AP Lit 6-6th Assignments

Early next semester you will be in sort of "book clubs" of about four people. Your group will have some choice in what you read but, unfortunately, the library doesn't have enough copies of all of the options I am considering, but you can check public libraries, books your family and friends might own, or buy a book. So if you want to gather 4 classmates (or I can find a group, probably based on what you want to read) and/or look into some of these options, go ahead!

On website under "links and docs;" complete in your notebook.

If you would like one more, last minute participation grade: 
Explain in detail how you used your notebook to work in the "practice zone" of reading, writing, thinking. (Perhaps send me a photo or two of your notebook). 


If you need a reminder, here is the TED Talk.

You do not need to complete the final part (about the images) BUT I think it would be fun to come up with some sketches in your group.

(I've included a docx for those who are absent. Let me know if you can't annotate it.)

On AP Classroom (and optional)

And check out/comment on others

Only part 1

Make sure you choose Frankenstein as your text! :-) Upload to turnitin.com 

Also, be ready for a whole-novel big quiz

Prompt #1: One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in a novel or a drama struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seeks to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate inyour essay how the author uses this power struggle to enhance the meaning of the work.
Prompt #2: 

In literary works, cruelty often functions as a crucial motivation or a major social or political factor. Select a novel, play, or epic poem in which acts of cruelty (MACBETH) are important to the theme. Then write a well-developed essay analyzing how cruelty functions in the work as a whole and what the cruelty reveals about the perpetrator and/or victim.

Read Remy's and Lexi's essays--then go to turnitin.com and read your own. How did you do?

Write down your answers so we can review them later.

The truly painful knowledge that the Monster happens upon seems to be a catalyst for the tragedies that unfold. Why does Shelley incorporate references to Paradise Lost prior to this?  What religious insight might we derive? (Respond to this in some way, and/or respond to someone else's)



"Another circumstance strengthened and confirmed these feelings. Soon after my arrival in the hovel, I discovered some papers in the pocket of the dress which I had taken from your laboratory. At first I had neglected them; but now that I was able to decipher the characters in which they were written, I began to study them with diligence. It was your journal of the four months that preceded my creation. You minutely described in these papers every step you took in the progress of your work; this history was mingled with accounts of domestic occurrences. You, doubtless, recollect these papers. Here they are. Everything is related in them which bears reference to my accursed origin; the whole detail of that series of disgusting circumstances which produced it is set in view; the minutest description of my odious and loathsome person is given, in language which painted your own horrors and rendered mine indelible. I sickened as I read. `Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. `Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even _you_ turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance. … I am solitary and abhorred.'
Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge. I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants, and have glutted myself with their shrieks and misery.

After you finish your MC for unit 4, look at your MC results (you might need to wait a minute) and write a reflection here about how you did (you should be able to see explanations about what you missed) including what you missed, how long you took, what you might do differently on the next one. 

*Classmates will NOT see your responses here. It's just for me & you!

(Sorry, I know the example is from a story we didn't read, but I realized much too late to update it! I think you still get the idea.)

Through question #13

For each essay, in your notebook write:
1. Do you see a thesis? What is it? 
2. What are some general notes about each?

Then, come here and include a brief group notes.

Reminder: the reading schedule is in classroom, as material (under Frankenstein)

Respond to the Anticipation Guide (on the website) in your notebook.

A reminder that you only need to watch the Q3 parts---ALSO, you won't have "literary elements" but just the part of the work that the prompt is asking you to address (scenes of violence, in this case).

Q3 2012
In literary works, cruelty often functions as a crucial motivation or a major social or political factor. Select a novel, play, or epic poem in which acts of cruelty (MACBETH) are important to the theme. Then write a well-developed essay analyzing how cruelty functions in the work as a whole and what the cruelty reveals about the perpetrator and/or victim.

same as before

Q3 1982
In great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. Choose a work of literary merit [Macbeth] that confronts the audience with a scene or scenes of violence. In a well-organized essay, explain how the scene or scenes contribute the meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid plot summary.


(ONLY use for thesis template and Q3--the Q1 and Q2 )

Ready for questions, turnitin.com . . .

Bring in any questions; be ready to upload to turnitin.com

Remember: I will take questions in class, and we will complete questions numbers 3 and 7A in class today. You should at least attempt all the others.

In your groups, read the rest of the Prologue, and start character descriptions of the attached characters. Consider their social hierarchy AND their moral hierarchy, and perhaps what they might be like in a modern setting. You will have time in class on Friday to work, as well.

We will have some time in class to write and respond, but you should read the Wife of Bath Prologue (on the Google Site) and be ready to discuss, and perhaps have a little bit of this done. (Most of these do not have one correct answer, but depend on your interpretation!)

Read the PPT on "England's Golden Age" (under the Macbeth tab of the website). Make sure you read the historical parts to refresh your memory about Henry the 7th and 8th, the Reformation, and so on. Take some notes on the second half: the ideals and ideas section. This will be helpful both for Shakespeare and some of the poetry!

Did you add the Chaucer/Medieval notes?
Did you add the Anticipation Guide for Macbeth?

annotate!

In your notebook!

(Some ideas are linked on the top shelf in my Bitmoji room)

Since turnitin.com dropped the re-write option (grrr) you only need to upload it here. 

