Homework

Read and respond to sections 8-9 of //Invisible Cities.//
 * Friday, 23 May 2008**

Read and respond to sections 5-7 of //Invisible Cities.//
 * Tuesday, 20 May 2008**

Your elegy, pastoral, or pastoral elegy is due. Begin work on your Semester Exam Project.
 * Monday, 19 May 2008**

Read and respond to sections 3-4 of //Invisible Cities.//
 * Friday, 16 May 2008**

Read and respond to sections 1-2 of //Invisible Cities// (to page 39).
 * Thursday, 15 May 2008**

Read remaining poems in "The Pastoral."
 * Wednesday, 14 May 2008**

Acquire and bring to class Italo Calvino's //Invisible Cities//.
 * Tuesday, 13 May 2008**

Finish and respond to //Long Day's Journey into Night.//
 * Friday, 9 May 2008**

Read and respond to Act II, Scenes One and Two of //Long Day's Journey into Night.// Take some time to contribute to the Literature Review page.
 * Tuesday, 6 May 2008**

Read and respond to //208-215 in The Making of a Poem.//
 * Friday, 2 May 2008**

Read and respond to Act I of //Long Day's Journey into Night.//
 * Thursday, 1 May 2008**


 * **Contribute to the Literature Review page.**

Acquire and bring to class a copy of Eugene O'Neill's //Long Day's Journey into Night.//
 * Wednesday, 30 April 2008**

Compose a brief essay (2-3 pages) in which you explore the way one theme, issue, or literary technique sheds light on //The Things They Carried// as a whole.
 * Tuesday, 29 April 2008**

AP Lit exam preparation.
 * Monday, 28 April 2008**

Finish and respond to //The Things They Carried//.
 * Thursday, 24 April 2008**

AP Lit exam preparation.
 * Wednesday, 23 April 2008**

AP Lit exam preparation.
 * Tuesday, 22 April 2008**

Read and respond to //The Things They Carried// through page 188, chapter: "Field Trip".
 * Monday, 21 April 2008**

Read and respond to //The Things They Carried// through page 136, chapter: "Style".
 * Thursday, 17 April 2008**


 * **PLEASE NOTE:Discussion of //The Crying of Lot 49// will be closed SOME TIME on Wednesday, 4.16.08.**

Read and respond to //The Things They Carried// through page 88.
 * Tuesday, 15 April 2008**

Read and respond to //The Things They Carried// through page 30.
 * Friday, 11 April 2008**

Compose and type the final draft of you Lot 49 essay.
 * Thursday, 10 April 2008**

Read and respond to //The Crying of Lot 49// chapter 6.
 * Friday, 4 April 2008**

We will continue our exploration of The Elegy.
 * Wednesday, 2 April 2008**

Re-read and respond to //The Crying of Lot 49//, 98-106, the night-journey.
 * Tuesday, 1 April 208**

Read and respond to //The Crying of Lot 49// chapters 4-5.
 * Monday, 31 March 2008**

Read and respond to //The Crying of Lot 49// chapters 1-3.
 * Tuesday, 18 March 2008**

=Begin Quarter 4 =

End Quarter 3
Bring to class Thomas Pynchon's //The Crying of Lot 49//.
 * Thursday, 13 March 2008**

We will be reading and thinking about "The Stanza". Be sure to acquire and bring to class on Thursday a copy of Thomas Pynchon's //The Crying of Lot 49//.
 * Tuesday and Wednesday, 11-12 March 2008**


 * **Please Note: The POSTING DEADLINE for Quarter 3 is Thursday, 13 March at midnight. Post early and often.**

Compose an essay of character analysis based on a character from //The Cherry Orchard//. Be sure to attend to the character's physical, intellectual, emotional, and moral traits ... as well as his/her problems and function in the play as a whole.
 * Monday, 10 March 2008**

Watch, think, and respond to the class viewing of //Vanya on 42nd Street//.
 * Thursday and Friday, 6-7 March 2008**

