1. AP Literature & Composition
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2. Reading Quiz over Chapters 6-8 pgs. 76-101
Agenda
Reading Quiz over Chapters 6-8 pgs
Vocabulary Unit 3 Words 6-10
Group and Whole Class Discussion over
Chapters 6-8
Homework: Finish Part I pgs

3. Vocabulary Unit 3 http://mbcurl.me/S8K0
Commiserate
Enjoin
Expedite
Expiate
Ferment
In each column of your graphic organizer list the following:
What do you think it means? (Before looking it up)
Look up the actual definition and write down a few synonyms.
List each word’s part of speech
Create your own sentence using the word.

4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Discussion
What is the “time control”? What is different in the ward so that the Chief does not experience the fog or the time control?
Describe McMurphy’s underwear. What do you think they symbolize in this story? Explain the significance of the “aces and eights” tattoo.
State a theme for this novel based on the confusion between sanity and insanity.
Find the ironic statement at the end of Ch. 7/Section 7.

5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Discussion
Find a definition of “oppression,” as it might be used to describe mental patients. In what way can Nurse Ratched’s behavior toward the other inmates be considered oppressive?
Why do you think the Chief believes Nurse Ratched would rather McMurphy had “been stark naked under that towel than had on those shorts”?
Find a passage in this section, other than the one describing his shorts, that compares McMurphy to the freedom available in nature.

6. Homework: Finish Part I pgs. 102-145
Final Essay Assignment Beginning tomorrow and will be due Wednesday, October 8th.