AP Activities for My Last Duchess
Open a new GoogleDocument on which to complete the following activities. Please title the document LastName_MLD_Activities and share it with me at missmccalister.magnet@gmail.com.
Activity 1: Duke's Extraordinary Playlist. You may have seen the show Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist on television recently. (I have included a trailer for the show so you can get the idea.) Use what you know about the Duke, the Count's envoy, and the Last Duchess to find a song that you believe each would be singing in his/her head. Your response should include the character's name, the title and artist of the song, and the lines of the song you feel most describe what the character might be thinking. Then, find the song on YouTube and copy and paste the link next to the your response.
Activity 1: Duke's Extraordinary Playlist. You may have seen the show Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist on television recently. (I have included a trailer for the show so you can get the idea.) Use what you know about the Duke, the Count's envoy, and the Last Duchess to find a song that you believe each would be singing in his/her head. Your response should include the character's name, the title and artist of the song, and the lines of the song you feel most describe what the character might be thinking. Then, find the song on YouTube and copy and paste the link next to the your response.
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Activity 2: The Duke's Diary. Your task is to write the duke's diary, using the prompts below. Remember, a diary is where you write thoughts and feelings that you would not share with others. Try to convey his possessive but also cold and chilling character. In your document response, label each new answer as Entry #1, Entry #2, Entry #3, etc. (Please do not embarrass yourself by making brief, bare-minimum responses. Be creative and expressive.)
Activity 3: Critical Lenses. Below you will find two files. The first file is a refresher on the critical theories/lenses that we discussed at the beginning of the year. The second file is a list of multiple choice questions with possible answers. Please identify what critical theory or lens is being applied to the text.
Here is an example:
1. The poem "My Last Duchess" (complete text) is termed a "dramatic monologue" because
A. it contains three formal elements: an occasion, a speaker, and a hearer. FORMALIST THEORY
B. all its words are heard--and are intended to be heard--by an implied auditor. FORMALIST THEORY
C. in it we hear only one voice--and as is typical of pre-twentieth-century verse that voice is male.FEMINIST THEORY
D. rather than being "narrative," by virtue of its scansion and diction it appears to have been excerpted from the body of a verse drama such as a play by Shakespeare. STRUCTURALIST THEORY
Here is an example:
1. The poem "My Last Duchess" (complete text) is termed a "dramatic monologue" because
A. it contains three formal elements: an occasion, a speaker, and a hearer. FORMALIST THEORY
B. all its words are heard--and are intended to be heard--by an implied auditor. FORMALIST THEORY
C. in it we hear only one voice--and as is typical of pre-twentieth-century verse that voice is male.FEMINIST THEORY
D. rather than being "narrative," by virtue of its scansion and diction it appears to have been excerpted from the body of a verse drama such as a play by Shakespeare. STRUCTURALIST THEORY
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YOUR CHOICES OF CRITICAL THEORIES
FORMALIST ARCHETYPAL FEMINIST MARXIST NEW CRITICISM PSYCHOLOGICAL READER RESPONSE DECONSTRUCTIONIST HISTORICAL STRUCTURALISM |
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Here you will find notes/annotations from the poem which we did in class. Refer to the notes if you need to as you complete activities about the poem.
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In many ways the AP English IV curriculum aligns with the core English IV timeline. However, there are certain aspects of instruction which are particular to Advanced Placement.
On this page, you will find information which extends or enhances the basic English IV work. This page addresses points at which the two classes may diverge in content, context, or subject. |
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