AP Lit: "Fear No More" & Mrs. Dalloway

Today we tackled Mrs. Dalloway by way of a SCOUT-ing of Shakespeare's "Fear No More the Heat O' the Sun".

These are just some of the ideas that emerged . . .

We brought these ideas around to Mrs. Dalloway and made a number of connections between the poem and the novel, as well as to Cunningham's The Hours.   Most importantly we uncovered some of Woolf's intentions -- her use of allusions, her use of stream of consciousness -- as well as Cunningham's.

We also decided to hold a Dallowinian Party.  You can see the planning notes from an earlier AP Lit class here.  We will hold this roleplay listening/speaking/reading assessment event next Thursday, October 27th, just in time for Halloween.

OUT OF CLASS WORK.

Read.  Mrs. Dalloway.  Finish the Book. 

Due. Friday 10.21.16

Blog.  Two Posts.

Critical Creativity Post.  A  Mrs. Dalloway employs color in meaningful, powerful ways.  Perhaps you have noticed this, perhaps  you have not.  (Pay particular attention to flowers, foods, skies, clothing and faces.)

Use Colourlovers.com  to create a custom palette of at least three colors relating to meaning in Mrs. Dalloway.  You will need to name the palette and each color within it.  Be certain to choose purposeful names and push your self to go beyond the concrete.  (Concrete:  "blue sky" because the sky was blue.)

Share your palette on your blog w/ explanations of your choices.

Analytical Post. The Hours & Mrs. Dalloway. Discuss the evidence of Woolf's influence on Cunningham. Consider not only plot points and characters, but perhaps also structure, language, theme and more.

Reminder.

Indie Book Project.

Due Last Class of the Quarter.

AP Lit 2B & 3B: Hamlet, Hamlet,, Hamlet

Monday: Hamlet.

We will focus on energies on Hamlet. We will open with another little exercise to get us in the headspace and cause a little anxiety in the room.  A little.  Not a lot.  Enough to be productive and useful.

Wednesday will be a big The Swimmer activity.  Emphasis on big.

Friday, we will review design thinking, the process analysis product, and discussing all of the sonnet work you will be doing.  As well as more with Hamlet.  How will we ever fit in all in?  Magic.

Homework

Blogs: 3+ Posts
Req'd Post:  Hamlet Writes a Sonnet
Choose any character from Hamlet and write a sonnet from that character's point of view.  Pay particular attention to which sonnet form you choose.  Be certain to include all elements of that sonnet form within your creation AND to make those choices with deliberate intention.  How can the format and rhyme scheme reflect the character?
Due: Friday, December 6

Sonnet Work:
Read: "The Sonnet" chapter in "How to Read Lit" and annotate. 
Read: you’ve got a pile of poetry to read and it’s gonna be great.  We will be examining the sonnet form and discussing why it endures.  I’ve put three links on Diigo — and highlighted the poems you need to read on the “Sonnet” page.  There are two Shakespearean sonnets you need to read as well,  ”Let Those Who Are in Favour”and “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”  
Annotate three of the above sonnets.  Your choice.  
Due: Friday, December 6

Review & Annotate:
Cheever's The Swimmer (Check your AP Lit Out)
Due: Wednesday, December 4

Read Hamlet:
TBA
Due: Wednesday, December 4

AP Lit 3G: Trifles

Today we will begin with "Trifles" and close with a couple of voluntary project shares.

In a first for this class, we will stage a dramatic reading of Susan Glaspill's "Trifles."  As we move through the dialogue, we will storyboard the action as well.  (My hope and dream is that one of our artistically inclined folk will take marker in hand and illustrate for us as we go.)  The intent here is to see the importance of blocking, while also aligning movement to dialogue and such.  (I'm less than articulate at the moment.  I know what I mean. I think.)

And we very well may need to stand up and act to make it all work.

We'll end class with a couple of project shares.  We'll keep sharing as we go through the next several classes. Sharing is completely voluntary.

Lastly, note the new synthesis essay is due for workshopping next week.  Plan wisely.  Start some pre-planning now and document, document, document your process.  You will want it all for your big self-analysis project in the spring.

Homework

Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Creative Post:
Write a brief dialogue in which two characters reveal exactly how they feel about a third, not-present character, without ever using the phrasing, "I don't like ... " or "I really appreciate ____" etc.  This is an opportunity to practice showing vs. telling while also gaining perspective on the challenge facing a playwright that doesn't want to bore audiences with exposition.
Due: Friday, November 15

Read & Annotate: Hamlet, 1.1 (Click for Folger edition online; download PDF from them for handwritten markups)
It is an admitted challenge.  Be brave.  We will be reading it all in class as well.
Due: Thurs, November 14

Prethinking & Starting to Write: Synthesis #2
Source material is anything you've read for class by assigment or choice
Workshop Draft Due: Wed., November 20th
Submission Draft Due: Tuesday, November 26th