Between the loss of so many cultural figures in the past days, trying to rewatch all the Supernatural episodes from the very beginning, and taking care of a recovering Ingram, I have finished up the multiple choice portion of your final exam. In case you were wondering, the first text was Bleak House by Charles Dickens and the third text was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
In exciting news, I did not set the curve for the multiple choice this time around. I guess my lucky desk is not lucky this season. Our high scorer is SU from second hour. Congratulations for your ability to not only comprehend the text but evaluate each author's themes and literary elements.
As a side note, we will be going over the MC portion the day we return from break. At that point, I will remind you of the following items: close read for comprehension and literary elements (you have to read these passages; skimming will not give you enough detail for the questions) and use process of elimination (it sure helps when checking your answers to see if you were close).
Since the MC portion will probably take all hour, your book card for The Cherry Orchard will be due on Friday, January 6. We will not have the opportunity to discuss the play until then.
Lastly, the last three days have seen a trio of stars ascend to the heavens, and even though these are just celebrities on a screen or on a stage, their cultural contributions frequented my childhood.
Listening to my mom rhapsodize about George Michael and incorporate the word "wow" at least fifteen times into a multi-dependent periodic sentence searching for an independent clause reminded me of how she was the Wham! fan that introduced me to "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" and "Careless Whisper."
Remembering the first movie that I saw in a movie theater three times at age 5 and wanting to be a braided fighting princess in a metal bikini taking on Jabba the Hutt and having the Ewoks as my allies. And at age 11, wanting to order everything "on the side" and having a witty, supportive friend like Marie.
Learning of the great, unsinkable Molly Brown - one of my mom's favorite movies and the first time I saw Debbie Reynolds tear up the floor - and dancing around the living room. And with that note, a little Debbie in her most famous role: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2yiIoEtXw.
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Thursday, December 22, 2016
For Those of You Interested in an Advertising Career
As many of you may recall from last year, I visit classrooms in January to help pique interest in AP Lit and let students know all the options available to them junior and senior year. (Yes, I will be out of the room during that time, but you know you will have something to keep you busy.)
Another way to call attention to AP Lit is to create a poster that grabs the eye and provides key words that would attract a student to the course. And in the past years, our department chair has blown up this poster into a mega-poster that is on the English department bulletin board second semester.
With that in mind, I have a proposal, not a modest one, for my AP Lit students.
If you would like to make a poster for AP Lit, and perhaps earn 10-20 extra credit points (dependent on effort), create one advertisement and share/e-mail it to me by 7:00 a.m. on January 4. This will need to be in digital format.
You will find below some facts about the course that you may want to include; however, you can also bring in stuff you have learned or liked this semester to encourage a student to take the course. Remember, this is an advertisement and prospective students walking down the hall will not stop to read full sentence explanations. The winning poster will be selected by another teacher or staff member and will receive an additional 10 extra credit points.
AP Lit Facts:
Another way to call attention to AP Lit is to create a poster that grabs the eye and provides key words that would attract a student to the course. And in the past years, our department chair has blown up this poster into a mega-poster that is on the English department bulletin board second semester.
With that in mind, I have a proposal, not a modest one, for my AP Lit students.
If you would like to make a poster for AP Lit, and perhaps earn 10-20 extra credit points (dependent on effort), create one advertisement and share/e-mail it to me by 7:00 a.m. on January 4. This will need to be in digital format.
You will find below some facts about the course that you may want to include; however, you can also bring in stuff you have learned or liked this semester to encourage a student to take the course. Remember, this is an advertisement and prospective students walking down the hall will not stop to read full sentence explanations. The winning poster will be selected by another teacher or staff member and will receive an additional 10 extra credit points.
AP Lit Facts:
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Seniors only
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Full year course
with an objective to pass the AP Literature and Composition exam in May
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College credit
earned through test scores and/or dual credit enrollment
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Curriculum
focuses on components of the AP Literature and Composition Exam: multiple
choice, poetry analysis, prose and analysis, and free response analysis
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Close reading
strategies and critical theory analyses of texts including feminist,
historicist, psychoanalytic, Marxist, and structuralist
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Fiction emphasis:
poetry, short stories, plays, novels, etc.
