Impressions from Chopin presentations today:
1. AC gave us the best example of merging literary analysis with the technical requirements of literary terms, textual evidence, and textual citations. In addition, she knew all of the characters and their foibles, provided connections to the other Chopin stories, and exhibited measured, specific, mature diction.
2. Whether verbal or written, AP Lit work products should go something like this: identification of literary device and its effect in the text, specific example (s) with citations, explanation of the example in coordination with the device, and analysis of the effect.
3. Finding patterns over the course of a text indicates the most maturity. How many times did we see characters' hands and eyes specified, or a bird in a cage, or an open window, or the sea? How many stories featured white color symbolism?
4. Overall, I am glad that we started off our new readings delving into Chopin -- we had motifs, character types, gender roles, themes, and other elements we need to understand and analyze prose works.
On Friday, we have one more presentation to go, and we will be starting our first writing prompt -- step-by-step (how very New Kids of me).
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