Read on sound for tomorrow (472-480)
9/29: Rough draft of "If by dull rhymes"...
10/3: Practice (unassessed) in-class essay
10/4: Prospectus assignment due
10/6: Final copy of essay due AND 15-questions poetry terms quiz
10/10: In-class Essay (assessed)
Syntax Powerpoint
Monday, September 26, 2016
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Essay poem and slides
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Reading Due Thursday
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Resources and Assignments due Monday
Here are some of our slides from class, if you'd like to review the material.
Figurative Language
Imagery vs. Diction
How to Forum
Assignments due Monday:
Make sure you have read and understand all of the information in the Manifesto.
Make sure you have posted at least once in the Forum.
Figurative Language
Imagery vs. Diction
How to Forum
Assignments due Monday:
Make sure you have read and understand all of the information in the Manifesto.
Make sure you have posted at least once in the Forum.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Reading Due Thursday
Please read about diction in your book, pages 436-444)
Review my notes on different types of diction analysis available here.
Finally, learn about the wonders of generating a thesis (the "why") by reading the document, Thesis Generation.
Review my notes on different types of diction analysis available here.
Finally, learn about the wonders of generating a thesis (the "why") by reading the document, Thesis Generation.
Monday, September 12, 2016
Due Tuesday
You have two reading assignments due tomorrow. The first is the document called the "Happy Synergy of Interpretation and Analysis" which can be found at the bottom of the previous post.
The second is what used to be a lecture on imagery, and is available here. PLEASE come to class with questions on the process of writing about imagery that you were not able to understand from the notes. If you do not ask questions, I will assume that you understand how to apply the material in the document and hold you accountable for doing so.
This will free up our class time so that we can doing more application and writing practice.
The second is what used to be a lecture on imagery, and is available here. PLEASE come to class with questions on the process of writing about imagery that you were not able to understand from the notes. If you do not ask questions, I will assume that you understand how to apply the material in the document and hold you accountable for doing so.
This will free up our class time so that we can doing more application and writing practice.
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Associative Thinking and Reading for Monday
Associative Thinking
Please read pages 444-457 in your anthology which will cover information about imagery and figurative language. You are responsible for learning the definitions of all devices that are mentioned, including the 5 different types of imagery. When reading the poems, please practice identifying the literary devices and techniques that you learned from the reading.
If you'd like to use the weekend to get a head start on your reading due Tuesday, it's listed below.
Reading due Tuesday:
The Happy Synergy of Interpretation and Analysis
Please read pages 444-457 in your anthology which will cover information about imagery and figurative language. You are responsible for learning the definitions of all devices that are mentioned, including the 5 different types of imagery. When reading the poems, please practice identifying the literary devices and techniques that you learned from the reading.
If you'd like to use the weekend to get a head start on your reading due Tuesday, it's listed below.
Reading due Tuesday:
The Happy Synergy of Interpretation and Analysis
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Welcome to AP Literature!
Yes, I do have some assignments for you!
Syllabus
Please review and print the syllabus for the course which is available here. You will need to turn in a piece of paper with your signature and your parent's signature that acknowledges your agreement to the course's policies.
Homework:
Write an analysis of the following poem. I know this probably seems impossible to you, which is okay because this is a pretest!
In your analysis, you may wish to consider such things as structure, diction, figurative language, and imagery. DO NOT CONSULT ONLINE RESOURCES! Please submit your assignment online through Turnitin.com. If you are unable to get your Turnitin to work, bring me a paper copy as a backup and we will need to problem solve your Turnitin issues since we will be using that frequently in our class.
This assignment is graded on completion, so please don't worry and just show me what you can do. This entire assignment (thinking and writing) should take 40 minutes. Set a timer, and stop where you are when that time has elapsed, even if it is in the middle of a sentence. I really just want to see what you can do in 40 minutes.
Design
I found a dimpled spider, fat and white,
On a white heal-all*, holding up a moth
Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth --
Assorted characters of death and blight
Mixed ready to begin the morning right,
Like the ingredients of a witches' broth --
A snow-drop spider, a flower like a froth,
And dead wings carried like a paper kite.
What had that flower to do with being white,
The wayside blue and innocent heal-all?
What brought the kindred spider to that height,
Then steered the white moth thither in the night?
What but design of darkness to appall?--
If design govern in a thing so small.
* heal-all: a flower that is normally blue
Robert Frost
Syllabus
Please review and print the syllabus for the course which is available here. You will need to turn in a piece of paper with your signature and your parent's signature that acknowledges your agreement to the course's policies.
Homework:
Write an analysis of the following poem. I know this probably seems impossible to you, which is okay because this is a pretest!
In your analysis, you may wish to consider such things as structure, diction, figurative language, and imagery. DO NOT CONSULT ONLINE RESOURCES! Please submit your assignment online through Turnitin.com. If you are unable to get your Turnitin to work, bring me a paper copy as a backup and we will need to problem solve your Turnitin issues since we will be using that frequently in our class.
This assignment is graded on completion, so please don't worry and just show me what you can do. This entire assignment (thinking and writing) should take 40 minutes. Set a timer, and stop where you are when that time has elapsed, even if it is in the middle of a sentence. I really just want to see what you can do in 40 minutes.
Design
I found a dimpled spider, fat and white,
On a white heal-all*, holding up a moth
Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth --
Assorted characters of death and blight
Mixed ready to begin the morning right,
Like the ingredients of a witches' broth --
A snow-drop spider, a flower like a froth,
And dead wings carried like a paper kite.
What had that flower to do with being white,
The wayside blue and innocent heal-all?
What brought the kindred spider to that height,
Then steered the white moth thither in the night?
What but design of darkness to appall?--
If design govern in a thing so small.
* heal-all: a flower that is normally blue
Robert Frost
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