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AP prompt writing
skills to foster mature writing style and analysis
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Writings will
consist of literary analyses with additional research and intense study
required
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Full length texts
will include novels and plays throughout the course of the school year
No summer reading
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Happy Holidays!
Thank you to all my little elves that have delivered treats to me this week. I appreciate all the goodies -- especially while grading your poetry exam take two, which proved that you do know your stanzas, your meter, your poetry types. Now, please, do not forget all of these poetic elements over break. You will still need them during second semester.
When making my list for Santa this year, I realized that I did not have a long one. Of course, there are my new Rag and Bone boots, which are so beautiful and funky that this picture really does not do the color or the style justice. https://www.shopcade.com/product/rag-bone-sanne-bordeaux-patent-35-5/58077b8b030fb19e1e4d83ea.
However, I am fortunate to have 35 gifts each day in AP Lit, and I can't imagine a more creative, witty, declamatory, and articulate group delving into Edna's sea, Grendel's forest, Lear's storm, or Marvel's awkward pick-up lines.
Over break, you have a wee reading assignment: The Cherry Orchard. For most of you, this is your first opportunity to read a Russian playwright, so pay close attention to the characterization, themes, motifs, and milieus present. When we return to class, you will need to complete a book card on The Cherry Orchard; this will be your first grade of the semester and your fifth book card in total.
Our next semester will start off and then include the following items: a return to vocab experts for about 5 more units, allusion posters, drama (The Cherry Orchard, The Importance of Being Earnest), prose (Metamorphosis, Mary Wollstonecraft, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights), poetry (The Canterbury Tales, Romantics - ah, Keatsy, I have missed you) and critical lens (Feminist & Marxist). And for those of you on the creative side of the mind, you will have a chance to write your own creative poetry.
Enjoy your holiday break! Perhaps you can speak to your family and friends in iambic pentameter ballads to create a more festive mood!
When making my list for Santa this year, I realized that I did not have a long one. Of course, there are my new Rag and Bone boots, which are so beautiful and funky that this picture really does not do the color or the style justice. https://www.shopcade.com/product/rag-bone-sanne-bordeaux-patent-35-5/58077b8b030fb19e1e4d83ea.
However, I am fortunate to have 35 gifts each day in AP Lit, and I can't imagine a more creative, witty, declamatory, and articulate group delving into Edna's sea, Grendel's forest, Lear's storm, or Marvel's awkward pick-up lines.
Over break, you have a wee reading assignment: The Cherry Orchard. For most of you, this is your first opportunity to read a Russian playwright, so pay close attention to the characterization, themes, motifs, and milieus present. When we return to class, you will need to complete a book card on The Cherry Orchard; this will be your first grade of the semester and your fifth book card in total.
Our next semester will start off and then include the following items: a return to vocab experts for about 5 more units, allusion posters, drama (The Cherry Orchard, The Importance of Being Earnest), prose (Metamorphosis, Mary Wollstonecraft, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights), poetry (The Canterbury Tales, Romantics - ah, Keatsy, I have missed you) and critical lens (Feminist & Marxist). And for those of you on the creative side of the mind, you will have a chance to write your own creative poetry.
Enjoy your holiday break! Perhaps you can speak to your family and friends in iambic pentameter ballads to create a more festive mood!
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Keats Sums It Up
While looking for sonnets for the poetry take 2 exam tomorrow, I came across this one by my Keatsy. I hope you enjoy!
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44482
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44482
Book Inventory
One occupation to keep me busy while my students feverishly write essays and complete multiple choice passages is dealing with novels and textbooks. While passing out books is a great deal of fun, checking the returned inventory falls more under the work category. We have had four texts this year: the big green AP Lit textbook, Kate Chopin compilation, Grendel, and King Lear.
