1. Welcome Back AP Lit Today, we will: Grade AP Prompt #3
Go over iambic pentameter
Review Expectations for the Canterbury Remix Assignment
Highlight key topics, concepts and words for the unit exam

2. #1: Grade AP Prompts Things to remember:
Review the prompt first to make sure that the writers are directly responding to the prompt at hand
Review the rubric second. Take note that a score of 5 means the reader treats the topic superficially and relies heavily on paraphrase
Note and give credit for what the writer does well
Reassess the AP score against the rubric after each paragraph
Place final group score on the back of the essay along with the student IDs of call graders

3. #2 Iambic Pentameter
Iambic (type of metrical foot): combination of one unstressed syllable (u) with one stressed syllable (/) in that order.
Pentameter: literally “5- meter”, meaning 5 feet per meter (separated by a “I”)
A perfect line of iambic pentameter:
u / u / u / u / u /
“Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea”
Let’s stomp this out!! : lift your knee for unstressed and stomp down on the stressed syllables

4. Heroic Couplets
A heroic couplet is when two lines of iambic pentameter rhyme in direct succession (aabbcc etc). The last two lines of Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 65” is a heroic couplet:
u / u / u / u / u /
O, none, unless this miracle have might,
u / u / u / u / u /
That in black ink my love may still shine bright.

5. Iambic Pentameter: bonus round… because it’s fun!
When an author demonstrates consistent use of iambic pentameter in verse, but then varies it ever so slightly, it often is done strategically and for a reason.
Let’s stomp out Hamlet’s “To Be or Not To Be” soliloquy. Hint: most of Shakespeare’s work is written in iambic pentameter.
Now, scan the soliloquy on your paper. What do you notice?
Given the content of the soliloquy, why do you think Shakespeare varies these lines spoken by Hamlet at this particular moment? In other words, how does the form match the content?

6. #3: Canterbury Remix Vital Stats:
Due: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19th. your video link to me no later than 6p Sunday night. You must be a hard copy of your script to class
The prologue should be told by your “pilgrim” who is him/herself walking to confession with the other “pilgrims” of the class
Your prologue should be like the ones prior to the individual tales, and does not need to be a comprehensive overview like the one at the beginning of the tales--JUST YOUR CHARACTER!
This prologue must be written in heroic couplets
The tale does not need to be in heroic couplets
The tale can ironically represent (and thus hint) at the pilgrim’s sin OR it can be a somber exemplum detailing a moral we the reader should be privy to
Thus, your pilgrim is not in the middle of confessing his/her sin, but you can allude to it

7. #4: Anglo-Saxons--Middle Ages Unit Test
When: Thursday, all period
What:
50 multiple choice/ True False questions
One essay question
no notes allowed
Bring something to work on if you finish early. A good idea: use time to work on your essay

8. #4: Unit Test- Study List
Review my PowerPoints available online taking note of various historical moments
Review all texts, including the tales that were presented on by your peers
Have a keen understanding of epic and romantic heroes, chivalry
Review Anglo-Saxon terms
Be able to define and identify:
fabliau: bawdy, humorous tale
exemplum: moralizing tale
allegory: tale with a hidden, moral meaning. Think: your all-time favorite Pilgrim's Progress

9. IMPORTANT DATES! Write these down. Take a picture with your phone.
September 15th: Anglo-Saxon-Middle Ages Unit Test
September 19nd: Canterbury Remix video due
September 22nd: Rough draft of A.S.-M.A. essay due
September 26th: Anglo-Saxon-Middle Ages essay due
September 27th: Bring $2.50 for Dr. Faustus
September 29th: Have Dorian Gray complete!