Papers due Friday!
M & T - MC Practice
Tues. HW: Review Ahab and Starbuck quotes/charatcer analyses from blog.
W - AP Prompt Essay (in library comp lab. e-mail to me when done.)
Th - Essay Day...I will BRIEFLY read over and comment on any drafts brought to class.
F - Papers Due; AP Prompt Samples
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Week 27
Papers will be due WEDNESDAY 3/11 instead of Monday 3/9...hopefully this will give you more time to revise and re-write!
Notecard Assignment (you will have the rest of the week to work on this assignment and/or your paper!)
Each of you will need to post three "notecards" on the blog by the end of the period Friday. Individual assignments are below, but each of you need to do one character card for Ahab that includes:
1. A one-paragraph character analysis.
2. A list of adjectives describing Ahab.
3. At least three quotes from Ishmael (or Bildad or Peleg or Starbuck) that reveal Ahab's unique character and fate.
4. At least three quotes from Ahab himself that reveal his "monomania" and his complex/ambiguous personality.
You also each need to do a symbol card (be prepared to do a symbol encyclopedia of you choose the White Whale!) that includes:
1. A one-paragraph analysis of the symbol and its role in the novel.
2. At least one quote by Ishmael refering to the symbols and its importance.
3. At least one quote by another character refering to the symbol and its importance.
Individual character card assignments are below. These need to follow the same format as the Ahab cards, but you need only use two quotes from your character and two from Ishmael or Ahab.
Tatum - Queequeg
Kyle - Father Mapple
Emily - Elijah
Whitmore - Bildad
Megan - Peleg
Julia Bambla - Starbuck
Sammy - Stubb
Luke - Flask
Colleen - Pip
Sarah - The Carpenter
Kailtyn - Steelkilt
Jessica - Fedallah
Kelsey - Ishmael (you won't find any quotes about him, so use four quotes by him.)
Notecard Assignment (you will have the rest of the week to work on this assignment and/or your paper!)
Each of you will need to post three "notecards" on the blog by the end of the period Friday. Individual assignments are below, but each of you need to do one character card for Ahab that includes:
1. A one-paragraph character analysis.
2. A list of adjectives describing Ahab.
3. At least three quotes from Ishmael (or Bildad or Peleg or Starbuck) that reveal Ahab's unique character and fate.
4. At least three quotes from Ahab himself that reveal his "monomania" and his complex/ambiguous personality.
You also each need to do a symbol card (be prepared to do a symbol encyclopedia of you choose the White Whale!) that includes:
1. A one-paragraph analysis of the symbol and its role in the novel.
2. At least one quote by Ishmael refering to the symbols and its importance.
3. At least one quote by another character refering to the symbol and its importance.
Individual character card assignments are below. These need to follow the same format as the Ahab cards, but you need only use two quotes from your character and two from Ishmael or Ahab.
Tatum - Queequeg
Kyle - Father Mapple
Emily - Elijah
Whitmore - Bildad
Megan - Peleg
Julia Bambla - Starbuck
Sammy - Stubb
Luke - Flask
Colleen - Pip
Sarah - The Carpenter
Kailtyn - Steelkilt
Jessica - Fedallah
Kelsey - Ishmael (you won't find any quotes about him, so use four quotes by him.)
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Week 26
You should have the book finished by Tuesday 3/2!
Monday 2/23 - Reading Day
Tuesday 2/24 - Vocab exercise; discuss M-D paper topics
Wednesday 2/25 - The Writer's Craft lecture 1
Thursday 2/26 - CPS Quiz, pp 305-367; M-D Vocab #3 (due Tuesday 3/3)
Friday 2/27 - 20-minute timed-writing exercise
Monday 2/23 - Reading Day
Tuesday 2/24 - Vocab exercise; discuss M-D paper topics
Wednesday 2/25 - The Writer's Craft lecture 1
Thursday 2/26 - CPS Quiz, pp 305-367; M-D Vocab #3 (due Tuesday 3/3)
Friday 2/27 - 20-minute timed-writing exercise
Monday, February 9, 2009
Week 24
By the time we get back from break, you need to have read through "Queequeg in his Coffin," pp. 367. We will have a CPS quiz on the chapters btn. pp 254 and 367 first thing Tuesday!
