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Welcome to AP Literature. It is important for us to get to know one another and to have a good and trusting classroom environment. So, here is your assignment:

Write an essay about an event in your life that will be engaging for readers and that will, at the same time, help them understand the significance of the event. Tell your story dramatically and vividly.

Since we cannot post this to the blog, please save it as a word document and attach it to an email to me. No comments for this weekend.

Everyone Was Born to Be a SAINT!

Final blog of the year!

God wills for YOU to be a saint. Therefore, that's your goal. You will be a saint someday. What kind of saint will you be? What will your holy card look like? What are you wearing? What are you holding in your hands? What's in the background? What's your title? What are you the patron or patroness of? Tell us!

It's the Little Things!

Never Forget

The Beet Queen

The Beet Queen

Read the first 6 paragraphs from this novel written in 1986 novel by Louise Erdrich. Read the passage carefully. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze how Erdrich depicts the impact of the environment on the two children. You may wish to consider such literary devices as tone, imagery, selection of detail, and point of view.


Also, the exam is this coming Wednesday. Now is the time to start looking over your MWDS's that you have done over this year, and last year if you have them. Choose 5 of your favorites, or 5 that you think will be useful. Starting today, read them over daily so that they are fresh in your mind for the exam. It will be well worth it!

NO BLOG

Everything Old is New Again.

The World is Too Much with Us

"Touchscreen"


Read the poem "The World is too much with us" and then watch the performance of "Touchscreen".

Connect the older poem to the modern clip.

Look Ma, I'm a Poet!

http://www.bucks.edu/media/bcccmedialibrary/pdf/FormsofPoetry_000.pdf


Here is a list of poetry forms. Choose one form and give us an example (different from the one provided). Then, write a poem of your own. You may choose any form, the one for which you found an example or any other on the list except acrostic. ( I assume none of you will choose an epic!) If possible, try to choose a form that no one else has done. A nice sampling will be nice!

What are we celebrating this Sunday?

Respond to the question in the title of the blog post. No need to respond to one another's answers.

7 Last "Words" of Christ

Choose one the 7 last "words" Jesus said and reflect on one. Also, make an argument about why Holy Week is the climax of the liturgical year.

1.

“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they’re doing.”
(Luke 23:34)

Do you really believe God has forgiven your sins? Do you take time on a regular basis to confess your sins so that you might enjoy the freedom of forgiveness? Do you need to experience God’s forgiveness in a fresh way today?

2.

“I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
(Luke 23:43)

Have you staked your life on Jesus? Have you put your ultimate trust in him? Do you know that, when your time comes, you will be with him in paradise?

3.

“Dear woman, here is your son.”
(John 19:26)

What does Mary’s presence at the cross evoke in you? Why do you think was it necessary for Jesus to suffer physical pain as he died?

4.

“My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
(Mark 15:34)

Have you taken time to consider that Jesus was abandoned by the Father so that you might not be? What does this “word” from the cross mean to you?

5

“I am thirsty.”
(John 19:28)

How do you respond to Jesus’ statement “I am thirsty”? What does this statement suggest to you about Jesus? About yourself?

6.

“It is finished!”
(John 19:30)

 Do you live as if Jesus finished the work of salvation? To you have confidence that God will finish that which he has begun in you?

7.

“Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!”
(Luke 23:46)

Have you put your life and, indeed, your life beyond this life, in God’s hands? How do you experience God’s salvation through Christ in your life today?

Tell me about.....

Give me and your classmates a little inight into your literary specialist. What findings or interesting things have you discovered so far on your journey? What books are you reading? What resources have you tossed aside and why? Where are you in terms of the project? What is your plan? Are you behind? If so, what are you going to do to get caught up?

Jane.

 In an essay style post, describe the speaker’s attitude toward his former student, Jane. Elegy for Jane by Theodore Roethke

An Elegy for Jane

Good News!

