Scoring the AP Exam
April 28, 2009 |
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| In the download below, please find a breakdown of how the multiple-choice and essay section scores are translated into an exam grade. |
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 Scoring the AP Exam (25.09 KB)
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ISP/AP Review Period
April 20, 2009 |
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The next two weeks will be devoted to intensive review for the upcoming exam (on May 7th).
In the downloads below, you will find copies of some of our class handouts. Unfortunately, many of the materials we'll be using are under copyright by the College Board and cannot be posted on this page. |
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Tentative Schedule (33.28 KB)
Crib Sheets (35.33 KB)
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Poetry Presentation (homework)
Due Date: March 27, 2009 |
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| In the download below, you will find a schedule of which students are presenting what poems this week and next. |
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Poetry Presentation Schedule (45.57 KB)
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Analyzing Poetry on the Fly
March 23, 2009 |
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| We'll be spending the next two weeks before the break reviewing strategies for responding to the Free Response prompt on poetry that students will encounter on May's AP exam. Attached you will find a copy of the handout they'll be receiving on Monday. |
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Poetry Handout (127.49 KB)
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Hamlet Exegesis (homework)
Due Date: March 4, 2009 |
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| A description of the current essay assignment appears below. |
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Hamlet Exegesis (31.74 KB)
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Hamlet Reading Log Posts (homework)
Due Date: February 26, 2009 |
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| Attached is a list of the discussion prompts that I'd like you to consider and respond to (in a post to our class blog) by Monday. |
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Hamlet Reading Log Prompts (29.7 KB)
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Reading Schedule for The Hours (homework)
Due Date: January 15, 2009 |
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Reading Schedule for The Hours (24.06 KB)
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Holdiay Independent Reading Assignment (homework)
Due Date: December 20, 2008 |
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| Please see description of this assignment, along with a list of suggested titles, in the downloads below. |
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List of Suggested Titles (62.98 KB)
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Woolf's "Modern Fiction"
November 17, 2008 |
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| Students will be reviewing Virginia Woolf's seminal essay on "Modern Fiction" as a way of introducing our next novel. A copy of this essay appears in the downloads below. |
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"Modern Fiction" (1919) (42.5 KB)
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Terry Gilliam's Brazil
November 14, 2008 |
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In an effort to better understand the postmodernism encountered in Barnes' novel, "Flaubert's Parrot," we'll be viewing Terry Gilliam's classic, 1985 film, "Brazil."
A short review of the film appears in the downloads below. |
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Kitch & Postmodernism in Brazil (30.72 KB)
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Flaubert & Barnes Assignment
November 12, 2008 |
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| In the download below, you'll find a copy of our next essay assignment. The first due date (for your prospectus) is next Wednesday, November 12th. |
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Flaubert and Barnes Essay (30.21 KB)
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Discussion Questions (homework)
Due Date: November 3, 2008 |
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| I am posting a list of the discussion questions I'll be passing out in class on Monday. In addition, as a reward to those of you who refer to this page regularly, I am posting a copy of Monday's quiz. Please feel free to look up the answers in advance, but I'd prefer it if you did not share these with your classmates (let them discover this on their own--thanks!). |
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Discussion Questions (32.77 KB)
Surprise document (37.89 KB)
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Tuesday's Blogging
October 28, 2008 |
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| The "schematic" on the reverse side of the handout in the download below comes from the critic Ihab Hassan's influential essay "Toward a Concept of Postmodernism" (from Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology; eds. Paula Geyh, Fred Leebron |
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Hassan's Schematic (28.16 KB)
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Jane Eyre Revisions (homework)
Due Date: October 27, 2008 |
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A revised draft of your Jane Eyre essays will be due next Monday, October 27th.
We'll be going over revision strategies in class this week (see download below). |
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Re-Vision (sentences for your consideration) (33.28 KB)
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Flaubert's Parrot Reading Schedule (homework)
Due Date: October 27, 2008 |
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| Please see download below for reading schedule. |
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Reading Scheule (Barnes) (25.09 KB)
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Blogging on Flaubert (homework)
Due Date: October 22, 2008 |
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| On Wednesday, we'll spend our class time posting your responses to "Madame Bovary" on the class blog. In addition to posting your own thoughts on the novel, each of you is expected to read and comment on at least one of your peer's posts. We'll be discussion your responses on Friday (even as we begin "Flaubert's Parrot." A list of prompts appears in the download below; feel free to respond to one or more of these prompts, or focus on what interested you about the novel. |
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Flaubert Reading Log Prompts (31.74 KB)
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ROMANTICISM VS. REALISM
September 30, 2008 |
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| Today, we'll begin considering the differences between Romanticism (as revealed in Bronte's work) and Realism (as revealed in Flaubert's). We'll be discussing the handout contained in the download below, and will be reading Flaubert's "A Simple Heart" in class. Students will begin reading Madame Bovary over the upcoming ISP. |
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Romanticism vs. Realism (33.79 KB)
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Jane Eyre Short Passage Analysis (homework)
Due Date: September 26, 2008 |
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| While many of you are still in the process of finishing the novel, I am posting our next formal essay assignment so that those of you who have read ahead may get a jump on this. A description of the assignment and a list of due dates appears in the download below. |
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Jane Eyre Short Passage Analysis (35.84 KB)
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ROCHESTER ON TRIAL!
September 19, 2008 |
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| Please see download before for details on this activity. |
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Accused Bigamist Awaits Verdict... (26.11 KB)
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Class Blog Link
September 2, 2008 |
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To access our Class Blog, use this link, or type the following URL in your computer's address bar:
http://tellurideaplit.blogspot.com |
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