Wednesday
Today we will be discussing persuasive essays: the do's and the don'ts
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Monday
We are going to read the overview of "The Harlem Renaissance and Modernism" in your textbooks.
Friday
Today we are going to look at "How it feels to be Colored Me" by Langston Hughes. Next week we are going to read the overview of "The Harlem Renaissance and Modernism" and poetry by Langston Hughes (page 885 1-3, 7). "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (page 969 1-3, 6, 7). These are all in your textbook. There will be study questions posted on the blog for these readings. We will read "How It Feels to be Colored Me" on page 898 and do questions 1-3 and 6.
Thursday
Today, we are going to read and discuss "Hills Like White Elephants". When we get done you will write a 2-3 paragraph reflection of what is going on in the story.
Thursday
Choose one of the following prompts and write an essay using proof from the text to back up your points. Make sure you have a thesis statement and a conclusion, and make your you address the work as a "whole" or a major theme. This essay is due next Wednesday. 1) Many plays and novels use contrasting places (for example, two countries, two cities or towns, two houses, or the land and the sea) to represent opposed forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Choose a novel or a play that contrasts two such places. Write an essay explaining how the places differ, what each place represents, and how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work. 2) In a novel or play, a confidant (male) or a confidante (female) is a character, often a friend or relative of the hero or heroine, whose role is to be present when the hero or heroine needs a sympathetic listener to confide in. Frequently the result...
Tuesday
Today we are going to finish the documentary that we started a few days ago and give you time to work on dialectical journals.
Friday
Today we will work on dialectical journals and begin chapter 8. We will also look at some of the documentary below. Trip work: Finish chapter 8 and begin chapter 9.
Thursday
Today we will work on dialectical journals and begin chapter 8. We will also look at some of the documentary below. Trip work: Finish chapter 8. http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=259 Gatsby Chapter 7 – NOTES “His career as Trimalchio was over” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimalchio Gatsby has replaced all his servants with a group of people who “Wolfsheim” wanted to do something for. They don’t behave like servants and Gatsby says that they are a family who used to own a hotel. Daisy invites Gatsby and Nick over for lunch. “You resemble the advertisement of the man” – Daisy talking of Gatsby “Her voice is full of money” – Gatsby talking about Daisy Tom, Nick, Gatsby, Jordan and Daisy go to town. Tom drives Gatsby’s car with Jordan and Nick. Daisy and Gatsby go in Tom’s car. George Wilson has just discovered that his wife is cheating on him They...
Friday
Today we are going to go over chapters 5 and 6. You will also have time to work on dialectical journals. You should have at least 25 by Monday. Mr. Fielding's NOTES Chapter 5 notes “Two o’clock and the whole corner of the peninsula was blazing with light, which fell unreal on the shrubbery and made thin elongating glints upon the roadside wires. Turning a corner, I saw that it was Gatsby’s house, lit from tower to cellar.” Light = Gatsby (or Gatsby’s dream?) Nick says that Gatsby’s place looks like the World’s Fair (why World’s Fair – there is a connection to amusement parks, as in people’s behavior at Gatsby’s parties, but also some more refined here) Nick tells Gatsby that he going to have Daisy over. When Daisy shows up Gatsby is really nervous. “For half a minute there wasn’t a sound. Then from the living-room I heard a sort of choking murmur and part of a laugh, followed by Daisy’s voice on a clear artificial note:” …. (like a clo...