For the AP Lit textbook, if you are graduating early or, alas, not continuing the course next semester, you will need to return the textbook a.s.a.p. Second semester AP Lit students (wait until you see all the creative work you will be doing in January), you may bring the book back to keep on the shelf or leave it at home and peruse its many excellent selections of literature over holiday break.
In happy news, all of the Kate Chopin texts are back at home and all together on the shelf :)
In unhappy news, there are still 8 copies of Grendel running amok in the wilderness outside of my room. Return our beloved monster back to Room 404 a.s.a.p.
And for our King and his daughters, you may keep the text for essay purposes over the next couple of days. When you turn in your essay, I would like you to turn in your text as well -- you can place it in the same box as the essay. If you are graduating at semester, you must turn in this text prior to break.
That's all from now in Room 404. See you tomorrow for the multiple choice portion of the final and the Take 2 of the poetry exam.
For the AP Lit textbook, if you are graduating early or, alas, not continuing the course next semester, you will need to return the textbook a.s.a.p. Second semester AP Lit students (wait until you see all the creative work you will be doing in January), you may bring the book back to keep on the shelf or leave it at home and peruse its many excellent selections of literature over holiday break.
In happy news, all of the Kate Chopin texts are back at home and all together on the shelf :)
In unhappy news, there are still 8 copies of Grendel running amok in the wilderness outside of my room. Return our beloved monster back to Room 404 a.s.a.p.
And for our King and his daughters, you may keep the text for essay purposes over the next couple of days. When you turn in your essay, I would like you to turn in your text as well -- you can place it in the same box as the essay. If you are graduating at semester, you must turn in this text prior to break.
That's all from now in Room 404. See you tomorrow for the multiple choice portion of the final and the Take 2 of the poetry exam.
Monday, December 19, 2016
Final Part I
Today's class was the first part of the final, the poetry prompt. If absent, you will need to schedule a time to make-up this portion, ideally prior to semester break.
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Cocoa & Cram on Monday! Plus More!
I will be participating in the Cocoa and Cram study sessions on Monday between 5-8 p.m. and all of my students are welcome to join me for review.
To give you a sense of what that would involve, I will be offering assistance for three classes at once.
For AP Lang, we will focus on rhetorical analysis prompts and multiple choice passages. I will have sample rhetorical analysis prompts, which we will close read, select strategies, and create mock outlines to review essay structure for this purpose. I will have multiple choice passages, which we will use to practice close reading skills and accuracy of answer. I will also have my rhetorical toolbox cards if you would like to play memory games. While you do not need to know every definition for the final (though, I would be happy if you did), it helps to have the main rhetorical strategies and modes of discourse ready for application on the exam.
For AP Lit, we will focus on multiple choice passages, which will allow us an opportunity to practice close reading skills and accuracy. The passages will be a hybrid of prose, poetry, and drama since your final will be a full AP Lit MC test. I will also have the poetry cards and the literary toolbox list to review the terms.
For Advanced Composition, we can review the styles of writing, grammar and punctuation rules, and tips for the final. We will be going over all of the above during class on Monday, so if you have any remaining questions about the final, we can work together during the cram session.
And, since I will be at school between seventh hour and the cram session, I will have my room open during that time for student use.
So, what exactly is student use? Since all of my students are working on some type of essay, you are welcome to use the computers starting at 2:30 p.m. until around 4:50 p.m. when I will need to close up the room for the Cocoa & Cram study sessions. I will be prepping and grading and dealing with textbooks (have you turned in all of your novels yet?) and possibly running errands here and there, but I will be available to answer any questions you have regarding the essay.
And, starting at 4 p.m., any AP Lang and AP Lit students are welcome to come and play with the AP Lang and Lit Cards to help prep for the final. I will even bring my AP flashcards to help you study. This will primarily be student-led review, but I will be in the background for any clarifications or questions that you may have.