Dear AP Scholars,
I get a sense that you need a week to catch your breath. Take some time to think through your Literary Specialist Project this weekend.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Messineo

Share Your Thoughts

A bit of a break this week. Tell me what you are considering for your literary specialist. It does not need to be long or drawn out, I just want to know what things you might be considering. By the end of next week, you need to know, at least loosely, what you might be considering.

Rise, Lazarus!

http://www.usccb.org/bible/john/11


Here is the story of Lazarus from the Book of John. Read it, and find 3 literary devices in it. Next, find another story from the bible that you think a character from Crime and Punishment might like. Give us the gist of the story and explain why you think the character would like it.  Who would read them the story and why? The reader can be a character from this novel or can be any person, real or fictional.

I Swear I Didn't Do It!

Poems about Crime and Punishment


These poems are not about the novel, Crime and Punishment, rather they are about the subject. Choose one of the poems and explicate it here. Tell us what you think about it and how, if in any way it relates to one or several of the characters from our current reading.

I LOVE my Catholic School!

List three reasons why it is awesome to attend a Catholic School.
Make one constructive suggestion about how your school could be even better!

What Did the Nihilist Say to the Optimist?

Write an allegorical tale. I want you to include characters (at least two) from each list. Make sure you story follows Feytag's Triangle. You must have all of the elements of a good story!!! Have fun!

	belief
	faith
	optimism
	obedience nihilism repudiation atheism disorder

Switching Sides

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7lv8vshcny16lyv/LH26_3_Jennifer%20Fulwiler_Switching%20Sides_How%20I%20Came%20to%20Accept%20the%20Truth%20About%20Abortion.mp3?dl=0
Jennifer Fulwiler tells the story of her transition from pro choice to pro life. What is her argument? And be careful. You need to listen to the whole thing before you decide what you think her argument is. What rhetorical strategies does she use to make her argument? And is she successful or unsuccessful?

Be prepared to answer a few listening check questions on Monday.

Home Sweet Home!

“You can leave home all you want, but home will never leave you.” —Sonsyrea Tate Sonsyrea Tate’s statement suggests that “home” may be conceived of as a dwelling, a place, or a state of mind. It may have positive or negative associations, but in either case, it may have a considerable influence on an individual. Choose a novel or play in which a central character leaves home yet finds that home remains significant. Write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the importance of “home” to this character and the reasons for its continuing influence. Explain how the character’s idea of home illuminates the larger meaning of the work.

Choose a work from the list below or another appropriate novel or play of comparable literary merit. Do not merely summarize the plot. NOTICE THAT THE GREAT GATSBY is on here and THINGS FALL APART. But you can use ANY of these works. You choose!
 Absalom, Absalom!
All the Pretty Horses
Beloved Bleak House
Candide
The Cherry Orchard
The Country of the Pointed Firs
Fences
A Free Life: A Novel
The Glass Menagerie
The God of Small Things
 Going After Cacciato
The Grapes of Wrath
Great Expectations
The Great Gatsby
 Home to Harlem
A House for Mr. Biswas
The House of Mirth
The House on Mango Street
The Inheritance of Loss
 Invisible Man
Jane Eyre
The Little Foxes
 Look Homeward, Angel
 The Namesake
Never Let Me Go
 The Piano Lesson
 The Poisonwood Bible
 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
 The Road Song of Solomon
 A Streetcar Named Desire
 Sula
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Things Fall Apart
Wise Blood
 The Women of Brewster Place
 Wuthering Heights

That Ending Really, Really Stinks!

Is it Possible to Escape Truth?

Scott Fitzgerald was born and raised Catholic. He eventually denounced his religion, but died running from it. A good friend of his, Dorothy Parker, at his funeral said, "The poor son-of-a-bitch. What he knew was true hounded him, no matter how much he believed that he had ceased to believe it."

How is this evident in The Great Gatsby? Are there characters who exemplify this quote? What is the "moral of the story" in regards to this novel.