AP LIT @WJPS: November 2016

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Socratic Seminars Tomorrow & Thursday; Dialectical Journal Collection Monday

We will discuss the entire book, Ragtime, in Socratic Seminar format tomorrow and Friday.
Dialectical journals will be collected on Monday. Make sure there are 10 pages minimum for each part of Ragtime (30 pages total).

Monday, November 28, 2016

Due Thursday: Finish Ragtime

Complete reading Ragtime. Write 10 pages in dialectical journal for Part III.
Thursday and Friday we will conduct Socratic Seminars. Everyone will participate in inner circle once.
Please prepare at least 3 topics/questions for discussion.

Friday, November 25, 2016

Choice Board

For Monday's independent reading response. This was distributed in class and posted in October.
CHOICE BOARD

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

HW Due Mon. 11/28

Read Ragtime to p. 212 (end of part II)
Write min. 10 pages in dialectical journals.
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Independent Reading Response #1 due 11/28.
Please share and print if possible, as well.
See choice board for directions.

Monday, November 21, 2016

HW Due Wed. Nov. 23

Watch and take notes on the video, "What is Ragtime Music?".
Be prepared to write about what you have learned and/or discuss it.

Friday, November 18, 2016

Article for Monday

Please pre-read then we will review in class. "E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime in the Context of Historiographic Metafiction" (World Literature Journal)
Make sure you have read Ragtime until page 105 and are keeping up with the dialectical journal entries (minimum 10 pages journal entries - total 10 not 10 per chapter!- for first 105 pages of text).

For further reference, read: "E.L. Doctorow's Postmodernist Style" (LA Review of Books), which supports our initial class discussion re: Postmodernism and Gatsby and the essay by Donald Barthelme.

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

In-Class Timed Essay Tomorrow

Please be on time to class. Time starts when bell rings. If you are late, you do not get the time back. If you are entitled to additional time via accommodations, please come to finish your essay in B20 during lunch tomorrow ONLY.
Regular Time: 40 minutes
Extended Time 1.5: 60 minutes
Extended Time 2: 80 minutes

You will only be allowed to use the prompt (which will be posted on the SmartBoard), your pen, and loose leaf paper.

Please refer to the following resources to prepare yourself for the essay; Study them, review them.
Annotated copy of Gatsby
Cornell Notes from Envelope Presentations
Your Envelope Activity notes

Tips for writing Open Response Question 3:
NOTE: On the actual test, you are to address a prompt that can be applied to many different novels/short stories. On your in-class essay you will apply the prompt given (not the one on the document below, this is just an example) to Gatsby.
http://www.csh.k12.ny.us/webpages/ahenry/files/essay%20tips,%20open%20essay.pdf
Thank you to the teachers at Cold Spring Harbor High School who posted these tips online.

Monday, November 14, 2016

HW Due Friday 11/18

Due Friday: Read Ragtime to end of Part I (p. 105).
For each chapter or when you feel inspired, write in dialectical journal (minimum 10 pages total).

This week at a glance:
Mon.: Richard Cory poem and lyrics
Tues: Gatsby Gallery Walk
Wed: Gatsby essay
Thurs: Sonny's Blues Socratic Seminar
Fri: Ragtime

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Due Tomorrow

I will be on a trip tomorrow with the juniors. Please complete the envelope posters by the end of the period. If you need to work on it during the day or at lunch, just make sure they are in my room by the end of the day.

Please leave your dialectical journals on my desk.

Ragtime due in class on Monday. Please secure your own copy. Reading will be assigned.

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Upcoming Due Dates, please note revised deadlines

Continue to work on your Envelope Activity. Next week you will complete a final project in class.
Dialectical Journals will be collected the day that the project is complete. Please make sure you have completed all entries even if you were absent that day.

Due Nov. 7: Ragtime due in class.
Due Nov. 14: Read/annotate "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin
Due November 28: Independent Reading Response #1 due (see choice board)

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

HW Due Friday Nov. 4

For Tomorrow: Print, read, annotate the poem, "Richard Cory" by Edward Arlington Robinson.

Write response in dialectical journal.

Upcoming Due Dates:

Envelope Activity project due Monday 11/7.