Remember, all essays for all of my classes have a deadline of 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 22. The essay must be in hard copy and must be delivered by this time or the grade will be a zero -- no exceptions.
In all circumstances, I hope the aforementioned opportunities will help you with the finals and your last essays of the semester!
To give you a sense of what that would involve, I will be offering assistance for three classes at once.
For AP Lang, we will focus on rhetorical analysis prompts and multiple choice passages. I will have sample rhetorical analysis prompts, which we will close read, select strategies, and create mock outlines to review essay structure for this purpose. I will have multiple choice passages, which we will use to practice close reading skills and accuracy of answer. I will also have my rhetorical toolbox cards if you would like to play memory games. While you do not need to know every definition for the final (though, I would be happy if you did), it helps to have the main rhetorical strategies and modes of discourse ready for application on the exam.
For AP Lit, we will focus on multiple choice passages, which will allow us an opportunity to practice close reading skills and accuracy. The passages will be a hybrid of prose, poetry, and drama since your final will be a full AP Lit MC test. I will also have the poetry cards and the literary toolbox list to review the terms.
For Advanced Composition, we can review the styles of writing, grammar and punctuation rules, and tips for the final. We will be going over all of the above during class on Monday, so if you have any remaining questions about the final, we can work together during the cram session.
And, since I will be at school between seventh hour and the cram session, I will have my room open during that time for student use.
So, what exactly is student use? Since all of my students are working on some type of essay, you are welcome to use the computers starting at 2:30 p.m. until around 4:50 p.m. when I will need to close up the room for the Cocoa & Cram study sessions. I will be prepping and grading and dealing with textbooks (have you turned in all of your novels yet?) and possibly running errands here and there, but I will be available to answer any questions you have regarding the essay.
And, starting at 4 p.m., any AP Lang and AP Lit students are welcome to come and play with the AP Lang and Lit Cards to help prep for the final. I will even bring my AP flashcards to help you study. This will primarily be student-led review, but I will be in the background for any clarifications or questions that you may have.
Remember, all essays for all of my classes have a deadline of 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 22. The essay must be in hard copy and must be delivered by this time or the grade will be a zero -- no exceptions.
In all circumstances, I hope the aforementioned opportunities will help you with the finals and your last essays of the semester!
A Day of Poetry Review
After evaluating the poetry tests, there were several AP Lit students who did not perform up to their usual standards. (Overall, we did have test scores spread out through A to F.) Hence, today was about reviewing the feet, the lines, the stanzas, the meters, and the types of poetry -- using general terms on the board and the test itself to practice the skills needed.
Next week on your final day, you will have a secondary activity or mini test on poetry. It will be in the same format with maybe 5 or 6 of the poetry types. You will respond to questions regarding poems -- just like the packet and the test. For this mini-test, you will be required to answer a certain number of questions correctly for a grade. If you answer more than the required number, you will receive additional credit for those extra questions.
See you tomorrow to talk about the writing side -- the box and poetry prompts.
Next week on your final day, you will have a secondary activity or mini test on poetry. It will be in the same format with maybe 5 or 6 of the poetry types. You will respond to questions regarding poems -- just like the packet and the test. For this mini-test, you will be required to answer a certain number of questions correctly for a grade. If you answer more than the required number, you will receive additional credit for those extra questions.
See you tomorrow to talk about the writing side -- the box and poetry prompts.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
David's Favorite Prompt
Today was all about the timed poetry prompt, which I will not specify the topic, other than that David from last year felt a personal connection with the subject matter.
If absent today, you have 48 hours to either take the prompt or schedule a time to make up the prompt. If you do not do this in the given time frame, you will forfeit makeup privileges.
Thursday's class is all about prepping for the final and wrapping up the semester.
Monday, December 12, 2016
Poetry Test
The whole hour was dedicated to the poetry test, which examined the types of poetry, meter, feet, stanzas, and poetic devices. If absent for this exam, you will need to either make up the exam or schedule a specific time to complete the exam in the next 48 hours, which would equate to the end of the school day on Wednesday. If you do not do so, you will not have makeup privileges.
