FCAT Week Work

Novel Notes need to be "mostly completed" by end of the week, to be checked during your quiz...

Serious Concerns

We must take some time to reach a consensus regarding the 2011 AP Lit T shirt! Please choose your one favorite T shirt logo and top choice of color (purple seems to be a favorite so far).

So, that's two items you need to post: 1st choice logo and color preference.

:-)

Due Monday 3pm

"A Thunderstorm in Town"

Read this poem, research a little (if some words are unknown to you, and to find out who "she" is) and post:

1. Abstract noun
2. Theme
3. How did Hardy achieve what he achieved for you?

Due Wednesday 3pm

Jane Eyre new envelope quotations

Same as last week, but address your two new envelope numbers.

Due Thursday 3pm.

Jane Eyre

Post a quotation (or passage reference) to support your envelope items. One for each item # is fine, and be sure to explain why you chose each quotation.

Due Thursday by 3pm.

Dysart

What are some of Dysart's inner conflicts?

Offer a suggestion, and then post a question you have about the play's themes.

Due Thursday (as your outline is due Wednesday)

T Shirt Time!

This week's required blog post is a suggestion (or a few suggestions) for the class T Shirt. We cannot have artwork or the cost becomes prohibitive, so text only. Suggestions may come from works studied, favorite quotations, literary allusions, literary malapropisms, class gaffs, AP references--it's up to you!

This post is due Friday 3/4/11 by 3pm

Just thinking....

Read Thomas Hardy's poem, "The Man he Killed"
( http://www.bartleby.com/103/3.html )
and post your questions/reactions.

Due Tuesday (yes, TUESDAY) by 3:00.

The Tool Box sentence "quiz"

Using your Tool Box as a guide, complete the following sentences for the poem, "Daily" by Nye and be prepared to write them in a timed "Ninja quiz"...

The poet's use of ________ emphasizes the idea of ___________ .
(Example: The poet's use of biblical allusion emphasizes the idea of salvation.)
The _______________ tone of the poem reflects Nye's message of _____________ .
The _______________ diction underscores the poet's view of ________________ .
Choosing colors such as "blue" and "brown" suggests _________________, which supports an idea of ____________________ .
The diligence with which the speaker performs her daily "chores" illustrates Nye's suggestion ______________ .

Can't give up the vocabulary!

malapropism (know some examples)
milquetoast
a Sisyphean effort/task/attempt
hifalutin
zeitgeist
tacit and taciturn
trivial and triviality/ies
misanthrope
Wagnerian
curmudgeon

Be a vocabulary Ninja--prepared to battle (or to take a quiz) at any moment !

Important distinction

Please know the difference between verbal irony, situational irony and dramatic irony. Then post an example of each from your choice of "works of literary merit" (preferably from our class texts).

Due Wednesday by 3pm.

The Victorian Era

The Victorian Era spans over 60 years so we need to be careful when making sweeping statements about this time. Bronte's Jane Eyre was published in 1847, Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbevilles in 1891, and Wilde's The Importance of being Earnest in 1895--all under the Victorian Era umbrella.

We will be steeping ourselves in all things Victorian (yes, the class Tea Time with crumpets and cucumber sandwiches is coming soon!) so begin with some research on the social mores of the time around Wilde's writing and production of the play. What were society's views on the poor and charity? How about ideas on marriage and the pursuit of love? How about sex?

Also, what does "It's very non U" mean?

Due Wednesday 3pm......yummm....tea time....

Living Epic?

How can a work of Literature be a living epic..? Do a little research on The Ramayana. Why is it a "living" epic compared to Homer's The Iliad or The Odyssey or Milton's Paradise Lost? Broadly, what's it about? You may even want to watch some YouTube clips.

Posts due Wednesday by 3pm; rules of SWE apply.

Third Quarter here we go! Easy does it.....

archetype
doppelganger
farce
duplicitous
disingenuous
aestheticism