Dialectical Journals will be collected on Monday 11/7.

Ragtime due on Monday 11/7.

Independent Reading Response #1 due 11/14.

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"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden: Poetry Prompt Practice

“Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden

Prompt: Write an essay in which you explain how the poet uses literary techniques to convey his complex attitude towards his father.

Read/annotate poem, marking it up for imagery, diction, tone, and other techniques that reveal a complex attitude towards his father.
Write a thesis that addresses the prompt.
Write a quick outline of how you will prove the poet’s attitude with text evidence and analysis. What literary techniques/devices did he use? Where are they especially effective? What is the effect?
How does the poem evolve? Address the use of literary techniques/devices in the beginning, middle, and end of the poem AND their effects in framing the attitude the speaker has towards his father.

Literary Lens Paper: Resources

Use the following resources to secure ONE scholarly article that will serve as your lens. Use keywords such as "psychological criticism" or "feminist criticism". You are not searching for other articles that criticize Jane Eyre, but rather you are searching for an article that will form the basis through which you examine the novel. Look for articles that provide solid overviews of your chosen school of criticism, provide overviews of the time period or genre in which Jane Eyre falls, etc.

1. Everyone should read this first:

OVERVIEW OF LIT CRIT:

Purdue OWL sums it up, and adds more to the lesson we did in class.

2. Next, read a minimum of ONE literary criticism. You can read one of the literary criticisms in The Norton Critical Edition (at back) or from another source (see list of sources below or use your own, trusted scholarly source) that will give you a framework for writing your own.

3. Then, browse through these resources.

JSTOR:

Create an account on JSTOR. You will be able to search through scholarly articles related to your lens. You can save up to 3 articles at a time on your "shelf".

QUEENS LIBRARY:

With your Queens Library library card info, you will be able to search through their extensive research library.

GOOGLE SCHOLAR:

You are already signed in when you are signed into your WJPS email. Google Scholar allows you to search by topic, time period, author, etc. and create a library of sources (click enable).

FIND ARTICLES:

A deep database of scholarly articles/sites. On Find Articles, you can search by lens. You don't need to create an account to read the articles/visit sites.

PROJECT GUTTENBERG:

Project Guttenberg offers an extensive, free database of downloadable books (or books to read online).

How Tragic! Medea Social Media Project

Social Media Project: You designed it. Here it is.

Due: MARCH 10 (updated) - see full directions below. Projects due at the start of class. Print and share via Google Drive.

Follow TASK DIRECTIONS - RUBRIC (must be logged into WJPS email to open, view, print)

Directions:

Note: Template copies were available in my room on Friday before break and will be available through the new due date: March 10.

You may work in groups of up to 4 people.

Groups of 3 or 4: You must use all templates at least once: Instantgram x 2 (One real profile, one Finsta profile); Fakebook; Tweeter.

Groups of 2: You must use a minimum of 2 templates: Instantgram x 2 (One real profile, one Finsta profile); Fakebook; Tweeter.

Solo: You must use at least 1 template: Instantgram x 2 (One real profile, one Finsta profile); Fakebook; Tweeter.

TEMPLATES - may not be altered digitally (PDF files), print or obtain print copies from room 355.

INSTANTGRAM

FAKEBOOK

TWEETER

College Essay - Common App Prompts

Below please find the Common App essay prompts:

Draft #2 due Friday 9/23.

Draft #1 due Monday 9/19.

2016-2017 Essay Prompts
1. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.

2. The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

3. Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?

4. Describe a problem you've solved or a problem you'd like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma - anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.

5. Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.

Required Texts

Please purchase your own copy of each of these texts. Purchasing them all at the start of the year is a great idea; this way you will be prepared when we begin each new unit. I encourage you to purchase gently used books on Amazon (if available) - make sure they are in good or like new condition. You will be reading in class and at home and annotating the texts using highlighter, pen, and post-it-notes/flags.

How To Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster

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THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Scribner paperback)

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RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow

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REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier (Mass Market Paperback edition - HarperCollins)

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THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James (Dover Thrift Edition)

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JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte (Norton Critical Editions)

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