Pretty Horses

Homework Assignments: Week 28
AP English Language

Monday
3/29 Read in your IR book. The final date to take an IR test will be on Wednesday March 31.

Tuesday
3/30 Work on the final draft of your knife fight analysis. Due Thursday. Finish up your IR if you have not done so already.

Wednesday
3/24 Finish the final draft of your knife fight analysis. Due tomorrow. Spend a lot of time so that you have a sold final draft with just one revision. Be sure to read your entire essay aloud and make sure it sounds as clear, strong, and insightful as you can make it.

Thursday
4/1 Work on your writing portfolio. Complete at least one reflection tonight.

Friday
4/2 Read in your new IR book and enjoy the vacation. You can start studying literary terms if you want to get a head start on the AP exam.

Old Assignments: Week 24 - 25

Week 27

Monday
3/22 Work on your knife fight analysis. Due Wednesday. Read in your IR book. The final date to take an IR test will be on Wednesday March 31.

Tuesday
3/23 Finish the first draft of your knife fight analysis. Work on the study questions for the All the Pretty Horses exam. At a minimum, go through all of the study questions and determine which ones you need help on. Study questions are due on Monday before you take the exam. You may earn up to 10 points extra credit by writing out thorough answers to every question.

Wednesday
3/24 Work on study questions and on preparing for the essay exam. The essay exam will be on Friday, March 26.

Thursday
3/25 Work on study questions and finish preparing for the All the Pretty Horses essay exam. The essay exam will be tomorrow, March 26.

Friday
3/26 Read in your IR book. The final date to take an IR test will be on Wednesday March 31. Finish your study questions for the exam on Monday.

Week 26

Monday
3/15 Read to page 264 of All the Pretty Horses. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow.

Tuesday
3/16 Read to page 284 of All the Pretty Horses. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow.

Wednesday
3/17 Finish reading All the Pretty Horses. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow.

Thursday
3/18 Good luck at the Mock Trial competition! If you’ll be at school on Friday, please bring your IR book.

Friday
3/19 Read in your IR book. The final date to take an IR test will be on Wednesday March 31.

Week 25

Monday
3/8 Read to page 161 of All the Pretty Horses. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Work on revising your timed writing on Fahrenheit 451, due Monday.

Tuesday
3/9 Read to page 188 of All the Pretty Horses. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow.

Wednesday
3/10 Read to page 217 of All the Pretty Horses. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow.

Thursday
3/11 Read to page 241 of All the Pretty Horses. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion Monday.

Friday
3/12 Read in your IR book. Finish revising your timed writing on Fahrenheit 451, due Monday.

Week 24

Monday
3/1 Read to the end of page 50 of All the Pretty Horses. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow.

Tuesday
3/2 Read to page 86 of All the Pretty Horses. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow.

Wednesday
3/3 Read to page 112 of All the Pretty Horses. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow.

Thursday
3/4 Read to page 137 of All the Pretty Horses. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion Monday. Take the extra weekend day to catch up on IR because all tests must be taken by the end of March. Schedule a test next week if you can.

Friday
3/5 Read in your IR book.

Answer the following prompt using a scene from All the Pretty Horses. Be sure to choose your scene (I recommend the knife fight scene (pages 198-201)) and to Xerox it before you go home to analyze it. Due Monday, September 12

9/4 Choose two quotations from All the Pretty Horses and reflect on them in detail. Write more than a half page about each quotation. Focus on analyzing the specific lines rather than summarizing the plot surrounding the quotations. Look at the model quotation reflection if you’re not sure what to do. The key to this assignment is choosing meaty quotations. Don’t start writing about a quotation unless you have a lot to say about it—choose carefully. Remember to copy down your quotations before you leave school if you don’t have your own copy of the book. Also, write down at least two questions or topics for discussion.