Due Monday and beyond!

For Monday, 12/26, please read this story for Monday

We will focus on the readers's involvement and reaction to the story, so pay careful attention to how the story affects the reader, what if forces the reader to consider, what questions it poses, and what realizations it generates. Remember this is a longer text, so you should begin your reading early and plan for a total of an hour or more reading time.

Due Tues/Wed: Please read "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (362-366). A side by side English/Spanish version of "Very Old Man" (en espanol) is available here. if you'd like to look at the story in the original.


For Tuesday/Wednesday, we will be also writing an in-class prose essay. Here are two high scoring essays on prose topics that you might be familiar with.

The Other Paris (Carol and Howard)
Belinda



Due Thurs/Fri: Please read "Metamorphosis" in your red book (191-221). This story is LONG so please pace yourself with your reading.

Due 11/29-30

Please read the short story "Good Country People" (349-362) with a focus on humor (and existentialism).

Please print and bring this passage to class.

Due 11/27-28

Please read "Araby" (65-69) focusing on character inferences and Joyce's unique style. You should find yourself doing some close text analysis as well as applying your knowledge of literary perspectives.

Due 11/26

Please complete the "prose prospectus" assignment as explained and modeled below. You will need to complete a prospectus for TWO of the passages (not all four).

The prospectus frame is explained here.

The Middlemarch passage that I use in my example is available here, if you'd like to read it to help you understand my example.

Belinda
Johnny
The Street
Mayor

Reading due 11/13 or14 and College Essay due 11/15 or 16

Please read "The Yellow Wallpaper" (153-164). Please focus on what inferences your can make about characters as well as how the structure and point of view play a key role in the narrative.

Also, since this is a three day weekend, please read "Young Goodman Brown" (93-102). In this case, please focus on the importance of tone and setting details.

I'm guessing this will take you between 1 and 1 1/2 hours to complete. If you are running short on time (not ideal, but things happen) please make sure you prioritize the "Yellow Wallpaper" since it will take up the majority of our discussion.

Both texts are most likely available online, so ask Google to help you find a copy if you are without your book.

College Essay Assignment

You will be writing a personal narrative essay applying some of the stylistic techniques and reflection illustrated in our sample college essay and "Living like Weasels". If you have already written this type of essay for college or a scholarship, just submit that one. If you have not already written this essay, this assignment gives you a good excuse to do so.

Your college college admissions/scholarship/personal essay is due on the the 15th or 16th. This document gives you some ideas for what you want to accomplish.

Not Poetry Things!

Here is the link for the extra rhetorical devices information.

Here is the link for the Bush 9/11 speech.

For Thursday/Friday, please read the essay "Living Like Weasels" in your red book and the analysis that follows. Please remember to bring your red book to class.

Kahoot

I think this is the link to the kahoot from in class. I hope it works! Happy studying!

Poetry, it's been fun, but...

Your last poetry responsibilities (for now!)

Please upload your pre-1900 poem outline to Turnitin by Friday, 11/2 at 4:00 pm.

Your final in class poetry essay is Monday, 11/5.

The Beast (your poetry terms test) is on Tues/Wed (11/6 or 11/7). This will take about one half of the period, and we'll use the other half to move on to not poetry stuff.