Vacation Reading

Your last reading assignment (until after CWW!) will be to read over break. Most of you are beginning your third book, you would finish the third book for a reading conference our first week back in January.

Re-re-take Emily Dickinson Quiz

For those of you that left the class before the substitute arrived, you must now take your Emily Dickinson Quiz the day you take take your Semester Exam at 10:45am, H301.

Exam Review

Today there are up to three different activities to prepare for our Semester Exam. You must at least complete one. If you feel that is enough, you may move on. If you´d like more, I tried to include as many exercises as I could.

1. In your author study group, read Sherman Alexie´s ¨Superman and Me¨. At the end of each paragraph make at least one annotation that deals with syntax, tone or diction. 

When finished take a look at my annotations, then listen to the first five minutes of this analysis of it (before moving on to biographical information that we want to avoid on our exam). Notice that both of these deal with tone, syntax and diction, without ever explicitly stating it.

2. Read the essay prompt and passage for Question 2.

When finished have a look at the first two samples of this collection that represent a high-scoring and mid-scoring response.

While not exactly the same, the samples are good representations of who to discuss prose.

3. Ensure that you´ve annotated your passage for our exam, if nothing else, you should be prepared to discuss the syntax, tone and diction. If you haven´t had this conversation yet, or completed this close reading, this would be a good time. If you´d like formative feedback read an earlier entry in which I explain the close reading assignment. You´ll get your feedback handed back before the exam.

Today´s Make-up Quiz

Please note that while I will not be in school today, a sub will be administering the quiz during Opportunity Day. Be sure to arrive promptly at 2:15pm H301.

Dickinson Timed Writing Exemplar

For those revising, or those who missed class, here is an exemplar of our Emily Dickinson Timed Writing.

Here is a link to the Sherman Alexie essay ¨Superman and Me¨.

Formative Preparation for Semester Exam

If you'd like formative preparation for the Semester Exam, bring in an annotated photocopy of your passage. This will be graded in the same way the Emily Dickinson poems were.


Please note you need to give it in and discuss it with me before the day of the exam.

'A Quiet Passion' Lauded by the NYT

Best movies of 2017?

Two critics listed the Emily Dickinson biopic, A Quiet Passion.

Don't believe me. Take a look.

Quiz Re-take next Monday

Anyone re-taking the Dickinson Quiz it will be on Monday, December 11th, after school. It will be on Walt Whitman´s ¨Oh Captain! My Captain¨.

Terms:

slant rhyme

masculine rhyme

internal rhyme

exact rhyme

ballad 

sestina

sonnet

ode

elegy

refrain

anaphora

metonymy

synechdoche

Our Semester Exam

A brief word about our semester exam. It will be an timed writing exercise, similar to one of the questions you will receive during the AP exam. You will be asked to analyze tone, syntax and diction and explain how it relates to the overall meaning.

Your group will choose a passage of no more than two pages of which you will perform a close reading. You will need to bring the passage with you to class.

Tone Word Sheet

You can see our tone word chart here. When you get a copy of the sheet please keep the pdf handy on your electronic device.