At the end of Catcher in the Rye, Holden watches his sister, begins to cry, and says, "God, I wish you could have been there."
As I've probably said before in class, this is one of those moments in literature where I really do wish I had been there. Now it's your turn: I'd like you to tell me what pieces have really resonated with you this year.
Think about your readings from this year (including the summer works). Think over poems, short stories, novels, and plays. What moments from these works stick with you? What novel, scene, character, or quotation do you sometimes still think about? Why?
Due Friday, April 24th, midnight.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Blog, due Friday April 17th, midnight
Time to start reviewing!
For this week, choose an important quotation from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.
Type the quotation in full and be sure to give the page number.
Then comment on the quotation:
Why did you choose this quotation?
How does it relate to the themes of the novel?
Why is it important?
No repeat quotations! You will not receive credit for a quotation already chosen by someone else. In other words, post early, and read the other posts to make sure you are not repeating.
For this week, choose an important quotation from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.
Type the quotation in full and be sure to give the page number.
Then comment on the quotation:
Why did you choose this quotation?
How does it relate to the themes of the novel?
Why is it important?
No repeat quotations! You will not receive credit for a quotation already chosen by someone else. In other words, post early, and read the other posts to make sure you are not repeating.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Blog 2 Required, Due April 10th.
Find one critical essay on Beloved. Your response is not due until Friday, April 10th. (I know that we don't have school that day). Your in-class essay is on Monday, April 13th, and I think it will be very helpful to have read some criticism before that day.
You can use good ole LRC (password: elvis, then scroll down to Literature Resource Center) to find an article. Be careful not to use "overviews" or "reviews." They are not criticism. You may also use any book in our school library (such as Novels for Students). Please do not take articles from the internet. Use only the LRC or our library. Choose an article that you can understand and read well.
Do the following:
1. Cite the article properly (MLA format- use the OWL to help you.)
2. Summarize the article- what does it say about Beloved? This part is simply a summary, not your opinion. Write at least a full paragraph (6-10 sentences, at least).
3. React to the article- what parts do you agree/disagree with? What do you learn about the novel from this article? Again, about another full paragraph (6-10 sentences, at least).
If you accomplish the above three items correctly, you will receive 40 (!!!) points. That's double the usual blog grade! If you fail to do the above correctly, you will not receive full credit. If you post late, it is half credit until the end of Sunday.
You can use good ole LRC (password: elvis, then scroll down to Literature Resource Center) to find an article. Be careful not to use "overviews" or "reviews." They are not criticism. You may also use any book in our school library (such as Novels for Students). Please do not take articles from the internet. Use only the LRC or our library. Choose an article that you can understand and read well.
Do the following:
1. Cite the article properly (MLA format- use the OWL to help you.)
2. Summarize the article- what does it say about Beloved? This part is simply a summary, not your opinion. Write at least a full paragraph (6-10 sentences, at least).
3. React to the article- what parts do you agree/disagree with? What do you learn about the novel from this article? Again, about another full paragraph (6-10 sentences, at least).
If you accomplish the above three items correctly, you will receive 40 (!!!) points. That's double the usual blog grade! If you fail to do the above correctly, you will not receive full credit. If you post late, it is half credit until the end of Sunday.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
4th Quarter, Blog 1 Required
Find one critical essay on The Sound and the Fury.
If you have the Norton Critical Edition, there are numerous essays in the back under "Criticism." If you do not have the Norton Edition or choose not to use it, use good ole LRC (password: elvis, then scroll down to Literature Resource Center) to find an article. Be careful not to use "overviews" or "reviews." They are not criticism.
In the near future we might have access to JSTOR, an exceptional online database, and if that happens, I will post instructions for accessing it.
You may also use any book in our school library (such as Novels for Students). Please do not take articles from the internet. Use only the Norton, LRC, or our library. Choose an article that you can understand and read well.
Do the following:
1. Cite the article properly (MLA format- use the OWL to help you.)
2. Summarize the article- what does it say about TSATF? This part is simply a summary, not your opinion. Write at least a full paragraph (6-10 sentences, at least).
3. React to the article- what parts do you agree/disagree with? What do you learn about the novel from this article? Again, about another full paragraph (6-10 sentences, at least).
If you accomplish the above three items correctly, you will receive 40 (!!!) points. That's double the usual blog grade! If you fail to do the above correctly, you will not receive full credit. If you post late, it is half credit until the end of Sunday.
Doing a casual search just now on LRC, I found an article pondering whether the man in the red tie is gay, another analyzing Jason's "Mother complex," and many, many more!
If you have the Norton Critical Edition, there are numerous essays in the back under "Criticism." If you do not have the Norton Edition or choose not to use it, use good ole LRC (password: elvis, then scroll down to Literature Resource Center) to find an article. Be careful not to use "overviews" or "reviews." They are not criticism.
In the near future we might have access to JSTOR, an exceptional online database, and if that happens, I will post instructions for accessing it.
