Schedule: Hamlet unit
Welcome to English 12/AP Literature and Composition! Please look to this blog for updated schedules. If you miss class, you can find the homework here–but consulting the blog is, of course, no substitute for getting the notes from a friend and checking in with me. Find the Hamlet SQs here. Week 1 Wednesday, September 6: Set up, AP summer reading (options for OOCM 1), portfolio, Hamlet sqs, policies; hot seat sign-up for college essay; roster to disclose AP summer reading choices Thursday, September 7: Policy sheet signed*, Reading 1 due, distribute poem checklist, Hamlet opening scenes Friday, September 8: Poem review, poem response assigned Week 2 Monday, September 11: Poem due, Poem response* begun in class (may be handed in anytime between Tuesday and close of business on Friday) Tuesday, September 12: Reading 2 due Wednesday, September 13: Word of Advice activity in class* Thursday, September 14: No class (but complete Reading 3): Summer Reading groups Friday, September 15: Skills: personification, simile, metaphor/ Literary terms, Readings 1–3; Poem response due Week 3 Monday, September 18: Reading 4 due Tuesday, September 19: Reading 5 due Wednesday, September 20: Vocabulary presentations in pairs—context cues and etymology Thursday, September 21: Reading 6 due Friday, September 22: Soliloquy close-reading activity* First OOCM for AP: Overview of the test, the rubric song, some sample questions Week 4 This week: Lunchtime screening of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Monday, September 25: Reading 7 due; Acts 3 and 4 quiz Tuesday, September 26: Reading 8 due Wednesday, September 27: Hamlet 10 to 1* Thursday, September 28: Set-up for Acts 4 and 5 group work Friday, September 29: no class, Field Day Week 5 Monday, October 2: R&G quiz; Acts 4 and 5 group scene performance work Tuesday, October 3: Review of Hamlet, Hamlet and tragedy; AP only: Hamlet writing topics distributed Wednesday, October 4: Hamlet test (Reading test, reasonable quotation ID) Thursday, October 5: Vocabulary quiz; Portfolio review and hot-seat advice; prep during class for R&G in-class writing Friday, October 6: R&G in-class writing Monday, October 9: No school; Columbus Day Tuesday, October 10: "Hamlet and His Problems" essay and in-class exercise Wednesday, October 11: No class; College Counseling Day Thursday, October 12: Introduction to Anna Karenina Coming Up: AP OOCM #2, October 23rd, 6:30-8:30 at Sophia S.'s house. Reading due: Kafka's Metamorphosis (a novella), presentation by Gillian and Lily. Book copies to be distributed by Wed., October 4. ***** Readings Hamlet Reading 1: 1.1 Reading 2: 1.2–1.3 Reading 3: 1.4–2.1 Reading 4: 2.2 Reading 5: 3.1–3.2 Reading 6: 3.3–3.4 Reading 7: 4.1–4.7 Reading 8: 5.1–5.2 Readings become longer as we go; once you are oriented, you can read more in a sitting. Please see the policy sheet for guidance about homework. * Portfolio item |