Upcoming Deadlines: 

IN-CLASS ESSAY (on a specific literary influence) or SOCRATIC SEMINAR (on the ethical questions raised by Shelley's novel) on April 6th. 

PURCHASE OR CHECK-OUT Hamlet by April 6th, so you have a copy on Friday, April 8th. It is called "4 Tragedies," if you choose to check it out from the textbook center in the library.

AP EXAM on May 4th (AM portion). Some practice materials will be provided over the next few weeks, but you are expected to use outside resources (online or from the library, etc.) to augment your understanding of the test itself. The class has already prepared you for the types of strategies you will need to employ on the test itself. 

REMEMBER--the literary terms for poetry are due on Friday.

I went over several of the more difficult ones in class on Wednesday--for instance, syllogisms are hard to find if you don't know what to look for in poetry, so I covered the poem "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell. 
The minor premise is signaled by the word BUT,  and the conclusion is signaled by AND THEREFORE.
You can use that poem as an example.

I also handed out an additional poem packet (Keats and Donne), which is posted under Poetry Break #2. For the term Prosody, pick a short poem from the packets and analyze how three aspects (such as enjambment, alliteration, and rhyme scheme) contribute to a single meaning. 

MONDAY is an in-class essay on characterization in Jane Eyre.  

Revised quickwrites from Jane Eyre are due on Wednesday, Mar. 16. All the quickwrites are posted on the blog after we do them. Be sure it is a REVISED, polished example of your analysis.

Check out or purchase Frankenstein before Wednesday's class.