AP Language Agendas

2008-2009

September 12, 2008• Please sign the Beowulf/Canterbury Tales sheet

indicating which books you will buy and where.• By Tuesday, Sept. 16th, read “A Modest Proposal”

by Jonathan Swift in your Lit Books on page 502.• Today, please sign your name and my name in

your Lit book. Also sign the book check-out sheet.

• Please take out Loved One materials and “The Ugly Truth about Beauty” Handout

September 16, 2008• Good Morning, Happy Scholars! Please

prepare to take a real, live AP Multiple Choice quiz based on “A Modest Proposal”

• When finished with quiz, read some of the satirical essays modeled after Swift’s format.

• Homework: Please draw a picture of a “hollow man” by tomorrow ,according to instructions on the handout.

September 17, 2008• SAT Question of the Day• Original Satires due Friday, Sept. 26th.• Please pass forward your magnificent “Hollow

Men” drawings!• Continuing “A Modest Proposal” Discussion…

please take out BIG FAT BOOKS! (p. 502)• Also take out packet of “Modest Proposal”

satires.

September 18, 2008• More Loved One movie clips today• Original satires due Friday, Sept 26th—get started

this weekend!• Loved One in-class essay tomorrow. – Take time to plan essay. Underline key command

verbs in the prompt. You will write about a passage that you will compare/contrast to Waugh’s novel . Use point by point organization.

– What is each author’s main purpose? What rhetorical strategies does each author use?

– Use specific evidence to support ideas

Happy Friday, September 19th

• Prepare to write your in-class essay! Black pen is preferable and write on one side of the paper only. Good Luck!

• Try to work hard on your original satires this weekend. You have received two more satires to read—remember, the best way to learn to write satire is to read good satire!