Welcome to Dr. Gubernat's AP English Literature homework/assignments site. This page will be updated by Friday afternoon each week so that students will know their homework for the following week. Since students know their assignments A WEEK in advance, there's no excuse for not doing homework on time!

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The dates below indicate when the homework is DUE; therefore, students can work on the homework whenever it's convenient as long as they bring the completed homework to class on the date indicated below.

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PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST WEEK THAT HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE POSTED ON THIS SITE.  FROM MARCH 7 ON, YOU WILL FIND MY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS POSTED ON THE ST. JOE'S HW PAGE.  YOU CAN ACCESS IT FROM THE SCHOOL'S WEB SITE (www.stjoes.org) OR HERE, IF THE LINK WORKS:

http://stjoes.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=116437&type=d&pREC_ID=classes

Monday February 28:

- read all intro notes on Heart of Darkness, including the book intro (p.1-14) by Joyce Carol Oates (a quiz is a possibility…)

- read in Heart of Darkness from p.65-78 (Part 1 up to “I left in a French steamer…”) &prepare for in-class discussion.

- look for paper topic quotes and examples as you read. Mark up your book.

- review vocabulary words in notes packet

In literature book…

- read: p.756 “I will put Chaos into fourteen lines” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

- Ques: p.756 #1-4(C-S-E/A for all questions)

- read: p.758-9 “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas

- Ques: p.759 #1-6(C-S-E/A for all questions)

Tuesday March 1:

- read in Heart of Darkness from p.78-102 (up to end of Part I) & prepare for in-class discussion

- look for paper topic quotes and examples as you read. Mark up your book.

- review vocabulary words in notes packet

- M-C #3B due (35 minutes max)

Wednesday, March 2:

- read in Heart of Darkness from p.102-119 (Part II up to “No sooner had we fairly entered it than I became aware if was much narrower than I had supposed.”) &prepare for in-class discussion

- look for paper topic quotes and examples as you read. Mark up your book.

- review vocabulary words in notes packet

Thursday March 3:

- read in Heart of Darkness from p.119 – 133 (up to end of Part II) & prepare for in-class discussion

- look for paper topic quotes and examples as you read. Mark up your book.

- review vocabulary words in notes packet

Friday March 4:

- read in Heart of Darkness from Part III p.133-143 (up to “ ‘If she had offered to come aboard I really think I would have tried to shoot her,’ said the man of patches, nervously.”) & prepare for in-class discussion

- look for paper topic quotes and examples as you read. Mark up your book.

- review vocabulary words in notes packet

* You should be adding to your HoD papers each day;they will be due when we complete the novella.

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Monday February 14:

- due: *edited* version of your Q2 essay (this time I’llfill out the scorecard J)

- Read in King LearAct 4 (all) and mark up the text, since you own the book

- distribution of Q2  essayprompt to mark-up for HW & discuss amongst yourselves (reminder: NO outsidesources)

- M-C #3A due

- distribution of M-C #3B

Tuesday February 15:

- Read in King LearAct 5 (all) and mark up the text, since you own the book

- Complete study/review questions for Act 4

Wednesday, February16:

- 15 minute class discussion of last night’s Q2 prompt

- Act 5 discussion (if needed)

- begin wrap-up of KingLear (if we finish Act 5)

Thursday February 17:

- M-C #3B due

- discussion of themes & motifs in King Lear (bring notes)

- wrap-up of King Lear

- distribution of paper topics for Heart of Darkness, as well as note packet. 

Friday February 18:

- Q2 2005 essay explication, typed, double spaced, .7margins, 12 point font, name = the best birthday gift you ever received

- Q&A (if any) regarding your paper topics for Heartof Darkness

- read all intro notes on Heart of Darkness, including the Xerox notes packet and bookintro (p.1-14) by Joyce Carol Oates (a quiz, perhaps?)

- look for papertopic quotes and examples as you read. Mark up your book.

- review vocabulary words in notes packet

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Monday, February 7:

- Read: p.745-6 “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke

- Ques: p.746 #1-3

- Read: p.746 “What I Said” by Norman Stock

- Ques: p.746 #1-4

- Read all Act 1 and mark up the text, since you own thebook

- Complete King Lear study/review questions corresponding towhat we cover in class.

