Week 12 Required- Hamlet

Without a doubt, appearance vs reality is a major topic in Hamlet.

Where do we see this topic? (Think specific scenes, quotations, characters) Look for moments when something "seems" or "is like" something else.

What conclusions can you draw about this topic?

What is Shakespeare suggesting, revealing, foreshadowing, etc?

Week 11 Required Post- Poetry

The second nine weeks is mostly devoted to poetry, and the next work we're reading is Shakespeare's Hamlet. It is printed in the Bedford, but I highly encourage you to get a copy of your own for annotating. (And so you don't have to carry around the Bedford the whole time.) After Hamlet, at the end of the second nine weeks, we'll read Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, another play.

But for week 11, I'd like you to post about your experiences with poetry. For example:

• Is there a particular poet you enjoy?
  
• Have you ever had to memorize a poem? Was it a worthwhile experience? Can you still recite it?
  
• What is your earliest memory of poetry?
• What have been some of your struggles with poetry?
  
• What is it about poetry that you enjoy?
  
• Why do some people (possibly including you) think that poetry is so tough?
• Why is poetry important?
  
• What makes a poem a poem?
  

You don't have to answer all of the above questions; I've just given them to you as examples in case you can't think of something to write.

This post is due by midnight, Friday, October 24th.

Week 10 Required Post- Choice Novel

No post required for Week 9! (I'm sure you'll somehow find a way to survive....)

For Week 10, the week after Fall Break, I want you to post ALL of the following:

1. Your general reactions to your choice novel upon finishing
   
2. Your questions about your choice novel that still remain
   
3. Something in the novel you found interesting
4. A quote you loved and why
   
5. A possible theme
   

Feel free to use some of your reactions (the four typed pages due this coming Friday, October 17th). As usual, this post is due by midnight on Friday, October 17th.

Week 8 Required Post- END OF THE NOVEL!

Congratulations!! You have finished the novel!!!!!!!!!!!!! (The longest novel of the year, actually!) I am so proud of you, and I've really enjoyed our class discussions so far.

For Week 8, write down your thoughts about Ellison's Invisible Man through the end of the novel! Please write at least four or five sentences about:

• your reactions
• your questions
• your thoughts
• words, phrases, or sentences that stood out to you
• your engagement with the novel: dissect it, unravel it, work your way around in it
• what you think will happen next or at some point in the future
  

Note: I want you to be honest about your thoughts, but this is not your opportunity to whine or complain. Let's keep these posts thoughtful, intelligent, critical, and insightful.

Do not make your post simply a list of questions you expect someone else to answer.
Nor do I want a summary of what happened.

(I apologize for not being at school Friday and Monday- hopefully you used this time and will be ready for a great discussion on the novel on Tuesday!!)

Week 7 Required- IM Chapters 13-18

For Week 7, write down your thoughts about Ellison's Invisible Man through the end of chapter eighteen (this reading assignment was due on Monday). Please write at least four or five sentences about:

• your reactions
• your questions
• your thoughts
• words, phrases, or sentences that stood out to you
• your engagement with the novel: dissect it, unravel it, work your way around in it
• what you think will happen next or at some point in the future
  

Please keep your comments limited to what happens from chapter seven to the end of chapter twelve so as not to spoil anything for anyone.

Note: I want you to be honest about your thoughts, but this is not your opportunity to whine or complain. Let's keep these posts thoughtful, intelligent, critical, and insightful.

Do not make your post simply a list of questions you expect someone else to answer.
Nor do I want a summary of what happened.

Finish the novel for Monday!! We'll work on a MWDS in class next week.

Week 6 Required, Invisible Man Chapters 7-12

For Week 6, write down your thoughts about Ellison's Invisible Man through the end of chapter twelve (this reading assignment and vocab words are due on Wednesday). Please write at least four or five sentences about:

• your reactions
• your questions
• your thoughts
• words, phrases, or sentences that stood out to you
• your engagement with the novel: dissect it, unravel it, work your way around in it
• what you think will happen next or at some point in the future
  

Please keep your comments limited to what happens from chapter seven to the end of chapter twelve so as not to spoil anything for anyone.

Note: I want you to be honest about your thoughts, but this is not your opportunity to whine or complain. Let's keep these posts thoughtful, intelligent, critical, and insightful.

Do not make your post simply a list of questions you expect someone else to answer.
Nor do I want a summary of what happened.

Week 5 Required Post- Invisible Man Reactions

For Week 5, write down your thoughts about Ellison's Invisible Man through the end of chapter six (this reading assignment and vocab words are due on Thursday). Please write at least four or five sentences about:

• your reactions
• your questions
• your thoughts
• words, phrases, or sentences that stood out to you
• your engagement with the novel: dissect it, unravel it, work your way around in it
• what you think will happen next or at some point in the future
  

Please keep your comments limited to what happens from the prologue to the end of chapter six so as not to spoil anything for anyone.

Note: I want you to be honest about your thoughts, but this is not your opportunity to whine or complain. Let's keep these posts thoughtful, intelligent, critical, and insightful.

Do not make your post simply a list of questions you expect someone else to answer.
Nor do I want a summary of what happened.