Thank you Chrystal, Caroline, Erica and Jessica for attending our AP tutorial this week. So....where were the rest of you? The next one will be on February 26th, 27th and the 28th.
This week we did four multiple choice questions over literary selections: "On Superstition", an essay by Francis Bacon, and three carpe diem poems, including "To My Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell (to be found in your English text book), and "Love's Diet" by John Donne.
We also discussed the philosophy of the "Age of Reason" (also to be found in your book - please read!) and a comparison between it and the philosophy of the "Romantic Age" (also to be found in your book - please read!)
We discussed the lives of Marlowe and read his "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and Sir Walter Raleigh's response in his "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd".
We also discussed the life of Mary Shelley and some aspects - such as theme, symbolism, philosophy, and background information - of FRANKENSTEIN.
I also passed out a packet on Truman Capote's IN COLD BLOOD and on Friday discussed how to read and analyze a prompt. Then we read and discussed writing the opening paragraph and the body paragraphs.
You need to be finished with the readings in the book by the time school starts. I have posted questions for you to answer on the readings up to the "Romantic Age." You will turn in your answers on the first day of school.
YOU WILL BE GIVEN A TEST OVER THE POETRY, THE POETIC DEVICES AND THE PHILOSOPHIES OF THE "AGE OF REASON" AND "THE ROMANTIC ERA" WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
You should be reading FRANKENSTEIN now. By mid-February you should be finished reading the book and finished writing the short form for the book. After February 15th, you should begin reading Dostoevsky's CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.
You are responsible for this information and you MUST complete these assignments if you want to remain in the class and pass the course.
I will be in Paris for about two weeks, returning around the middle of February. During that time, I will be incommunicado. If you have a burning question, hold on to it and e-mail me after the fifteenth.
Happy reading!
This week we did four multiple choice questions over literary selections: "On Superstition", an essay by Francis Bacon, and three carpe diem poems, including "To My Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell (to be found in your English text book), and "Love's Diet" by John Donne.
We also discussed the philosophy of the "Age of Reason" (also to be found in your book - please read!) and a comparison between it and the philosophy of the "Romantic Age" (also to be found in your book - please read!)
We discussed the lives of Marlowe and read his "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and Sir Walter Raleigh's response in his "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd".
We also discussed the life of Mary Shelley and some aspects - such as theme, symbolism, philosophy, and background information - of FRANKENSTEIN.
I also passed out a packet on Truman Capote's IN COLD BLOOD and on Friday discussed how to read and analyze a prompt. Then we read and discussed writing the opening paragraph and the body paragraphs.
You need to be finished with the readings in the book by the time school starts. I have posted questions for you to answer on the readings up to the "Romantic Age." You will turn in your answers on the first day of school.
YOU WILL BE GIVEN A TEST OVER THE POETRY, THE POETIC DEVICES AND THE PHILOSOPHIES OF THE "AGE OF REASON" AND "THE ROMANTIC ERA" WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
You should be reading FRANKENSTEIN now. By mid-February you should be finished reading the book and finished writing the short form for the book. After February 15th, you should begin reading Dostoevsky's CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.
You are responsible for this information and you MUST complete these assignments if you want to remain in the class and pass the course.
I will be in Paris for about two weeks, returning around the middle of February. During that time, I will be incommunicado. If you have a burning question, hold on to it and e-mail me after the fifteenth.
Happy reading!
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