Weekend Homework

This weekend we pivot to the Metaphysical poets. More on that definition next week. Your homework this weekend is to read and annotate the John Donne poem (Sonnet XIV, "Batter My Heart") and the short analysis of the poem by Camille Paglia. If you were absent, get a copy on Monday.

Get pumped! John Donne is a favorite!

Homework This Weekend (Due Nov. 2nd)

Study your VOCAB! (see link on the right) -- no definitions or sentences, but understand how to apply these terms to real poems

Read and annotate 3 of the modern/contemporary poems in your packet.


Some reminders about sonnets:

Italian:

14 lines

Octave/Sestet (volta)

Rhyme: abbaabba/cdecde or cdccdc

NO RHYMING COUPLET

Early English Sonnet

14 lines

Octave/Sestet (volta)

Rhyme: abbaabba/cddc ee

RHYMING COUPLET

Shakespearean Sonnet

14 lines

Octave/Sestet (volta)

Rhyme: abab cdcd efef gg

RHYMING COUPLET & NEW RHYME SCHEME

Medea/Oedipus Socratic Seminar Prep

On Friday you have your second Socratic Seminar. I hope you're starting to see value in Socrates' dialectic method (discussion and debate to reach truth).

In preparation for that discussion please complete THIS assignment. Thursday is an in-class work day, so you should have time to finish. Be focused and purposeful in your preparation and the discussion will be so much better!

Weekend Homework (DUE TUESDAY)

Hello all --

This weekend please read and annotate Medea. It's a wild one! I think you'll love it. We will discuss it Tuesday.

You should also do your vocab definitions and sentences (link on the right). Those are due (and you will have your vocab quiz) on Tuesday.


Happy weekend!

Allegory of the Cave (PPT and homework)

Happy Monday!

Today I gave a short lecture about Plato's Allegory of the Cave. You can find that HERE.

HOMEWORK: Tonight, please read The Allegory of the Cave and annotate it. Consider the following questions:

• What is the allegory really about? 
• What connections can you make between Plato's allegory and our society?
• What kinds of people can escape the cave? Can you think of historical or contemporary figures who might be escapees?
• What are the dangers of escaping and returning? Why?

"Study of Reading Habits" Annotation & Essay Assignment

Hi all!

Wow--you guys blew me away today with your deep reading and analytical skills. You absolutely brought it as we discussed Philip Larkin's "A Study of Reading Habits."

Here are our living documents, the annotations we created in class. This is the product of all of our brains working together. You guys taught me some things about this poem.

5th Hour's Annotation

6th Hour's Annotations

We will work more tomorrow with Dickinson's poem and the Morrison essay.

HOMEWORK: Today you received your essay assignment for the weekend. You homework for tonight is to complete the brainstorming questions (pg. 2). 

Wednesday, Sept. 9

If you missed today, please see me about taking the poetry pre-test!

Today everyone took a poetry annotation/analysis pre-test. I will score this but the score WILL NOT count toward your grade. This is to give us a baseline. 

We read and annotated Philip Larkin's "A Study of Reading Habits." 

Homework (due tomorrow): Read and annotate Maya Angelou's "The Reader as Artist"

As always, I expect you to annotate, keep notes and engage deeply with texts I assign. We will discuss!