Losen World Literature 2010-2011

Part I: Vocabulary from chapters 1-9 (including classical roots). 20 items. Matching. 1 point each.

Part II: Literary Terms--from your Literature & Composition textbooks. Review chapters 1-5. Multiple choice. 10 items worth 2 points each.

Part III: Short answer. 6 sections. Select 5 of the 6.  Each section will have a quotation and questions about that passage. These are the six categories (though not necessarily in this order):

Agamemnon
Know the name of the author. Know the main players. Know important themes.

Medea

Know the name of the author and that the play was ground-breaking, that is, iconoclastic. Know the themes and the important characters and the plot.

The Short Story: It might come from one of three sources: "The Dead" or "Araby"--both by James Joyce; "Young Goodman Brown"--by Nataniel Hawthorne. Know basic plots, main characters, and names of stories and authors.

The Poem: Selections will come from one of the four following:
"The Hollow Men" by T. S. Eliot (and yes, spelling counts in all; in this case, note the one "l").
"The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats (note the placement of vowels; this also must be spelled correctly)
"Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes, a member of the Harlem Renaissance
"The New Colossus," a sonnet about our wonderful country by Emma Lazarus

The No Drama. Know the name of the play we read, who wrote it, and who the major players are and what they do. Know about the theme--a Zen Buddhist one.

"Everyman." Medieval play. Allegorical. Know the basic plot and the main characters and which character helps Everyman to win at the end.

Part IV: The Essay. You will be given a short poem. You will write an essay analyzing that poem--30

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday

Bring your textbooks for exam review. Bring questions too.

Thursday:


Exam for period 6 & 8 (6 only for my classes)

Friday:

Exam for periods 5th & 7th

Monday:

No exams in my class, but you probably have exams in other classes--1st and 3rd.

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Agenda for the Week of January 18-January 21, 2011

First, have your textbooks with you!

Tuesday / Wednesday:

You will receive a hand-out on the evaluation criteria for the SAT essay. I will go over it. Keep that in mind as you begin your revisions.

Next, you will receive your essays with typed comments. I have written more about some papers than others. That is because I eventually addressed many of the issues on last week’s handout. Keep that in mind when revising too.

For the even classes, we will go to the yearbook computer lab. For the odd classes, we will get the Mac lab. Either way, you will print out a revised, double-spaced copy of your essay at the end of class. You will turn in your rough draft with it.

Homework: Do vocabulary exercise #10.

 

Thursday/Friday:

We will go over the vocabulary exercises. If everyone has taken the vocabulary test, you will also get that back and we will go over it. We will spend the rest of the time reviewing for the exam.

This is subject to change, of course, depending upon the weather.

Bring your white books to class on Monday/Tuesday.

Monday/Tuesday

Discussion of "Araby."

You will receive a copy of George Orwell's famous essay on writing, "Politics and the English Language." We will discuss it.

You will receive a handout on the comparison/contrast essay. We will go over it. You can find a form of the handout on "Losennotes" Blog.

Homework for Thursday/Friday: Study for your vocabulary test.

Wednesday/Thursday: Vocabulary test.

You will receive your essays with the limited comments on them. Learn also from the hand-out that I share with you

Homework: Do chapter 10 in your vocabulary book.

Friday: Go over chapter ten.