AP Schedule: 3/7-3/10

Mon: Quarter-finals for Poetry Madness

Match-ups:  Angelou (Maddie H.) vs. Heaney (Jecca)

Bishop (Kelsey) vs. Berry (Kelly)

Donne (Kelly) vs. Millay (Maddie H)

Housman (Christina) vs. Hughes (Kelsey)

·         DUE: Lit terms: lyric, masculine rhyme, melodrama, metaphor AND simile

·         HW: Poet competitors need to be ready for Tuesday with their semi-final poem, and a poem ready for the final match; read through Ch. 4 of Invisible Man for Wed. 3/9; satire lesson due Thurs. 3/10;  all ten poetry journals due Fri. 3/11 before we leave for Ashland; no LTs this week

Tues: Finals for Poetry Madness

Match-ups: Previous day’s winners (all winners need to be prepared to play two matches; you don’t need to have 15 copies of the poem you’d use for the final; after the semi-finals, we’ll take a five minute break and I’ll make those final round poem copies during class.)  End-of-class Poetry Madness reflection.

·         DUE: n/a

·         HW: see above

Wed: Discuss Invisible Man—begin w/quote nugget.  End w/5-10 minutes for group project planning

·         DUE: reading for Invisible Man

·         HW: Poetry journals, satire lesson

Thurs: Satire Lesson—preparing for “Imaginary Invalid.”  Weisman: review purpose/history of Moliere’s plays; four groups each present a brief satirical sketch (think SNL, Portlandia, the Daily Show, etc.) and explain purpose, rhetorical devices used, and ultimate social commentary

·         DUE: Satire lesson

·         HW: Poetry journals

Fri: Leave for Ashland!!!

·         DUE: (when you get to school) Poetry Journals

·         HW: n/a

Schedule for 2/28- 3/3

AP Lit Schedule 2/28—3/3

Mon: Poetry Madness

Match-ups: Donne vs. Blake, Emerson vs. Bishop, Tennyson vs. Berry, and Hughes vs. Auden

·         DUE: Poetry Madness sheets, LTs

·         HW: Poetry Madness work, MOR w/reading card (due Wed.), LTs: lyric, masculine rhyme, melodrama, metaphor AND simile (please distinguish between the two). Due Mon 3/7

Tues: Multiple Choice work

·         DUE: n/a

·         HW: MOR, reading card

Wed.: MOR reports

·         DUE: MOR and reading card

·         HW: work on reading Invisible Man, LTs due Mon.

Thurs: Poetry timed write discussion

·         DUE: n/a

·         HW: see above

Heads up: You need to have read through Chapter 4 in Invisible Man by next Wed.  Also, THERE IS NO MOR BOOK FOR MARCH; this is due to the work load you’ll be carrying with our research paper and the rapid pace we’ll be moving through Invisible Man.

Schedule for 2/22--2/25

Tues: Poetry Madness

• DUE: LTs, any Poetry Madness pages needed
• HW: Read through Ch. 1 of Invisible Man by Fri for discussion; prepare for Poetry Madness matches; LTs due Mon: irony (please identify/distinguish between situational, dramatic, AND verbal irony), lament, and loose and periodic sentences (please explain both).

Wed: Poetry Madness
Matches for today:
ANGELOU (Harris) vs. RICH (Wilson)
TENNYSON (Doyle) vs. BERRY (Jansen)
MILLAY (Harris) vs. KEATS (Chapman)
HUGHES (Kelsey) vs. AUDEN (Ellie) <-- victor of this match will compete with Housman on Thurs.

• DUE: Poetry Madness work
• HW: see above

Thurs: Poetry Madness
Matches for Thursday:
HEANEY (Jecca) vs. THOMAS (Noel)-- rematch
EMERSON (Ellie) vs. BISHOP (Kelsey)
DONNE (Kelly) vs. BLAKE (Nolan)
HOUSMAN (Christina) vs. [winner of HUGHES vs. AUDEN]

• DUE: Poetry Madness work
• HW: see above

Fri: Discuss first chapter of Invisible Man

• DUE: reading + discussion question and/or signficant quote
• HW: LTs and MOR (due Wed.)

Deadlines coming up:
LTs due 2/28 (Mon)
MOR due 3/2 (Wed)
10 Poetry Madness sheets due 3/4 (Fri)

Reader Response blog prompt: Pride and Prejudice

For this blog, please do the following:

1.) Identify a key theme in Austen's novel and address its presence in and/or relevance to the novel's overall meaning.  Please include concrete details and extrapolate on these with commentary.

2.) Identify how the "ideal reader" or "universal reader" should understand Austen's commentary on this theme.  (I know it's ironic to ask you think as a universal reader because P&P highlights the subjectivity of all our views, but try. :)  In other words, if you're discussing marriage as a theme, in your second paragraph you should comment on how the "ideal reader" should interpret Austen's presentation of marriage.

3.) Offer your own thoughts related to this theme.  This paragraph can be purely personal.  Do you agree with the implications in Austen's novel?  What is your personal view on the theme you've discussed?  How does this novel support or contradict your own feelings of what is true, or of how you seek to live your life?

Shoot for about three meaty paragraphs.

Pride and Prejudice Reading Schedule

We will discuss through Volume 1 on Monday 1/24

We will discuss through Volume 2 on Mon. and Tues. 1/31 and 2/1

We will discuss through the end of the book on Mon. and Tues. 2/7 and 2/8

Death of a Salesman Analysis: viewing it through a critical lens

Pick a point from Death of a Salesman to analyze, and write about this point from one of the critical theory perspectives.  For instance, if you want to analyze the character of Linda, you might choose to examine her through the Feminist Theory lens.  If you choose to analyze Willy's hallucinations, you might examine those through the Psychological lens.  If you'd like to discuss the various characters' pursuits of the "American Dream," a Historical approach might be fitting.  I encourage you to use the notes you gathered in your annotations and on your book-marks while reading as a brain-storming launch point.

Shoot for about three paragraphs; as always, your analysis should be persuasive, working to prove one main argument.  Please do incorporate evidence and CDs from the text. :)

Have fun at homecoming!

Senorita Weisman's Walk

From my Reflective Photo walk. :)  

Hope you all enjoyed this assignment-- I did!

He has made everything beautiful in its time.  

Amen.