Blog Archives - AP English Literature & Composition

(S2C26) Introduction to Macbeth - Part One

3/31/2015

Faustian Bargain Video Projects
In order for your Faustian Bargain project to be considered "on time" you must dropbox your script before the beginning of class AND hand in your memory stick/flash drive at the beginning of class.

     Due date for A3 class: Wednesday, April 1
     Due date for B1 class: Thursday, April 2

Homework -- For Thur. (B1) /Tues. upon return (A3)
Read Introduction material + Pearce article. Complete the eWorksheet for "Introduction to Macbeth" and drop-box by end of class.

    DOWNLOAD: Introduction to Shakespeare & Macbeth (Rose)
    DOWNLOAD: An Introduction to Macbeth (Pearce)
    DOWNLOAD: eWorksheet for "Introduction to Macbeth" by Joseph Pearce (DOCX)

Quiz -- Macbeth Intro Material (see above)

Macbeth LRJ Assignment #1 -- this is due on the first day you return from break. This is the same article you received in class about which we discussed answers to the question: Why read Shakespeare?

    DOWNLOAD: LRJ Assignment #1: Why Read Shakespeare? (DOCX)

Reminder
I will not be handing out any hardcopies of Macbeth, so you may either read the PDF available on the website [ click here for PDF ] or (recommended) get your own copy of it in book form. We will begin reading Act I on Friday. Any edition is fine as long as it is the full play and not some newfangled adaptation or abridged version.

(S2C25) Faustian Bargain One-Act Films/Plays

3/26/2015

First, remember that you can donate your boughten copy of Doctor Faustus to the school for ten extra credit points. Make sure your name is on the inside cover and turn it in to me along with your exam today.

For Wednesday, April 1 (A3) / Thursday, April 2 (B1) -- Faustian Bargain
In order for your Faustian Bargain project to be considered "on time" you must print out your script before the beginning of class AND personally hand to me your media on a memory stick/flash drive, etc.

Important: Please make sure that your media WORKS in finished format before you give it to me. If it does not work when I try to run it, you will receive a late grade. We will be viewing and critiquing all projects when we return from Easter Break.

Macbeth Is Next
The next play we'll be studying is Shakespeare's Macbeth. I will not be handing out any hardcopies of Macbeth, so you may either read the PDF available on the website or (recommended) get your own copy of it in book form. We will begin reading Act I on Thursday. I still have copies available for $5. See me.

(S2C24) Preparing for the Dr. Faustus Unit Exam

3/24/2015

Today In-Class: We will be reviewing for the forthcoming unit exam.

As pat of that review, we will be looking at the following download:

     DOWNLOAD: AP Open-Ended Prompts (1970-2012)

Unit Exam -- Thurs. (B1)/Mon. (A3)
The Faustus unit exam is next class. I will collect your four LRJ entries and your completed data sheet for grading at that time.

In order to prepare for the unit exam, I recommend that you download the study sheet below and review how to prepare a passage analysis.

    DOWNLOAD: Dr. Faustus Unit Exam -- A.P. style (PDF)

As part of your preparation for the unit exam, you will be completing a data sheet for Doctor Faustus. Print it out and bring it to class on the day of the exam. (Note: This will also be helpful when preparing to take the A.P. exam.)

     DOWNLOAD: Data sheet for Doctor Faustus (DOC)
     DOWNLOAD: Sample completed data sheet for Jane Eyre (DOC)

One-act play/film -- March 31/April 1
Just a reminder: Your media and your play/film script is due to me at the beginning of class on March 31/April 1. Media should be on a flash drive. Do not email me anything. Flash drives will be returned to you. We will view all projects during a subsequent class.

Next play: Macbeth
Beginning next week, we will be reading and studying Shakespeare's Macbeth. Although I have a PDF of the play available from this website, I encourage you to obtain your own copy. You may be interested in the No Fear Shakespeare edition, which gives the original text (which we will be studying) on one side of the page and a modern translation on the opposite page. I have a number of those available for purchase for $5. See me.

(S2C23) Doctor Faustus - The Final Act

3/20/2015

DUE TODAY
Your one-act play/film synopsis is due today. Each group will be making a presentation in class. Final media, including film script, is due on March 31/April 1.

IN CLASS WORK:
Doctor Faustus Passage Analysis Assignment
You will choose one passage from Doctor Faustus (in any Act) and proceed with the passage analysis exercise.

For next class: Tues/Wed.
You will be reading an excerpt from Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest and completing an explication worksheet and LRJ prompt #4. This is due next class. Be sure to drop-box the explication worksheet before class begins on Wednesday.

DOWNLOAD: eWorksheet for "Earnest..." passage analysis (DOCX)

Complete LRJ #4 prompt on The Importance of Being Earnest passage.

N.B. You are expected to have finished LRJ #4 by the beginning of class on Wednesday. I will collect all LRJ's before the unit exam next Thurs/Monday.

