To be or not to be...

Hey! I'm spending this week at an AP English conference in Morehead, Kentucky. Today one of the pieces of literature we looked at was the famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy from Hamlet and it made me think of our summer reading. All incoming seniors should be reading The Stranger and typing your essay to hand in on the first day of school. AP students should also be reading Hamlet and watching a film version.

The famous speech in Prince Hamlet's words illustrate a crucial moment in his life. He's been dealt some serious blows and is struggling, for sure. In fact, I think he seems lost in a maze of questions. We'll analyze the monologue together in class. I hope you are getting excited about school starting back up. For you seniors, it will be "the beginning of the end!" Happy reading...

Email address

My email address at school has been updated! If you need to contact me, click here: Karin.Pulliam@frankfort.kyschools.us

Have a great summer!

Did you like 1984?

Check out this link to the forthcoming comic book version of 1984! The artist/writer has completed the first two chapters!

FHS Summer Assignment for Rising Seniors

                   

All incoming English IV students must read The Stranger by Albert Camus before returning to school. This book is available at FHS, if you would like to check out a copy which you will be responsible for returning in August.  

If you wish to purchase a copy, Poor Richard’s Book Store, Joseph Beth, and Barnes and Noble sell an inexpensive paperback edition. It can also be ordered from amazon.com or other booksellers on the internet. The benefit of purchasing your own copy is that you will be able to write and highlight in your own book.

1. READ  - As you read the novel, either highlight or flag (with post-its) significant quotations. Choose quotations that have meaning or that stand out to you. You need to mark at least 10 quotations in each Part of the book, for a total of 20 quotations.

2. WRITE - After reading the book carefully, each student must complete the following written assignment:

Events in a first-person perspective novel are sifted through the speaker’s narration. 

I. Discuss how Meursault views the world, and conversely 

II. how the world views Meursault.

Remember, good body paragraphs need a topic sentence and at least four more sentences that illustrate and support the topic sentence. 

Format: double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, 1-2 pages.

Please purchase the following supplies for class:

• Single subject spiral or composition notebook
• Plastic 1” or 1 ½” binder with dividers
• Lined filler paper and pens
• Flash drive

AP English students, read on...

In addition to The Stranger, all AP English students must read Hamlet by William Shakespeare. I strongly encourage you to watch a live performance or a DVD of Hamlet (there are several versions). Know who the characters are and how they relate to each other. Know the major plot events. Know who dies, how, and when!

Feel free to contact me over the summer with questions or concerns: Karin.Rademaker@jefferson.kyschools.us

Senior English Final

When you are done with the multiple choice portion of your exam, hand it in and pick up a copy of the essay portion of the exam.

Click on the link here to write your analytical essay. Mrs. Pulliam has already put together your Works Cited page for you. Compose your MLA-formatted essay on the Word document, and then simply delete any works from the list you did not cite in your essay.

Congratulations, Swashbucklers!

A huge thank you and congratulations to all the students and their families who were involved in our recent production of The Pirates of Penzance! The time, energy, blood, sweat, and tears you invested in putting on a great show did not go unnoticed by your audience! You should be very proud! Seniors, we love you and we will miss you!

AP English students

Here's the link I told you about in class. Click here to read all of the open-ended (question 3) prompts:

http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/AP/APOpenQuestions.html