Monday 2/9 - Pan samples.
Tuesday 2/10 - CPS quiz (The Mast-Head-The Jeoboam); Vocab #2
Wednesday 2/11 - 20 minute timed-writing; work on vocab.
Thursday 2/12 - 20 minute timed-writing, discuss M-D paper topics, vocab due.
Monday 2/9 - Pan samples.
Tuesday 2/10 - CPS quiz (The Mast-Head-The Jeoboam); Vocab #2
Wednesday 2/11 - 20 minute timed-writing; work on vocab.
Thursday 2/12 - 20 minute timed-writing, discuss M-D paper topics, vocab due.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Week 23
For Monday 2/9: Read through The Cassock (p. 325)
Monday 2/2 - Melville papers due; M-D reading day
Tuesday 2/3 - CPS quiz M-D chs. 1-35; discsuss vocab #1
Wednesday 2/4 - 20-minute passage response in composition book
Thursday 2/5 - AP-prompt essay ("open" question set up for Pan)
Friday 2/6 - AP Exam Prep session with Mrs. Filak
Monday 2/2 - Melville papers due; M-D reading day
Tuesday 2/3 - CPS quiz M-D chs. 1-35; discsuss vocab #1
Wednesday 2/4 - 20-minute passage response in composition book
Thursday 2/5 - AP-prompt essay ("open" question set up for Pan)
Friday 2/6 - AP Exam Prep session with Mrs. Filak
Monday, January 26, 2009
Week 22
For Monday 2/2: Papers due; have read through The Mast-Head (p. 136)
Monday 1/26 - AP Essays back; first drafts, read/work on vocab #1
Tuesday 1/27 - 20-minute passage response in composition book; discussion
Wednesday 1/28 - 20-minute passage response in composition book; finish vocab #1 (due end of period)
Thursday 1/29 - second drafts, read/work on rubrics and samples 2008 AP #3
Friday 1/30 - AP Exam Prep session with Mrs. Filak
Monday 1/26 - AP Essays back; first drafts, read/work on vocab #1
Tuesday 1/27 - 20-minute passage response in composition book; discussion
Wednesday 1/28 - 20-minute passage response in composition book; finish vocab #1 (due end of period)
Thursday 1/29 - second drafts, read/work on rubrics and samples 2008 AP #3
Friday 1/30 - AP Exam Prep session with Mrs. Filak
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Melville Paper #1
Your first out-of-class paper of the semester will be over Melville’s short fiction. The topic is up to you…you can do a comparison/contrast of the two stories in terms of theme, narrative voice, prose style, etc., a Freudian analysis of I and My Chimney (Sophie’s World has a good basic discussion of Freud, but you might want to dig a bit deeper), a “historiography” of Bartleby interpretations, or an analysis of one or both stories based on a chapter(s) from HTRLAP. Use MLA format for parenthetical citation and lists of works cited.
I will only collect/grade the final draft of these papers, which are due Monday February 2.
Partners –
KB/KR
KC/EC
MWD/MT
JG/JW
SG/CM
SP/LH
TB/BL*
You are advised to follow the time-line below:
Thursday 1/22 – e-mail précis of your paper to me and your partner
Monday 1/26 – First Draft to partner
Thursday 1/28 – Second Draft to partner
I will only collect/grade the final draft of these papers, which are due Monday February 2.
Partners –
KB/KR
KC/EC
MWD/MT
JG/JW
SG/CM
SP/LH
TB/BL*
You are advised to follow the time-line below:
Thursday 1/22 – e-mail précis of your paper to me and your partner
Monday 1/26 – First Draft to partner
Thursday 1/28 – Second Draft to partner
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