AP Lit: Prufrock Remixes, Process, Woolf, and More

This week will feature more Prose 15 on Monday and Tuesday.  I've been enjoying our digging into Jane Eyre and "The Things They Carried."  I'm going to find a shorter excerpt, however, for Monday and Tuesday.  It is taking us almost as long to read it as it is to think about it.  Hopefully this next, from one Virginia Woolf, will allow us more space to discuss.

Then we will examine the results of last week's remixes and map and chart how our thinking is evolving and growing.  Our goal in this?  To become more and more keenly aware of both our creative and analytical processes.  In fact, that would make for a remarkably good third blog post for this week.

Your creative and analytical processes, as you see them now.   Monday and Tuesday in class will give you an opportunity to discuss.  Wednesday and Thursday classes will give you an opportunity to put them in practice as I'm giving you folks the all-too-uncommon-in-AP-land time to work.

There will be expectations for documenting your work on those days.  

Then Friday's class will begin our transition into Cunningham's The Hours and our move into less holistic, more precision focused literary analysis.   We'll be using The Hours to explore the relationship between character, point of view and plot and uncovering Cunningham's design.

Of course, as I type this, I'm thinking we may start delving into Joyce's Dubliners instead.   Hrmm . . . well!  We'll just have to see what Friday brings, won't we?  In that case we'd be looking at the relationship between character and setting and point of view.  See a trend emerging?

If you have a preference?  Holler!  Let's customize as much as we can.

Show Your Learning.

Blog. 3+ Posts.

(Last Week of Blogging for the Quarter)

Req'd Critical Creativity.  Finished Prufrockian Remix.

After having read & re-read the poem, sketchnoted & remixed the poem, design an original Prufrockian remix that employs Eliot's poetic device strategy and sensibility while offering something new.

Due. Friday. 10.23.15

Close Read.   Eliot Academic Articles.

Close read these articles then choose two to annotate and/or sketchnote.

Then discuss the extent to which the articles' content informs your understanding of Prufrock and any influence it may have on your remix design.

Blog your work.

Due. Friday. 10.23.15

Revisions.  Synthesis Essays.

Due. ASAP.  Final day for Revisions.  10.27.15.

Indie Book Projects.

Read & Design.  Due 11.4& 5.

AP Lit: Colour film of London in 1927

Dallowinian Party 3G AP Lit 2013

AP Lit: The Dallowinian Party

Exploring archetypes and stream of consciousness in Mrs. Dalloway and The Hours.

AP Lit 3G: Remixing Prufrock & Preparing for Dallowinian Parties

We have a couple of housekeeping items & then we've got plenty of work to do.

Revisions.

As you complete revisions, remember to also complete a "Revision Submission Form."  This helps me track your work as well as better ensure I take note of all the work you've done. This form is in the "AP Lit 2013 OUT" folder.  (I might end up putting a link to it over in the right sidebar as well.  We'll see.  I don't want to clutter that space up.  Though to emphasize revision. . . )

Blogging.

This week's required post isn't creative.  Instead it's analytical.  (I'll make it up to you next week with a doozy.)  

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

We'll start with Ellie Goulding.  Naturally.
 


And follow that with a little DJ Earworm.

Which takes us to a discussion of remix/mashup culture and the argument that T.S. Eliot, brilliant literary mind, has really crafted himself quite a magnificent remix/mashup of many styles, voices, points of view and created a thing quite worthy of its own accord -- but impossible to have crafted without its predecessors.

We'll take large print outs of the poem and slice that thing apart, taking trophies of poignant language and harvesting keepsakes of gorgeous thoughts.  We want to find those elements of the poem that best signify its essence -- without them, the poem would cease to be -- as well as the recognizable moments, the access points, the hooks.  (Anyone else remember Akon? All that dude did was sing the hook.  We need to find Eliot's Akon moments.  And file that under "Things never said by an AP Lit teacher -- ever.")

And then we will pause and return.  This is but day one.  We will come back to Eliot & J. Alfred next week with fresh readings and fresh perspective.

Dallowinian Party

The Party is upon us.  We must make certain everyone knows his/her roles, relationships between each character, the schedule for that day, and familiarity with the stream of consciousness writing form being employed, as well as the character preparation form. You'll be handwriting to capture the primacy of the moment -- and then transcribing to your computer for documentation & discussion purposes.

We also need to come up with a list of interruptions that will add context & plot to the party.

Homework

Prepare:
Dallowinian Party
Character Preparation Form
Due: Friday, 10/18

Revise:
Synthesis & College Essays
Revision Submission Form
Due: Last day to submit revisions 10/25

Blogging:
 3+ Posts
Due: Friday, 10/18

Analytical Post: Since we have such a creative endeavor ahead of this week in class, the assigned blog post will be analytical in nature.  However, one may want to use creative means of uncovering meaning between these two texts. (Taking pics can be a great way to share non-tech work on your blogs.)

Choose one of the several items of criticism at the link provided.  Choose one that captures an interesting angle, reflects or refutes your thinking, opens your eyes or otherwise engages your thinking.  These are not easy reads, some more challenging than others. Be unafraid to dig further, to research allusions.  Document your process (this may be more than a single blogpost's worth of work) and then post your thoughts in relation to the critic's.  Q: To what extent to you concur with the critic's assertions?

EQ: To what extent can amateurs demonstrate the quality of thought presented by experts?