You may also use any book in our school library (such as Novels for Students). Please do not take articles from the internet. Use only the Norton, LRC, or our library. Choose an article that you can understand and read well.
Do the following:
1. Cite the article properly (MLA format- use the OWL to help you.)
2. Summarize the article- what does it say about TSATF? This part is simply a summary, not your opinion. Write at least a full paragraph (6-10 sentences, at least).
3. React to the article- what parts do you agree/disagree with? What do you learn about the novel from this article? Again, about another full paragraph (6-10 sentences, at least).
If you accomplish the above three items correctly, you will receive 40 (!!!) points. That's double the usual blog grade! If you fail to do the above correctly, you will not receive full credit. If you post late, it is half credit until the end of Sunday.
Doing a casual search just now on LRC, I found an article pondering whether the man in the red tie is gay, another analyzing Jason's "Mother complex," and many, many more!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Helpful!
http://www.usask.ca/english/faulkner/main/index.html
go to Quentin's section, click on the colored box in the right hand frame.
go to Quentin's section, click on the colored box in the right hand frame.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Second Semester Blog #7- Required (the last one this nine weeks!)
Comment on some aspect of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. You can ask questions, discuss meaningful quotations or symbols, comment on your experiences reading the novel, etc. Note: this is not a forum for your complaints.
I want to encourage you to respond to your classmates and help them understand this very complex novel. Build upon what others have already said.
You must post at least once before Friday, March 6th for credit. You may, of course, continue to post after that date as we continue to discuss this novel. Use this as your sounding board for ideas we didn't cover in class.
I want to encourage you to respond to your classmates and help them understand this very complex novel. Build upon what others have already said.
You must post at least once before Friday, March 6th for credit. You may, of course, continue to post after that date as we continue to discuss this novel. Use this as your sounding board for ideas we didn't cover in class.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Second Semester Required- Week 6
This week we are revising our WH essays.
Comment on any aspect of your revision process. Here are some ideas:
Describe what happened during the in class write (the first time around).
Describe what influenced your revisions.
What are the biggest differences between your in class essay and your revised essay?
How did you revise? How did you decide what changes needed to be made?
How did you decide how to change certain parts?
What part of the essay still could be better? What part do you feel fairly confident with?
On Friday, turn in both the original essay and the revised copy. Your dramatic monologue is also due on Friday. We will read these in class!
Comment on any aspect of your revision process. Here are some ideas:
Describe what happened during the in class write (the first time around).
Describe what influenced your revisions.
What are the biggest differences between your in class essay and your revised essay?
How did you revise? How did you decide what changes needed to be made?
How did you decide how to change certain parts?
What part of the essay still could be better? What part do you feel fairly confident with?
On Friday, turn in both the original essay and the revised copy. Your dramatic monologue is also due on Friday. We will read these in class!
Friday, February 6, 2009
FYI
From Mr. Moody:
IF YOU WISH TO TAKE (OR RE-TAKE) THE 11TH GRADE AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION EXAM IN MAY, YOU MUST PERSONALLY SEE MR. MOODY BEFORE THURSDAY, 2/12/09.
IF YOU WISH TO TAKE (OR RE-TAKE) THE 11TH GRADE AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION EXAM IN MAY, YOU MUST PERSONALLY SEE MR. MOODY BEFORE THURSDAY, 2/12/09.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Second Semester Required- Week 5
We are halfway through the nine weeks!
Choose a quote from your play (A Doll House or IOBE), type it out, and comment on why it is significant. Make sure it is one that no one else has already posted.
Post early so someone else does not take your quote!
Do not just summarize where the quote came from, but instead discuss what it might mean, reveal, symbolize, emphasize, foreshadow, etc. In other words, analyze!
Choose a quote from your play (A Doll House or IOBE), type it out, and comment on why it is significant. Make sure it is one that no one else has already posted.
Post early so someone else does not take your quote!
Do not just summarize where the quote came from, but instead discuss what it might mean, reveal, symbolize, emphasize, foreshadow, etc. In other words, analyze!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Schedule Revision
Hurray for a snow day!
Here's our revised schedule:
Thursday: Test over WH and Romantic Poetry
Friday: MWDS due, Discuss end of Wuthering Heights, get back Dystopia essay/project
Monday: in-class essay on Wuthering Heights
Tuesday: reading day with your play (Bring either Oscan Wilde's Importance of Being Earnest or your Bedford (to read Ibsen's A Doll's House)).
Don't forget about the blog below. No need to copy/paste your conversation, just summarize one aspect of it. If you want to copy part of it for us to see, go for it. Your chats are saved under "chats" right under the "inbox" link in your mail.
Here's our revised schedule:
Thursday: Test over WH and Romantic Poetry
Friday: MWDS due, Discuss end of Wuthering Heights, get back Dystopia essay/project
Monday: in-class essay on Wuthering Heights
Tuesday: reading day with your play (Bring either Oscan Wilde's Importance of Being Earnest or your Bedford (to read Ibsen's A Doll's House)).
