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 – Create a GMAIL account – This will be how you save your work so that it will never be lost! – Start working on preliminary research worksheet that is due tomorrow – Able to work at your own pace – Instruction from me and online – Sign up to get help from me Research Paper Due Dates 1.GMAIL account: Monday, 5/2 2.Preliminary Research Worksheet: Tuesday, 5/3 3.Outline: Friday, 5/6 4.50 researched note cards: Friday, 5/13 5.Complete Rough Draft: 5/20 6. Final Draft with Corrections Made: Friday, 5/27
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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– Create a GMAIL account– This will be how you save your
work so that it will never be lost!
– Start working on preliminary research worksheet that is due tomorrow
– Able to work at your own pace– Instruction from me and
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
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
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
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
• 1930s 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 Exam1. 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.
