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. 

Upcoming deadlines are as follows:

Finish your novel of choice (The Bluest Eye, Beloved, The Color Purple, or Their Eyes Were Watching God) by Dec.12 at the very latest--I recommend finishing it earlier. 

Literary Terms 1-5 DUE 12-9 (see assignment details at the right)
Literary Terms 6-10 DUE 12-16
Literary Terms 11-15 DUE 1-6
*all 15 terminology examples should come from the book YOU are reading for the African-American Literature Circles project.


Novel presentations will take place on Wednesday, December 14

DUE DATES COMING SOON:

11-16 Extra credit poems are due by 3:30pm TODAY (hardcopy or via email).

11-28 Midterm is due at the beginning of class. No excuses, no exceptions. You may turn it in EARLY if you wish. 

11-30 Completed, TYPED quote assignment for DWS is due (see requirements at left). 
We will also be having a Socratic Seminar in class on this day. 

12-2 All revisions/rewrites of the PWB and TFA essays are due. You must have BOTH the original essay and the rewritten essay turned in together to receive a new score. 

In-class essay on Things Fall Apart on MONDAY. See topics at the left.

Have a copy (checked out or purchased) of A Dry White Season BEFORE you come to class on Wednesday, Nov. 2.

12 quotes on foreshadowed culture clashes are due (from Part 2 only) on MONDAY as well. 

UPCOMING DEADLINES:

Your REVISED timed write (1 of the three in-class timed writes) is due on MONDAY, Oct. 3 at the beginning of the period.

PRESENTATIONS based on Foster's 4 major allusion categories begin on FRIDAY, SEPT. 30. Be sure you email me your presentation by Thursday evening! The second set of presentations is on WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5, and the third set, MONDAY, OCT. 10. TALK TO ME NOW if you have questions or concerns.

The final essay for this unit is on OCTOBER 7. You will get the prompt on Oct. 5.

Welcome! 
Check back for info at the end of the week!

Missed class on Monday, May 16? 
Plan on coming to the makeup session after school on Tuesday, May 17 at 2:30 in B225. Due to a pre-planned absence, I will not be posting materials on the blog until Tuesday afternoon.

Brave New World Reading Schedule (reposted here for convenience)

For HOMEWORK:
Ch. 1-2 May 9
Ch. 3-4 May 11
Ch. 5-6 May 13
Ch. 7-8 May 16
Ch. 9-10 May 18
Ch. 11-12 May 20
Ch. 13-14 May 23
Ch. 15-16 May 25
Ch. 17-18 May 27

Next class we will spend HALF of the period completing our one-pager responses to MOTIFS in Hamlet. Plan for just 45 minutes to complete a well-organized and visually compelling piece. You may work on this outside of class. Due at the end of the period (Wednesday).

We will also be working on poetry analysis in small groups and getting some exposure to the variety of approaches the AP test-makers have used in the past.  

9 days until the AP test! Only 2 class days!!!

We are having a "AP bunch brunch" on Friday, May 6th. I will provide drinks. You bring the food--enough to share--while we talk about what is next in class. 

Have the novel A Brave New World (it's in the library) by Monday, May 2nd. 

If you missed class on Friday, April 1, check out the links on the left for classwork. 

ALSO, I handed out an alternate Poem Explication guide and an AP prompt comparing the Sirens passage from The Odyssey to Margaret Atwood's poem "The Sirens." We are going to discuss ways to approach a comparison essay for these two on Monday. 
Weren't there? At least look up the two passages so you can participate in the discussion. 

We will also be discussing quotes from Ch. 17-19, focusing on Romanticism.

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.