Online Learning Starts Friday 3/20

D-Block English 10: 

All assignments for our class will be posted on our Google Classroom

A1 & A2 AP Lit:

We are going live with online learning on Friday, March 20.  I have invited you to a new Google Classroom.  We'll be discussing Ayn Rand's novella "Anthem," using the comments as we did for summer reading.  The first prompt will be posted Friday morning, and our class is scheduled to "meet" from 10-11am, which means that if you are posting "live" at that time, other people may be posting then as well -- making it somewhat like a real discussion.  I will be available to answer questions at that time, and throughout the day, directly through email or in the comments section itself if they are questions about the book.  Also, of course, I am hoping that you'll be supportive, helpful, and responsive to each other in the comments.  We're all in this together. 

I need to hear from you once a day for attendance purposes, by 2:30 each day.  You don't need to finish ALL of your work for me by that time, but I need to see something by then so I can share my attendance with the main office.  For grading purposes, our first few assessments will be a series of discussion prompts on Anthem, and then we're going to read the novel Invisible Man.  Obviously, we're into new territory here, and it is my hope that we'll all work together to make this work.  If anything isn't working for you, please email me. 

Anthem Reading Schedule

You might need to design your own bookmark for this one, or print this out if you have access to a printer :)

ANTHEM
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Reading Schedule

3/11 Ch. I (Part One if you are reading the pdf.)
3/12 Ch. II, III
3/13 Ch. IV-VII

3/16 Ch. VIII-X
3/17 Ch. XI-XII

HW 3/11: Ayn Rand's Anthem

For tonight, I'd like you to read the opening chapter of Ayn Rand's 1938 novella Anthem (Part One in this .pdf). 

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1250/1250-h/1250-h.htm

Classwork 3/9: Writing Great Intro Paragraphs (Part Two)

"Literature explores [a question/subject] … through [a technique] … to create [theme/meaning]."     -- Mr. Gauthier                                                                                       

As we discussed on Friday, the quote above attempts to show the flowchart of ideas essential to demonstrating analysis in an essay.  If the introductory paragraph of your essay contains all three of these concepts, you are setting yourself up for success and real analysis in the rest of the essay.  To illustrate this idea, I've prepared a handout with successful student-written examples of 40-min essay introductions.  Please read through the attached .pdf packet (or obtain a printed copy from me), and try to see the "What? How? So What?" thinking in action.  When you are comfortable with the concept, read through the first prompt from the 2018 AP Lit exam below, and compose your own introductory paragraph.  

STEP ONE: SEE IT! 

Read the examples (see attachment ... whathowsowhat.pdf)

STEP TWO: TRY IT! 

Write an introduction for an essay on “The Landlady.”  Make it awesome.

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/apc/ap19-frq-english-literature.pdf

Pride and Prejudice Ending Questions

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This first line has become one of the most famous in English literature. In addition to setting the narrative in motion, how does this line alert us to the tone of the novel and our role, as readers, in appreciating it? What does the line imply about women? (From the Chicago Public Library’s One Book, One Chicago pamphlet on Pride and Prejudice, 2005)

2. Elizabeth is upset to learn that Charlotte has accepted Mr. Collins’s marriage proposal. Do you think Charlotte should have married Mr. Collins? Did she choose him or did he choose her? What do you think influenced her decision to accept him? Is Charlotte a romantic? Is Elizabeth?

3. How does Pemberley play a role in Elizabeth’s change of heart? Does she really fall in love with Darcy after seeing his estate? Trace the development of her feelings for him. Why is Darcy attracted to Elizabeth? Trace the development of his feelings for her.

4. What might have happened if Elizabeth had accepted Darcy’s first proposal? Do you think he really expected her to accept? How does the first proposal change their feelings for, and opinions of, each other? 5. Several letters are reproduced in full in the text. What is the effect on you as a reader when you read a letter instead of getting the information contained in it from the 3rd person narrator? Why do you think Austen might have used letters so often in this novel? (There are 59 references to letters in the book.)

6. How does the title Pride and Prejudice relate to the original title Jane Austen used for the novel, First Impressions? Do you think Pride and Prejudice is a better title? Why? How does it relate to Elizabeth? Darcy? Does it relate to other characters in the novel?

7. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet do not agree on very much, especially when it comes to their daughters’ futures. Who is the better parent—Mr. or Mrs. Bennet? What role does family play in this novel?

8. Darcy says that Wickham tried to elope with Georgiana for revenge. Does revenge play a part in his elopement with Lydia?

9. Lady Catherine’s visit to Elizabeth to persuade her not to marry Darcy actually has the opposite effect and propels them toward the final conclusion, their marriage. What is it about this use of dramatic irony that is so appealing to readers? What other examples of irony do you find in the novel?