Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Poetry Reading Assignemt
The poetry section of Perrine's begins on page 645 and is divided into 16 chapters. Each of those chapters consists of anywhere from 3-9 pages of introductory/explanatory narrative (with a few poems included as examples), a textbox with the heading "REVIEWING CHAPTER ____", and several pages of poems and critical reading questions. By Wednesday September 15 you need to have read the narrative parts of each of those chapters. You should read and consider the poems included as examples, but you do not need to answer the questions or read any of the poems that appear at the end of the respective chapters.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Allusions Assignment
Many literary works in the western tradition allude to mythological and biblical figures and stories that were well known to all literate people through much of our history. Below you will find an assignment that is designed to help you familiarize yourselves with some of the most prominent of these.
What I want you each to do is complete each of your identifications in a word file. Make sure that you use the same format as the sample that is provided below. Please write in complete, coherent sentences and proof-read/spell-check your entries. When you have all eight in final, clean-copy form, paste them into a post on this blog. These will be graded for 5 points per identification, and they must be posted by the end of the school day on Wednesday September 8.
EXAMPLE:
Cerberus – In Greek mythology, Cerberus was the hound of Hades (God of the underworld) who had three heads, a dragon-tale, and snakes down his back and mane. He permits all spirits to enter the underworld, but none to return. He is the origin of the term “hounds of hell” (i.e., Vincent Price in Michael Jackson’s Thriller). Cerberus is overcome several times in mythology and literature, and so symbolizes both the horror of death and hell and the triumph of light over dark, goodness over evil, and reason/cunning over brute force.
Abraham and Isaac - NA
Absalom - JB
Achilles - MB
Adonis - PF
Agamemnon - CH
Antigone - PO
Atalanta - CR
Atlas - BS
Cain and Abel -LW
Cassandra - NA
Cupid and Psyche - JB
Daedalus and Icarus - MB
Daniel (in the lion’s den) - PF
Daphne - CH
David and Bathsheba - PO
Dionysus (Bacchus) - CR
“Eye for an eye…” - BS
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - LW
Garden of Gethsemane - NA
Good Samaritan - JB
Hercules (12 labors of) - MB
Herod - PF
Hyacinth - CH
Jacob and Esau - PO
Jacob’s ladder - CR
Jezebel – BS
John the Baptist - LW
Jonah - NA
Judas Iscariot - JB
Laius -MB
Last Supper - PF
Lazarus - CH
Leda (and the Swan) - PO
Lot/Lot’s wife - CR
Magi - BS
Mammon - LW
Mary Magdalene - NA
Medusa - JB
Midas - MB
Minotaur - PF
Moses – CH
Narcissus - PO
Nero (fiddled while Rome burned) -CR
Noah and the flood - BS
Odysseus - LW
Oedipus - NA
Pandora - JB
Persephone – MB
Perseus - PF
Pharisees - CH
Philistines - PO
Pontius Pilate – CR
Procrustes - BS
Prodigal Son - LW
Prometheus - NA
Pygmalion - JB
Pyrrhus - MB
Rachel and Leah - PF
Romulus and Remus - CH
Salome - PO
Samson and Delilah - CR
Scylla and Charybdis - BS
Sermon on the Mount - LW
Sisyphus - NA
Sodom and Gomorrah - JB
Solomon (the wise) - MB
Styx (not the band!) - PF
Sword of Damocles - CH
Tantalus - PO
Theseus - CR
Tower of Babel - BS
Trojan horse - LW
What I want you each to do is complete each of your identifications in a word file. Make sure that you use the same format as the sample that is provided below. Please write in complete, coherent sentences and proof-read/spell-check your entries. When you have all eight in final, clean-copy form, paste them into a post on this blog. These will be graded for 5 points per identification, and they must be posted by the end of the school day on Wednesday September 8.
EXAMPLE:
Cerberus – In Greek mythology, Cerberus was the hound of Hades (God of the underworld) who had three heads, a dragon-tale, and snakes down his back and mane. He permits all spirits to enter the underworld, but none to return. He is the origin of the term “hounds of hell” (i.e., Vincent Price in Michael Jackson’s Thriller). Cerberus is overcome several times in mythology and literature, and so symbolizes both the horror of death and hell and the triumph of light over dark, goodness over evil, and reason/cunning over brute force.
