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May 21, 2019

JUNIORS!
We have one more day of class together. What would you like to do? I have some ideas, but maybe you do too, SOOOO.... let me know here.
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May 13, 2019

End of the Year Calendar

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Monday

  • Semester Exam Website    Class time given for this project so far:  21 hours
  • WEBSITE PROJECT IS DUE TODAY! I will begin grading tomorrow, so you have until the end of the day today to get the site polished up.
  • NOTE: I have removed the requirement for a page on your website for contemporary (21st century) literature. Your final website needs to deal with 7 literary time periods: Classical, Anglo-Saxon, Middle Ages. Renaissance, Romantic Era, Victorian Era, 20th century (modernism / postmodernism).
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May 9, 2019

Thursday

  • Semester Exam Website    Class time given for this project so far:  19 hours
    • NOTE: I have removed the requirement for a page on your website for contemporary (21st century) literature. Your final website needs to deal with 7 literary time periods: Classical, Anglo-Saxon, Middle Ages. Renaissance, Romantic Era, Victorian Era, 20th century (modernism / postmodernism).
    • I will not be grading your website again until the final is due on Mon. 5/13/19. If you want feedback on your work, you can let me know and I will be glad to tell you how I think you are doing. If you have a certain score in mind, let me know and I can tell you if you are on track for that score or what needs to be done to meet the expectations for that score.
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May 7, 2019

Tuesday


  • Semester Exam Website    Class time given for this project so far:  19 hours
    • NOTE: I have removed the requirement for a page on your website for contemporary (21st century) literature. Your final website needs to deal with 7 literary time periods: Classical, Anglo-Saxon, Middle Ages. Renaissance, Romantic Era, Victorian Era, 20th century (modernism / postmodernism).
    • I will not be grading your website again until the final is due on Mon. 5/13/19. If you want feedback on your work, you can let me know and I will be glad to tell you how I think you are doing. If you have a certain score in mind, let me know and I can tell you if you are on track for that score or what needs to be done to meet the expectations for that score.
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May 3, 2019

Friday


  • Modernism
    • Read the poem "Digging" by Seamus Heaney and discuss its qualities of postmodern (post WW2) writing.
      • Qualities of postmodern literature:
        1. focus on reader's response to / experience of literature
        2. fractured narrative
        3. paradox
        4. unreliable narrator
        5. metafiction
        6. lack of realism / magical realism

  • Semester Exam Website                Class time given for this project so far:  18.5 hours
    • NOTE: I have removed the requirement for a page on your website for contemporary (21st century) literature. Your final website needs to deal with 7 literary time periods: Classical, Anglo-Saxon, Middle Ages. Renaissance, Romantic Era, Victorian Era, 20th century (modernism / postmodernism).
    • I will not be grading your website again until the final is due on Mon. 5/13/19. If you want feedback on your work, you can let me know and I will be glad to tell you how I think you are doing. If you have a certain score in mind, let me know and I can tell you if you are on track for that score or what needs to be done to meet the expectations for that score.

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May 1, 2019

Wednesday

  • You can complete your STC instructor evaluation here until 5/3/19.
  • Teacher Appreciation Cards due Fri. 5/3/19
    • Modernism
      • Discussion / Q&A on notes from text: "The Twentieth Century and After":
      • Discussion / Notes: "Araby" as a modernist text- We reread the story and made notes on how the piece demonstrates some key qualities of Modernism:
        1. Not traditional
        2. Disillusionment
        3. Introspective
        4. Precise imagery
        5. Giving shape to the feeling of futility
      • HW due Fri. 5/3/19 by class time: Explore Imagism
        • Read this description of Imagism, focusing on the list of 3 tenets of Imagist poetry.
        • Google Classroom assignment: 
          1. Look for a variety of poems from the Imagist movement in the early 20th century (T.L. Hulme, Amy Lowell, William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, H.D., John Gould Fletcher, and you can look for others). 
          2. Choose one poem that you like and think fits the 3 tenets of Imagist poetry best. 
          3. Post this poem on the Google Classroom assignment and include the author.
          4. Then, read through your classmates' posts and choose one to respond to in a paragraph (5+ sentences). You can write your reaction to the poem, connections you see to other works, or comment on how the poem responds to the 3 tenets.

    • Semester Exam Website               Class time given for this project so far:  17.5 HOURS
      • I will not be grading your website again until the final is due on Mon. 5/13/19. If you want feedback on your work, you can let me know and I will be glad to tell you how I think you are doing. If you have a certain score in mind, let me know and I can tell you if you are on track for that score or what needs to be done to meet the expectations for that score.
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