Lens Paper Due 4/17

Jane Eyre/Charlotte Bronte Lens Paper due 4/17.
PLEASE NOTE:
I am available in B20 everyday at lunch to assist you with thesis, etc.
You cannot write a strong paper without a strong thesis. Everyone who has not seen me already and received guidance on a thesis must come to B20 during lunch if you would like me to help you construct a strong thesis. We will reserve some days in class before the due date to work on the paper. Dates will be announced soon. On the given dates, bring in a printed copy of your outline and latest draft. We may or may not have laptops when working in class.

Paper guidelines:
1. You must complete every section of LensPaperNotes and share it with me via Google Drive. Allow me to "comment".
2. Evidence Organizer must be completed. You must use a minimum of 5 scholarly resources to provide context to your lens and support your thesis. You must use a minimum of 6 references from Jane Eyre (direct quotes) (total 11 minimum entries in Evidence Organizer).
3. Use this comprehensive guide to Writing a Literary Analysis Paper. (Bucks.edu) Your paper must be a minimum of 5 typed pages, not including Works Cited page.
4. All papers must be in MLA format. Please use this comprehensive guide to MLA formatting and citation from Purdue Online Writing Lab.
5. All papers must be shared with me via Google Drive (final paper should be a separate document from LensPaperNotes). Please allow me to "comment".
6. This College Board AP Research Paper Rubric will be used to score your paper. Points will be assigned to each category, and scores will be calculated using our standard 0-9 rubric. You will receive a print copy of the final rubric soon. You can refer to this digital version during the writing process.

Due Friday 3/10, Due Monday 3/13

Friday, 3/10: Social Media Project. Late projects will receive a penalty (no projects accepted after Mon. 3/13). If you have completed the social media posts online, you must PRINT your work. If you used a template, please email me a copy of the work and/or share on Drive AND print.

Monday, 3/13: Independent Reading Response: Rebecca or The Turn of the Screw - follow AP Reading Response Choice Board directions! Please print AND share your work.

HW Due Tues. 3/7

Study for Quick Lit Terms Set #1 - Poetry Edition

1. Euphemism: The use of a soft indirect expression instead of one that is harsh or unpleasantly direct. For example ‘pass away’ as opposed to ‘die’
2. Extended Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of lines in a poem.
3. Hyperbole: A type of figurative language that depends on intentional overstatement.
4. Imagery: Poetic technique that touches upon the images and senses that the reader already knows.
5. Quatrain: A stanza or poem of four lines.
6. Tone: An attitude of a poet toward a subject or an audience, which is generally conveyed through diction.

QUIZ TOMORROW on SET #1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^:)

Copy these terms and definitions into the Lit Terms section of your notebook. We will review them tomorrow in class.

1. Foot:  A measurement in poetry that usually contains one stressed syllable and at least one unstressed syllable.
2. Iambic Pentameter: Most common type of meter in English poetry, with 5 iambic feet per line. (style of most of Shakespeare’s plays)
3. Octave: A verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter. Most common rhyme scheme is abba abba.
4. Sestet: The last 6 lines of a sonnet.
5. Enjambment: From the French word for “to straddle”, the continuation of a sentence from one line or couplet into the next.

HW Due Mon.3/6

Read and annotate "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" by Emily Dickinson.
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/because-i-could-not-stop-death-479
Read and annotate "The Figure a Poem Makes" by Robert Frost.
http://www.mrbauld.com/frostfig.html
Complete thesis statements for Lens Paper. Commit to one and make sure it's included in LensPaperNotes.
Work on outline for paper.

HW Due Fri. 3/3

Write at least 2 versions of an AP level thesis. Use the notes in the post below, including lens-specific questions, checklists, and litmus test questions.
Be prepared to discuss your thesis with me in conference and/or share your thesis with a peer for feedback. You need a strong working thesis (open to revision, but not severe change) to begin outlining your paper.

Preparing to Write a Thesis

Your paper must not state the obvious! It needs to prove to your reader that you offer extraordinary insight into Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre in terms of the selected lens. See notes below to begin crafting a thesis statement, the driving force/backbone of your research/analysis work.

Some points to consider as you create a thesis:

Biographical Criticism: What should the reader know and understand about the author to deeply know and understand her work/ What does the literary work tell us about its author?

Historical Criticism: What historical information (context) is necessary for the reader to fully understand the literary work? What insights does the literary work give us into history - of the author's times, the history of an era, or of current history?

Psychological Criticism: What can this literary work teach us about the workings of the mind and behavior? What is the psychological appeal to readers? What psychological issues does the text explore? What can the text reveal about the psychology of its author, her society, or our society?

Feminist Criticism: Are women fairly and fully represented in this work? Does gender stereotyping or silencing affect the overall effectiveness of the work? How does the work's treatment of sexual roles/relationships and ideas of masculinity and femininity affirm or contend with our notions? society's notions?

Marxist Criticism: How do class struggles contribute to the meaning and effectiveness of the text? How do the author's representations of social class, material wealth, money, possessions, status, power, politics, labor roles, etc. represent the historical time period or our own time period? How do social, cultural, and historical conditions contribute to the overall meaning of the text?

Formalist Criticism: What are the strengths of the text's craft? How do literary structures and devices such as diction, syntax, symbolism, tone, point-of-view, motifs, irony, allusion, atmosphere, etc. support the text's meaning and effectiveness?
(Gillespie)

Thesis Checklist:

A thesis GUIDES YOUR ANALYSIS and FOCUSES and ORGANIZES your paper.

A strong thesis is:

• Clearly written (does not mean basic!)
• Specific
• Limited in scope
• Offers a distinct perspective or interpretation on a subject/text/author (UNC Writing Center)

Does my thesis pass the “So what?” test? If a reader’s first response is likely to  be “So what?” then you need to clarify, to forge a relationship, or to connect to a larger issue.

Does my thesis pass the “how and why?” test? If a reader’s first response is “how?” or “why?” your thesis may be too open-ended and lack guidance for the reader. See what you can add to give the reader a better take on your position right from the beginning. (Syracuse City Schools)

HW Due Thurs. 3/2

Continue to work on Lens Paper.
Follow directions on LensPaperNotes (if you have not shared it with me yet, that's a big problem> I am checking your progress and helping you pace your project).

DUE DATE: April 19. NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED. You will work on this paper while we continue with our other units. We will reserve some days to conference once your drafts are done. Please follow mini-deadlines.

Due Tomorrow: Read and annotate at least one literary criticism that fits with your lens. It does not need to be of Jane Eyre, but it does need to provide you with a sense of style and organization that you like. This will help you think of ways to write your own paper. Complete the "notes" section of LensPaperNotes. Complete "Stylistic Noticings" section to keep track of diction, syntax, structure, voice, use of evidence, analysis style, etc. Make note of ways in which you could borrow what works in terms of writing and apply it to your own paper.