AP LIT (2020-2021) Assignments

Write a thesis and body paragraph #1.

Write a thesis and body paragraph

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Annotate "Ballad of a Landlord" by Langston Hughes.

Directions:
Working in groups of four, create a One Pager for Othello. Your One Pager will include the following:
- Title and author
- At least three excerpts with commentary from the text that connect to the theme of the play
- Characterization of Othello, Iago, Desdemona, and Emilia
- Identification of at least one motif with two pieces of textual evidence to support it
- At least two graphic representations/illustrations related to the text and/or passages you selected

Write a thesis statement, one body paragraph, and topic sentence #2.

Directions:
Create a Shakespearean insult using the attached handout. Type out your insult on a Doc/Slide/format of your liking and include visuals to enhance your phrase.

Directions:
Working in groups of four, you will create a Bubble Map in order to analyze one of the following motifs:
- Water
- Nature
- Traditions
- Family
- Modern Elements
Provide at least four examples of textual evidence with commentary.

Directions:
Although literary critics have tended to praise the unique in literary characterizations, many authors have employed the stereotyped character successfully. In a well-organized essay, analyze and discuss how the conventional or stereotyped character or characters function in The Sound of Waves achieve the author’s purpose. Support your analysis with concrete evidence and insightful, well-developed commentary. Avoid mere plot summary.

Write a thesis, body paragraph #1, and topic sentence #2.

Annotate "A Lady" by Amy Lowell.

Select a passage/snippet from the text. Go beyond the obvious and consider literary devices, motifs, etc. Mark the text and provide 2-3 sentences of commentary.

Revisit "The Tyger" by William Blake. Select a literary device to closely analyze and discuss in a body paragraph. Consider the following in your body paragraph:
1. How does the literary device function within the context of the lines? within the context of the poem as a whole?
2. Does the literary device reveal the tone of the poem? How so?
3. Does the literary device establish mood/atmosphere? How so?
4. What can you interpret from the textual evidence selected that includes the use of that particular literary device?

This assignment is optional. However, I will provide feedback if you decide to complete the body paragraph. Hopefully this will help to ease the struggle that some of you are experiencing in not only identifying the use of literary devices within a text, but how to closely analyze and interpret the use of them with selected textual evidence.

Select a passage/snippet from the text. Go beyond the obvious and consider literary devices, motifs, etc. Mark the text and provide 2-3 sentences of commentary.

Directions: “Volar” by Judith Ortiz Cofer narrows in on a 12-year-old girl’s perspective of her surroundings and family. Reread the short story. In a well-written essay, analyze how Cofer employs literary devices to reveal characterization and the significance of setting.

Write an introduction, body paragraph, and topic sentence #2 with textual support.

Annotate the poem.

Select a passage/snippet from the text. Go beyond the obvious and consider literary devices, motifs, etc. Mark the text and provide 2-3 sentences of commentary.

Annotate "I felt a funeral in my brain" by Emily Dickinson.

Read pages 360-365 and take notes regarding symbol and figurative language.
Read pages 409-413 and take notes regarding theme.

Read pages 189-196 and take notes regarding character.
Read pages 262-268 and take notes regarding setting.

Select a passage/snippet from the text. Go beyond the obvious and consider literary devices, motifs, etc. Mark the text and provide 2-3 sentences of commentary.

Select a passage/snippet from the text. Go beyond the obvious and consider literary devices, motifs, etc. Mark the text and provide 2-3 sentences of commentary.

Read “Every Trip is a Quest (Except When It is Not)” from How to Read Literature Like a Professor. In your Norton Anthology, read pages 85-92 and take notes regarding plot. In addition, read pages 169-173 and take notes regarding narration and point of view.

In “The Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin demonstrates how she is able to write a short story of compressed intensity. Mrs. Mallard is initially told that her husband is killed in a railroad disaster. Within a quick span of time, she goes through many emotions and briefly experiences a sense of freedom before her husband walks through the door.

Your assignment is to write a one-paged short story (typed, single-spaced) in a similar style as Kate Chopin’s story. It should have compressed intensity in it. The subject/focus is your choice, but please make sure that it is appropriate content.

Please submit your annotation of the poem "Plants."

A pastiche is an imitation of an artist’s style. In this case, you will be asked to write a pastiche of Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl” in the form of an original short story. Jamaica Kincaid’s short story is an example of stream of consciousness where a mother rapidly advises her daughter about how to act and behave. Her main focus is to make sure that her daughter doesn’t become “the kind of woman” she doesn’t want her to be.
Your assignment is to compose a short story in the style of Jamaica Kincaid. Since you are on the brink of adulthood, you have experienced different things in life. What advice would you give to a younger sibling or even to a future child? Title it in whatever manner you choose (“Girl,” “Boy,” or however you see fit) and incorporate lessons and/or advice that you have learned and gained throughout the years.
Your short story should be one page in length.

Please upload your notes (if you did them online) or submit a photo (if you did it on paper). Thank you!

Directions:
You have two translations of A Hero of Our Time. Read the first passage, on the left, and mark five descriptive phrases. Then read the second translation, on the right, and find and mark the same five phrases.

1. Find a single word, phrase, or sentence where the translator’s choice makes a (dramatic) difference.
2. Find an example where the translator’s choice in syntax makes a difference.
3. Write down three things about these two translations that you think are different, or that you think make differences to the meaning, tone, effect on the reader, etc.
Which translation is more effective (to you as a reader) and why?

Annotate the poem.

In order for me and your classmates to get to know you better, create an Identity Slide on this shared Google Slide.
1. Select an empty, available slide for your Identity Slide. Put your name on the slide to claim it; you can modify the design of your name later. Keep in mind that others in your class may be simultaneously working so make sure you are on your own slide and do not add or delete other slides.
2. This slide is all about you! Make sure your name is visibly clear and consider including any of the following things:
picture(s)
text/words that describe you
favorite book/poem
favorite movie/tv show
favorite quote/phrase
favorite thing(s) to do
traditions or customs
family
pet(s)
3. Add an audio file to your Identity Slide. Make sure you state your name and one positive thing you experienced since March.

Annotate the poem.

Please create a Google Doc and complete all activities for the week on it.

In order to prepare for the first novel for the class, The Awakening by Kate Chopin, please read the following sections in How To Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster:
“Introduction: How’d He Do That?”
“It’s More Than Just Rain or Snow”
“If She Comes up, It’s Baptism”
“Geography Matters…”
“…So Does Season”

These sections will be relevant to the novel and throughout the year, we will refer back to this nonfiction work to make connections with the works studied in class. As you read the above chapters, I strongly suggest taking notes (any format of your liking) in a notebook (which will be a place for you to keep all notes, AP prep activities, Voice Lessons, etc.). This will be the first assignment going into your notebook and by the end of the school year, when you need to start reviewing for the AP Exam, your notebook will come in handy.

I included a PDF of How to Read Literature in Google Classroom. When you check out textbooks for the school year, you will be able to get a hard copy of the book. In addition, hopefully The Awakening will be available in the bookroom for you to check out. If not, I will have a PDF available for you, but you may want to purchase your own copies of novels. What I tend to do is mark my novels, noting key passages, scenes, character descriptions, literary devices and figurative language, etc. I always find it easier to sticky note my book and easily reference to passages during class discussion. In addition, you never know what you will be reading in college and it might come in handy having your own copy later!

If you have questions, please feel free to contact me throughout the summer via Classroom and email.