Students also turned in the Carpe Diem box prompt.
Tuesday will be a timed poetry prompt.
Thursday will be a review of the box prompt, the poetry test, and the timed writing prompt. We will do a few multiple choice passages to prep for the final, and you will receive the self-evaluation handout for your psychoanalysis essay.
As we do not have time to start The Metamorphosis, we will have the opportunity to use Friday's class time for peer evaluations or general writing time if you do not have any drafts complete.
The final will be one full MC test and one timed poetry prompt. Altogether, that would mean 1 hour and 45 minutes of testing time. Ergo, we will split the final into two halves with the writing prompt on Monday and the MC on Wednesday.
The final draft of the psychoanalysis essay has a deadline of December 22 at 11:00 a.m. This is a hard copy assignment as specified on the handout and must be delivered by this time.
Barring severe illness or emergency, make sure that you are in class every day for the next week. Missing any of these point opportunities will negatively impact your final semester grade.
Students also turned in the Carpe Diem box prompt.
Tuesday will be a timed poetry prompt.
Thursday will be a review of the box prompt, the poetry test, and the timed writing prompt. We will do a few multiple choice passages to prep for the final, and you will receive the self-evaluation handout for your psychoanalysis essay.
As we do not have time to start The Metamorphosis, we will have the opportunity to use Friday's class time for peer evaluations or general writing time if you do not have any drafts complete.
The final will be one full MC test and one timed poetry prompt. Altogether, that would mean 1 hour and 45 minutes of testing time. Ergo, we will split the final into two halves with the writing prompt on Monday and the MC on Wednesday.
The final draft of the psychoanalysis essay has a deadline of December 22 at 11:00 a.m. This is a hard copy assignment as specified on the handout and must be delivered by this time.
Barring severe illness or emergency, make sure that you are in class every day for the next week. Missing any of these point opportunities will negatively impact your final semester grade.
Friday, December 9, 2016
Don't Be Coy About That Box Prompt
1. We completed the tech survey for the district.
2. We shared our book cards with each other, which are now featured on my back wall.
3. You received the box prompt for the Carpe Diem poems. I only have a hard copy of this box prompt -- the digital one is playing hide and seek with me at present. Box prompt is due on Monday and you may choose from the Marvell, the Herrick, the Marlowe, or the Raleigh poems for this assignment.
Next week will be a busy week for us. Your poetry test, the zenith of our unit, will occur on Monday. Make sure to know your meter, feet, stanzas, and poetry types. On Tuesday, will be a true poetry prompt to help prepare for the final. Then, we will either start The Metamorphosis or prep for the final or some combination thereof. Your final will be a timed poetry prompt and a full MC test. We most likely will divide this up into 2 days in order to give you the full time needed.
2. We shared our book cards with each other, which are now featured on my back wall.
3. You received the box prompt for the Carpe Diem poems. I only have a hard copy of this box prompt -- the digital one is playing hide and seek with me at present. Box prompt is due on Monday and you may choose from the Marvell, the Herrick, the Marlowe, or the Raleigh poems for this assignment.
Next week will be a busy week for us. Your poetry test, the zenith of our unit, will occur on Monday. Make sure to know your meter, feet, stanzas, and poetry types. On Tuesday, will be a true poetry prompt to help prepare for the final. Then, we will either start The Metamorphosis or prep for the final or some combination thereof. Your final will be a timed poetry prompt and a full MC test. We most likely will divide this up into 2 days in order to give you the full time needed.
Survey Link
Do the district a favor and take this survey by the end of the day today: http://survey.fzsd.us
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Blog Reading Day
Our whole class time was dedicated to reading and evaluating the King Lear blogs! My personal favorite was AS from second hour.
The blog was due for all students -- present and absent -- at the start of class time. Hence, if you have not already done so, you will need to invite your instructor to read your blog so that you may receive late credit for the assignment.
