Hooray! You did it!

Congratulations on finished 1st Semester. This was a tough one and you made it! Rest and recovery so you're ready for Tuesday :)

If you haven't sent me your Literary Device Dictionaries, don't forget to do so.

Mrs. K

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept it; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." -- Emerson

A few practice questions...

HERE are a few practice questions we reviewed in class today!

Studying for your final...

Spend some time this weekend preparing for your final!

Be able to:

• match titles to authors
• put literary movements and major works in chronological order
• identify parts of a poem (couplets, octaves, sestets, quatrains, couplets, caesuras, end-stops, enjambed lines, etc.)
• perform basic scansion
• read and annotate a poem
• write briefly about the poem you read

HERE is a practice poem. Read and annotate it. Can you place the literary movement? What kind of sonnet is it? Could you create a thematic inquiry statement about it?

For the exam you will be expected to write 2-3 paragraphs about the poem you read, considering literary devices, patterns and theme.

Today

Hi all!

In case you missed today we spent the hour working on literary device dictionaries. We will study for the final next Monday.

Over the weekend plan to review the finals study guide and collect questions for Monday.

Don't forget your Outside Reading Book tomorrow!

Tomorrow (Wednesday) we will have Outside Reading conversations and work together on understanding our chosen selections. Be sure to bring your copy!

Missing Hamlet Essays

I've now graded all of the 6th Hour essays I received. There are a number of you who never turned one in! This surprises me given the incredible amount of time I gave you to work on them. I never had any conversations about extra time or extended due-dates with any of you. Please turn these in this week and know that they will be severely penalized for lateness.

A lesson for college -- if you cannot make a deadline, you MUST have a conversation with your professors before the due date.

Important Reminders

You have a Romantic Poetry test next Tuesday (January 19th)

Your Outside Reading book is DUE (fully read) on Wednesday, January 20th.

Your literary device dictionary is due at your final.


Work like busy bees! We're almost there.

Romantic Poetry Test

Your Romantic Poetry Test will be next Tuesday (January 19th). You will be presented with three new "texts" (one poem, a short passage, and a painting). You will annotate the poem and analyze these three pieces together. Then you will write a careful essay in which you draw connections between the pieces and explain how they embody some of the important traits of Romanticism.

Things to study:

• Traits & characteristics of Romanticism
• Annotations of Romantic poems

For the poem annotation and analysis be prepared to consider:

• Title
• Meter & rhyme
• Literary devices & what they contribute to meaning
• Punctuation
• Romantic elements

Romantic Genius Slides

HERE is the lecture I gave today about Romantic Genius (Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Wordsworth and Blake).

Literary Devices Dictionary Assignment

HERE is the literary devices dictionary assignment. It is important that you keep up with working on this a little everyday. There are 82 terms!

This is due at the time of your final on January 28th.

Classicism vs. Romanticism

Today you all did great work thinking about Classicism and Romanticism. HERE are the slides we looked at (including the important definitions of Romanticism at the end).

We began annotating William Blake's "London" but will finish this Monday.

Hamlet Essay Tips

Here are the slides I'll work with this week during our mini-lectures.

Finals Guide

HERE is the Semester 1 Final Study Guide

January 2016 Schedule/Calendar

HERE is the January AP Calendar! You can find major due dates and lesson topics, as well as information about registering for the AP exam.