Transcript Welcome to AP Literature

Welcome to AP Literature
With Ms. Gottlieb
Monday, January 26
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What is AP Literature?
Norms and Expectations
Cards
First Assignment
Norms and Expectations
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Eating
Headphones – pass the threshold ready
Cell phones
My name
Be on time, every day
• Discussion – all class and individual
• One person at a time
Maya Howell
Interests
art
baseball
Alternative music
Learning Preferences
N for Noisy, Q for Quiet
Visual, Kinesthetic, Auditory
Group/Alone
Practical/Analytical/Creative
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
• Quick write: on the sheet of paper returned to you,
write about your reading style. For academic
purposes, what kind of note-taking works best? What
do you do when you don’t understand content? Do
you read for content or analysis or both? Do you think
analytically after reading or during?
• Work on allusion assignment
• Library: Get textbook, Catcher in the Rye, and 1984.
Wednesday, 1/28/15
• Presentations
– Take notes
• Library
– Textbook and novels: 1984 and Things Fall Apart
• Reading and note taking
Thursday, 1/29/15
• Read for 15 minutes
• Continue presentations
• Reading novels
– Dialectical Journals and Sticky Notes
AP Lit: Friday, 1/30/15
• Poem of the day
• Read for 15 minutes
• Discuss annotating and dialectical journals
• Continue presentations
Monday, 2/2/15
• Finish presentations
• Read, 15-20 minutes
• New Assignment: More allusions! Yay!
Tuesday, 2/3/15
• Poem of the day
• Quickwrite: do you keep a diary/journal? Why or
why not? Have you kept one in classes? How are
they similar or different?
• Any last presentations?
• Time to catch up on Reading and Notes
Wednesday, 2/4/15
• Poem of the day
• Reading/catch up time
• AP Study Form
Thursday, 2/5/15
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Poem of the day
Complete AP Study Form
Share dialectical journals/discuss 1984
The AP Exam
Begin Things Fall Apart - introduction
Due dates
• AP Study form for 1984 due Monday
• Start reading Things Fall Apart today – read
whole novel by next Wednesday, 2/11
– Dialectical journals and stick note annotating
Monday, 2/9/15
• Poem of the Day
• Things Fall Apart quiz tomorrow
• Read Intro to AP Exam (parts 1 and 2)
• Share and Turn in AP Study Forms for 1984 (not
done)
• TFA Video and Reading time
Thursday, February 12
• Novels quiz
• Intro and Begin new text: Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll
House – drama
• Second allusions assignment
– Select 10, research where and how they have
been used in literature, film, popular culture
– Present 1
Circle Map
• draw a circle map
• In the middle of the circle, write “A Doll’s House.”
predict what the play will be about by filling in
the circle with words and ideas associated with a
doll house.
• fill in the frame of reference with sources for
their associations.
• For example, if you wrote “toy” in the circle, you
might write “my childhood” in the frame of
reference. Encourage abstract associations such
as “playing parts” or “fantasy role-play.”
Intro to A Doll House
• Realism
– Representation of everyday life in literature
• Setting
– Three walled set to look like an actual home
– Setting reflect/suggest the nature of the marriage
• Social conditions of one’s world
– Dialogue like everyday speech and not poetry
• Changes from past dramas?
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Journal: How do you think marriage has changed
in the last 125 years? Is anything still the same?
What are your expectations for marriage or a
long term partnership?
• A Doll House
– AP Study Form
– Annotate
– Close reading and accompanying texts
• Syntax: The arrangement of words or phrases
to create well formed sentences in a language.
• Diction: The way something is pronounced or
said. The choice of the words you use.
• A Doll´s House (1879) was a social drama,
which caused a sensation and toured Europe
and America. At the turn-of-the-century,
physicians used the main character Nora,
whose mood changes from joy to depression
in short cycles of time, as an example of
"female hysteria." Later Havelock Ellis,
inspired by Nora's character, saw in her "the
promise of a new social order."
• 1. What does the syntax and diction reveal about the
characters’ attitudes towards each other?
• 2. As you read, analyze how the symbols function in
the work and what it reveals about the characters or
themes of the work as a whole.
• 3. A symbol is an object, action, or event that
represents something or that creates a range of
associations beyond itself. In literary works, a symbol
can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal
meaning.
Wednesday, 2/18/15
• Poem of the day
• Journal warm up: make a list of all the names Torvald has
for Nora. What do these names reveal?
• Assign allusions for presentation. Review assignment.
• Shared reading.
• Thinking about theme: what do you think?
• Exit slip.
Torvald’s Pet Names
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Lark
Sulky squirrel
Little one
Sweet tooth
Prodigal
Spendthrift
Pooh
Scatterbrains
Stubborn little creature
He looks at her as a “stupid” child, should not be taken seriously.
