21 Class Days Before Exams!
• Computer lab working on
Research Paper Due Dates
research paper
• You may have to work on the 1. GMAIL account: Monday,
5/2
paper some at home in
order to finish on time
2. Preliminary Research
Worksheet: Tuesday, 5/3
• Today’s Class
– 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!
5. Complete Rough Draft:
– Start working on preliminary
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
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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
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 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.