AP Literature - (12th grade) Per. 4 (Sylmar Charter High School) //www.sylmarhs.org/apps/classes/939231/assignments/ Class Name: AP Literature - (12th grade) Per. 4 Instructor(s): Larissa Green en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 03/30/2020]]> //www.sylmarhs.org/homeworkItem5369925 //www.sylmarhs.org/apps/classes/939231/assignments/
 Reading Log #7 is due
(Current Change: Prepare the form for an online submission in Schoology by the due date.)

Make sure your name is on your paper before you turn it in. Homework without a name is recycled. It is due at the beginning of class.
 
Honors should have completed at least 50 pages of reading.
AP Lit students should have completed at least 100 pages of reading.
 
If you receive feedback on your HW to review HW help, consult your notes on how to complete your homework or review the Homework Help link on the right side of my web page. Read the instructions on the reading log. The number one mistake is not following the directions written on the handout.
 
An absence or not picking up a reading log form is not an excuse for not turning in your homework on Monday (or the day after a holiday). Print a form from my web page or complete a reading log on your own paper. Use the homework help to assist you.

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Hi Kids,
There are a few important things you need to be aware of.
First: Make sure you are logging into Schoology daily --  lms.lausd.net
All of our work is now digital. You need to upload your assignments using 'submit assignment' and the Upload tab or the Create tab to copy and paste your work into that window. I am using Sylmarhs.org mainly as a backup for additional document sharing and general reminders.

Second: I am going to start a Weekly Check in! Every week on Wednesday, you need to log into Schoology, get in your Courses, Select English and do the check-in assignment. Students who are not submitting their work and do not respond to the check in will be reported for follow-up.
We're not on a break. This isn't optional. It's quick and easy and you get a free point.
 
Third: On Monday, I was able to retrieve the paper assignments left in the classroom before our school closed. Those assignments are being graded now for the 10-week report card. However, you probably won't get these papers back. The two-week packet of work will go towards the 15-week report card.

Fourth: Expect the weekly work to continue in a digital format. Type directly into the assignment window using the Create tab or copy and paste your work from Google Docs or Upload your assignments as .docx or .pdf files. Every week while school is closed there will be assignments and activities posted in Schoology. We'll be using SpringBoard in the ebook format in 9th grade, and AP Literature will have assignments based on the texts in your homework literature books.
 
Fifth: You need to keep reading! If you do not have novels at home, you can check out ebooks for free from the LA Public Library. 
https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/e-media  Browse that link and read about how to check out novels that you can read for your Reading Logs, Novel Checks (9th grade), and Major Works (12th grade).
 

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 Reading Log #6 is due
(Current Change: Prepare the form for an online submission in Schoology by the due date.)

Make sure your name is on your paper before you turn it in. Homework without a name is recycled. It is due at the beginning of class.
 
Honors should have completed at least 50 pages of reading.
AP Lit students should have completed at least 100 pages of reading.
 
If you receive feedback on your HW to review HW help, consult your notes on how to complete your homework or review the Homework Help link on the right side of my web page. Read the instructions on the reading log. The number one mistake is not following the directions written on the handout.
 
An absence or not picking up a reading log form is not an excuse for not turning in your homework on Monday (or the day after a holiday). Print a form from my web page or complete a reading log on your own paper. Use the homework help to assist you.

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:24:08 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 03/17/2020]]> //www.sylmarhs.org/homeworkItem5367693 //www.sylmarhs.org/apps/classes/939231/assignments/ Day 2 Lesson Packet:
Hi Students!  Some of you might have trouble accessing Schoology right now, myself included, so I am posting today's reminder here.  When login access is returned to Schoology, the reminders will continue there as updates.
 
9th graders should have finished reading p. 897-913 yesterday and answered the margin questions
Today, you will be working on: 
  • Thinking through the Literature Questions p. 914 – Comp. Check questions & questions #1, 3-5  (skip question #2)
  • Copy & Answer the bullet pointed Comprehension Check questions and number and answer questions 1, 3, 4, and 5. 
  • Title the paper: The Odyssey Questions p. 914
 
12th grade AP Literature should have read Act I of Macbeth yesterday and completed the margin questions for that section of the play.
Today, you will be working on:
  • The assess questions for Act I on p. 317
  • You do not need to answer p. 318
  • Please number and label each section carefully.
  • Title the paper: Macbeth Act I Assess Questions

]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2020 11:20:31 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 03/16/2020]]> //www.sylmarhs.org/homeworkItem5362809 //www.sylmarhs.org/apps/classes/939231/assignments/
 Reading Log #5 is due
 
(Current Change: Prepare the form for an online submission in Schoology by the due date.)
Make sure your name is on your paper before you turn it in. Homework without a name is recycled. It is due at the beginning of class.
 
Honors should have completed at least 50 pages of reading.
AP Lit students should have completed at least 100 pages of reading.
 
If you receive feedback on your HW to review HW help, consult your notes on how to complete your homework or review the Homework Help link on the right side of my web page. Read the instructions on the reading log. The number one mistake is not following the directions written on the handout.
 
An absence or not picking up a reading log form is not an excuse for not turning in your homework on Monday (or the day after a holiday). Print a form from my web page or complete a reading log on your own paper. Use the homework help to assist you.

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:24:33 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 03/13/2020]]> //www.sylmarhs.org/homeworkItem5362807 //www.sylmarhs.org/apps/classes/939231/assignments/
Bring your HW novels to class 📚 (or check them out from the classroom - BEFORE Friday)

Friday is NOT the day for you to waste time 'searching for a book to read'.  📖  You should have already been reading all week. 

