Your album: Race

Don't Want to Do A Song? Sound Poem!

So we came across some examples of sound poetry in a few sections, but not all. So I thought I'd invite those interested to listen.

I personally really like sound poetry. This is a pretty succint survey of the sound poetry scene.

This is Jaap Blonk - a famous sound poet - reading a poem. He actually performed at Medellin's massive poetry festival in 1998.

Here's "glass lass" a more recent performance with video.

Novel Related Issues

For those classes revising novels, you should be done editing the novel by next Friday May 25th.

The following week you can read and choose the novel we will publish and promote.

Poesies

Got poems?

What race race?

Write a blog entry based on this website.

Invisibly in NYC

You´re getting close to my favorite part of the novel: New York. I'd like two entries by next Monday. I'd like to see at least one more before the next time we meet.

In addition, you are to watch the first part ("Eternity")  from The Romantics a BBC documentary about this super-important literary movement we didn't really have a chance to discuss in class. This will help you on the exam trust me. Respond to it in a blog entry. Be sure to discuss specific moments. Here's a website with more info. Next week I'll ask you to watch at least one more episode. If you want you can go all out and watch the whole thing. When else can you study by watching movies?

Assigned

Just a reminder: next class you should be ready to sing one of the poems listed in the previous blog entry.

In addition, you should continue to read Invisible Man and describe your reading activity in two blog entries.

Poems for Sing-A-Long

You can choose any of the following poems to adapt to a song:

"The Flea" by John Donne

"Most Sweet it is" by William Wordsworth

"Sonnet: On Receiving a Letter Informing Me of the Birth of a Son" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell

"Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelle

"It is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free" by William Wordsworth

If you wish you can also write your own song.

We'll present these in class our first meeting next week. The class will pick two to present at our sing-a-long.

Requirements (Just a Reminder)

PreAP ENGLISH & AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION &

AP ENGLISH LITERATURE & COMPOSITION

To be admitted to the PreAP English and AP English courses students must have the following:

1. Grade average in English of 3.2 or higher.

2. Recommendation from an English teacher.

3. Demonstrate above grade level reading and language skills according to standardized tests:

4. MAP score for Reading 229 and Language Usage 227

PreAP 9 MAP Reading 229 (or higher), Language Usage 227 (or higher) in grade 8; Reading 232 (or higher), Language Usage 230 (or higher) at beginning of grade 9.

PreAP 10 MAP Reading 234 (or higher), Language Usage 232 (or higher)

AP Courses MAP Reading 236 (or higher), Language Usage 234 (or higher)

10^th grade PSAT Critical Reading 49 and Writing Skills 48 (or higher) entering 11th

11^th grade PSAT Critical Reading 50 and Writing Skills 49 (or higher) entering 12^th

NOTE: If student doesn’t meet all three requirements, but is highly motivated, an interview

with the PreAP English teacher and/or English coordinator will take place.

Invisibility: Everyone's Favorite Superpower

Start reading Invisible Man. Read it for an hour and then create an informal podcast, webcast, or written response in regards to the novel. Discuss diction, syntax, structure and any literary devices. Get us from the HOW to the WHAT.

Your Novels - Send´em

NANOWRIMO peeps, please send you final manuscript (MS) to me via e-mail by April 8th, so I can start editing them.

Go Back to Sleep

This week I'd like you to finish The Awakening. For every twenty to thirty pages read, create a webcast of yourself discussing the text, with book in hand. You can go about this any way you want really, but must deal with the content, literary devices, vocabulary, only that instead of writing it you must film it.

Then, I'd like one close reading of the last page written.

I expect to see work throughout the week, not just Sunday night.

Oh - Robert!

This week please write three blog entries. Be sure to hyperlink at least one entry from last week. Also you must contradict someone else's blog using a close reading.

EXTRA CREDIT(S)

Check out the Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro.

Bring me the ticket stub of any of the following shows and I'll give you some extra credit via Standard Score. Be forewarned: I have not and could not have possibly previewed the shows for their content. That said, be ready to discuss the work when you hand in the stub.

Hamlet

MacBeth

Electra

El Rhionceronte

Esperando a Godot

1984

Peer Gynt

Julio Cesar

Odisea

La Tempestad

Casa de muñecas

Wake Up!

I'd like you to read The Awakening this week and write three reading blogs by next Monday. That's roughly 60 pages of the novella.

Paper - Rocked by a Scissor

I need you to bring in your papers for next week´s Writers Workshop. The papers should be four to five pages in length. Don´t forget to review MLA format.

Next Paper

For Writer´s Workshop bring in your thesis and three potential pieces of text to interpret.

Re-written Papers Due

All re-writes must be handed to me by noon Friday. This way they would improve your grade for the second marking period.

Long Term

Sorry for my pun. Ha. Okay.

So, we'll be taking a practice AP Lit exam over the next few days. However, you may want to get a head start on our next paper. Why not think about a potential thesis? You can come talk to me about it whenever you like.

For Those Reading The Road

If you're reading The Road watch these two parts of Earth: The Operator's Manual.