TODAY IN CLASS
Iambs, iambic pentameter, foot, blank verse, free verse, one starter sonnet fact (14 lines!)--but most importantly, the constant need to evaluate sound and sense when studying poetry. Memorizing terms is a necessary step, but not an end in itself.
Paradise Lost: blank verse; range,sources, and density of allusions; Milton's cosmography, and his reliance on Dante's Inferno; Milton's blindness . . . (your class may have done more/may have done less). We will even things out and move on tomorrow.
FOR TOMORROW
"Make-up" (i.e., should have been done over break): Be sure that you have read (CAREFULLY, not just skimmed) all the PL hanRime of the And-outs you received during the week before break. You should also have read the entirety of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, but if you have not, you've got a couple more days before that becomes problematical.
For Wednesday: Be sure to have re-read Acts I and II of Hamlet.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Almost to Break . . .!
DO NOT FORGET to get the tracking paper submitted to turnitin.com tonight before midnight! Also, some folks so far have forgotten the word count. Make sure to have the word count on the text.
TODAY IN CLASS
Some "starter work" on Paradise Lost. Yesterday I said to read Part I for Friday, but frankly, I'd rather have you focus on doing a really good job with Coleridge's poem for tomorrow. So--
HOMEWORK for Friday: Samuel Taylor Coleridge--"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (7 sections; you have the hand-out only for the first two)
Preferred text for READING "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Note that there is a Printable Version option if you'd like to have a hard copy (recommended, but not absolutely required so long as you're willing to cycle back to the text as needed after break):
http://www.enotes.com/rime-ancient-mariner-text/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner
But I also urge you to spend a few minutes with the text from the University of Virginia collection, which features the original illustrations.
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Col2Mar.html
TODAY IN CLASS
Some "starter work" on Paradise Lost. Yesterday I said to read Part I for Friday, but frankly, I'd rather have you focus on doing a really good job with Coleridge's poem for tomorrow. So--
HOMEWORK for Friday: Samuel Taylor Coleridge--"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (7 sections; you have the hand-out only for the first two)
Preferred text for READING "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Note that there is a Printable Version option if you'd like to have a hard copy (recommended, but not absolutely required so long as you're willing to cycle back to the text as needed after break):
http://www.enotes.com/rime-ancient-mariner-text/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner
But I also urge you to spend a few minutes with the text from the University of Virginia collection, which features the original illustrations.
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Col2Mar.html
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
DUE on Thursday:
Tracking assignment (hard copy--typed or hand-written)
500-word essay showing the inclusive, comprehensive use in Frankenstein (hard copy PLUS turnitin.com)
Don't forget the word count!
And remember, PACK your paper with detail and insight. Maximize the substantive content by streamlining your prose. Be concise: tight, economical language with precise word choice.
More details on the other material later--none of that is required for tomorrow. However, BE SURE to have the hand-outs with you in class.
Tracking assignment (hard copy--typed or hand-written)
500-word essay showing the inclusive, comprehensive use in Frankenstein (hard copy PLUS turnitin.com)
Don't forget the word count!
And remember, PACK your paper with detail and insight. Maximize the substantive content by streamlining your prose. Be concise: tight, economical language with precise word choice.
More details on the other material later--none of that is required for tomorrow. However, BE SURE to have the hand-outs with you in class.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
1) If you missed the Frankenstein test, obviously you need to make it up (30-40 minutes)
2) Though there was a hand-out today with the first section of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," you don't need to continue that tonight because . . .
3) The first priority is to be working on the comprehensive, inclusive 500-word paper on how your theme topic is woven into the text of Frankenstein (and, if necessary, finishing the quote-tracking part of the assignnment.
DUE THURSDAY: people who will leave on Thursday need to get the paper on turnitin.com on time or ahead of time (open later tonight or Wednesday a.m.)
2) Though there was a hand-out today with the first section of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," you don't need to continue that tonight because . . .
3) The first priority is to be working on the comprehensive, inclusive 500-word paper on how your theme topic is woven into the text of Frankenstein (and, if necessary, finishing the quote-tracking part of the assignnment.
DUE THURSDAY: people who will leave on Thursday need to get the paper on turnitin.com on time or ahead of time (open later tonight or Wednesday a.m.)
Monday, February 14, 2011
Frankenstein Test on Tuesday
TODAY IN CLASS
Dicussion of tracking assignment for Thursday, involving both the print-out or hand-written list of quotations plus a 500-word summary assessment of the importance/significance of that particluar thematic element to the whole of the novel. Look at as many characters/situations as it may apply to, from the opening letters to the very end. Do NOT restrict your comments to things involving the character of Victor Frankenstein alone. Utilize the concepts from the Six Strategies and CRISP to tighten your style to make the maximum room for substantive content. The 500-word paper must be on turnitin.com (to be opened on Wednesday) and must have a word count. However, turn in a hard copy as well. (The list of quotes does NOT need to be on turnitin.com!)
