March 27, 2017 - March 31, 2017 A.P. Agenda

 

 Monday, March 27th:

Discussion over A Doll’s House  and the free response essay.
Tips on how to write the free response essay on A Doll's House: 
Do not merely summarize
The student can easily turn summary into analysis by defining a character’s relationship with another. For example, instead of writing that Christine is a friend of Nora’s, write instead that Christine Linde, a close friend of Nora’s, acts as a foil to her for Christine has forged her independent way in a man’s world by working and supporting herself in business.

Another example of turning summary into analysis is with the character of Krogstad: instead of writing that he knows of Nora’s secret, note that Krogstad and Nora are ironically linked by the fact he was also guilty of committing forgery, but he was caught, and suffered and is still suffering social humiliation and ostracism as a result of his criminal act – a fact that is not lost on Nora.

You might want to frame your essay within the misogynistic, sexist social mores and laws of the time - which is why Nora has to resort to a criminal act in order to do a heroic one – saving her husband’s life. Had she been obedient to the law and to her husband, her husband would have died and she and her children would have been left destitute.  You may also use as a framing device Torvald’s patronizing attitude towards Nora, which is another reason driving Nora to secrecy and subterfuge.

The motif of lying is set up early in the novel; however, lying about eating macaroons and lying about committing forgery are not equivalents.

Finally, you might want to consider the question: If an act is legal, does that make it moral? If an act is illegal, does that make it immoral?

Tomorrow, please bring your Middlemarch  excerpt.

Multiple choice questions on Tom Jones  by Henry Fielding.
Went over in class but did not finish. Please bring tomorrow to finish.

Tuesday, March 28th: 

Prepare for the in-class essay tomorrow on Middlemarch
Read, analyzed, and annotated
Finished the multiple choice questions on Tom Jones 

Wednesday, March 29th: 
In-class essay on Middlemarch
Multiple choice questions on Emily Dickinson's "I Dreaded That First Robin, So"
Finish reading The Sun Also Rises  by Monday, April 3rd.
Tomorrow we will begin reading some World War One poetry to better understand the "Lost Generation of the 20's".

 Thursday, March 30th: 
 Read Handouts:
World War 1
The Biography of Wilfred Owen
“Dulce et Decorum Est” - poem by Wilfred Owen
Short videos –
Multiple Choice Questions

Vocabulary for the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" 
Dulce et Decorum Est –  Latin for "It is sweet and honorable"
Pro patria mori  - Latin for "to die for one’s country"
A line from Horace’s Odes – Latin verses well known to British schoolboys. 

Finish The Sun Also Rises by Monday, April 3rd. 

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