Links for transferring credit from LBCC to another institution are on the RIGHT side of this blog. 

Upcoming due dates: 
TWO short literary criticism papers based on A Brave New World due at the END of class on Friday, May 26.

Found poems based on a concept from A Brave New World due on Wed, May 31.
There will also be a Socratic Seminar that day.

FINALS begin on Friday, June 2 and continue on Monday, June 5th for this class. Your final is written. It will comprise 20% of your grade for this semester.

Reading Schedule for A Brave New World
5-5 HW: Ch. 1-2
5-8 HW: Ch. 3-4
5-10 HW: Ch. 5-6
5-12 HW: Ch. 7-8
5-15 HW: Ch. 9-10
5-17 HW: Ch. 11-12
5-19 HW: Ch. 13-14
5-22 HW: Ch. 15-16
5-24 HW: Ch. 17-18

Good luck to all of you taking the AP Literature test on Wednesday (and with all your AP tests)!

Get lots of rest and don't forget Friday's class is a potluck (assignments are still due, but let's eat!). 

REVISED TIMED WRITE DUE FRIDAY, MAY 5 (preferably typed) at the beginning of class.
Pick one of the eight timed write paragraphs or introductions we practiced in class from Frankenstein, the AP free-response essays, and the modernist short stories.

Reading Schedule for Frankenstein

Spring Break: Read Letters 1-4 and Ch. 1-2

Before Wed., Apr. 5, read ch. 3-6

Before Fri., Apr. 7, read ch. 7-10

Before Mon., Apr. 10, read ch. 11-14

Before Wed., Apr. 12, read ch. 15-18

Before Fri., Apr. 14, read ch. 19-22

Before Mon., Apr. 17, read ch. 23-24

REMINDERS

Quote Quiz #2 over Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, or Pride and Prejudice will be tomorrow. Be sure you have read at least 2/3 of the novel to be "on track" for class.

Have a textual example of a SPECIFIC type of irony (for Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre) or of Horatian sarcasm/satire from Pride and Prejudice for FRIDAY'S class (3-17).

There will be a CLOSE READING graded exercise in class on Friday (from Act III).

Final timed essay on Hamlet will be Feb. 24 (you will get the prompt on Wed, Feb.22).

Poetry Presentations begin Feb. 22. You must be ready to present on the 22nd, even if you do not end up presenting that day. Refusing to present=losing 20% of your final score. Be ready!

Good luck on all your finals! 

Remember, late work will not be accepted, for any reason, after Friday, Jan. 20, at 3pm in person or by 6pm via email. 

Student directions for Friday,  Jan. 13:

1)      Pick a poem you did not analyze with your group. Go through the poem and indicate EVERY literary device you find the poet has utilized. This is an IDENTIFICATION exercise. You don’t need to explain the device, just identify (for example, the rhyme scheme, or the alliteration in a particular line, etc.). LABEL THIS POEM “Device identification”

2)      Go back to the poem your group analyzed on Friday and Monday. Write a SINGLE, FORMAL explication paragraph focusing on how ONE POETIC DEVICE adds to the overall meaning of the poem. LABEL THIS POEM “Explication” and attached the paragraph to the packet.

3)      Choose any two poems from this packet and write a SINGLE, FORMAL analysis paragraph demonstrating similarities in theme. Do not focus on poetic devices for this paragraph. List the two poems in the paragraph and on the top of the page. Staple this second paragraph to the packet.

4)      Make sure your name is on every page. Turn the packet in to the box. ALL WORK, done or not, is due at the end of the period.