Welcome to AP English!
Important Announcement
Bring big lit books to class Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Dr. Sinkovich
AP English
Assignments 2002
Wednesday, May 8
Read Importance of Being Earnest
Thursday, May 9
Read Importance of Being Earnest
Friday, May 10
Read Pygmalion
Paper due.
Monday, May 13
Read "The Sisters" and "Eveline." Write a one-page paper in which you discuss the reaction of the young boy to the death of Father Flynn or why Eveline did not leave as she had planned.
Wednesday, May 15
Read "Two Gallants" and "Ivy Day in the Committee Room"; "Two Gallants" relates an episode between two young men, Corley and Lenehan. Write a one page essay in which you contrast the two.
Thursday, May 16
Read "Grace" and "The Dead"; write a one-page description of Mrs. Kernan.
Friday, May 17
Reprise Room of One's Own Chapters I, II, and III.
Vocab Quiz on Joyce up to "The Dead."
Wednesday, May 22
Reprise Room of One's Own Chapter IV, V, and VI.
Vocab Quiz on "The Dead."
Thursday, May 23
movie
Friday, May 24
Review for final
Dr. Sinkovich
AP English
Vocabulary: Joyce
"The Sisters"
1. and the word simony in the Catechism.
2. I saw again the fact of the paralytic.
3. for the red kerchief, blackened, as it always was, was quite efficacious.
4. His face was very truculent
5. them with the rheumatic wheels
6. He was too scrupulous always.
7. Eliza seemed to have fallen into a deep revery.
"Eveline"
8. was the odour of dusty cretonne.
9. She knew it was that that had given her the palpitations.
10. she felt elated.
11. He rushed beyond the barrier.
“Two Gallants”
12. which he had slung over his shoulder in toreador fashion.
13. I spotted a fine tart under Waterhouse’s clock and said good-night, you know.
14. When he reported these dialogues, he aspirated the first letter of his name after the manner of Florentines.
15. You’re what I call a gay Lothario, said Lenehan.
16. To save himself he had the habit of leaving his flattery open to the interpretation of raillery.
17. He sauntered across the road, swaying his head form side to side.
18. Then he walked rapidly along beside the chains to some distance and crossed the road obliquely.
19. A slatternly girl waited on him.
“Ivy Day in the Committee Room”
20 he asked in a husky falsetto.
21. but what I can’t understand is a fellow sponging.
22. but he’s not worth a damn as a canvasser.
23 The king’s coming here will mean an influx of money into this country.
“Grace”
24. A dark medal of blood had formed itself near the man’s head on the tessellated floor.
25. By grace of these two articles of clothing, he said, a man could always pass muster.
26. where its members duly qualified themselves as bona-fide travellers.
27. out-and-out ruffian, not one of them ever preached ex cathedra a word of false doctrine.
28 the Pope himself stood up and declared infallibility a dogma of the Church ex cathedra.
29. The transept of the Jesuit Church in Gardiner Street was almost full;
30. reliever here and there by tweeds, on dark mottled pillars of green marble and on lugubrious canvasses.
"The Dead"
31. than the wheezy hall-door
32. scraping the snow from his galoshes
33. she had given his surname
34. on his hairless face there scintillated restlessly the polished lenses
35. He was still discomposed by the girls' bitter and sudden retort.
36. like a shriveled red apple
37. and her mirthless eyes
38. with a stiff grizzled mustache
39. A look of perplexity appeared on Gabriel's face.
40. he could not risk a grandiose phrase with her.
41. heckling him and staring at him
42. without adverting to the interruption
43. an irregular musketry of applause
44. introducing a prodigy to an audience
45. against a refractory child
46. of some great prima donna
47. in the true spirit of camaraderie
48. who seems to be gifted with perennial youth
49. The voice made plaintive by distance
50. faintly illuminated the cadence of the air
51. fully swathed and buttoned
52. sent through him a keen pang of lust
53. the pitiable fatuous fellow he had caught a glimpse of
The following is a copy of your syllabus which will be on the class page during the entire year in case you lose yours.
Mayfield Senior School Dr. Kathryn A. Sinkovich
Course Outline, Goals and Objectives 2001- 2002
Advanced Placement English
Course Description
This course presents a survey of English Literature which emphasizes the historical events and cultural milieu of each period along with the formation of the English language. Representative writers and works from the Anglo Saxon Period, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Restoration, the Eighteenth century, the Romantic Age, the Victorian Age, and the Twentieth century will be discussed and analyzed. The course will also focus on writing essays dealing with the theme, rhetoric, and content of the reading assignments and on refining the skills of critical reading and literary analysis.