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/eliot/prufrock.htm

Read & Create:

Indie Book Project

Due: First week of 2nd Quarter

AP Lit 2B/3B: Remxiing J. Alfred & Preparing for a Party

We have a couple of housekeeping items & then we've got plenty of work to do.

Revisions.

As you complete revisions, remember to also complete a "Revision Submission Form."  This helps me track your work as well as better ensure I take note of all the work you've done. This form is in the "AP Lit 2013 OUT" folder.  (I might end up putting a link to it over in the right sidebar as well.  We'll see.  I don't want to clutter that space up.  Though to emphasize revision. . . )

Blogging.

This week's required post isn't creative.  Instead it's analytical.  (I'll make it up to you next week with a doozy.)  

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

We'll start with Ellie Goulding.  Naturally.



And follow that with a little DJ Earworm.

Which takes us to a discussion of remix/mashup culture and the argument that T.S. Eliot, brilliant literary mind, has really crafted himself quite a magnificent remix/mashup of many styles, voices, points of view and created a thing quite worthy of its own accord -- but impossible to have crafted without its predecessors.

We'll take large print outs of the poem and slice that thing apart, taking trophies of poignant language and harvesting keepsakes of gorgeous thoughts.  We want to find those elements of the poem that best signify its essence -- without them, the poem would cease to be -- as well as the recognizable moments, the access points, the hooks.  (Anyone else remember Akon? All that dude did was sing the hook.  We need to find Eliot's Akon moments.  And file that under "Things never said by an AP Lit teacher -- ever.")

And then we will pause and return.  This is but day one.  We will come back to Eliot & J. Alfred next week with fresh readings and fresh perspective.

Dallowinian Party

The Party is upon us.  We must make certain everyone knows his/her roles, relationships between each character, the schedule for that day, and familiarity with the stream of consciousness writing form being employed, as well as the character preparation form. You'll be handwriting to capture the primacy of the moment -- and then transcribing to your computer for documentation & discussion purposes.

We also need to come up with a list of interruptions that will add context & plot to the party.

Homework

Prepare:
Dallowinian Party
Character Preparation Form
Due: Thursday, 10/17

Revise:
Synthesis & College Essays
Revision Submission Form
Due: Last day to submit revisions 10/25

Blogging:
 3+ Posts
Due: Friday, 10/18

Analytical Post: Since we have such a creative endeavor ahead of this week in class, the assigned blog post will be analytical in nature.  However, one may want to use creative means of uncovering meaning between these two texts. (Taking pics can be a great way to share non-tech work on your blogs.)

Choose one of the several items of criticism at the link provided.  Choose one that captures an interesting angle, reflects or refutes your thinking, opens your eyes or otherwise engages your thinking.  These are not easy reads, some more challenging than others. Be unafraid to dig further, to research allusions.  Document your process (this may be more than a single blogpost's worth of work) and then post your thoughts in relation to the critic's.  Q: To what extent to you concur with the critic's assertions?

EQ: To what extent can amateurs demonstrate the quality of thought presented by experts?

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/eliot/prufrock.htm

Read & Create:

Indie Book Project

Due: First week of 2nd Quarter

AP Lit: Mrs. Dalloway Party Planning

Using design thinking strategies of brainstorming, researching, sorting, prioritizing, empathizing, recursive thinking, outcome-based, human-centered decision making to shape up our Dallowinian Party event next week.

AP Lit 2B/3B: Mrs. Dalloway, The Hours & the Party

Today we have three major goals/outcomes:

1. To better identify Woolf's techniques and styl
2. To identify how Cunningham's techniques and style reflect(s) Woolf's
3. To establish our setting and archetypes for the Dallowinian Party

And laugh.  It would be helpful today to laugh.  We'll see if that happens though . . . 

We'll start with some photocopies -- shudder -- of passages from Mrs. Dalloway and The Hours, passages I think particularly well suited to finding connections between Woolf & Cunningham.  We'll do some small group close readings w/ a particular focus on:

* stream of consciousness
* symbolism/motif
* diction
* imagery

(Yup. They are all from Wikipedia.  Except for imagery -- which isn't particularly descriptive -- these are pretty solid entries.  More examples for "motif" would be nice.  Hoping to find other resources for us.)

You'll be using your design kits and annotation skills to make these connections. 

From there, we have to get very serious about our Dallowinian party.  We'll work together to choose a setting -- time period, physical location -- and then establish the archetypes we've seen emerge from these two texts.   If possible we'll cast today.  We'll go over the character preparation forms that need to be completed for next Tuesday.    If we don't cast today, we'll cast on Thursday and that will inform what you need to include in your preparations.

Homework

Blogs: 3+ Posts for the Week
Creative Blog Entry: Choose a supporting character from Mrs. Dalloway or The Hours, one who may not get much time or attention.  Write a paragraph of story that Woof or Cunningham left out.  It need only be a paragraph.  Do your best to emulate the style of the writer.  Then write a single paragraph of analysis explaining your approach.

Read & Listen: Tracy K. Smith's "Duende"  Annotate & consider how she employs repeated imagery, structure and diction to inform themes similar, or perhaps dissimilar, to Woolf & Cunningham.

Dallowinian Party Gathering & Planning: Make use of Google+ and Drive to plan for the party.  Keep me within your loops.

Revisions: Start the process in earnest. You have until Oct 25th to submit revisions, get feedback, and resubmit again if you so choose.