Save the Date!

We are going to study Shakespeare's Richard II over the next month. This will culminate in a trip to see Richard II the first weekend of November.

I invite you to come with me to the Avenida Chile Cinecolombia on Saturday November 3rd at noon, but if you'd prefer to go to a theater closer to your home, that's fine as well.

You can find showtimes and places here.

In-Class MCQ Unit 2 Review

That is an extremely boring post title! Please before our next class take the time to complete the AP multiple-choice on poetry. We’ll discuss it in class upon my return.

The Stranger Film Project Rubric

You will be graded individually however your film will be created as a group. 

Basically you want to create as much of the concept of the film as you can without producing the actual scene from the film.

You must create the following for one scene of the film:

one script

one storyboard

one series of stills


These will all be graded with the same rubric. You can find it here.

Please put these in one group folder, with your film title as the title of the folder and then share the folder with me.

The Stranger Film Project

For your film you should create another protagonist that is similar to Mersault, in a different setting but leaving us with the same message. Take a look at these similar protagonists from films. While they share a common history they are reminiscent in some ways of Mersault and leave us with a similar understanding.

What would Mersault look like at CNG? Or the Andino? Or as a taxi driver? That is what you want to fictionalize. Who would be willing to "die for the truth" as Camus said?

Our Rita Dove Mirror Poem Rubric

Here you can find our rubric for the poems due 18 September, Wednesday.

What is a found poem?

This is what a found poem is. Over the next few weeks be one the look out for found poems.

Progress Report

While not everyone has finished, we've got great results from our first progress check on short fiction. Well done!

Rita Dove Mirror Poem in Writers Workshop

Please don't forget to bring in your mirror poems of Rita Dove's artistry to class tomorrow. We'll be workshopping them.

Discussion questions for Battle of Algiers

Gillo Pontecorvo – director

Characters       FLN (National Liberation Front)- Ali La Pointe, Lhedi Djafar, Ben M’Hidi

French - Philippe Mathieu

1.      In the beginning we see the FLN talking about dialogue and negotiation. At the same time, we see it taking steps to strengthen itself among the community and become the dominant party of resistance. What are some of these steps the FLN takes? Sketch one shot or take a picture of one shot that supports your claim.

2.      What strategies does the FLN use to wage its campaign? How do these change over time? Who is involved in the fight? If we were to think of this in terms of escalating ACTS OF RESISTANCE on the FLN’s side, and ACTS OF RESPONSE on the French side, what would we describe? Sketch one shot or take a picture of one shot that supports your claim.

3.      What FUNCTION do these sorts of tactics seem to have? What impacts do they have? Do these impacts include the furthering of FLN goals? Sketch one shot or take a picture of one shot that supports your claim.

4.      What is the function of everyday people (the community) in this battle? How is “the community” perceived by both sides? Use two shots to support your claim.

5. Are there good guys and bad guys in this movie? What thoughts or lessons might we take away from the film regarding wars of liberation.? Can you relate this to Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People”?

Two Things for Class This Week

Please remember that the reading goal for Tuesday is page 71. We'll be meeting for Reading Conferences.

For Thursday, please complete your dovesque poems for then.

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Reading Goal for Thursday

According to Chris, we all should have read until Chapter 5 by Friday's class.

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Rita Dove Visit

Rita Dove will be in Bogotá this week. She's one of the famous living American poets and former Poet Laureate.

I'm offering an optional summative assignment.

Step 1: Go to the Rita Dove reading at el Gimnasio Moderno tonight at 6pm. Take notes in terms of the poems she will read.

Step 2: When done choose just one poem to focus on. In a video read the poem. Then reflect on how Rita Dove's reading may changed/altered or enriched the meaning of the text.

Here is the rubric.