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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Monday, December 21, 2009

Friday, December 11, 2009

EXTRA CREDIT POETRY ESSAY (I strongly suggest all of you do this essay)

For Extra Credit: Complete the first essay in the packet, a comparision of the poems "Five a.m." and "Five Flights Up."
Your first draft of this essay will be collected on Tuesday, December 15th.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Homework for the week of 11/30

Monday - Ch. 11 p. 822-830, "Traveling through the Dark" p. 835, write mc questions on the ning.

Tuesday - Ch. 12 p.838-853, "Quinceanera" p. 859, write mc questions on the ning.

Wednesday - Ch. 13 p. 864-875, Ch. 14 p.885-891

Thursday - Ch. 15 p. 903-906, Ch. 16 p. 915-916

Friday - Outside Reading blog post due Sunday 7 a.m.

Be sure to get a copy of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston by Monday, 12/7.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

If you missed class on Tuesday, 11/24

Please take a look at the poem "Sorting Laundry" on page 767. We will be discussing it in class on Wednesday.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Homework for the week of 11/23

Monday - Chapter 7 p.756-766 - Read and take notes. Ning response to "The History Teacher" 769

Tuesday - Chapter 8 p. 779-781 and Chapter 9 p. 791-795 Read and take notes.

Wednesday - Outside reading 50-100 pages. Blog post due 7am on 12/6.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Online Poetry Assignment

Due Monday, November 22, 2009

This week you have read from Sound and Sense regarding imagery, simile/metaphor, personification, apostrophe, metonymy/synecdoche, symbol, and allegory. Choose three of the aforementioned devices, and find a song or poem that clearly demonstrates each device. Post each example as a blog post on the ning. Use the device as the title of the post, copy and paste the poem or song with the title and author in the post, and underline the examples of the device. You may not use any poems from Sound and Sense. Please see my post as a model of this assignment.

http://englishbaione-doda.ning.com/profiles/blogs/imagery-1

Monday, November 16, 2009

Homework for the week of 11/16

Check email for ning. Then make sure you join the 12th Grade AP Literature Group.

Monday - Read and take notes on p.668-677. Read and annotate "Break of Day" on p.677. http://englishbaione-doda.ning.com/

Tuesday - Read and take notes on p.686-692. Read and annotate "Naming of Parts" on p.692.
http://englishbaione-doda.ning.com/

Wednesday - Read and take notes on p.700-703. Read and annotate "The Widow's Lament in Springtime" on p.704. http://englishbaione-doda.ning.com/

Thursday - Read and take notes on p.714-724. Read and annotate "To His Coy Mistress" on p.730. Outside Reading Choices due tomorrow. http://englishbaione-doda.ning.com/

Friday - Read and take notes on p.734-745. Online assignment http://englishbaione-doda.ning.com/

Friday, November 13, 2009

Poetry Begins Monday

Don't forget to bring Structure, Sound, and Sense to class on Monday.

Friday, October 23, 2009

update

Portraits due Monday 800-1500 words

Monday, October 19, 2009

Up to date due dates

Blog post due tomorrow.

Rewrites due Wednesday.

Chapter 3 due Friday.

Self-portraits due Monday.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Due Date Reminders

Read Portrait chapter 2 by Friday, 10/16


Round One Eggers vs. Joyce rewrites due Friday 10/16


Round Two Eggers vs. Joyce rewrites due Wednesday 10/21


Blog posts due Tuesday 10/20


Self Portraits due Friday 10/23

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Due Dates

Tuesday, October 13th - Blog post due.

Friday, October 16th - Chapter Two of Portrait due

Tuesday, October 20th - Blog post due

Friday, October 23th - Chapter Three of Portrait due and YOUR PORTRAITS DUE TO www.turnitin.com

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

A Portrait of the Young Man/Woman as an Artist/Athlete/Musician/Fashionista/Skater/Actor/Activist/Ithinkyougettheidea

Take a picture of yourself with the appropriate background.

Write a portrait of yourself that models Joyce’s intentions when writing both Dubliners and Portrait. In these works, “He adopts an attitude of “scrupulous meanness” toward his characters, in which Joyce balances sympathy and objectivity. This balance exhibits both factual information and sympathetic understanding of characters. Evidence of this style lies in Joyce’s tongue-in-cheek objectivity, subtle comment, careful crafting of tone and images, and demonstration of conflict in characters’ intentions and actions.”

Your portrait should be a minimum of 300 words and a maximum of 1500 words. You must submit both a printed copy with your picture portrait and an electronic copy to www.turnitin.com by Friday, October 23, 2009.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Your first paper of comparison

Write an essay of comparison analyzing the way in which each author uses specific literary and rhetorical devices to create a theme common to both works.

Click the pictures below to link to the stories: "Eveline" by James Joyce and "What It Means When A Crowd In A Faraway Nation Takes A Soldier Representing Your Own Nation, Shoots Him, Drags Him From His Vehicle, and Then Mutilates Him In The Dust" by Dave Eggers.

All papers are due to http://www.turnitin.com/ by Tuesday, September 29th at 7 a.m.

Good luck!












Monday, September 7, 2009

Welcome to AP Literature!

Course Outline




Outside Reading Project



"On Wanting to Have at Least Three Walls Up Before She Gets Home" by Dave Eggers



Terms to Know by Friday