For Wednesday, August 28

Shakespeare

Read How to Read Literature Like a Professor chapters 11 and 12.  Make sure to pay attention to key concepts.  You might REVIEW the bold sentences in chapters 1-10.  For extra points on your reading quiz, bring in a written response to this question:  Why does Winston wake up with the name Shakespeare on his lips?  (Section 1; chapter 3)  (Kindle search for the word Shakespeare; it's the first reference.)

Prepare for a 40 minute timed writing essay:

You can choose one of the three prompts at the bottom of your AP Practice Free Response handout.

Orwell once wrote that "in a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.".....

One theme common of the dystopian novel is that government's intentions are not benevolent,"...

Humanistic philosopher Erich Fromm wrote that 1984....

After our poetry bootcamp, we will begin the novel The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis.  Following that, we will read Till We Have Faces by the same author.  You may want to go ahead and purchase these two novels.  We will begin The Great Divorce the second week of September.