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AP English 12. Mrs. Knoche. Essential Questions. What does literature teach us about the human condition? What is right behavior, and what is wrong behavior? What drives the choices we make? What gives meaning and dignity to our lives?. Daily Warm-up.
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AP English 12 Mrs. Knoche
Essential Questions • What does literature teach us about the human condition? • What is right behavior, and what is wrong behavior? • What drives the choices we make? • What gives meaning and dignity to our lives?
Daily Warm-up • Review the following words: surreptitious, vicarious, antipathy, diaphanous • Define the following words: lascivious, assuage, ubiquitous, prosaic
Open-ended Introductions • Choose three prompts and write introductions using the three different works from your chart. • They must include answer to prompt and tie-in to theme.
Revisiting Essays • Open-Ended: Abstract and Concrete • Prose: SIP (Satire, Irony, Paradox) • Poetry (Conclusions)
Exit Ticket • Which essay is your weakest? What do you need to do to improve?
Homework • Poetry (“Sow”) and/or Prose (The Crossing) Essays