February 5-9, 2007
English 11:
2-5-07
Snow Day!
2-6-07
Discuss Research Process
1. Ask question
2. Locate information
3. Evaluate
4. Synthesize
5. Communicate
Introduce 1920s-1930s Research Paper (PDF) or (http://tinyurl.com/2yxfzc)
2-7-07
Media Center research
Website Evaluation(PDF)
2-8-07
Media Center research
2-9-07
Background on 1930s - O Brother Where Art Thou
Use Nine Act Structure and Heroic Cycle to critique film.
AP English 12 - Second Semester AP Syllabus
2-5-07
Snow Day!
2-6-07
Discuss Brave New World
HW: Read Brave New World; work on research paper due February 20
2-7-07
In class writing – AP materials from AP Central
HW: Read Brave New World; work on research paper due February 20
2-8-07 - Pastoral Poetry
Read and discuss poems by Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh from The Bedford Introduction to Literature p. 1135; Introduce sonnet form
2-9-07 - Shakespearean Sonnets
Read and discuss selected Shakespearean sonnets
Read analysis essays from Break, Blow by Camille Paglia
Read and discuss poems by John Donne p. 832 and George Herbert p. 1204