Abraham and Isaac - NA
Absalom - JB
Achilles - MB
Adonis - PF
Agamemnon - CH
Antigone - PO
Atalanta - CR
Atlas - BS
Cain and Abel -LW
Cassandra - NA
Cupid and Psyche - JB
Daedalus and Icarus - MB
Daniel (in the lion’s den) - PF
Daphne - CH
David and Bathsheba - PO
Dionysus (Bacchus) - CR
“Eye for an eye…” - BS
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - LW
Garden of Gethsemane - NA
Good Samaritan - JB
Hercules (12 labors of) - MB
Herod - PF
Hyacinth - CH
Jacob and Esau - PO
Jacob’s ladder - CR
Jezebel – BS
John the Baptist - LW
Jonah - NA
Judas Iscariot - JB
Laius -MB
Last Supper - PF
Lazarus - CH
Leda (and the Swan) - PO
Lot/Lot’s wife - CR
Magi - BS
Mammon - LW
Mary Magdalene - NA
Medusa - JB
Midas - MB
Minotaur - PF
Moses – CH
Narcissus - PO
Nero (fiddled while Rome burned) -CR
Noah and the flood - BS
Odysseus - LW
Oedipus - NA
Pandora - JB
Persephone – MB
Perseus - PF
Pharisees - CH
Philistines - PO
Pontius Pilate – CR
Procrustes - BS
Prodigal Son - LW
Prometheus - NA
Pygmalion - JB
Pyrrhus - MB
Rachel and Leah - PF
Romulus and Remus - CH
Salome - PO
Samson and Delilah - CR
Scylla and Charybdis - BS
Sermon on the Mount - LW
Sisyphus - NA
Sodom and Gomorrah - JB
Solomon (the wise) - MB
Styx (not the band!) - PF
Sword of Damocles - CH
Tantalus - PO
Theseus - CR
Tower of Babel - BS
Trojan horse - LW
Sunday, July 25, 2010
2010 Summer Reading Assignment
Welcome to AP Literature and Composition. Over the summer, you will be required to read two books—please note the appropriate due dates:
1. How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster: the ultimate cheat sheet for students. It gives you the inside scoop on how your teachers figure out all that meaning stuff about literature. It divides major concepts (symbol, archetype, allusion, pattern, etc.) up into small, easy-to-digest chapters and relates them to popular movies, TV, and literature (look for references to mythology, The Simpsons, Cinderella, The Great Gatsby, The Odyssey, Oedipus, Gilligan’s Island, the Bible, Mark Twain, Shakespeare, and Ghostbusters).
Although you will be expected to read the whole book this fall, focus on the following chapters: Introduction, 5-7, 11-15, 19, and 25.
2. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Fyodor Dostoevsky’s psychological novel probes the inner workings of the criminal mind both before and in the aftermath of premeditated murder. This novel of realism takes the reader into the innermost thoughts of the central character and also probes the central philosophical issues of good and evil.
Assignments and Due Dates
Postings are due by midnight on the following dates:
August 10—Parts I-III
August 25—Parts IV-Epilogue
By each due date, you need post at least twice:
1 original post analyzing a specific quote with page number from the assignment. Your analysis must:
Be a minimum of 200 words, not including the quote.
Must tie the quote to an idea from How to Read Literature like a Professor. (i.e., "Yes, She's a Christ Figure, Too," or "Geography Matters...")
Should not be a paraphrase or summary of the quote—think significance.
Cannot repeat or regurgitate ideas from another student’s post.
Stay within the assigned section.
1 response to another student’s post that must:
Be a minimum of 100 words, not including the textual support.
Must use textual references for support.
Must be an actual response to what someone said—“I agree with Tom” is not sufficient.
Feel free to respond and continue the discussion in addition to your required posts. Just keep the discussion on topic and handle disagreements maturely.
1. How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster: the ultimate cheat sheet for students. It gives you the inside scoop on how your teachers figure out all that meaning stuff about literature. It divides major concepts (symbol, archetype, allusion, pattern, etc.) up into small, easy-to-digest chapters and relates them to popular movies, TV, and literature (look for references to mythology, The Simpsons, Cinderella, The Great Gatsby, The Odyssey, Oedipus, Gilligan’s Island, the Bible, Mark Twain, Shakespeare, and Ghostbusters).
Although you will be expected to read the whole book this fall, focus on the following chapters: Introduction, 5-7, 11-15, 19, and 25.
2. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Fyodor Dostoevsky’s psychological novel probes the inner workings of the criminal mind both before and in the aftermath of premeditated murder. This novel of realism takes the reader into the innermost thoughts of the central character and also probes the central philosophical issues of good and evil.
Assignments and Due Dates
Postings are due by midnight on the following dates:
August 10—Parts I-III
August 25—Parts IV-Epilogue
By each due date, you need post at least twice:
1 original post analyzing a specific quote with page number from the assignment. Your analysis must:
Be a minimum of 200 words, not including the quote.
Must tie the quote to an idea from How to Read Literature like a Professor. (i.e., "Yes, She's a Christ Figure, Too," or "Geography Matters...")
Should not be a paraphrase or summary of the quote—think significance.
Cannot repeat or regurgitate ideas from another student’s post.
Stay within the assigned section.
1 response to another student’s post that must:
Be a minimum of 100 words, not including the textual support.
Must use textual references for support.
Must be an actual response to what someone said—“I agree with Tom” is not sufficient.
Feel free to respond and continue the discussion in addition to your required posts. Just keep the discussion on topic and handle disagreements maturely.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Final Itinerary
Teusday/Wednesday 4/27 & 28 - Discuss Death of a Salesman
Thursday 4/29 - "Open" Prompt-essay on Death of a Salesman
Friday 4/30 - Xingu
Monday 5/3 - MC Practice Day
Tuesday 5/4 - Final Pratice Essay (Prompt #2)
Wednesday 5/5 - Poetry Review Day
Thursday 5/6 - AP EXAM!
