AP Lit 2nd and 3rd - Araby

Assignment due Friday 9/1:

"Araby"

Dear 2nd Period, the assignment is the same; however, many of you will find it useful to take the Romantic / Realist assessment from the perspective of your assigned narrative voice. As you answer the questions think about specific evidence from the text that supports your choice. When you've finished, then compose your brief narrative analysis. 

Please come to class with your questions, your observations, and your writing. (BTW, I am not looking for perfection. I'm interested in your ideas, insights, and questions).

Try Annotating the text with these THINKING NOTES:

! -  I love this part 
? -  Raises a question for possible class discussion
?? - Something is unclear or confusing to me

Prompts:

If you’re a Romantic narrator what does your epiphany at the end of the story say about the magnitude of this experience? Are there places in your narrative where the ideal-naïve-pure- gallant boy is still intact? Where and why? What is it that you’re trying to tell us about life and the human experience?

If you are a Realistic narrator how would you explain the magnitude of this experience at the end?  How do you see the 8 – 10 yr old you and what is your attitude toward him? To what extent do you understand exactly what happened at the Bazaar? What is it that you’re trying to tell us about life and the human experience?

https://goo.gl/Hj9MDe 

AP Literature and Composition 5th, 6th, 7th for 8/31/17

Reading

 Please finish reading "Araby". 

Remember to mark passages that are confusing, provocative, interesting, and/or revealing. 

Please come to class with written questions, insights, and ideas.

Question: The narrative stance (the position of the narrator in relation to the story they tell) always disturbs me because I'm never sure if I'm listening to an 8 year old boy who likes a book with "yellow leaves" and a pretty girl, or an adult trying to make sense of (or forget) a childhood "epiphany".  To what extent is the narrator reliable (or unreliable) and in what ways does he both distance himself from the experience and/or gain new insights into the same?

AP Literature and Composition (AP Eng 4) Periods 2 and 3

 Reminder For Wed. 8/30

1. Please remember to bring your analytical responses and constructed paragraph for "Otherwise" to class.

2. If you haven't done so, would you please submit them electronically:

Assignment link :  Otherwise

Upload to appropriate folder

Otherwise - 2nd Period

Otherwise - 3rd Period

Summer Reading Assignment 2017 - 18

Here's a link to the assigned summer reading. Please follow the instructions on the document. Thanks and I'll meet you in a couple weeks

Summer Reading Assignment Link

The link for Araby is broken so use this one: Araby Link

Final Exam Project Due 5/15 and 5/16 UPDATED

Compose a 3.5 - 4 minute multimedia essay (video, photos, graphics, drawings, paintings, dance, and text) that answers the following question: In four  years what have you learned (no, not just in school) and has the journey been worth it?


https://www.wevideo.com/


WeVideo is probably the best free online video creation platform. There are some other decent tools on your computer:
iMovie
Windows Live movie maker


And these are the best rated downloads for your desktop/laptop:
VSDC video editor.
videopad
 SHOTCUT

All three are free. Reviews say that Shotcut is the easiest to master and both VSDC and Shotcut come with no watermarks or logos

I have examples posted at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUdF-IdclTb3HsfGD5U2tLvQ


and here: jessupsenglish


What will you need?  a composed narrative that effective guides the viewer, photos and videos that support/communicate your assertions, and music that helps create/set mood.

When you are finished properly label your film share it to the appropriate folder:

7th 7th Period Final

6th 6th Period Final

5th 5th Period Final

3rd 3rd Period Final

2nd 2nd Period Final

Major Works Assignment: Due before Wed 5/3

Major Works Assignment:

Please complete your Prezi, slideshow, or animation of each of the major works you've read this year (except Hamlet) and upload the link to Exam Review  If you can not upload it, then place the link on a Google Word Doc and share it to jessupsenglish@gmail.com.

Critical Lens Essay Due 4/5 (B) or 4/6 (A)

Critical Lens Essay: Due Date has been extended by two days so make them count.

1. The Paper Template, should you need one, may be found in the drive folder. Template


2. Submit essays with found poem and analysis to turnitin.com when you are finished. Please DO NOT, under any circumstance, email them or ask me to submit them as you are quite capable and will need to be comfortable with this process next year.


3. The rubric and guidelines for the found poetry is HERE




Essay Revisions: All Students scoring under a 7 must submit deconstruction handouts and new essays that WILL score higher. If your essay was a 1 - 3 you must revise to a 5, a 4 should revise to 6, a 5 to 7.


Revisions Due:
Q1 2015 "XIV" - Both Deconstruction Handouts should be complete.
Q1 2016 "The Juggler" - Essay Deconstruction Handout and New Essay
Q2 2016 "The Mayor of Casterbridge" - Essay Deconstruction Handout and New Essay
Q2 2015 from The Beet Queen - Essay Deconstruction Handout and New Essay


Handout for Q2 Deconstruction questions are available in class if you lost them