Three elements of a poetry response:
Guidelines:
Poems for 1st Quarter: “On My First Son” by Ben Johnson, p 297 “We are Seven” by William Wordsworth, p 299-300 “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes, p 305-6 “Rite of Passage” by Sharon Olds, p 313 “The Hammock” by Li-Young Lee, p 319 Due Dates: Response #1 (on in class poem): Friday, August 18th Response #2: Friday, September 9th Respnse #3: Friday, September 22nd If you need to see the entire assignment sheet, click here.
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The AP English IV summer reading assignment is as follows:
1) You MUST read Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance and complete the MTSU and essay assignment. 2) Submit the essay BOTH to the MTSU email ([email protected]) AND to your English IV teacher (me). You can email the assignment to me at [email protected]. It must be received by the MTSU due date of Friday, August 4th to receive full credit.
3) Then choose ONE of the remaining novels to read for your other summer reading option. There will be an essay assignment over your choice of novel in August and other assignments related to it as well. Read thoroughly and take notes! The options are:
** All three of these have FREE or $0.99 editions on Kindle Apps!! I also have copies of 2/3 of them that I would be happy to loan you over the summer.** Presentation Days are listed below for both classes. Here are some helpful links:
1st Period Presentation Schedule: Tuesday
2nd period Presentation Schedule: Wednesday
** Vocab Squares due Tuesday (1st) and Wednesday (2nd)
Read your sources over the weekend and take notes on the main ideas of each. Think in terms of summarizing them like we did the Gertrude article. Here is that power point again for those who need it. The last two slides cover how to add analysis. Here is the Power Point that we started in class today. Literary Criticism
Here is the article on Gertrude. The homework for tomorrow is to read and summarize the article about Gertrude: 1) Summarize the thesis of the article in a couple of sentences. (“In her article ___ Jane Doe argues…”) 2) Summarize one or two key points made in the article. Explain the writer’s point and the key pieces of text that he uses. Click the link below that corresponds to your class. Preview the novels by:
1st Period List : Sense and Sensibility, My Antonia, David Copperfield, The Sound and Fury, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Billy Budd, Beloved 2nd Period List: Persuasion, Madame Bovary, Tess of the D'Ubervilles, The Remains of the Day, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Great Expectations FAQ:
View each of the scenes below and consider the following questions. Then, respond to this blog in the Comments section to have a conversation about the scenes:
Scene 1: Kate Winslet (Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet)- Ophelia enters in a straight jacket. You can see behind her the padded room where they have been keeping her in this version. Part 1 & Part 2 (she is just singing, no flowers) Scene 2: Penny Downey (David Tennant's Hamlet) - This is the moderninzed version. Gertrude stands before a broken mirror which is where Polonius was hiding when he was shot by Hamlet in this version. Part 1 & Part 2 (flowers) Scene 3: Lalla Ward as Ophelia (Patrick Steward at Claudius) - We have not watched this Ophelia before. She is an Ophelia dressed in innocent white. Part 1 & 2 are together. You can skip to 6:15 to get past the Laertes part. NOW - Respond in the Comments section as your assignment!! Watch the following scenes to get an idea of how Hamlet treats Ophelia during this scene. Directors have interpreted it differently, some leaving out key dialogue even to change the main emphasis of the scene. All of these examples do include that Hamlet is somewhat violent with Ophelia at some point. Think about this as you watch:
Scene 1 - Kenneth Branaugh's Hamlet , Kate Winslet as Ophelia (the same one we watched last week). This is not a great recording, but it works. Scene 2 - Mel Gibson's Hamlet, with a young Helena Bonham Carter as Ophelia. This one is abridged, with lines removed. How do the missing lines affect the interpretation of the scene? Scene 3 - David Tennant's Hamlet, Penny Downey as Ophelia. This one is a modern interpretation that features Hamlet in a t-shirt and security cameras in the palace. Also, this clip has the "To Be or Not to Be" speech at the beginning. If you want to skip it, Ophelia shows up at 3:02. Mon/Tues
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