Due Monday, January 12, 2009:

AP English Literature
Worth 320 points!!!
Ms. Kingsbury
The Haunting: A Study of Death and the Afterlife
Unit Sheet: Short Stories and Poetry

To wrap up our study of life through death (and death through life) which began with Frankenstein, you will be asked to complete the following tasks:

Poetry to read:
a. “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks: page 782
Answer questions: 1, 2, 3

b. “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen: page 803
Answer questions: 1, 2, 3, 4

c. “Who Will Know Us?” by Gary Soto: page 810
Answer questions: 1, 2, 3

d. “February” by Margaret Atwood: page 826
Answer questions: 1, 2, 3, 4

e. “Execution” by Edward Hirsch: page 829
Answer questions: 1, 2, 3

f. “Unholy Sonnet” by Mark Jarman: page 921
Answer questions: 2

g. “Midterm Break” by Seamus Heaney: page 931
Answer questions: 1, 2, 3


Short stories to read:
a. “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner: begins on page 90
Answer questions: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11

b. “Three Girls” by Joyce Carol Oates: begins on page 74
Answer questions: 1, 5, 6

c. “How to Tell a True War Story” by Tim O’Brien: begins on page 557
Answer questions: 6, 8, 9


The above readings and questions are due on MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2009. This assignment cannot be turned in late. Answers can be emailed or handwritten.

Worth 320 points!!!