She’s not responsible because she’s a woman “Nora, Nora, how like
a woman.” Not responsible with money, overspends, overeats (eats
too many sweets).
Exit slip
• How does Mrs. Linde serve as a contrast to
Nora?
How do we know? Include 2 examples of
evidence.
Thursday, 2/19/15
• Poem of the day
• Continue reading Act 1: A Doll House
• Work on allusion assignment
Exit slip
• 1. What is the evidence (diction, plot) that
Krogstad is a “moral invalid” to use Dr. Krank’s
words?
• How does Nora rationalize that she has not
committed a crime.
Friday, 2/20/15
• Poem of the day
• Presentations (5)
– Take notes (turn in at the end of presentations)
• Turn in allusion work
• Discuss reading and continue
• HW: finish reading Act II and until 1706 “A knock at the
outside door”
– Annotating
– Come to class prepared with three strong discussion
questions based on the homework reading.
A Doll House Themes
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Materialism
Appearance vs. Reality
Gender Roles
Romanticism v. Realism
Freedom & Independence
Sins of the Father [Mother]
Journey of Hero?
Rebelling against societal norms
Monday, 2/23/15
Warm up: Share your discussion questions with
a group of 4. Select the best 5.
• Presentations
• Read/Discuss Play
HW: re-read 1709-top of 1713
• Evaluate Torvald’s response to finding out
Nora’s secret?
• What seems to be most important to him?
• What is the significance of her changing out of
the tarantula costume?
Tuesday, 2/24/15
• Presentations
• Finish reading A Doll House
• Read “Why write about Literature” pp12-17
– What the different approaches to writing about
literature? Are there others?
– What words, phrases or concepts are new to you? Or,
which strategies have you not yet tried in writing?
Wednesday, 2/25/15
*Turn in AP Study Form for A Doll House and
notes
• Presentations
• Discuss reading, “Why write about literature.”
• Theme Gallery Walk
• Read “Why write about Literature” pp12-17
– What the different approaches to writing about literature? Are
there others?
– Explicating: Analyzing in detail, Examine the writing/piece/text
and unfold the layers, comprehension of the subtext (underlying
messages)
– Compare/Contrast: themes, characters, situations, two or more
texts, use of literary devices in different texts, “comparative
analysis”
• Have a point, thesis, claim, argument
• Argument
• What words, phrases or concepts are new to you? Or, which strategies
have you not yet tried in writing?
– Argument: making a case for an experience, interpretation, or
evaluation of a text
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AllusionPresentation
Allusions1
1984StudyForm
DialJournal1984
TFAQuiz
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SummerEssay1984+TFA
TFAStudyForm
DialJournTFA
Allusion2
ADollHouseNotes
ADHStudyForm
ADHWrittenResponseDraft
• Groups of 4 or 5
• For each theme, brainstorm and write down
all textual evidence and commentary you can
think of to support the role of the theme in
the play.
• At the signal, move to the next theme poster.
Thursday, 2/26/15
*Turn in AP Study Form and Notes for A Doll
House
• Presentations
• Theme Gallery Walk
• Writing Assignment – Draft due tomorrow
A Doll House Themes
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Materialism: Iran’s group
Appearance vs. Reality: Alanna’s group
Gender Roles: Brianna’s group
Romanticism v. Realism: Perla Y’s group
Freedom & Independence: Kathy’s group
Sins of the Father [Mother]
Journey of Hero: Gina’s group
Rebelling against societal norms: Joanna’s group
Written responses: 3 choices
• Write a 1-2 page essay exploring the
relationship of one of the themes and two
symbols from the play.
• Rewrite a scene bringing all of the subtext into
the dialogue. Have the language emphasize a
theme of the play and any symbols in the
scene.
Diction
-the writer’s or speaker’s particular word choice used to accomplish a
goal in writing. Word choice determines the level of the language..
• Non-standard (vulgarity, slang, colloquial, jargon)
• Formal vs. Informal
• Mono- vs. Polysyllabic
• Euphonious vs. Cacophonous
• Literal vs. Figurative
• Denotative vs. Connotative
• Active vs. Passive
• Concrete vs. Abstract
• Specific vs. General
• Overstated vs. Understated
• Simple vs. Pedantic
Friday, 2/27/15
• Theme Gallery Walk
• Writing Assignment
• Independent Reading Project?
• Next texts: Poetry, Native Son by Richard
Wright
Monday, March 2, 2015
• Poem of the day
– Quickwrite: what experiences does this poem evoke?
• Thesis/Claim statements
• Poetry, Read pp 763-766
– What is the difference between reading in context and
the interpretation of poetry?
– What are the four acts of interpretation?
– What are other elements we need to consider?
Tuesday, 3/3/15
• Thesis statements
• Literary Analysis
• Poetry
– Close reading a painting
– Close reading and annotating poems
Wednesday, 3/4/15
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Share thesis statements, refine
What is literary analysis?