Thursday 4/29 - "Open" Prompt-essay on Death of a Salesman
Friday 4/30 - Xingu
Monday 5/3 - MC Practice Day
Tuesday 5/4 - Final Pratice Essay (Prompt #2)
Wednesday 5/5 - Poetry Review Day
Thursday 5/6 - AP EXAM!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Hamlet Unit Itinerary
We will spend the next two weeks on Hamlet (except for Xingu Fridays!). You will need to bring your copy of the play to class everyday. Wednesday 4/7 will be a reading day. You should be through Act II by Wednesday and finished with the play by Monday 4/12.
Assignments over the play are as follows:
For Wednesday 4/7 –
Read Act I, Scenes I and II of Hamlet and post responses to the following questions. These will be recorded as homework grades...15 pts. each if you do them reasonable well, 0 if you have not posted by the beginning of class Wednesday.
1. What portents appear in Act I Scene I? What does Horatio think these signs mean? What portents appeared in Moby-Dick? Do you think Shakespeare influneced Melville in this regard? Why or why not?
2. In his soliloquy, Hamlet uses the image of an unweeded garden. What is Hamlet comparing to a garden? What are the weeds? Who is responsible for tending the garden? If Hamlet were the chief gardener, how do you think he would go about restoring the garden?
Tuesday 4/13 –
Hamlet Essay (9 pts)
Thursday 4/14 –
Hamlet Test (20 pts. MC, 50 pts. quote identification, 30 pts. short answer) This will take more than 40 minutes, so eat lunch during 4th period or bring lunch to class to eat during the test. We will have a review day on Wednesday 4/13.
Assignments over the play are as follows:
For Wednesday 4/7 –
Read Act I, Scenes I and II of Hamlet and post responses to the following questions. These will be recorded as homework grades...15 pts. each if you do them reasonable well, 0 if you have not posted by the beginning of class Wednesday.
1. What portents appear in Act I Scene I? What does Horatio think these signs mean? What portents appeared in Moby-Dick? Do you think Shakespeare influneced Melville in this regard? Why or why not?
2. In his soliloquy, Hamlet uses the image of an unweeded garden. What is Hamlet comparing to a garden? What are the weeds? Who is responsible for tending the garden? If Hamlet were the chief gardener, how do you think he would go about restoring the garden?
Tuesday 4/13 –
Hamlet Essay (9 pts)
Thursday 4/14 –
Hamlet Test (20 pts. MC, 50 pts. quote identification, 30 pts. short answer) This will take more than 40 minutes, so eat lunch during 4th period or bring lunch to class to eat during the test. We will have a review day on Wednesday 4/13.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Week 30 Itinerary
Week 30
Homework:
Final paper due Friday 3/26
Perrine's The Elements of Drama, Ch 1. pp 1027-1030; Ch. 3 pp. 1209-1216; Oedipus Rex
Monday 2/22 – Xingu in TLC Conference Room. Boys, sort out camera/software in my room in my room.
Tuesday 2/23 - Moby-Dick Prompt and MC Wrap-Up…bring copy of M-D and your test to class!
Wednesday 2/24 – Paper workshop day. To best take advantage of this period, have a reasonably complete draft of your paper printed out!
Thursday 2/25 – 15-question CPS Quiz on The Elements of Drama, Ch 1. pp 1027-1030; Ch. 3 pp. 1209-1216; Oedipus Rex through Scene 1 (pp. 1216-1231)
Friday 2/26 – Oedipus analysis/discussion day.
Homework:
Final paper due Friday 3/26
Perrine's The Elements of Drama, Ch 1. pp 1027-1030; Ch. 3 pp. 1209-1216; Oedipus Rex
Monday 2/22 – Xingu in TLC Conference Room. Boys, sort out camera/software in my room in my room.
Tuesday 2/23 - Moby-Dick Prompt and MC Wrap-Up…bring copy of M-D and your test to class!
Wednesday 2/24 – Paper workshop day. To best take advantage of this period, have a reasonably complete draft of your paper printed out!
Thursday 2/25 – 15-question CPS Quiz on The Elements of Drama, Ch 1. pp 1027-1030; Ch. 3 pp. 1209-1216; Oedipus Rex through Scene 1 (pp. 1216-1231)
Friday 2/26 – Oedipus analysis/discussion day.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Week 29 Iitnerary
Monday 3/15 - The Green Mile Special Features
HW: Discussion Questions; memorize lines
Tuesday 3/16 - Paideia discussion in TLC Conferrence Room
HW: Final Paper...final drafts due Wednesday 3/24
Wednesday 3/17 & Thursday 3/18 - Paper work days in 508 Computer Lab
HW: Memorize lines trhough p. 18 for Friday!
Friday 3/19 - Xingu in TLC Conference Room
HW: Discussion Questions; memorize lines
Tuesday 3/16 - Paideia discussion in TLC Conferrence Room
HW: Final Paper...final drafts due Wednesday 3/24
Wednesday 3/17 & Thursday 3/18 - Paper work days in 508 Computer Lab
HW: Memorize lines trhough p. 18 for Friday!
Friday 3/19 - Xingu in TLC Conference Room
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