Independent Novel Study Feb 2 - 24?

I will post the Sign up Lists on Wednesday during Lunch. There are 20 spaces available per novel (more or less).

Reading Selections:
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Things Fall Apart

Don't forget to purchase Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achibe by February 4th!

I will post the reading schedule Friday.

AP Mock Exam Major Works Data

Please complete a major works sheets for Hamlet, Death of a Salesman, and one other major work you've read in the last 2 years. They should look like the charts below.

Act 4 due Friday 1/16 beginning of class

Ophelia's Truths

Using Act 4, scene 5 as your guide please construct a dramatic monologue from Ophelia's various statements. What is true to her and how do we know?

Act 4 Assignment - Due Thurs 1/15 Friday 1/16

ACT IV Assignment

ACT 4
Please compose Analyses of the following characters in Act 4
Ophelia
Laertes
Gertrude
Claudius

Include: What is each character's motivation in the scenes in which they appear?
How does the character feel about the events in Act 4
What do other characters say about the character?
How is he/she important to the act.
What insights do you gain by comparing your character to Hamlet?
Do you learn something new about them?
What questions are raised by each character's behavior in this act?
What questions that you've previously  had are answered by your character's words and/or behaviors?
Due Thursday.

Act 3

Hamlet logs are due for Act 3 Monday. There will be an Act 3 quiz Monday as well. Read Act 4 in preparation for the coming week's assignments.

Hamlet 2.2 Assignments

Due Thursday (b) or Friday (a)

 If Hamlet does, in fact, tell some truths in this scene, what might these be?

1. construct a monologue comprised of only the truths Hamlet speaks in lines 249 - 335.

2.  Close Read: O, What A Rogue Soliloquy (2.2.550 – 609) identify words you don’t know, circle verbs for close annotation box tone words and underline important details. Then answer the questions from the handout in your Log Book.

4.  Read 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

5. Logs for 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2 are due.