April 9-10, 2018 Objectives: Answer multiple choice questions for a prose passage. Analyze dramatic and poetic texts for characterization, tone, and rhetorical choices. Homework & Reminders: LAST PERRINE’S READING! Handout for guidance on Google Classroom. Due 4.17/4.18. King Lear (purple Folger edition) Acts I/II next class. HoD final portfolio (online AND hard copy) Catalyst: College-bound Title Suggestions on Google Classroom
UPCOMING: 4.11/4.12: King Lear Acts I/II 4.11/4.12: Heart of Darkness final portfolio 4.13/4.16: Practice FRQ question 3 4.17/4.18: Prosody terms/reading due 4.18: Early Release Day 4.19/4.20: Practice FRQ question 1 4.25/4.26: King Lear assessment 5.1-5.8: AP Exam review (bring MWDS/novel materials for assigned days)
Today’s Motif: the role of the son 1 Today’s Motif: the role of the son 1. Multiple choice practice: excerpt from Frankenstein 2. Close reading objectives: excerpt from King Lear 3. Poetry composition: “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes
Today’s motif: the role of the son Prose passage excerpt: Frankenstein multiple choice Number the lines – oops! Read/annotate the excerpt. Answer questions 1-13. 15 mins.
King Lear close reading, Act I Dramatic excerpt: King Lear close reading, Act I Close read the following passage, highlighting/annotating specific syntactical choices and rhetorical devices. On the opposite side of your composition book, complete the following: A brief paraphrase (what is Edmund suggesting here?) An analysis of the impact of your annotated rhetorical devices/strategies An explanation of how the perspective (p.o.v.) impacts the text
Poetry analysis: “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes Read/annotate the poem In Google Classroom, respond to the following prompt in a well-developed paragraph: How does Hughes develop the poem’s message through a specific figurative device?
Dramatic excerpt: Oedipus the King multiple choice Read/annotate the excerpt. Answer questions 443-456. 15 mins.