- Questions for each Act will be due the day after wediscuss/complete the Act in class, which for Act 1 is tomorrow.

-distribution of prose excerpt to mark up for HW, duetomorrow

Tuesday February 8:

- Bring in marked up Q2-2000 prose excerpt for discussion(15 minutes of class time max)

- Read ahead through Act 2 (all) class and mark up the text,since you own the book

- Complete study/review questions corresponding to what wecover in class (Act 2 due tomorrow)

Wednesday, February9:

- Read ahead through Act 3 (all) and mark up the text, sinceyou own the book

- Complete study/review questions corresponding to what wecover in class (Act 3 due tomorrow)

- Due: M-C practice 3A. Time yourself and take 40 minutes to complete the 2 sections.  Mark all answers on the separate answersheet.

Thursday, February 10:

- due: 2000 Q2 essay explication, typed, double spaced, .7margins, 12 point font, name = your favorite comedian

- Read ahead through Act 4? (all) and mark up the text, sinceyou own the book

- Complete study/review questions corresponding to what wecover in class

Friday, February 11:

- due: Marked-up essays and filled-out “AP Essay WritingScorecard”

- Read: p.755 “ShallI compare thee to a summer’s day?” Shakespeare

- Ques: p.755 #1-4

- Read: p.755-6 “Mymistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” Shakespeare

- Ques: p.756 #1-3

* Reminder: answer each question in C-S-E/A

- Read in King LearAct 5?(all) and mark up the text, since you own the book

- Complete study/review questions corresponding to what wecover in class

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Monday, February 1:

- bring AP workbook

- due: Frederick Douglass essay (follow directions for theprompt).  Print @ 12 points, doublespaced, .7 margins, your name = an African-American person whom you admire.

- BRING A HIGHLIGHTER TO CLASS

- distribution of prose excerpt to analyze and mark-up forHW

Tuesday, February 2:

- due: 1987 Q2 “Leisure” explication. Print @ 12 points,double spaced, .7 margins, your name = your two favorite leisure activities.

Wednesday, February 3:

CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

Thursday, February 4:

- Read: “Enjoying King Lear.”  You don’t have to print it out if you’drather read it on your computer screen.

- introduction to King Lear (Xerox distribution)

- Bring King Lear text to class

- M-C practice #2B due (1 poetry & 1 prose section).  Practice your M-C strategies, and spendbetween 30-40 minutes – no more! – on the two sections.

Friday, February 5:

- Review Xerox notes for King Lear

- Read prior to class: Act I, scene 1

DUE NEXT WEEK:

- Read: p.745-6 “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke

- Ques: p.746 #1-3

- Read: p.746 “What I Said” by Norman Stock

- Ques: p.746 #1-4

- Read through Act I scene 2 and mark up the text, since youown the book

- Complete King Lear study/review questions corresponding towhat we cover in class. 

- Questions for each Act will be due the day after we discuss/completethe Act in class.

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Monday, January 24:

- Midterm exams for periods 3& 6  APLiterature!

Tuesday, January 25:

- Midterm exams for periods 4 & 8

Wednesday, January26:

- We will go over the midterm exam: M-C questions and poetryexplication

- read carefully: p.735 “Suggestions for Scanning a Poem”

- p.743 “The Tyger” by William Blake, Ques: p.743 #1-5

- p.744-5 “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, LordTennyson, Ques: p.745 #1-3

(C-S-E/A answers for both poems, as usual)

- reread/review in AP workbook: Chapter 8 “Basic Principlesof the Essay Section” and Chapter 9 “The Idea Machine…” and Chapter 10 “SampleProse and Poetry Essays” – focus on the prose section, which starts on page 129through 135.

- bring AP workbook, notebook

Thursday, January 27: SNOW DAY- NO CLASSES

Friday, January 28:

- bring AP workbook, notebook

- review of PROSE explication materials: “Literary TermsThat You’ll See Used on the AP Essay Prompts” Xerox (you already have thisXerox)

- Frederick Douglass prose passage for in-class practice