March 19-April 6

GRADUATION EXAMS ARE THIS WEEK.....GOOD LUCK AND DO YOUR BEST YOU BRILLIANT STUDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE PREP SESSIONS ON SATURDAY. YOU ARE AWESOME!!!

THIS IS YOUR ASSIGNMENT OVER SPRING BREAK. PLEASE CONSULT DR. CATHY BARKS WEB PAGE ON IN COLD BLOOD --Novel Module 6 : The American Nightmare— In Cold Blood
http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~cwbarks/incoldblood.html  HER WEB PAGE INCLUDES COMMENTARY STRUCTURE, GUIDANCE FOR READING THE NOVEL, STUDY AND THEMATIC QUESTIONS (WHICH YOU MUST COMPLETE AND BRING TO CLASS WHEN WE RETURN TO CLASS ON APRIL 3)

ADDITIONALLY, I WANT YOU TO READ THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEB PAGE OF DR. BARKS: http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~cwbarks/termproject.html
THIS PAGE REINFORCES MANY OF THE ISSUES SURROUNDING WRITING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS YEAR. 


I DO NOT LIGHTLY ASSIGN THIS WORK...IT IS IMPERATIVE TO YOUR LEARNING PROCESS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF YOUR AP PAPERS
THIS WEEK WE ARE COMPLETING YOUR PRESENTATIONS.

IN APRIL WE WILL BEGIN A STUDY OF THE SYNTHESIS ESSAY. ALL ACTIVITIES WILL BE GEARED TOWARD ENTERING INTO A CONVERSATION WITH SOURCES.



FRENCH 1/2

THIS WEEK WE WILL COMPLETE A VIEWING OF THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. PLEASE STUDY THE HANDOUTS ON ALEXANDER DUMAS, BONAPARTISTS VS. ROYALISTS, THE BYRONIC HERO, THEMES, HISTORICAL REFERENCES. THIS IS A LINK TO THE POWER POINT I WILL SHOW IN CLASS. WE WILL EXPLORE ALL LITERARY ELEMENTS OF THE WORK:

I WILL PRESENT A LITERARY ANALYSIS POWERPOINT OF THE WORK IN CLASS ON FRIDAY.




WRITING ASSIGNMENT AND HANDOUT WILL BE GIVEN IN CLASS.

YOU WILL CREATE A TIMELINE OF THE PERIOD SURROUNDING THE TEXT OF THE NOVEL. THIS WILL BE DONE IN THE COMPUTER LAB. THIS IS TO AID IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF DUMAS' WORK AS A NOVEL, WHICH IS ALWAYS SET IN A PARTICULAR PLACE IN A PARTICULAR TIME.


HISTORICAL INFLUENCES:

The political climate of the setting of The Count of Monte Cristo is intrinsic to the plot of Dumas's narrative. For, it is the exile of Napoleon Bonaparte which proves to be the nemesis of Edmund Dantes. When he is arrested and brought before the Deputy Procureur du Roi, de Villefort, Dantes would be freed without having delivered a letter to Elba, the island on which Napoleon has been confined after being sent into exile. For, when de Villefort asks to whom the letter was delivered, he changes his plans to release Edmund because he has aspirations of ascending politically. Presently, the Bourbon king, Louis XVIII, has been restored to the throne, and since de Villefort's father is a Bonapartist, a Girondin, or part of a political faction during the Revolution, de Villefort must keep this information quiet. So, when de Villefort learns that the letter Edmund Dantes has carried for the dying captain is addressed to Elba, he senses that a movement is underway to restore Napoleon as emperor. Also, since he is engaged to a Royalists' daughter, Mademoiselle de Saint-Meran, and since any connection of deVillefort with his father will ruin his prospects of marriage and social advancement, the prosecutor decides that he must assure that no connection between himself and Napoleon exists. Therefore, he incarcerates Dantes indefinitely as a political prisoner in the Chateu d'If, where he will not reach anyone further.



While in prison, Edmund meets the Abbe Fari, who reveals the truth of Napoleon's political threat to Dantes. Finding this ironic, he explains the situation of his own incarceration to the young man, one that is the opposite of that of Dantes: He has been imprisoned for being a supporter of the Bourbon kings against Napoleon. When Dantes realizes the treachery of deVillefort and the men who have written the incriminating letter, he vows revenge upon them all if he should escape the prison. This revenge is what propels the remainder of the main plot of The Count of Monte Cristo.



ENGLISH 11

COMPLETE A READING AND GROUP DISCUSSION OF ELIE WIESEL'S NIGHT.

Major genres, a glossary of literary terms, and a variety of literary devices will be studied in depth.

POWERPOINT DISCUSSION GUIDE IN CLASS:

*NON FICTION ASSIGNMENT-- HANDOUT WILL BE GIVEN IN CLASS


*READ ELIE WIESEL’S 1986 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. AFTERWARDS WRITE A ONE-PAGE LETTER TO PROFESSOR WIESEL IN, WHICH YOU RESPOND TO NIGHT AND THE SIGNIFICANCE THESE COMMENTS HOLD FOR YOU AS A GLOBAL CITIZEN.

SHAKESPEARE

THIS WEEK YOU WILL PRESENT YOUR DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION OF BENEDICK AND BEATRICE IN THEIR OPENING SCENE.

WE WILL BEGIN A STUDY OF MACBETH AFTER SPRING BREAK...SO YOU NEED TO GET THE PLAY

ENGLISH 9

GRAMMAR STUDY

BEGIN THE ODDESSY