O'Brien Assignment

You will get an end of the year checklist today.  There really isn't much left (AT ALL) and I just want to make sure we are all on the same page with everything.

Through this week, with the O'Brien book:

Tim O'Brien was a soldier in the Vietnam War. The Things They Carried is classified as a work of fiction, although it has many roots in his experiences. It is set up in the format of a series of essays. There are a few I want you to read and we are going to use one or more for our work on passage questions. I would have had you read the whole book but there is quite a bit of profanity and I don't want to require you to read something that might be offensive to you. The chapters I have chosen are acceptable. There is one more assignment that we are going to do with this book that is more creative and reflective. I would like for you to read the first essay (chapter), "The Things They Carried" (same title as the title of the book) in order to be better able to do that assignment but it's a little rough in places, so if you start reading and find that it bothers you, you are not required to read it. I know that you are incredibly busy people right now (as am I), but if you enjoy the reading and have the time, I would read all of it if I were you. It has been used MULTIPLE times on the AP test, so it's another good one to have in your arsenal.

Chapters you are required to read include:
"On the Rainy River"
"Church"
"Ambush"
"In the Field"
"Good Form"
"Field Trip"
"The Lives of the Dead"


Chapter I would like for you to read to complete the additional assignment but it is not required:
"The Things They Carried" (first chapter in the book)

Lit Terms 6

Keep pushing!

Naturalism
Modernism
Epigraph
Antihero
Juxtaposition
Periodic sentence
Apposition
Tricolon
Antithesis
Causal relationship

Week of April 18

It may be a crazy schedule week, but we are ready to make it happen. :)

Monday, 4/18
1,2, 4
AP prep

Tuesday, 4/19
AP Prep

Wednesday, 4/20
1,2,4
AP Prep

Thursday, 4/21
1,3,4
AP Prep

Friday, 4/22
TTTC
Lit Terms 6

Week of April 11

Lots of AP Prep coming at ya!

Monday, April 11
Show Monster projects
Poetry Focus

Tuesday, April 12
Test strategies focus

Wednesday, April 13
Allegory, Everyman

Thursday, April 14
Test
Teacher Letter

Friday, April 15
MC Focus
JOURNALS DUE

Monster Projects, Options A-D

This is due MONDAY!!! 

Option A, Personal Narrative/Creative:

Think of “monsters” in your own life, specifically, the lives of those close to you, or society in general. By “monster”, we mean situations that are of our own making that have gotten out of control and taken over our lives. Addictions, time management, getting in with a group of people with negative influence, anxiety, depression, not taking school seriously in 9th and 10th grade and having to fight the next two years to bring up a GPA, one mistake that had negative and far-reaching ramifications, unplanned pregnancy, affairs, etc.

Write an index card about the monster and its power, then visually illustrate OR write a page in which you fully describe this monster and its power.

Option B, Research:

Look up a monster from another culture. Write a page in which you explain the origins of the monster, its description, its powers, and any other pertinent details about it.

Option C, Contemporary Connections:

Find a news article, past or present, about monstrous behavior as reported by the media. Print out a copy of the article and write a page summary of it, including your opinion of the behavior and its monstrosity.

Option D, Creative:

Create your own monster and monster story. The monster should have a background, name, and history or developmental tale that explains its existence. You have some options here... I want the details of the monster on an index card, then I will need some sort of sensory representation of the monster. This is where the various creative energies of this group will come into play. You could do a video for your monster (James, Oliver). You could create it on a canvas (Jayda, Sergio). You could create a soundtrack of music for your monster (Alec) or a tv episode based around your monster (Will). You are welcome to perform a monologue AS your monster (Matt W, Julia) or write a story with your monster as the main character (Sarah) or write a song from the monster's perspective (Marco) or a video game about your monster (AJ, Drew) or a half-poster board cartoon starring your monster (Chastin). 

Whatever you want to do, this entire project is WIDE OPEN to you. Dazzle me, people. Dazzle me with your monster-making, you young Frankensteins. 

Lit Terms 5

Getting close now....

Lyric poem
Inversion (in grammar and comp)
Oxymoron
Puritanism
Epanalepsis
Anthropomorphism
Syntactic Permutation
Epistrophe
Antimetabole
Transcendentalism

Week of April 3

I can't wait to see you guys this week! It's been FOREVER!!!

Monday, 4/3
GRENDEL

Tuesday, 4/4
Grendel

Wednesday, 4/5
Grendel
Assign Everyman

Thursday, 4/6
Grendel

Friday, 4/6
Lit Terms 5
Grendel