Essays will be due on Monday.
New novel: Native Son – take out from library,
preview text.
Thesis Statements
• Sample Thesis: In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanon's
privileged past illuminates the idea that material wealth inevitably leads
to a decline in moral values.
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• Title of Work (The Great Gatsby)
• Author (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
• Literary Device- (In this case) Character (Tom Buchanon) -This is the part of
the thesis that requires you to identify a literary device. This part of the
the AP prompts that is interchangeable. It could be a symbol, a setting, a
scene, allusion, metaphor (etc.)
• Purpose: How and why Fitzgerald uses Tom's past to illuminate the idea
that material wealth inevitably leads to a decline in moral values. ( This
statement answers how Tom's relationship to the past contributes to the
meaning of the work as a whole.)
What is Literary Analysis?
What is Analysis?
• Analysis requires dividing a whole into its parts in
order to better understand the
whole. (Stephen Reid)
• The key word is parts—think small units in
analysis
• With each small unit, ask self “What is important
about that unit?”
• At the end of analysis, we put it back together for
the meaning of the work.
The Meaning of the Work
• The goal is to broaden and deepen one’s
understanding of the work
• When you analyze or interpret literature, you
develop ideas about how the text creates
meaning.
• Meaning at the AP Level is “The Human
Condition,” in 9th grade might be “theme,”
younger grades, “main idea.”
Why?
Our goal is to understand the question
--What does the text mean?
The Meaning will relate to
The Human Condition
What do you think the author is saying
about life?
What insight into life is revealed?
And then what? How does the author
develop what you claim?
• This is the analysis of the text.
• By using the author’s techniques, we
begin to analyze a poem, a passage, a
novel.
• We use these tools the entire course. We
just change the selection we work on.
Friday, 3/6/15
• Example essay
• Read beginning of Native Son
– Intro/essay discussion
– Take quality notes (stickies or journal)
– Excerpt Journal
HW: Read 1st half of Book 1
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Profoundly
Alter the mindset of the audience (play)
His dogged idealism blinds him to the detrimental effect of his influence
Overarching
State of blissful ignorance
Nefarious machinations
Tranquility
Over the course of the play
High-minded intellectual
Detrimental
This leads to
Comes to symbolize
The use of a symbol
This again reveals the ducks use symbolizing happiness, as his interactions
with it leave him contested in a fantasy world.
• bleak existence
• It is obvious
Monday, 3/9/15
• Turn in Essays/Scene re-writes
• 20 minutes to read
• First half of Book 1 by tomorrow
• Discuss essay “How ‘Bigger’ was born.”
– Turn In questions
• Art and Poetry
• What do you notice about this painting?
• How would you describe the landscape?
• Why is this painting called "Landscape with the Fall of
Icarus"?
• Where is Icarus?
• How are others responding to Icarus?
• Where is Icarus located in this painting and why?
• How does this compare with your representation of the
Myth of Icarus?
• How do you account for these differences?
• What is the painting showing us about Icarus' suffering?
• How would you describe the tone of this painting?
Tuesday, March 10
• Reading time
• Discuss novel intro: “How ‘Bigger’ was born.”
• Poems
– Annotate
– What literary elements do you see?
– How do the poems differ in perspective, use of
language, etc.?
Annotating Poetry
• Annotating
• While reading have dialogue with the text.
– Use pencil and write!–
– Mark up margins with:
• WORDS
• IDEAS
• QUESTIONS - why, how
• Look for repetitions and patterns:
– Recurring images
– Repeated words, phrases, examples
Wednesday, 3/11/15
• 20 minutes to read
• Discuss Native Son so far
• Poetry continued: Discussion of WH Auden’s
poem.
– TPCASST and literary devices
Thursday, 3/12/15
• 20 minutes to read
– Read 1st 3rd of Book 2, Flight, by Monday
• Poetry continued: WH Auden’s poem
– TPCASST and literary devices
• Writing about poetry – compare and contrast
essay
Friday, 3/13/15
• 20 minutes to read
• Discuss yesterday’s question
• TPCASTT
• Monday: on demand essay, 3 choices, on this
week’s two poems.
Unpacking “Musee des Beaux Arts” by
W. H. Auden
• Who are the masters?
• Why does the poem start with the object of the
sentence? What is the speaker emphasizing?
• What literary device is employed in line 7? What is
striking about that line and the next?
• What is the tone of the poem? How do we know?
– Make two lists: positive and negative words in the poem.
• Where is the shift? What does the shift illustrate?
• Advanced: What is the subtext of the poem? How do
the diction and tone indicate a layered social
commentary on the part of the speaker?
Monday, 3/16/15
• On Demand Essay – AP Poetry Prompt
– Write in pen, one side of paper
• Have out your tpcastt notes, and annotated
poems.
