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.

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!

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.

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!