Q3

Cheri Z visited today and we spent the rest of the period on some practice for question #3.

More Practice

Today some poetry MC and a bit of essay planning.

Practice, Practice

Today we worked through a multiple choice section and then spent the rest of the period on general strategies for the test.

Poetry Final Review

Today we went over the poetry final from the Wednesday before break.
AP Practice the rest of the week!

Joyce PC and SG

Today I collected the Joyce study guides and we had the timed writing.
The only homework over break is to practice for the AP exam. There are practice materials at Global Classroom.
Have a great break!

The Week So Far

We began the week with a short quiz on the end of Portrait. The rest of Monday and Tuesday were spend looking at Stephen's aesthetic theory as explained by Joseph Campbell. Wednesday was devoted to some AP practice/the final for the contemporary poetry unit. More Joyce Thursday and we will wrap up the week with the Portrait pressure comp.

Joyce's Aesthetics

Today we had (almost) the final poetry presentations and spend the rest of the period on Joyce's aesthetics.

Period 2 poem for Monday: "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath

Tonight's Poems

P2 "Expect Nothing" by Alice Walker
P6 "The Abortion" by Anne Sexton

More Poetry and a Bit o' Joyce

Today we had a couple more poetry presentations and talked a bit more about the end of chapter 2.
Tomorrow's Poems:

• 2nd "Leda and the Swan" by Yeats and "As the Mist Leaves No Scar" by Cohen
• 6th "Africa" by Angelou and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Hughes

Poetry and Joyce

Today, after two poetry presentations per period, we began a closer look at the final few paragraphs of chapter 2.
Tomorrow's Poems:

2nd "The Long Voyage" by Cowley and "Grace to be Said at the Supermarket" by Nemerov
6th "The Sunflowers" by Oliver and "Woman" by Giovanni

A Quiz and Some Poetry

We began the day with a brief quiz on chapters 2 and 3 of Portrait and wrapped up the day with a poem presentation or two.


Poems for Tomorrow:

• P2 "The Window" by Creeley and "Ode to the Maggot" by Kumunyakaa
• P6 "Poppies in October" by Plath and "In Just" by e.e. cummings

The Final Workday

Today was the final workday for the poetry project. We drew the presentation order and I introduced the audience homework. For Monday, respond to the prompt below for the appropriate poems.
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Poetry Project Audience Homework
Each night you should study the poem(s) that will be presented the following day in class by answering the questions below.  Poems will be given out in class, but are usually available online if you do a quick search for the title (a list of poems and dates will be available at my HW web page).  Do all the assignments on the same paper, heading each assignment with the date and the poem’s title.

• Paraphrase the plot of this poem.  Briefly, what is it about?
• Note a few literary techniques which stand out in this poem.

Period Two

• "Sunset" by Rainer Maria Rilke
• "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop 

Period Six

• "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost

Work Time

Today, as yesterday, was work time interrupted by some poetry discussion and a CRA paragraph example.