Whitman/Hughes Poetry Due 10/9 (B) 10/10 (A)

Whitman Prompt

 

1. Given “I Hear America Singing,” what is Whitman’s essential understanding/vision about America?

Assertion.
Provide two bullet points of support
So what? How does your support reinforce the idea in your assertion AND HOW is it essential to Whitman’s vision of “America”?

Hughes Prompt

  1. Task: Identify the tone shifts in “I, Too”, then determine how these changes communicate the speaker’s complex relationship with America (and perhaps Whitman).

 2.  Writing:

Compose an analytical paragraph that examines how tone, diction, and selection of detail reveal the speaker’s complex relationship with America in Langston Hughes' “I,too".

 

Let America . . .  

Compose 6 - 8 lines of poetry in the style of Langston Hughes' "Let America be America Again" for voices that are not necessarily heard in his poem. Title your poem with the stanza number your lines will follow.

As you write Consider:  Rhythm, figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification), repetition, AND diction. 

 

America - Common Lit Assignment and sign up Due 10/02 (A) 10/03 (B)

Common Lit - America by Claude McKay

Please go to Google Classroom and follow the link for Common Lit to access your assignment / assignments. Remember to complete the free response question (yes, you must answer the question and provide evidence with commentary so draft it BEFORE you type it in the prompt box as I will be using the Common Lit feedback tools for grading.

Common Lit Assignment 2 - WEB DuBois and Booket T Washington Comparison

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Periods 2 and 3 - Due Beginning of class 9/28

Pre-Reading

Some of this will be redundant for 2nd period; however, we had some absences and 3rd period is behind you.

1. Analyze the list of characters from the play handout (1st page of pack). 

a. where do you expect to find conflict (overt and covert) among the characters and why?

b. what do you think will be the three primary sources of conflict in the play.

2. Read to page 30 of your handout. Pay particular attention to "The play", "The Setting", and all italicized text (which are Wilson's stage and character directions).

3. Consider the roles status and power in the lives of these characters. Who has it, who doesn't, why don't they, and the litmus test: would these roles be different if the characters lives were different, or to put in another way: would their opportunities be the same if these factors were changed. 

4. Remember to listen to your "Blues Song" and to PRINT a copy of the lyrics

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Due  Tues 9/26 (A) and 9/27 (B)

1. Read all introductory materials before the start of class

2. Read at least 5 pages of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" by August Wilson

      a. Mark any questions with ?

      b. Mark anything you really like and why with !

      c. Mark anything confusing with ??

3. Come to class with an answer to these questions.

      1. Who are these people, really? elaborate.

      2. What are your 1st impressions of each character?

      3. What might life have been like for these men.

4. Draw a design of the stage from Wilson's Stage description.

5. Listen to your selected song. Think of the definitions listed on "The Blues Impulse Handout," how is your song representative of the "Blues"?

Google Classroom Join Codes

Google Classroom

Many of you have already been enrolled in google classroom; however, if you have not then please use the following codes to join the appropriate class:

2nd Period: ih1r07t

3rd Period: dc15r49

5th Period:  0faaivz

6th Period:  ofk64s

7th Period: nhtogcw 

AP Lit Araby - Say, Mean, Matter 5th, 6th, 7th Due 9/7 beginning of class 2nd & 3rd due beginning of class 9/8

Araby - please draft your work with the blank worksheet, then complete the blank chart in Google Classroom and submit it only after you have spell and grammar checked your writing.

To use the blank chart in this drive please use your personal google account and Drive, then click the download icon in the upper left hand corner. To submit it to "classroom" you'll use your school account and upload the file (word) or share from your school drive (docs) once you've saved it there.

Remember your sample prompt:

Read the following  text from “Araby” about a boy’s experience in Dublin. The write an essay in which you analyze the narrator’s complex experience. You may wish to consider such elements as diction, imagery, point of view, symbols, and allusion.

Given your  notes, your observations about the narrator, and your understanding of imagery in the text, please complete the blank Say, Mean, Matter chart with two examples of Romantic Imagery and Two examples of Non -Romantic Imagery. Do your best to work all the way across to the theme/matter statement.The last box requires that you use THREE (3) of the sentence frames and you should try to connect to theme.

Should you need help, you can find the blank template and the presentation on Google Classroom Assignment. If you'd prefer to type on the template you're welcome to download it.

They are also here: say mean matter

AP Lit and Comp 5th, 6th, 7th

Assignment due Tuesday : 9/5

"Araby"

Please take the Romantic / Realist assessment from the perspective of the narrator at the end of the story. As you answer the questions think about the text and find specific evidence from the text that supports your answer. When you've finished, then compose your brief narrative analysis. 

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

 

Prompts:

If you’re a Romantic narrator what does the 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 – 11 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?

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