Coming up: Your Doctor Faustus unit exam will be next Thursday/Monday. We will review for the exam next class.

(S2C22) Faustus -- Act IV

3/18/2015

Today we will go over the specific IRP project requirements. In case you need to access any of the downloads for the IRP, visit the IRP web page.

     LINK: IRP Webpage

IN CLASS: Othello passage
Now that you have completed an explication and analysis of the Othello excerpt, we will be discussing your findings in class.

Yeats and Wordsworth poetry explication worksheet
This worksheet is the prelude to writing LRJ Assignment #3. See downloads for details. Drop-box the eWorksheet before the beginning of class on Fri (B1) /Mon (A3).

    DOWNLOAD: eWorksheet for Yeats & Wordsworth poems (DOC)

For Friday/Monday
Read Act 5 of Doctor Faustus. Be prepared for a quiz.
Complete LRJ #3 prompt on the poems from Yeats & Wordsworth.

REMINDER: Your synopsis fact sheet for the Faustian bargain project is due on Monday. Each group will be presenting their synopsis to the class. Only one per group is necessary. Final project is due on April 2.

     DOWNLOAD: Faustian bargain assignment packet (PDF)

N.B. You are expected to have finished LRJ #3 by the beginning of class on Friday/Monday.

(S2C21) Doctor Faustus -- Act III

3/16/2015

IN-CLASS WORK: "The Naked and the Nude" by Robert Graves
By now, you should have already completed your explication worksheet on "The Naked and the Nude" and written your analysis of the poem in your LRJ. Today, in class we will be discussing how to formulate an analytical response.

HOMEWORK: Othello passage explication worksheet
This worksheet is the prelude to writing LRJ Assignment #2. See downloads for details.

    DOWNLOAD: Dr. Faustus LRJ Assignments (in case you didn't already download it)
    DOWNLOAD: eWorksheet for Othello passage (DOC)

For next class: Wed. (B1)/Thu. (A3)
Read Act 4 of Doctor Faustus. Be prepared for a quiz.
Complete and dropbox the eWorksheet for Othello passage
Complete LRJ #2 prompt on the passage from Othello.

N.B. You are expected to have finished LRJ #2 by the beginning of class on Wed./Thurs.

(S2C20) Doctor Faustus - Acts I and II

3/12/2015

REMINDER: Today you will be submitting to me your top three choices for the IRP novel you wish to read this quarter. Be prepared at the beginning of class to write your choices down on a notebook card without the aid of your laptop. I will post your assigned novel later today.

IN CLASS WORK: "To the Naked and the Nude" explication worksheet
This worksheet is the prelude to writing LRJ Assignment #1. See downloads for details.

    DOWNLOAD: Dr. Faustus LRJ Assignments (DOC)
    DOWNLOAD: eWorksheet for "To the Naked and the Nude" (DOC)

For Monday (B1) / Tuesday (A3)
Read Act 3 of Doctor Faustus.
Be prepared for a quiz on vocabulary/allusions and Chapter 3.

    DOWNLOAD: Doctor Faustus Vocabulary & Allusions Study Sheet (DOC)
    LINK: Doctor Faustus Flashcard deck at Dictionary.com

N.B. You are expected to have finished LRJ #1 by the beginning of class. I will check it for completion during class and we will discuss "To The Naked and the Nude"

IRP Book Assignments

B1 Class
Heuker: Vanity Fair (Thackeray)
Quehl: Jamaica Inn (DuMaurier)
Bayliff: Our Man in Havana (Greene)
Balogh: Lord of the Flies (Golding)
Poch: Man Who Was Thursday (GKC)
Stock: Empire of the Sun (Ballard)
Hill: Invisible Man (Ellison)
Gray: The End of the Affair (Greene)
McNamara: Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde)
Allbright: Riddle of the Sands (Childers)
Orkwis: Atonement (McEwan)
Gorczynski: Crime and Punishment (Dost.)
Toelke: Catch 22 (Heller)

A3 Class
Painter: Crime and Punishment (Dost.)
Andrews: Invisible Man (Ellison)
Cordier: Man Who Was Thursday (GKC)
Gill: Our Man in Havana (Greene)
Frohman: Power & the Glory (Greene)
Buehler: Gulliver's Travels (Swift)
Tull: Moby Dick (Melville)
Mullinger: Catch 22 (Heller)
Nymberg: Empire of the Sun (Ballard)Gilliland: Oliver Twist (Dickens)
Bruggemann: Brighton Rock (Greene)
Farrell: Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde)
Schaffer: Atonement (McEwan)
Hansen: Tom Jones (Fielding)
Burandt: Lord of the Flies (Golding)
Scales: Day of the Triffids (Wyndam)
Burns: Never Let Me Go (Ishiguro)

Helpful Faustus Videos

Top 10 Notes: Doctor Faustus (Mojo Notes)

Doctor Faustus at the Globe Theatre, London (excerpt from several scenes)

Doctor Faustus at the Globe Theatre, London (excerpt Act 3, scene 3)

(Q2C19) Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

3/10/2015

First, remember to check out all of the helpful resources on the Doctor Faustus page of this website.

