it significant to Okonkwo?
11. Why does Obierika begin to wonder about the justice of the Earth goddess?
12. What do the elders mean when they say “If one finger brought oil it soiled the others”?
Friday, January 22, 2010
The Fall of Rome (AP English Language)
Carefully read Chapters 1-3 of The Fall of Rome. Answer the following questions either as you read, or following your reading. The questions require depth and understanding; most require multiple sentence responses:
1. Articulate Mr. Washington's philosophy of being an African-American teacher in a predominately Caucasian, elite private school.
2. What impression do you get of Mr. Washington by the comments and remarks he makes of his only African-American student, Rashid?
3. Summarize Mr. WAshingtons comments on page 12
4. Is it important that on page 13, Mr. Washington is surprised when Mr. Bryson raises his hand?
5. Describe Kofi and the impact that he has on his younger brother, Rashid. What happens to Kofi?
6. How then is Rashid additionally burdened and set apart from his peers at Chelsea?
7. Why had Ms. Hansen come to Chelsea to teach?
8. Explain the author's choice of having the novel told directly by Mr. Washington (Chapter 1; an all knowing narrator for Rashid- Chapter 2; and from Ms. Hansen in Chapter 3?) (What purpose does it serve to have the novel told this way instead of from an all-knowing narrator?
1. Articulate Mr. Washington's philosophy of being an African-American teacher in a predominately Caucasian, elite private school.
2. What impression do you get of Mr. Washington by the comments and remarks he makes of his only African-American student, Rashid?
3. Summarize Mr. WAshingtons comments on page 12
4. Is it important that on page 13, Mr. Washington is surprised when Mr. Bryson raises his hand?
5. Describe Kofi and the impact that he has on his younger brother, Rashid. What happens to Kofi?
6. How then is Rashid additionally burdened and set apart from his peers at Chelsea?
7. Why had Ms. Hansen come to Chelsea to teach?
8. Explain the author's choice of having the novel told directly by Mr. Washington (Chapter 1; an all knowing narrator for Rashid- Chapter 2; and from Ms. Hansen in Chapter 3?) (What purpose does it serve to have the novel told this way instead of from an all-knowing narrator?
AP English Literature- Things Fall Apart
#1 Reflection- On which of the three essay choices do you think you did your best? (Meaning, your felt beest prepared in terms of your reading, discussion, etc.)? Which one of the questions posed challenged you most to think of the text Things Fall Apart (characters, situations, etc.) differently?
Continue reading Chapters 6-8 of Things Fall Apart, carefully reading and underlining in pencil each proverb from each chater. Although I have begun to shy away from many study questions, I would like you to note the significance of several events, hence study questions:
1. How does Okonkwo demonstrate fondness for Ikemefuna (this was from Chapter 5)?
2. How does Okonkwo display his temper in Chapter 5?
3. Why is Okonkwo so fond of Enzima, and what does his relationship between her show about him?
4. For how long had Ikemefuna lived in Okonkwo's household? Identfy at least two ways that he postiviely impacts Nwoye's behavior (even, if only outwardly).
5. Were you surprised by Okonkwo's particpation in the acts at the end of the Chapter? Why or why not?
6. How had Ikemefuna come to stay in Umuofia in the first place?
Continue reading Chapters 6-8 of Things Fall Apart, carefully reading and underlining in pencil each proverb from each chater. Although I have begun to shy away from many study questions, I would like you to note the significance of several events, hence study questions:
1. How does Okonkwo demonstrate fondness for Ikemefuna (this was from Chapter 5)?
2. How does Okonkwo display his temper in Chapter 5?
3. Why is Okonkwo so fond of Enzima, and what does his relationship between her show about him?
4. For how long had Ikemefuna lived in Okonkwo's household? Identfy at least two ways that he postiviely impacts Nwoye's behavior (even, if only outwardly).
5. Were you surprised by Okonkwo's particpation in the acts at the end of the Chapter? Why or why not?
6. How had Ikemefuna come to stay in Umuofia in the first place?
Monday, January 18, 2010
Things Fall Apart
Be Sure you have carefully read Chapters 1-4 of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Since Tuesday is a 90 minute block period, we will have time to review/quiz your reading and understanding of why the events and characterizations matter. Answer the following in addition to the questions given you on Friday. I will not accept one, two, or three sentence answers. Answers require thought---they can not be found in one section of the text:
1. In what ways is Okonkwo a respected leader of his village? Give three examples.
2. Describe the homestead of Okonkwo (with his three wives and childen) What does it illustrate about Igo culture? Do not write--it illustrates that a man may have more than one wife.
3. Explain the Ibo concept of "chi" and how this concept relates to Okonkwo's desire for success (remember there is a glossary in the back of your novel. Also it is mentioned in your reading).
4. Discuss the symbolic meaning of The Week of Peace for the Igbo people and how Okonkwo violates it.
1. In what ways is Okonkwo a respected leader of his village? Give three examples.
2. Describe the homestead of Okonkwo (with his three wives and childen) What does it illustrate about Igo culture? Do not write--it illustrates that a man may have more than one wife.
3. Explain the Ibo concept of "chi" and how this concept relates to Okonkwo's desire for success (remember there is a glossary in the back of your novel. Also it is mentioned in your reading).
4. Discuss the symbolic meaning of The Week of Peace for the Igbo people and how Okonkwo violates it.
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