12/1/14

Today we will:

1. Hand in your Anthem questions.
2. Review the Grapes of Wrath test answers.
3. Discuss "Mosquito" by John Updike 
4. Read and discuss "Question" by May Swenson
5. Begin our discussion of your Anthem questions.

On deck...

Anthem assignment

Anthem – Question Generating Assignment

You will be composing discussion questions as you read Anthem.  Discussion questions will be submitted on Monday.  From the questions submitted, I will select a variety for our class discussion.  When your question is referenced, you will be expected to lead and or moderate the discussion in a meaningful way. 

Assignment parameters:

Read and annotate Anthem

Each student must create 5 open-ended questions for use in our class discussion.  Questions must be typed and ready for submission on Monday, 12/1/14.

Questions will be assessed based on intellectual merit.  Questions should lead to thoughtful discussion and debate.

Topics to consider:

Names in Anthem:       

How does Rand name her characters?

What do the characters’ name each other?

In the end, why do the new names bear significance within the larger ideas of the novel?

Ask yourself what it means to name a person.

Why are you named the way you are?

Is the act of naming powerful?

What might persons, who change their names, consider as they ponder new ones?

What kinds of names are prevalent in contemporary American society?

Egoism and Selflessness:

How does Rand discuss these two concepts within her novel?

Why one concept is preferable over the other one, or why neither concept is preferred.

Free will and determinism:  

How does Rand depict the concepts of free will and determinism in her novel?

Will your adult life further the perpetuation of one or the other ideal?

Religion & mythology:

Politics:

The Declaration of Independence

The timeline given to you in class

The particular time period in which Anthem was written         

Specific Literary techniques & their impact:

          Allegory

            Tone

            Motif

            Characterization, etc.

11/21/14

Today we will:

• Complete the in class AP Literature Part II, essay 3 on The Grapes of Wrath
• Following the essay, we will begin talking about Ayn Rand's Anthem

Homework:

• NONE!

11/17/14

• Today we will discuss the end of The Grapes of Wrath
• What is the message you received?  How was it conveyed? (To what effect...)
• Journal # 6

Next poem in our poetry packet...

Upcoming events:

The Grapes of Wrath test Wednesday and Friday

• Wednesday - Group test, as discussed in class
• Friday - AP essay section of test, as discussed in class today

Journal # 6

1985. A critic has said that one important measure of a superior work of literature is its ability to produce in the reader a healthy confusion of pleasure and disquietude. Select a literary work that produces this “healthy confusion.” Write an essay in which you explain the sources of the “pleasure and disquietude” experienced by the readers of the work

Using The Grapes of Wrath:

1. Write the opening paragraph for this prompt.
2. Bullet out the support/content for your three body paragraphs

November 10th, 2014 Grapes work for the week...

Finish The Grapes of Wrath for Friday, November 14th.

• Finish all reading for a reading check in class on Friday
• Finish all questions for a HW check on Friday

Journal # 5

2004, Form B. The most important themes in literature are sometimes developed in scenes in which a death or deaths take place.
Choose a novel or play and write a well-organized essay in which you show how a specific death scene helps to illuminate the
meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.

Using The Grapes of Wrath:

1. Write the opening paragraph for this prompt.
2. Bullet out the support/content for your three body paragraphs