AP students have selected novels from the AP Literature book list
  • AP students - You cannot complete reading logs or Major Works on Hamlet - read in 10th grade or Romeo and Juliet - read in 9th grade.
  • In AP, if you read dramas by Shakespeare or Sophocles, it's 1 play per week. They're quite short. It does not matter how long your paperback margin translated version is. It is read at a pace of 1 play per week.

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Allusion Homework:

* This week – choose a Biblical Allusion from your hand out on ‘Biblical Allusions and Greco-Roman Myths’. 

* Choose one that you do not already know well.

* Look it up online (http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/) and read that specific Biblical passage. 

* Complete a Dialectical Journal on the biblical allusion passage you chose.

Bring your completed journal to class on Thursday.

(The file is attached if you cannot find your handout.)


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Poetry Paper - Final Draft due
Turn in the final draft within Schoology
Your color code edited first draft will also be collected on the stacker
 

Writing Prompt – Poetry

(Minimum 2 full body paragraphs & with a short intro and conclusion paragraph – 4 paragraph paper)

Choose a Renaissance poem and a modern poem.  After fully explicating each poem in your journal, compare and contrast your defensible interpretations in terms of imagery, symbolism, figurative language, tone, worldview, and subject matter (use at least 4 terms).  In terms of the poems’ artistry and quality, which did you find the most effective—the Renaissance or the modern poem? Explain.

Note: Information about the poem’s structure is also needed when discussing the artistry and poetic techniques of its composition.

Renaissance poems: Sidney p. 239-240, Spenser p. 236-28, Shakespeare – p. 253-256, Marlowe p. 245, Petrarch p.260-261, Raleigh p. 245 – (Prentice Hall)

Modern: Pablo Neruda p. 261-2 (Prentice Hall), Sylvia Plath – p. 986-989, (both) Hughes (Langston – p. 982 & Ted – p. 974), Dylan Thomas p. 889, Seamus Heaney p. 739-740 (Perrine Literature)

 
Make sure your paper does not say "reader," "audience," "you," or "I, me, or my" unless it's part of a quote from the poem. We must avoid analyzing our readers and audience it's assumptive and poor reasoning that lacks depth of insight for poetic interpretation.
 
Based on the 6-point Poetry Writing Rubric and expanded for a 20-point MLA formatted paper. You can view this rubric in Schoology: lms.lausd.net
 
 
Criteria Grading Scale
Thesis

Responds to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible interpretation of the poems in the introduction paragraph.
1

Defensible Interpretation
0

No defensible thesis, or it only restates the prompt
0

Intended thesis is only a summary or does not respond to the prompt
Content

Fully addresses the prompt and fully analyzes 4 literary terms in a Renaissance and modern poem.
4

Excellent - a modern & Renaissance poem were fully analyzed
3

Good - some analysis of both poems
2

Satisfactory or Developing - all the terms were not addressed or the wrong poems were selected
1

Needs Improvement - did not address the prompt in the body or conclusion
Format

Includes an intro which clearly identifies the texts, two analytical body paragraphs, and a conclusion that clarifies the poem preference
4

Excellent
3

Good
2

Satisfactory or Developing
1

Needs Improvement
Analytical points

The goal was to use 20 or more very short citations mixed in with the analysis to achieve complex thoughts and interpretations.
4

Excellent 18-20 text refs
3

Good 15-17 text refs
2

Satisfactory or Developing (10-14)
1

Needs Improvement Fewer than 10 refs
MLA Citations

Properly uses MLA in-text citations
1

Author and line numbers clearly used (Plath 23) or (25, 28-30) when Author is clear.
0

Errors with noting the line numbers or format errors
0

Lack of clarity with noting the Authors or random placement of the parentheses citations
Mechanics

Sentences should vary simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex without being run-ons or fragments. Standard English - spelling & capitalization, punctuation
3

Good
2

Satisfactory
1

Needs Improvement
Page Layout

Titled properly 12 pt. Font blue / black ink double spaced indented paragraphs
3

Good
2

Satisfactory
1

Needs Improvement
Late Submission

Turned in after the due date
-2

Thursday
-4

Friday
-6

Monday
Total: 20 points

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Finish the margin questions for homework - you'll have some time (about 10-15 minutes) to review them and discuss the text in your groups tomorrow

Milton: Paradise Lost (excerpt)

Read intro p. 460

Read essay p. 462

Read the excerpt from Book I – p. 468-476

Group Work – Round Robin Reading (10-20 lines per reader) with margin questions as you read (15 questions) – divide the work up!

Everyone has their page and you’ll staple the packet together

Please copy the margin questions as you read through the text.


]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:47:40 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 03/06/2020]]> //www.sylmarhs.org/homeworkItem5358929 //www.sylmarhs.org/apps/classes/939231/assignments/
Bring your HW novels to class 📚 (or check them out from the classroom - BEFORE Friday)

Friday is NOT the day for you to waste time 'searching for a book to read'.  📖  You should have already been reading all week. 

AP students have selected novels from the AP Literature book list
  • AP students - You cannot complete reading logs or Major Works on Hamlet - read in 10th grade or Romeo and Juliet - read in 9th grade.
  • In AP, if you read dramas by Shakespeare or Sophocles, it's 1 play per week. They're quite short. It does not matter how long your paperback margin translated version is. It is read at a pace of 1 play per week.

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