AGENDA:
1. Define allegory; Define didactic
2. "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"
3. Plot / Suspense and the short story
4. Go over vocabulary and process
HW: Memorize Richard Cory for Monday; Vocab Unit 1 next Friday https://quizlet.com/join/uFHy4DEgj
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Thursday, August 13, 2015
August 13
AGENDA:
1. In Class Analysis
2. Turn in summer homework
Choose from one of the following prompts:
- In many works of literature, authors include characters who make mistakes. Sometimes these characters learn a lesson from their mistakes, and other times they do not. Decide what Amir's mistake is, analyze how he reacts to his mistakes, and why he reacts this way.
- In great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. In a well-organized essay, explain how a violent scene in The Kite Runner contributes to the meaning of the complete work.
HW: Memorize Richard Cory for Monday
1. In Class Analysis
2. Turn in summer homework
Choose from one of the following prompts:
- In many works of literature, authors include characters who make mistakes. Sometimes these characters learn a lesson from their mistakes, and other times they do not. Decide what Amir's mistake is, analyze how he reacts to his mistakes, and why he reacts this way.
- In great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. In a well-organized essay, explain how a violent scene in The Kite Runner contributes to the meaning of the complete work.
HW: Memorize Richard Cory for Monday
Monday, August 10, 2015
WELCOME BACK!
August 11, 2015
Level 1 - simple question
Level 2 - Literary Term and how used
Level 3 - why does it matter, why important, window/mirror
“Richard Cory”
By Edward Arlington Robinson, 1897
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich – yes, richer than a king –
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
HW: We will discuss these three articles tomorrow in class
Why We Memorize
In Defense of Memorization
New Yorker Why We Memorize
JOURNAL TOPIC
Who are you and what are you doing in this class? How did you get here (not by car, or walking - but what brought you to English Honors 2?) Is English a love or simply another talent you possess? What do you expect from the class and from yourself this year? How far are you prepared to go in order to achieve your goals? Is there anything about yourself that would be helpful for my understanding you? Do you have fear coming in here this year? Of what? What do you read? What do you like or dislike about reading? Please provide your email, your parent's email and your cell phone number. Mine are on the board.
AGENDA
1. Journal
2. Name Cards
3. "Richard Cory"(to be memorized by Mon. 8/17)
4. Essay exam - timed 45 minute (Thurday 8/13)
5. Go over syllabus and blog, rules (Signed syllabus due by Friday 8/14)
Level 1 - simple question
Level 2 - Literary Term and how used
Level 3 - why does it matter, why important, window/mirror
“Richard Cory”
By Edward Arlington Robinson, 1897
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich – yes, richer than a king –
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
HW: We will discuss these three articles tomorrow in class
Why We Memorize
In Defense of Memorization
New Yorker Why We Memorize
August 12
AGENDA:
1. Turn in your signed syllabus if you have it (Due by Friday)
2. Discussion on why we memorize
3. Kiterunner discussion - socratic seminar
HW: Memorize Richard Cory by Monday; tomorrow you will write an in class essay for me on Kiterunner - you will have several choices on your prompt. Review your notes and thoughts from today's conversation. You will turn in your notes on Kiterunner today or tomorrow as well from your summer work.
1. Turn in your signed syllabus if you have it (Due by Friday)
2. Discussion on why we memorize
3. Kiterunner discussion - socratic seminar
HW: Memorize Richard Cory by Monday; tomorrow you will write an in class essay for me on Kiterunner - you will have several choices on your prompt. Review your notes and thoughts from today's conversation. You will turn in your notes on Kiterunner today or tomorrow as well from your summer work.
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