Faustian Bargain One-Act Play/Film Project
For this unit, you will be completing a group project. You will need to download the following assignment packet, which will give you the full details of the project.

    DOWNLOAD: Faustian Bargain One-Act Play -- Collaborative team project

If you would like to see an excellent example of a student project from previous years, check out the following videos on MoeTube:

    SAMPLE VIDEO: The Sequence (by Wheeler, Edmiston, and Wedzikowski)
    SAMPLE VIDEO: I'll Get the Next One (by Staresinic, Verrilli, and Kuprionis)
    SAMPLE VIDEO: Boy v. Wild (by J. Pappalardo, Hoderlein, and Hanna)

Two due dates to note:
    1. Synopsis Fact Sheet and Presentation of Synopis -- March 20/23
    2. Final media due to me (and any live performances) -- March 31/April 1

FOR FRI (B1) / MON (A3) : Sources worksheet
Using the "Sources for Doctor Faustus" download as a resource, answer the prompts on the accompanying worksheet and dropbox it before class on Friday.

    DOWNLOAD: Faustus Allusions and Influences (PDF)
    DOWNLOAD: eWorksheet for "The Sources of Doctor Faustus" (DOC)

Also for Friday /Monday
Read Acts 1-2 of Doctor Faustus. Be prepared for a quiz. The following two downloads are highly recommended to assist you in the reading and studying of the play:

    DOWNLOAD: Study Questions by Act and Scene (PDF)
    DOWNLOAD: Dramatis Personae -- Who's Who in the Play (PDF)

B1 Faust Groups

Group One
McNamara, Buller, Toelke, Gorczynski

Group Two
Stock, Heuker, Orkwis

Group Three
Balogh, Poch, Quehl, Bayliff

Group Four
Allbright, Gray, Hill

A3 Faust Groups

To be determined

(S2C18) Up next: Intro to Drama & Doctor Faustus

3/6/2015

First, a reminder that you are required to purchase your own copy of Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (the Signet Classics edition edited by Sylvan Barnet) by Tuesday/Wednesday. I still have a dozen or so used copies in near perfect condition available for $5. If you are interested, see me. Bring to class on Tuesday/Wednesday.

For Tuesday/Wednesday: Intro to Drama
We will begin our study of drama as literature with The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus. followed by Shakespeare's Macbeth. Be sure to check out all the resources and materials at the Dr. Faustus page on this website. You have a brief reading assignment for Wednesday on the following download:

Introduction to Drama as Literature + Intro to Marlowe & the Faustian Bargain (DOCX)

You will need to know the answers to the following questions:
1. What are Aristotle's elements of drama? Be able to identify and explain them.
2. What are the modern "elements of drama"? Ditto
3. What are the three types of dramatic monologues?
4. In what ways do Shakespeare's tragedies differ from Greek tragedy?
5. Identify and explain the seven tips on how to read a play
6. What is a Faustian bargain? Be sure you can identify all three parts of it.

IRP Book Choices -- due Thursday/Friday
Remember to come to class on Thursday or Friday with the title and author of three books you would like to read for your IRP project. I will do my best to assign you one of those -- so be ready to rank them according to your interest.

(S2C17) Canterbury Tales Unit Exam

3/4/2015

Note for A3 class: Since we are missing class today, as predicted, I am giving you a "Take-Home e-Quiz" as an alternative to the Canon's Yeoman's Tale quiz you would have taken during class today.

DOWNLOAD: Canon's Yeoman's Tale -- Take-Home e-Quiz (DOC)

Preparing for the unit exam

You will have your Canterbury Tales unit exam on Friday/Monday. In order to prepare for the exam you will be completing a study worksheet. Very important: make sure you are familiar with all the allusions from the Allusions List below.

Please note: You will NOT be permitted to use any materials on the unit exam. You will not be permitted to use a book on the exam. However, if you would like to donate your copy of CT to the school, please bring it in on Monday for extra credit (10 points). Warning: This will be a challenging exam. Know the tales well.

DOWNLOAD: Unit Exam Study Sheet (DOC)
DOWNLOAD: Canterbury Tales Allusions List (PDF)

LRJs due
As usual, your LRJ's are due to be collected before beginning the unit exam. Bring those with you (4 Canterbury tales prompts total.)

NEXT UP
The next book we will be reading (after break) is The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. Remember, you are required to purchase your own copy of this one. I still have $5 copies available. The Signet Classic edition edited by Sylvan Barnet is required.

BBC Animation: The Canon's Yeoman's Tale

The Canon's Yeoman's Tale begins at 11:38.