21 Class Days Before Exams Computer lab working

21 Class Days Before Exams! • Computer lab working on research paper • You may have to work on the paper some at home in order to finish on time • Today’s Class Research Paper Due Dates 1. GMAIL account: Monday, 5/2 2. Preliminary Research Worksheet: Tuesday, 5/3 – Create a GMAIL account 3. Outline: Friday, 5/6 – This will be how you save your 4. 50 researched note cards: work so that it will never be Friday, 5/13 lost! – Start working on preliminary 5. Complete Rough Draft: 5/20 research worksheet that is due tomorrow 6. Final Draft with – Able to work at your own pace Corrections Made: – Instruction from me and Friday, 5/27 online – Sign up to get help from me

Research Paper Requirements • • All work should be completed on time Preliminary research work sheet Outline and 50 note cards Completed Rough Draft with Title Page and Works Cited Page, with in-text citations (using easybib. com) – 12 Point/Times New Roman Font – 1’’ Margins, Double-Spaced – No headings/Title on Title Page only – 5 -8 complete pages • Final draft with corrections made

Honors English: Today’s Class • Go over plan for the rest of the semester • AP English/English IV sample writing prompt • Introduction- The Glass Menagerie & Tennessee Williams • View pt. 1 & begin writing prompt • Writing prompt/essay due tomorrow

21 Class Days Before Exams! • Every Monday/Tuesday (except the last Monday)- in class covering literature & practicing AP writing prompts • Every Wednesday through Friday- computer lab working on research paper • You will have to work on the paper some at home in order to finish on time • No more vocabulary quizzzes! Research Paper Due Dates 1. GMAIL account: Wednesday, 5/4 2. Outline: Friday, 5/6 3. 50 researched note cards: Friday, 5/13 4. Complete Rough Draft: 5/20 5. Final Draft with Corrections Made: Friday, 5/27

AP/Honors English IV Prep • AP English Literature & Composition Exam – 3 hours – 2 sections – 1 hours to complete 55 multiple choice questions which test your ability to read/comprehend/analyze prose and poetry from different genres and time periods, mostly from British and American literature – 2 hours to answer 3 free response questions which test your ability to write critical essays on literary texts

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams • Greatest playwright in American history • Questioned political/social norms • Awarded 4 Drama Critic Circle Awards, 2 Pulitzer Prizes, Presidential Medal of Freedom • Self destructive • Alcohol and drug abuser

Tennessee Williams • Real name: Thomas Lanier Williams (1911) • Born in the South, raised in Missouri • Troubled life- highly criticized, lost family & friends, closet homosexual • Died alone in a hotel room- alcohol & drug overdoes

The Glass Menagerie: What’s it about? • Human desperation for the past, for the future, and for freedom • Imprisonment/paralysis by longing for these things • The entire scene is a memory from the narrator • 1930 s middle class- The Great Depression era • Shed light on discouragement over a failed economy, thus a failed middle class American society, through the telling of failed lives.

Your Assignment • Watch the play • Take notes on things you notice that will help you answer one of the following prompts. • Notes will be collected. • You may use your notes on the timed essay which will be written at the conclusion of the play tomorrow

AP English Literature Exam 1. 1990. Choose a novel or play that depicts a conflict between a parent (or a parental figure) and a son or daughter. Write an essay in which you analyze the sources of the conflict and explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid plot summary. 2. 2009. A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.