Don't forget about the blog below. No need to copy/paste your conversation, just summarize one aspect of it. If you want to copy part of it for us to see, go for it. Your chats are saved under "chats" right under the "inbox" link in your mail.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Second Semester Week 4: Group Chat Summary
For this week's blog posting, summarize one aspect aspect of your group chat from Tuesday. See the example student chat and summary paragraph below:
Step One: Group Chat on Tale of Two Cities:
Allison: but, the time was not come yet; and every time that wind blew over france shook the rags of the scarecrows in vein, for the birds fine of song and feather, took no worning. book 1, ch 5
Jenny: ok…what does that mean?
Caitlin: the scarecrows are the aristocracy
Lucy: once again the birds are dirty
Caitlin: i think
Jenny: wait a seec
Lucy: no,no,the wind is the scary mean people and the scarccrow are the porr people fighting the revolution
Allison: yeah lucy that’s what I was sayin
Lucy: and rthe poor are scarred away until the revolution comes
Jenny: I think that there were so many times the thwe revolution could have occurred that (wind in vien) that when it actually cam the rich had no idea it was coming
Step Two: Group Summary of Discussion
Although the barbaric human is often mentioned, we feel that the most important thematic issue within animal imagery is how the poor people are referred to as dogs and pigs. But social class differences are also illustrated symbolically by other images, such as the description of the ragged scarecrows (symbolizing the poor), while birds symbolize the upper class.
Note: if you were absent on Tuesday, and did not participate in the group chat, respond to one of the discussion questions passed out in class.
Step One: Group Chat on Tale of Two Cities:
Allison: but, the time was not come yet; and every time that wind blew over france shook the rags of the scarecrows in vein, for the birds fine of song and feather, took no worning. book 1, ch 5
Jenny: ok…what does that mean?
Caitlin: the scarecrows are the aristocracy
Lucy: once again the birds are dirty
Caitlin: i think
Jenny: wait a seec
Lucy: no,no,the wind is the scary mean people and the scarccrow are the porr people fighting the revolution
Allison: yeah lucy that’s what I was sayin
Lucy: and rthe poor are scarred away until the revolution comes
Jenny: I think that there were so many times the thwe revolution could have occurred that (wind in vien) that when it actually cam the rich had no idea it was coming
Step Two: Group Summary of Discussion
Although the barbaric human is often mentioned, we feel that the most important thematic issue within animal imagery is how the poor people are referred to as dogs and pigs. But social class differences are also illustrated symbolically by other images, such as the description of the ragged scarecrows (symbolizing the poor), while birds symbolize the upper class.
Note: if you were absent on Tuesday, and did not participate in the group chat, respond to one of the discussion questions passed out in class.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Second Semester Week 3- Required
In an effort to stir Hindley against Heathcliff, Isabella says to Hindley, "Every one knows your sister would have been living now, had it not been for Mr. Heathcliff. After all, it is preferable to be hated than loved by him."
Thinking about the novel as a whole (well, at least what we've read so far), which is the more powerful force: love or hate?
Or maybe something else?
Blog about your thoughts on this issue.
Thinking about the novel as a whole (well, at least what we've read so far), which is the more powerful force: love or hate?
Or maybe something else?
Blog about your thoughts on this issue.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Second Semester Week 2- Required
This week we begin Wuthering Heights!
Type out one quotation from the assigned readings for this week (include the page number). Tell us where the quotation came from and any other information we might need to know. Tell us why you picked the quotation and what you think it suggests. Analyze it, question it, comment on it, etc.
Type out one quotation from the assigned readings for this week (include the page number). Tell us where the quotation came from and any other information we might need to know. Tell us why you picked the quotation and what you think it suggests. Analyze it, question it, comment on it, etc.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Second Semester Week 1- Required
There are a few people who still need to comment on the Dec 13th Blog. Please do so ASAP.
Okay, welcome back! This semester is shorter than last semester, and we're reading MORE (if you can believe it). That means that it's time to get serious, time to put down the SparksNotes, time to start thinking for yourself, time to start figuring out how to improve, time to start coming for tutoring. Our first novel back will be Bronte's Wuthering Heights, a dark, dark novel of ghosts, death, and the tragedy of passionate love.
But for this week, comment on your choice novel. Any aspect of it. Give me a few sentences at least.
Due, as usual, by midnight on Friday.
Okay, welcome back! This semester is shorter than last semester, and we're reading MORE (if you can believe it). That means that it's time to get serious, time to put down the SparksNotes, time to start thinking for yourself, time to start figuring out how to improve, time to start coming for tutoring. Our first novel back will be Bronte's Wuthering Heights, a dark, dark novel of ghosts, death, and the tragedy of passionate love.
But for this week, comment on your choice novel. Any aspect of it. Give me a few sentences at least.
Due, as usual, by midnight on Friday.
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