“IT’S A FRENETIC FRIDAY, AND BECAUSE IT’S FRIDAY, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS…”

AP Literature and Composition / September 21, 2012Mr. Houghteling

“It’s great to be alive!”

AGENDA

Collect “Dulce” work. Vladimir Nabokov— “Good Readers and Good Writers”

Slaughterhouse-Five

“Good Readers and Good Writers” Anticipation Guide

Groups of four. Read all, discuss many, choose

four. Reading Nabokov

Annotate. Track qualities of good readers

(be/have/do) on the table.

Vladimir Nabokov Born to noble family in Russia. Was trilingual at an early age. After WWI, the Nabokovs fled

Russia for England, then Berlin. After his father was murdered, Nabokov became a poet, fleeing Berlin in 1940 to U.S.

Wrote Lolita, ranked 4 on the Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels. Pale Fire was ranked 53 on that list.

Nabokov is noted for his complex plots, clever word play, and use of alliteration.

HOMEWORK• Complete your reading of “Good

Readers and Good Writers.” Complete the table as you finish the reading.

• Read Slaughterhouse-Five! Use the notes from Nabokov as a guide while you read.

• Study the imagery man chart. • Review both “The Soldier” and “Dulce et

Decorum Est” using the imagery man chart. You should be able to find quality examples of varying imagery, specifically in reference to “Dulce.”