Book Card 4 is tomorrow plus a box prompt. Your much anticipated poetry test will be Monday. I really enjoyed your blog work. I will be adding up the student evaluations and averaging those for your final score later today.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
The Priest, The Spy, The Explorer
Our Carpe Diem poems were brought to you today by Robert Herrick https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/virgins-make-much-time, Christopher Marlowe https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44675, and Sir Walter Raleigh https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44939. As noted in class, we have a great deal of lyrics, ballads, and pastoral poems abounding in this poetic genre. Plus, each one offers a different persona, showing how Carpe Diem is not only about seducing young ladies with reminders that they will eventually lose their hotness, die, and commune with worms.
Lots of stuff to work on for AP Lit including the finishing of your character blogs for King Lear prior to the start of your class time on Thursday. Even if absent, that time is the marker for completion of the assignment. In addition, you have book card 4 due on Friday. Oh, there is a box prompt, a poetry test, a poetry prompt, and maybe The Metamorphosis all around the corner.
Lots of stuff to work on for AP Lit including the finishing of your character blogs for King Lear prior to the start of your class time on Thursday. Even if absent, that time is the marker for completion of the assignment. In addition, you have book card 4 due on Friday. Oh, there is a box prompt, a poetry test, a poetry prompt, and maybe The Metamorphosis all around the corner.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Another Reason to Love Rossetti
Today is the wonderful Christina Rossetti's birthday; she is the author of the stunning, challenging poem "Goblin Market," which stars a girl named Laura (not the only reason I revere her work). Here is the poem, one of symbolism, sisterhood, and sensuality: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44996. I'm quite proud that I still have one of the stanzas memorized. I guess if I was less of a derelict, I would memorize the whole poem!
(On a side note, the majority of you know her writing in a different context: "A Birthday," which we read last year to analyze anaphora and diction.)
As you may surmise, I have been a fan of Rossetti since my college days, and since seeing the movie About Adam, which introduced me to "Goblin Market" in all its glory. A few moments ago, my esteem has grown even more and my realization that I need to make a power point about Rossetti for the Scholar Quiz Team Study Guide (join the team if you want to be a part of that opus).
Rossetti composed a poem entitled "On Keats," which I will share with you now! http://hellopoetry.com/poem/16119/on-keats/ I know you can just imagine my literal jumping for joy, my shrieks of happiness, my sudden need to reread Keats this evening.
And to make this relative to our class, count the lines and tap out that meter to review your structure and poetry types!
Book Card # 4
Announced in class today -
Book card #4 on King Lear or another text selection will be due Friday at the start of the class. We have a shortened hour due to the lip dub scheduling; hence, a presentation of your work would be a nice way to start our Friday.
And, just to remind all of you, the blog must be completed by the start of your class hour on Thursday. Any blog posts created after that time will not count towards your final evaluation.
We have a few "big" items coming up in the next week: a box prompt, your blog, a poetry test, a poetry prompt, and your psychoanalysis paper. All of these items carry substantial points, so if you are wanting to boost your grade or maintain its percentage, make sure to not forget any of these assignments.
Book card #4 on King Lear or another text selection will be due Friday at the start of the class. We have a shortened hour due to the lip dub scheduling; hence, a presentation of your work would be a nice way to start our Friday.
And, just to remind all of you, the blog must be completed by the start of your class hour on Thursday. Any blog posts created after that time will not count towards your final evaluation.
We have a few "big" items coming up in the next week: a box prompt, your blog, a poetry test, a poetry prompt, and your psychoanalysis paper. All of these items carry substantial points, so if you are wanting to boost your grade or maintain its percentage, make sure to not forget any of these assignments.
The Worms Return
Since you are working on your blogs and your proposals (or at least mindful that the blog is due on Thursday and the proposal is due on Saturday), we will spend our class time reviewing poetry in advance of your eventual test and poetry prompt.
