Assignment

Write to our senators explaining your opinion regarding Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act (whether it should be reauthorized or if it should expire)
I will look at your evidence that you completed this tomorrow.

The link to contact our state senators can be found here.

Today's Assignment

Reference the interview between Lady Bracknell and Jack Worthing (Earnest) in Act 1:

What is the overall tone of the passage?

Describe Mr. Worthing’s style of speech.

What conflicts are present?

Comment on syntax 

Describe the puns on the words: Duty, Lost, Ordinary

Introduction to The Importance of Being Earnest

From Act 1

Find 3 examples of wit.

Find a critique on each of the following and explain how it is being satirically criticized:

• class
• gender
• proper behavior

re-read the conversation between Lady Bracknell and Jack Worthing

Presentations for Monday

You were placed into groups to discuss individual passages. A passage for each group was chosen.

You will create a 6-8 minute discussion on how the passage is suitable for passage analysis (the paper I gave you with the bullet points) That means you will discuss figurative language, sensory images, details, word choice, syntax, structure, tone, ect.. to explain how the passage relates to the theme(s) of the work as a whole.

Send me which passage was chosen before Monday so that I may make copies for the class. (email me the passage or the first line and last line of the passage.)

This will be a test grade

Begin Reading Siddhartha

Begin reading Siddhartha. Find the Siddhartha handout in our folder and answer the series of questions found on it. Have your first reading done by February 23.

Prep Session Feb. 21

We will be having our second prep session. It will be at McHigh. It will be from 8-1ish. There will be pizza provided.

You have to register. Sign up here. The website isn't set up very well.

The password is: SSS2014

Essay prompt

I am not in class; therefore the honor system will take effect, do not use notes or technological devices to assist in answering the prompt. In addition, be sure to time yourself allotting 40 minutes.

Prompt:

In many works of literature, past events can affect, positively or negatively, the present actions, attitudes, or values of a character.  In The Road, choose a character in which he or she must contend with some aspect of the past, either personal or societal.  Then write an essay in which you show how the character’s relationship to the past contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole.

The Road - Dream Sequence

Choose a dream sequence (or multiple sequences) from The Road. Describe the sequence, how it relates to the current state of the dreamer given the plot and how the dream contributes to a theme. Be sure to use textual evidence. A comment within this post is expected. It will be due by Wednesday.

Essay Topics for Monday

Below are three essay topics. I will chose one of these three for you to write a timed writing essay on Monday. This will be both an exam grade for the 6 weeks and part of your final. Be sure to prepare for all three.

Essay Questions

(choose one)

1. In novels and plays certain parallel events are significant. In an essay, describe the major similarities in a sequence of parallel or recurring events in Lear. Do not merely summarize the plot.

2. An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes. Some critics believe a work that does not provide significant closure is an artistic fault. However, a satisfactory ending is not always conclusive in every sense; it may be ambiguous and uncertain and require the reader to abide with or adjust to the ending. In an essay, discuss the ending of King Lear and explain precisely how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately closes the work.

3. In Great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. Choose a violent scene in King Lear and in a well-organized essay explain how the scene contributes to the meaning of the complete work.