For Tuesday: Read the first 20 pages of part 2 of Heart of Darkness. Read Colonial Sources Documents. Please note, I have a the wrong documents on the handouts page over the weekend. I have fixed that and also provided a link to the documents above and on the handouts page.
For Monday: Read all of part one of HOD and Colonial Source Documents on the AP Lit handout page
For Tuesday: Read the first 20 pages of part 2 of Heart of Darkness. Read Colonial Sources Documents. Please note, I have a the wrong documents on the handouts page over the weekend. I have fixed that and also provided a link to the documents above and on the handouts page.
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For Tuesday: Have finished TFA. There will be quiz. Get Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (HOD) if you have not already. Discuss TFA. If you do not have the book you can read Heart of Darkness on line here or as PDF you can down load or read on line here. Homework read essays on TFA and Read "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell in your anthology. The short personal essay is also available on line in many places including here. Answer questions to Shooting an Elephant on the assignment page under Colonialism unit. This homework will be collected and we will use your answers for class discussion. Read the essay AT LEAST TWICE. Know it very well. There may be a very detailed reading quiz. Due Thursday. For Wednesday: Watch Video on Congo. Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death. Thursday: Discuss" Shooting an Elephant. Homework: Read first 10 pages of HOD, take notes and prepare to discuss, complete AP Questions in the Colonialism Unit section of class handouts. Friday: Discuss HOD,. Heart of Darkness or Things Fall Apart Essay
Write an essay that explores what one book or the other says about imperialism. Both books are complex and offer multiple readings, so your paper should not reduce the works to an argument for it or against imperialism. You can explore the works from many angles, but you must touch on the essential question: How does the work treat the history of European imperialism in Africa. The focus of your essay must be the novel. You must bring in at least four sources in addition to the novel. These secondary sources need only a single mention and should be used to support the argument you are making about the main book. Your essay must be at least 1600 words. Avoid padding your essay with empty verbiage, tautology, and over-long block quotations. You must use MLA format and citation. Include a work cited page. Failure to use MLA format or citation will result in a severe points penalty. There are four mini-deadlines. For each deadline you miss your essay will be penalized two points. Advice: Start with a compelling attention grabber; end your intro with an argumentative thesis. Paragraphs should usually be at least 12 sentences and should begin with a longish topic sentence that is an opinion that sets up the idea of the paragraph and develops the thesis. You should weave in at least two short quotations in a paragraph. This essay is worth 150 points (15 percent of your grade). You will be able to meet with me during the drafting, but you cannot revise the final. Your essay is due to turnintin.com. You must turn it in to turnitin.com in a readable format. Do not post directly from google docs or pages. Instead make a PDF. Files submitted in an unreadable format are late. Plan on turning in your essay early so you don’t have to worry about power outages or computer failures. Starting one minute late essays will be marked down as follows: 1 day late: -15 pts. 2 days late: -30 points. 3 to 5 days late -50 points. More than five days late: Not accepted. You can meet with me to go over your paper, but there will be no revisions of the final draft. Dates: Topic and thesis. Friday, Jan. 29. Intro and (revised) thesis statement. Topic Sentence Outline. Monday, Feb. 1 Optional: First body paragraph. If you bring it, I will read it. Werd., Feb 3 Complete draft for peer editing. Friday Feb. 5 Revised complete draft for proof reading. Tuesday Feb. 9 Final draft. 10 p.m. Wednesday Feb 10 For Monday: Bring revised photo poem. Begin discussion of Things Fall Apart. Have read the first 50 pages. Finish whole book for Thursday.
Go over poetry essay prompt and sample essay. For Tuesday: Poetry Out Loud. Discuss Things Fall Apart and Second Coming For Wednesday: Discuss Research paper and class syllabus. NOTE: The linked syllabus is updated from the one I gave you in class to show due dates. You can also see the syllabus in AP Lit Handouts. Discuss TFA Thursday: Discuss tortoise story and language in TFA Friday: Igbo culture and Okonkwo. Get HOD Homework: Due Monday: Reading on Postcolonial literature and essay on TFA (posted Friday). THere will be a detailed reading quiz on TFA on Monday. For Wednesday: Bring a copy of your best photo poem. IN your poetry group, critique poems, suggest edits and chose one to move on. The author of the selected poem will revise the poem to make it even better and bring two copies to class on Thursday. The rest of you will write a poem on the picture on the white board. Bring one copy of that poem on Friday to edit if times permits. CHeck out THings Fall APart. Read for next Thursday.
For Thursday: Go to alumni thing. For Friday: Write in class poetry essay (40 minutes). I want you to write this in 40 minutes so that we can look at other papers written under time restrictions for comparison. Peer edit photo poem. |
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