I will give rubric score and grade here. If you want comments, please bring in a printed copy, and designate if it is for Common App and when your first one is due.

Please watch and take notes in your notebook

Also upload to turnitin.com

Write a paragraph analyzing the effect of a literary device or two on the meaning or effect of the poem.

Annotate (either a hard copy or through Kami):
Notice and wonders AND
Examine the tone of the first two paragraphs, making sure to focus on Hurst’s diction. Do the same for the ending of the story.

I notice . . . I wonder . . .

Do a notecard/MWDS for a previously read work of "literary merit." Upload the doc or a photo of it here. (ONLY the first page again!)

Do a notecard/MWDS for a previously read Shakespearean work. Upload the doc or a photo of it here. (ONLY the first page again!)

In your groups, arrange the lines into a poem. No wrong answers as long as you have reasoning behind it. 


Make a copy of the document, write the group member names, and everyone share "one cool thing" they have seen, done, heard in the past week. 


Upload when you are done.

Take notes on “Now, Where Have I Seen Her Before?” ("Links&Docs" tab of the googlesite) and add some examples of "re-tellings" or allusions you have found in stories, film, or other art forms. In your notebook!

Perhaps to let someone else read. Maybe.

We will work on this in class Tuesday. Don't forget to finish reading "The Lives of the Dead" (on the GoogleSite).

By today you should have read: 
"Coming Home Again" (essay about his mom dying of cancer and food and boarding school)
"The Most Handsome Drowned Man" 
"Black Abundance: Meager" from Heavy
"The Paper Menagerie" (Also mom--this time with origami tiger)
"No Name Woman" from The Woman Warrior. (The aunt who was "forgotten")

Links or pdfs for all are on the Short Stories tab of my GoogleSite. (Some of you also picked up hard copies)

A reminder that you can find "The Most Handsome Drowned Man" on my Google Site, under Short Stories/Summer Reads

1. Set aside a chunk of time to take progress check 1. (20-40 minutes?) Set aside all devices, but please time yourself and see how long it takes. 
2. Look at your results, and write a reflection here about how you did (you should be able to see explanations about what you missed) including what you missed, how long you took, what you might do differently on the next one. 

*Classmates will NOT see your responses here. It's just for me & you!)

(You may answer in groups.)
Choose one of the "Questions to Consider" from the narrator PPT and write a few sentence response.

(We will be working on this in class on Tuesday; you may stop after the first three questions.)

One page of a sh*tty first draft of your personal statement, by class time today. 

Read "Coming Home Again." (on Google Site under the Short Stories/Summer Reads Tab; Ms Gill has some printed hard copies.)

Then, choose a passage or quote, that you think has a revealing detail and comment on it here--
then respond to someone else's!

Write a sh&tty first draft for any of theirs (even an old one!) Link on website w/personal statement stuff

Read "Every Trip Is a Quest" from How to Read Literature Like a Professor. (It's on the links & docs part of the website) Take notes in your notebook and, at the end, explain a story, novel, play, or film that could be a quest. Be ready to share in class. 

Please upload or take a photo and add it here. (You do not need to put on turnitin.com)


Remember, it's just the first page of the form on my website.

Using O’Brien’s structure and rhythm, write a short personal essay of what you carry. What do you carry in your backpacks, your pockets, your car, your memories, your daily lives? I am not in any way assuming to create equal scenarios or judging times and places to be similar; you are modeling a style of writing, following a premise that we all carry things with us, both literally and figuratively, wherever we go.  

Respond to this story by sharing the things you carry—both tangibly and intangibly—as they pertain to who you are now and what you do in life. You may want to follow O’Brien’s pattern wherein he states that the things they carried where determined (1) by necessity, (2) as a function or rank or station (3) by superstition and (4) by mission. Only you know what is pertinent to this assignment. Only you know how to best reveal who you are through the things that you carry. This is not intended to be show and tell of your private life. You need not tell your entire life story; you only need to reveal an aspect of yourself.

As you draft, be conscious of what language you use. While some use of slang and informal language may be appropriate, there should be a reason behind including them. In O’Brien’s case, he uses slang in dialogue to make the soldiers' conversation sound real; however, he includes descriptive and more formal language in other parts. The result should be similar to a narrative and not look like a page from your diary.

Somewhere in the brief essay you should include at least two of the following phrases (quotes from the story, changed to the first person present tense).

“The things I carry are largely determined by necessity.”

“What I carry is partly a function of______________________, partly of___________________.”

“What I carry varies by_____________________.”

“The things I carry by some extent are determined by superstition.”

“I will never be at a loss for things to carry.”

“For the most part, I carry myself with__________________.”

“I carry all the emotional baggage of_____________________.”(in the text, “men who might die”)

“By and large, I carry these things inside, maintaining the masks of composure.”

one person can turn in the doc WITH EVERYONE'S NAME ON IT, and others can just say the group they were in for the assignment.

Choose a Great Question to relate to "The Things They Carried." Write a couple sentence here as to which one you chose and why, and/or respond to someone else's. (To see others, simply write "responding to others," and then you will be able to see theirs.) If you are responding to others, you need to write more than "I agree," and elaborate on your response in 2-3 sentences.

(If you need a copy of the story, it is linked on the Summer Reading/Short Stories tab on my website.)