8/31(A), 9/1(B) Assignments and Reading 9/6- 9/7

Battle Royal

Please be prepared to discuss how the elements of fiction reveal theme in "Battle Royal"

A Worn Path

Re-read A Worn Path, annotating for point of view, setting, and symbols. Given the discourse analysis questions about power from the previous class period, how do the constructs of power communicate expose conflicts to reveal character and theme?

Quiz 

There will be a quiz of sorts on these two texts Friday/Tuesday

Song of Solomon - For 9/6a -9/7b

Read Foreward and Chapter 1

In a Dialectic Journal Answer: 

Foreword

1. Morrison talks about Muse in the foreword. Based on her definition of a muse, do you think that a muse exists or not? Support your answer.
2. Talk about the significance of father and daughter/son relationships.  Use what Morrison says about her father to help guide your answer.
3. Write your thoughts of Toni Morrison as a writer after reading the foreword.  Use specific examples from the text to explain your answers.
4. Morrison gives a thorough analysis of a sentence from Song of Solomon:

                                 “The North Carolina Mutual Life

                                   Insurance agent promised to fly

                                   from Mercy to the other side of Lake

                                   Superior at 3:00.”

    What does the analysis tell you about her writings?

Chapter 1

1. What’s the history of Not Doctor Street?
2. Write your thoughts about what happened the day after Mr. Smith’s leap.
3. Discuss the relationship between Ruth and Macon.
4. What are Ruth’s two pleasures? Why?

Watch: The People Could Fly 

 What do you think Morrison is telling us about Mr. Smith, the characters in the novel, and even society by using this folktale as the basis/context for Chapter 1?

Here's a short, award winning film version of the folktale by Piotr Kajstura  When They Could Fly

Towards Thesis and Theme (Periods 5 - 8)

Thesis Matrix handout and XL Worksheet

Try using the "Thesis Matrix" handout and xl worksheet in Dropbox to complete a working topic sentence / thesis statement for Monday. 

A Topic Sentence might look like:  With a      tone, Jane Kenyon  (insert utility verb) the (insert defining noun - defines the subject/idea) nature of (abstract noun - abstract idea found in the work). Then try to unpack the support and commentary for your assertion. 

Formula: Topic Sentence, Concrete Detail of Support, Commentary on How this supports your assertion, transition of agreement+Concrete Detail of Support, Commentary on How this supports your assertion, Concluding sentence that explains so what?

This one will be collected

Class Folders in Drive

Below are the links to your respective Class Drive folders. REMEMBER, YOU CANNOT SHARE A FILE FROM YOUR DALLASISD.ORG DRIVE TO MY CLASS DRIVE; THUS, YOU WILL NEED TO SHARE THE DOCUMENT FROM YOUR "PERSONAL" GMAIL.COM DRIVE.

If you're having trouble scanning read this brief guide: scan-search-pdfs-google-drive-android

 

Click the link, open the contract folder, and share your properly named AP contract (first and last name please)

1st period

2nd Period

3rd Period

5th Period

6th Period

7th Period 

8th Period 

Please don't forget to read "Battle Royal" and answer the questions. Thanks!

Survey

Please complete the following survey for class https://goo.gl/forms/J7dyYQYEmNzf6ott1

Thanks!

Reading and analytical respose Wed/Thurs 8/24 (A) 8/25 (B)

Poetry Journal, Assignment : "Otherwise"

 Questions for composition books.

1. What is Jane Kenyon telling us about the human experience in "Otherwise" and why is it important? 

2. What words (diction) and specific details support this assertion? 

3. How?

4. How does the tone shift? (use tone page from class. It's also in Dropbox

5. How is this important to Kenyon's universal idea

Compose an analytical paragraph that unites these answers into a cohesive mini-analysis of "Otherwise."  Structure your paragraph thusly:

Assertion (Topic Sentence). (Support) 1st detail of support from text and what it establishes (tone?) . (Commentary) why is this important? Transition of agreement + (Support) 2nd detail of support from text and how it further elaborates this idea. (Commentary) How is this vital to the speaker's understanding and message? (Concluding Sentence) How does the tonal shift from  _______ to _________ reinforce this message?

 

"Battle Royal" Questions Due at beginning of class

The Summer Reading Assignment is in Dropbox

1. How is each of the following an example of satire in speech, event, or situation? What is the significance of the school superintendent’s presence at the Battle Royal?

                   The men’s comments “Bring up the little shines” and “That’s right, Sambo.”

                   The nude dancer with the American flag tattooed on her stomach

                   The blindfolds

                   The men’s behavior and language

2. When the narrator gets mixed up and says “social equality,” he must immediately correct his error. What is the significance of that exchange between the speaker and audience?

3.“I was swallowing blood” seems a simple explanation for his being misunderstood. What is the author implying on a deeper level than the simple statement?

4. Chapter One, originally published before the rest of the novel as a short story called “Battle Royal,” can be seen as both a rite of passage and as an initiation.  Explain.

5. Given Ch. 11 from HTRLLAP, how is the violence of this chapter both personal and literal, but also a metaphor for the narrator's human experience?

6. How do the social and political structures (Ch 13 HTRLLAP) of the period impact the chapter and it's inherent violence?

AP Eng 4 Summer Reading REVISED

Greetings and Welcome to AP Literature and Composition!

Below you will find your Summer Reading Assignment. Completion of this is non negotiable and you will be held accountable for ALL reading assignments during the 1st two weeks of school.

Additionally, you will  need to purchase  and Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (Amazon or another retailer) before the end of the first week of school. See You next week!

The text for "Battle Royal" is on pp 12 -27 of link Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 

You may also follow the link in your Summer Reading: Dropbox