Due 9/17

Follow information on the Poetry Syllabus. Although you may not feel like actually starting to write a Prospectus, it may be a good idea to go "shopping" for some poems from your text book that you might be able to use for each Prospectus. Remember, they must be from the book, but not one that we or the book discuss in detail.

Due Wednesday 9/15

Read part one of the Manifesto

Read section on Figurative Language (451-456) and Imagery (444-450)

Scroll down on the right, and acknowledge the complete Poetry Unit Syllabus.

Due Monday 9/13

Here is a bit more specific of a prompt than I said in class:

Read and think about the poem "Design" by Robert Frost. Then, time between 40-50 minutes during which you will write as much as you can analyzing the poem. The prompt you are using for your essay is:

Explain how Frost uses literary devices such as figurative language, imagery, and structure to convey the meaning of the poem, "Design."

You may type the essay if you wish, but DO NOT consult outside sources or other people.

THIS IS A COMPLETION POINTS ASSIGNMENT!!! As long as you produce a reasonable product in 40 minutes, you will receive full credit.

Text of Poem:

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.

* A type of flower that is typically blue, but in this case, white.

Cat's Cradle Reading AND Final Essay Assignment

Due 5/24: Chapters 1-37
Due 5/26: Chapters 38-79
Due 5/28: Chapters 80-End

Begin work on:

Final Essay Assignment Due June 8

Yes, I know the essay information says due June 2nd, but I really want them due on the June 8th, and don't feel like changing the document.

Due 5/20

Please write a 2 page analysis of the meaining of 2001, making specific references to scenes, ideas, quotations, etc. You may find this overlaps a bit with devices, but the primary focus shoudl be on advancing an interpretation(s) of the film.

Cat's Cradle Reading will be due on MONDAY! Please make sure you have read chapters 1-38 by then. Consider a book partnership with someone if you don't have your own copy.

Due 5/18

Please write a 2 page device analysis on 2001 focusing on a minimum of three film devices and the effect they have on either the reader or, if you have a sense of MOWAAW, connect it to a larger meaning of the work.

Open Ended Prompts

Here is a document with some open ended prompts to practice. It's a good idea to think about how you would answer these questions with specific plot details and to practice coming up with insights and causality statements for why the prompt topic is important.

On another note, I thought we had finally beaten the spammers until SOMEONE taunted them. Still working on it...