February 26, 2018 - March 2, 2018 Weekly Agenda


 Monday, February 26th:

Timed writing on Hamlet
The eighteenth-century British novelist Laurence Sterne wrote, “Nobody, but he who has felt it, can conceive what a plaguing thing it is to have a man’s mind torn asunder by two projects of equal strength, both obstinately pulling in a contrary direction at the same time.”

From a novel or a play, choose a character whose mind is pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling desires, ambitions, obligations, or influences. Then, in a well-organized essay, identify each of the two conflicting forces and explain how this conflict within one character illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole. 

Due at the end of class! 

All Hamlet work is due today at 11:59pm
Hamlet Act 5 is due tomorrow at 11:59 pm - do not forget the essays at the end!

Tuesday, February 27th: 

Extra Credit for Crime and Punishment: 
Checked out Crime and Punishment to the following students: 
Aliyyah – #9
Blanca - #1
Emily - #7
Luis - #11
Brandy - #12
Leslie
Angela
Kais
Zane

Notes from the Underground
Aliyyah -
Blanca
Daireen
Sandra
Sydney
Alejandro
Monce
Kais
Zane 

Passed out Albuquerque Graveyard multiple choice questions 
Go over in class tomorrow.

Wednesday, February 28th: 

Crime and Punishment Essay #1:
“No Place to Turn”; page 10 (Norton Edition)
Due March 16th.
On page ten in CRIME and Punishment, the motif of hopelessness, of “no place to turn” is introduced. The motif of utter spiritual loneliness tolls throughout the passage as Raskolnikov, this strange isolated youth sits in a tavern with a pathetic, broken down old drunk who pours out the sordid details of his life. 
Please write a minimum 500 word analysis of how the story of Marmeladov and his daughter is an example of the Utilitarian Theory and of its failure. (Refer to the upload on the blog regarding Mills and Bentham and the “Utilitarian Theory”.)

Check in Hamlet  and check out Frankenstein
Go over “Albuquerque Graveyard
What do you look for when you are analyzing a poem:
First thing you do is look at the title!
Who is the speaker?
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Subject
Tone
Era in which the poem was written
Patterns
Contrasts
Recurrence of motifs
Similarities
No! Yes!
But!
Yet!  

Thursday, March 1st: 
Went over the answers to Albuquerque Graveyard

General Notes:
Pastoral – has to do with the country
Elegy is a poem paying homage to something that is no longer in existence or is dying.
Transience – transitory
Laborious – labor intensive

Passed out packet (Utilitarian Theory, Hegel, Nietzsche)
Passed out the biography of Mary Shelley

Friday, March 2nd:  

A.P. English:
Standards: Understanding complex historical literature through the understanding of the historical, political, social, and biography of the writer.
Reading and understanding complex  literature through analysis, context, and historical framing.
Targeted Outcome: Appreciation and understanding of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein through analysis of historical context
Agenda: Read Mary Shelley’s bio
Read the Preface and half of the first letter of Frankenstein 
Reflections: 
Assigned for home work: Read up to Chapter 1 of Frankenstein  











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