Read and respond to Acts Three and Four in //The Cherry Orchard//.
 * Wednesday, 5 March 2008**

Read and respond to Pope's "An Essay on Criticism" Part III.
 * Tuesday, 4 March 2008**

Read and respond to Acts One and Two in //The Cherry Orchard//.
 * Monday, 3 March 2008**

Read and respond to Pope's "An Essay on Criticism" Part II.
 * Friday, 29 February 2008**

Acquire and bring to class Anton Chekhov's //The Cherry Orchard//.
 * Thursday, 28 February 2008**


 * **PLEASE NOTE: Thursday's A-qualification minimum has been changed from 35 credited posts to 30.**

Read and respond to Pope's "An Essay on Criticism" Part I. Please print the text and bring it to class. You may also find the Line Notes useful.
 * Wednesday, 27 February 2008**

In-class essay.
 * Tuesday, 26 February 2008**

Compose a brief essay in which you apply Faulkner's Nobel Acceptance Speech to //As I Lay Dying//. Are the ideas expressed in the speech in sync with the novel's effect?
 * Monday, 25 February 2008**

Finish and respond to //As I Lay Dying//.
 * Friday, 22 February 2008**

Read and respond (in Essays) to Reginald Shepherd's On Difficulty in Poetry.
 * Wednesday, 20 February 2008**

Read and respond to //As I Lay Dying// through page 211: "Tonight I am going to see where they stay while we are in the barn."
 * Tuesday, 19 February 2008**

Read and respond to //As I Lay Dying// through page 136: "I knew that as plain on that day as I knew about Dewey Dell on that day."
 * Friday, 15 February 2008**

In-class essay
 * Thursday, 14 February 2008**

Read "Blank Verse" in //The Making of a Poem// (101-110).
 * Wednesday, 13 February 2008**

Read and respond to //As I Lay Dying// through page 84: "My mother is a fish."
 * Tuesday, 12 February 2008**

Complete and briefly, clearly explain your SStC formulas. Bring Faulkner's //As I Lay Dying// to class (12 bucks in the bookstore).
 * Tuesday, 5 February 2008**

Read and respond to Acts IV and V in She Stoops to Conquer; i.e. FINISH the play.
 * Monday, 4 February 2008**

Read and respond through the end of Act III in She Stoops to Conquer.
 * Friday, 1 February 2008**

Come prepared to perform your ballad.
 * Thursday, 31 January 2008**

Acquire and bring to class a copy of //She Stoops to Conquer//.
 * Wednesday, 30 January 2008**

Read and respond to //Jacob's Room// Ch. 13-14.
 * Monday, 28 January 2008**

Read and respond to //Jacob's Room// Ch. 12.
 * Friday, 25 January 2008**

Read and respond to //Jacob's Room// Ch. 10-11.
 * Thursday, 24 January 2008**

Read [|The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde] and come prepared to be accountable for that reading.
 * Tuesday, 22 January 2008**

Read and respond to //Jacob's Room// Ch. 7-9.
 * Friday, 18 January 2008**

Compose a one-page close reading of a problematic or rich passage from the chapter you worked on today.
 * Wednesday, 16 January 2008**

Read and respond to //Jacob's Room// Ch. 4-6.
 * Tuesday, 15 January 2008**

Read the introductory material for "The Ballad" in //The Making of A Poem//.
 * Monday, 14 January 2008**

Read and respond to //Jacob's Room// Ch. 3.
 * Friday, 11 January 2008**

Read and respond to //Jacob's Room// Ch. 2.
 * Thursday, 10 January 2008**

Acquire and bring to class on Wednesday a copy of //Jacob's Room//.
 * Wednesday, 9 January 2008**

Explore this wiki. Read Ch. 1 of Jacob's Room and post a response to it in the appropriate spot.
 * Tuesday, 8 January 2008**

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