Week 4:4 (Apr. 11-15)

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Seniors: Reading ScheduleNotes on Existentialism and AbsurdismWaiting for Godot PromptsWaiting for Godot E-text, Practice Exam #1 (key for multiple-choice section) / Major Works Data Sheets: Major Works Data Sheet TemplateLiterary 3×3 Examples, Past Open Essay Prompts, Suggested Works for Open Essay / Fairy Tale Lit-Crit: Literary Criticism Sheets, MLA Template, Eliminating Wordiness from Your Writing“Jack and the Beanstalk”“The Three Bears”“The Three Little Pigs”“The Little Mermaid”“The Emperor’s New Suit”,“Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp”

Freshmen Journals: Act I (#22-28)Act IIAct IIIAct IV  / RJ Performances: RJ AudioplayTips for Reading ShakespeareScene Performance Project Info, Scene List/Signup / RJ Essay: Essay PromptThesis NotesThesis GuidelinesThesis GeneratorWriting About LiteratureRJ E-textTheme LogSample EssayHelp with Quote-WeavingHelp with Essay Writing / Misc: SAT Vocab #3

Week 3:10 (Mar. 7-11)

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Seniors, for this week’s assigned fairy tale, select one of these fairy tales: “Snowdrop” (Snow White)“Rapunzel”“Rumpelstiltskin”“Ashenputtel” (Cinderella)“Hansel and Grethel”“Briar Rose” (Sleeping Beauty), and then select one of the schools of criticism (e.g. Freudian, Marxist) included in this Literary Criticism PDF.  Study the notes and carefully read the story through that lens, using the leading questions as the basis for your analysis.  Here are the old reading schedule and Atonement prompts if you need them.

Freshmen: RJ Vocab ListVocab Presentation InstructionsProofreading ExpectationsWeaving and Citing ExamplesLiterature TermsRJ E-Text with Line NumbersRJ AudioplayRJ Theme LogTips for Reading ShakespeareTwo Days / Journals: Act I Journal #22-28Act II Journal #1-20

Week 4:4 (Apr. 13-17)

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Seniors: Final Reading ScheduleFinal Poetry PacketMLA TemplateNotes on Existentialism and AbsurdismWaiting for Godot PromptsEliminating Wordiness from Your Writing, Waiting for Godot E-textLiterary 3×3 ExamplesMajor Works Data Sheet TemplateOpen Response Book List & All PromptsAP Exam Vocab ListPractice Exam #1 (key for multiple-choice section)

RJ Journals: Act IV (to Turnitin by Friday) / RJ Performances: RJ AudioplayTips for Reading ShakespeareScene Performance Project Info, Scene List/Signup / RJ Essay: Essay PromptThesis NotesThesis GuidelinesThesis GeneratorWriting About LiteratureRJ E-textTheme LogSample EssayHelp with Quote-WeavingHelp with Essay Writing / Misc: SAT Vocab #3

Week 3:10 (Mar. 9-13)

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Seniors, for Monday’s “Fairy Tale Literary Criticism”, select one of these fairy tales: “Snowdrop” (Snow White)“Rapunzel”“Rumpelstiltskin”“Ashenputtel” (Cinderella)“Hansel and Grethel”“Briar Rose” (Sleeping Beauty), and then select one of the schools of criticism (e.g. Freudian, Marxist) included in this Literary Criticism PDF.  Study the notes and carefully read the story through that lens, using the leading questions as the basis for your analysis.  Write a brief (5-ish paragraphs) essay (in MLA format) in which you analyze the meaning of the narrative; print it for class on Monday. Here are the old reading schedule and Atonement prompts if you need them.  Lastly, here are the new new reading schedule and the poems for the final quarter.

Freshmen: RJ Vocab ListRJ E-Text with Line NumbersRJ AudioplayRJ Theme LogTips for Reading ShakespeareTwo DaysUsage NotesVocab Presentation Instructions / Journals: Turnitin Registration Instructions, Act I Journal #5-28Act II Journal #1-20

Week 5:6 (Apr. 14-17)

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Seniors: Reading ScheduleLiterary 3×3 ExamplesMajor Works Data Sheet TemplateOpen Response Book List & All PromptsAP Vocab ListSenior Survey Instructions (complete it by Tuesday), Practice Exam #1 (key for multiple-choice section); Practice Exam Dates: April 19th (8:30-12:00), April 26th (8:30-12:00)

Freshmen: RJ Act IV JournalRJ Audio-playScene Performance Project Info, Tips for Reading ShakespeareSAT Vocab # 3ePAT (flassessments.com/ePAT)Essay: Thesis NotesThesis GuidelinesThesis GeneratorWriting About LiteratureRJ E-textTheme LogSample EssayHelp with Quote-WeavingHelp with Essay Writing