Also annotation practice and class discussion of John Donne's poem "The Flea" (circa 1600)
FOR TOMORROW
Review for test--if you have read carefully and worked faithfully on tracing your particular thematic element, you should be in pretty good shape. But also take advantage of the questions posted to GoogleDocs several days ago; the links are provided on an earlier blog.
This test will be scantron.
Dicussion of tracking assignment for Thursday, involving both the print-out or hand-written list of quotations plus a 500-word summary assessment of the importance/significance of that particluar thematic element to the whole of the novel. Look at as many characters/situations as it may apply to, from the opening letters to the very end. Do NOT restrict your comments to things involving the character of Victor Frankenstein alone. Utilize the concepts from the Six Strategies and CRISP to tighten your style to make the maximum room for substantive content. The 500-word paper must be on turnitin.com (to be opened on Wednesday) and must have a word count. However, turn in a hard copy as well. (The list of quotes does NOT need to be on turnitin.com!)
Also annotation practice and class discussion of John Donne's poem "The Flea" (circa 1600)
FOR TOMORROW
Review for test--if you have read carefully and worked faithfully on tracing your particular thematic element, you should be in pretty good shape. But also take advantage of the questions posted to GoogleDocs several days ago; the links are provided on an earlier blog.
This test will be scantron.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Applies to only a few of you . . .
but if you are one of the people who, for any reason whatsoever, have not submitted one or more of your drafts to www.turnitin.com, please be aware that I have re-opened all three folders. Check them out ASAP to insure that you will meet the new (and final) deadlines (they differ for each one).
Friday, February 11, 2011
ESSAYS were due in class; turnitin.com closes at 11:59 p.m.
Essays
Most people are in good standing (done with all components). As in-class people heard today, the following message applies to a small minority:
Although the credit window has closed for drafts one and two, the necessity of getting these drafts IN to turnitin.com does not go away. No credit for the final essay (100 assessment points) without having submitted all three drafts to turnitin.com. Therefore, I am re-opening the windows for the first two drafts today (but again, not for points); on Monday I will re-open the final draft folder after having a short one-on-one with all affected parties.)
Frankenstein, OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS
1) Do a quick Google check for Prometheus (or use Edith Hamilton Mythology, Bulfinch's Mythology, etc.)
2) Objective Test over Frankenstein on Tuesay. It will not take the full period. It will be fairly detailed.
Apology to 1st period-- At the very end of class (when we actually talked briefly about Prometheus, but not in enough detail), I forgot to say this. There had been some vague reference earlier in the week, but I hadn't definitively said which day. Sorry--friends can tell friends, etc.
3) At this point, everyone SHOULD have finished the novel, and be working on the last section only of your topic-tracking (writing out, neatly by hand or on the computer, quotations--including elements from descriptiove passages, not merely "somebody talking"). Note, however, that there was no reading check today. I know full well that some of you haven't finished the book, and I expect that many of you haven't finished the tracking assignment. That is your week-end homework. I do NOT need to see the print-out on Monday (though it will be handed in later in the week), but not having it done by Monday will unnecessarily complicate the rest of the week.
Most people are in good standing (done with all components). As in-class people heard today, the following message applies to a small minority:
Although the credit window has closed for drafts one and two, the necessity of getting these drafts IN to turnitin.com does not go away. No credit for the final essay (100 assessment points) without having submitted all three drafts to turnitin.com. Therefore, I am re-opening the windows for the first two drafts today (but again, not for points); on Monday I will re-open the final draft folder after having a short one-on-one with all affected parties.)
Frankenstein, OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS
1) Do a quick Google check for Prometheus (or use Edith Hamilton Mythology, Bulfinch's Mythology, etc.)
2) Objective Test over Frankenstein on Tuesay. It will not take the full period. It will be fairly detailed.
Apology to 1st period-- At the very end of class (when we actually talked briefly about Prometheus, but not in enough detail), I forgot to say this. There had been some vague reference earlier in the week, but I hadn't definitively said which day. Sorry--friends can tell friends, etc.
3) At this point, everyone SHOULD have finished the novel, and be working on the last section only of your topic-tracking (writing out, neatly by hand or on the computer, quotations--including elements from descriptiove passages, not merely "somebody talking"). Note, however, that there was no reading check today. I know full well that some of you haven't finished the book, and I expect that many of you haven't finished the tracking assignment. That is your week-end homework. I do NOT need to see the print-out on Monday (though it will be handed in later in the week), but not having it done by Monday will unnecessarily complicate the rest of the week.
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