First, I threw our poetry terms cards on the floor and watched you match terms and definitions together. Then, we reviewed meter, feet, stanza, rhymes, and poetry types -- all of which are in your poetry packet. I highly recommend you read the suggested poems for each type to practice your identification of poetry. Last, Marvell and his seducing persona are back: "To His Coy Mistress," our Carpe Diem poem of the day. More than the argument of the woo, the poem has structure: rhyme scheme, iambic tetrameter, alliteration, and so forth.
Second hour, we need to discuss the meter of "To His Coy Mistress" and the last stanza, so make sure you have something to contribute tomorrow. Fourth hour, we will start with our next Carpe Diem poem.
Bring your lit books back - you will need them in class tomorrow.
First, I threw our poetry terms cards on the floor and watched you match terms and definitions together. Then, we reviewed meter, feet, stanza, rhymes, and poetry types -- all of which are in your poetry packet. I highly recommend you read the suggested poems for each type to practice your identification of poetry. Last, Marvell and his seducing persona are back: "To His Coy Mistress," our Carpe Diem poem of the day. More than the argument of the woo, the poem has structure: rhyme scheme, iambic tetrameter, alliteration, and so forth.
Second hour, we need to discuss the meter of "To His Coy Mistress" and the last stanza, so make sure you have something to contribute tomorrow. Fourth hour, we will start with our next Carpe Diem poem.
Bring your lit books back - you will need them in class tomorrow.
Friday, December 2, 2016
Blog Invitation Day
In both classes, you invited all of your classmates and me to your blog so that we may read, enjoy, and evaluate your work. My fifth hour class thinks I am absolutely nuts at this point as I was reading your blogs while they were doing class work and laughing hysterically the whole time. Plus, I even took a poll for our king, the mighty Lear. Remember, you are required to invite your hour and me to the blog; it is optional if you would like to invite the other AP Lit class or friends and family to check out your work.
Blogs are to be completed by the start of your hour on Thursday. Since some of you have not written any blog posts yet, you have work to do in the next few days. This is a fun and creative assignment that will be worth significant performance points.
The last part of the hour were the highlights of Act 5, which ended with Edgar's voice and the thematic conclusion that Shakespeare laced throughout the play.
Fourth hour received the essay assignment today, so all hours can also work on their paper proposals, which are due by 1:00 p.m. on December 10. We will be completing other assignments, and you may just have more homework next week, so make sure you are not procrastinating all of your AP Lit assignments.
Blogs are to be completed by the start of your hour on Thursday. Since some of you have not written any blog posts yet, you have work to do in the next few days. This is a fun and creative assignment that will be worth significant performance points.
The last part of the hour were the highlights of Act 5, which ended with Edgar's voice and the thematic conclusion that Shakespeare laced throughout the play.
Fourth hour received the essay assignment today, so all hours can also work on their paper proposals, which are due by 1:00 p.m. on December 10. We will be completing other assignments, and you may just have more homework next week, so make sure you are not procrastinating all of your AP Lit assignments.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Reunion Time
In both hours, we discussed Act 4 with its stunning love triangle featuring Edmund at its center and the reunion of the angel-like Cordelia and the weed-crowned Lear. As Kent suggested at the end of the Act, the battle is about to come to fruition.
Afterwards, you completed the fifth MC passage, which any absentee will need to complete. This would be the end of fourth hour. However, second hour received the King Lear Psychoanalysis Essay Assignment. As noted, your proposal will be the first required step of the assignment, and you may do this at any time prior to December 10 at 1:00 p.m.
Tomorrow will be details about the finalization of your blog assignments and the completion of Act 5.
Afterwards, you completed the fifth MC passage, which any absentee will need to complete. This would be the end of fourth hour. However, second hour received the King Lear Psychoanalysis Essay Assignment. As noted, your proposal will be the first required step of the assignment, and you may do this at any time prior to December 10 at 1:00 p.m.
Tomorrow will be details about the finalization of your blog assignments and the completion of Act 5.
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