(Full year)
Course Outline
First Semester
I. Anglo Saxon Period
Beowulf
Wanderer
Seafarer
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
II. Middle Ages
Canterbury Tales
III. Renaissance
Twelfth Night
Macbeth
Representative Poetry and Essays
IV. Restoration and Eighteenth Century
Representative Poetry, Essays, and Letters
Discussion of She Stoops to Conquer
Second Semester
I. Romantic Period
Representative Poetry
Discussion of Frankenstein and Emma
II. Victorian Age
The Return of the Native
The Importance of Being Earnest
Discussion of Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Representative Poetry
III. Twentieth Century
Sons and Lovers
Pygmalion
Discussion of 1984 and A Room of One's Own and Dancing at Lughnasa
Dubliners
Representative Poetry, Essays, Short Stories
Course Goals
1. To instill a love and appreciation for literature in the students.
2. To provide the students with the skills to analyze, interpret, and evaluate the works which they read.
3. To nurture the habit of reading critically with careful attention to the thought processes and style utilized by writers.
4. To discover and understand the forces which shape and influence writers.
5. To develop the students’ ability to write intelligently and thoughtfully about the works they read.
6. To foster an appreciation for the English language and its formation.
7. To prepare the students for the Advanced Placement Examination in English Literature.
Course Objectives
1. To read thoughtfully and critically a representative sample of English Literature from all periods.
2. To become familiar with various methods of approaching literature.
3. To become knowledgeable about the characteristics and influences of each literary period.
4. To acquire the literary terminology appropriate for analyzing literary genres.
5. To improve the ability to write clearly and forcefully and to utilize appropriate language and structure.
6. To be able to analyze individual sentences and paragraphs, as well as entire pieces of literature in order to ascertain the writer’s motivation, tone, point of view, use of imagery, and diction.
7. To become familiar with unknown vocabulary encountered in assigned readings.
8. To be able and willing to discuss the assigned works of literature.
9. To become acquainted with the history and development of the English language.
Evaluation
Grades will be computed from the following areas:
1. Major tests on the reading assignments (both summer and course) periodically throughout the quarter
2. Short quizzes on assigned readings
3. Vocabulary quizzes on assigned readings
4. In class essays based on assigned readings
5. Out of class essays based on assigned readings
6. Class participation
7. Assigned daily writing based on readings
8. Grade for being on time, bringing textbook and materials, and deportment
9. Research paper (third quarter)
10. Reports on Summer reading
11. Reports on term reading outside of class
12. Powerpoint Presentations on Selected Topics
Required Textbooks:
Anderson, et al Elements of Literature. Sixth Course
Rebsamen (tr.) Beowulf
Coghill, Neville Chaucer, Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales
Shakespeare, William Twelfth Night
Hardy, Thomas The Return of the Native
Lawrence, D.H. Sons and Lovers
Joyce, James Dubliners
Suggested Additional Texts for Students
Cliff Notes: Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition Preparation Guide
Barrons Series: Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition
Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. Laurence Perrine, Thomas A. Arp
Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich
Web Site
http://www.quia.com/pages/apenglishmayfieldsen.html
Mayfield Senior School Dr. Kathryn A. Sinkovich
Grading Policy 2001 - 2002
Advanced Placement English
All grades will be based on the Grading Scale in the Student Handbook.
The semester grade will be based on your work during each semester according to the following percentages:
40% first quarter grade
40% second quarter grade
20% final examination grade
The quarter grade will be computed from the following areas:
• Each major test
• Average of short quizzes
• Average of vocabulary quizzes
• Average of in class essays, depending on number
• Average of out of class essays, depending on number
• Class participation
• Daily writing assignments
• Grade for being on time, bringing textbook and materials, and class deportment
• Research paper (third quarter)
• Powerpoint Reports
• Reports on Outside Readings
The grades of the lowest short quiz and vocabulary quiz may be dropped during each quarter.
Policy on Make-up Quizzes and Tests
All quizzes and major tests will be announced ahead of time.
Make-up tests and quizzes may be provided under the following circumstances:
If a student has to miss a class in which a quiz or test will be given because of an athletic event, she may take the quiz or test earlier provided sufficient prior notification has been made and a convenient time can be worked out.
If the student has missed a test, she is allowed to make it up but must do so by the third class after she returns to school or she will lose the points for that test. All vocabulary quizzes which are missed must be made up by the third class after her return to school. Consideration will be given in the case of a prolonged absence.
Policy on Late Work
The grade on out of class essays and the research paper will be decreased one letter grade for each day they are late. No daily assignments will be accepted late, except in the case of an absence or extended illness.
Policy on Computer Use
All students must spend one half hour in the computer lab on the multiple choice questions of the AP test every other week or lose points for each time that they miss during each quarter.
|
|