• Upon completion attach:
1. essay on top
2. annotated poems
3. tpcastt notes
Thursday, 3/19
• 20 minutes for reading
• Register for AP exam
• Native Son and levels of questioning
– Small group discussion
• Literary Terms assignment
– Clarifications
– Time to work
Monday, 3/23/15
Quarter ends Friday
• Read 20 minutes
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1/2 of Book 3 due tomorrow
Finish book by Friday
Excerpt journals AND Annotations due Friday or emailed by Monday
Expect a quiz/test on Friday
• Return work
– Folders/portfolios
• Literary Terms assignment
– Comments and questions
– Next 10?
• Continue Levels of Questioning and Native Son discussion
Portfolios
On file tab write neatly:
Last Name, First Name
AP Lit 2015
Ex:
Gottlieb, Rahel
AP Lit 2015
Tuesday, 3/24/15
• Discuss discussions of Native Son
• Work day: must be working on:
– Reading
– Excerpt journals
– Literary terms assignment (5 due Friday)
Due today
Friday, 3/27
• Finish MC Practice Test
• Turn in all work today
• Spring Break extra assignment
– Make up missing work OR get early points for next quarter
Assignment Choice 1: Poetry Journal
- select five poems
- For each write about the speakers perspective and use of language and tone
- Research the literary era/movement of the poet and explain how the poem
reflects the movement
Assignment Choice 2: Short Story Study
- Read Chapter 2 and review Chapter 3 in the Diyanni textbook about the study
of the short story
- Do a close reading of at least two short stories
- Write a compare/contrast essay focusing on how the stories’ literary devices
develop the theme and tone. Discuss the author’s development of the
narrator and how it contributes to the work as a whole.
Changes for last quarter
• All work must be turned in as a hard copy. I
will no longer grade emailed work.
• Any work that gets a “Redo” mark, needs to
be rewritten for credit
• No more than 1 tardy between now and exam
unless all assignments are up to date
Reminders
• If you miss a quiz or exam it is your
responsibility to schedule a make-up within
two days of return. Do not ask me during
class.
• All work must be in MLA format and typed,
unless otherwise specified.
• Get a practice book from library
• FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS and PROMPTS
Monday, 4/7/15
• Return work – write reflection
• 4 weeks until exam
• What do we need to cover
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Improving essay writing
Writing about the use of literary devices
Writing about theme
More reading
• Share and discuss Native Son AP Study Forms and
Excerpt Journals
– You will be writing about it…
Reflection on Q3
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What do you feel proud of?
What did you enjoy the most?
What do you think prepared you the most?
What was most difficult?
What do you want to focus on this quarter?
What do you think you need to do
differently?
7. What do you think we need to do differently?
Tuesday, 4/7/15
• Native Son
• Planning to write about NS
• Prompts
– Breaking down the prompt
– Planning the essay
Wednesday, 4/8/15
• Assembly – head over at 7:40
• Using the AP Prompts and questions, discuss
and plan out/brainstorm essays.
• Write a thesis and outline
Thursday, 4/9/15
• Using the AP Prompts and questions, discuss
and plan out/brainstorm essays.
• Write a thesis and outline
• Friday – write essay!
Friday, 4/10
• Continue to review essay writing
• Write the essay!
– Start writing today
– Finish and review next week
• Re-write/edit/revise major areas of weakness
• Through a psychological portrayal of a character
struggling with discriminiation, Richard Wright
evokes empathy and suggests that racism poisons
everyone in society.
• Introduction: author, work, paraphrase the
prompt
• Brief summary as it relates to the prompt
• Literary elements and theme = argument/claim
Monday, 4/12/15
• Discuss Introductions
– Title
– Summary
– Thesis
• Does it connect to prompt?
• What comes next?
• Write remainder of essay
Tuesday, 4/14/15
• Finish essays
• Grade multiple choice and review
• Hopefully start Shakespeare play tomorrow.
• Homework: read pages 1387-1391
Look for and edit/revise
• Pronouns: they, he, it
– What are you really trying to say? Say it.
• Many ways, many things,
– Remove or, what are you really trying to say?
• Tells the reader, audience, us, we
– Remove and make sure sentence makes sense
• What is the main point of each body paragraph?
– Is it analytical or summary?
– Does it say something new?
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Present tense – talking about the book
Avoid the when talking about the time, racism, society
Go back to the prompt. Did you respond to all parts?
– Did you do so cohesively? Do the ideas all connect?
Wednesday, 4/15/15
- Revise essays based on tips
- Grade and review multiple choice
- Begin Shakespeare
- Discuss homework reading
- Close read a sonnet
Thursday, April 16
• Time to rewrite essays?
• Grade and review multiple choice
• First read of Sonnet 73
– What is a sonnet?
– What is the tone?
– What is the speaker conveying?