Wednesday, April 8, 2009

In case you were absent when I gave out books and assignments, here's the assignment.(No pretty fonts available in Blogger :-(
FYI--The cleverness of the instructions was totally lost when the BELOVED's did not arrive in time for me to distribute them. We're reading SULA, a different Toni Morrison book.
If you did not get the book in class, you'll have to get the book on your own if you want to start reading during vacation.
Have fun--but finish HEART/Darkness if you haven't done so yet.

Dearly Beloved . . .We are gathered together here in the face of this class to begin our exploration of our final work of the year, Beloved. Join together with one other young man or young woman in a cooperative work team, which is commended to be honorable among all the school; and therefore is not by any to be entered into unadvisedly or . . . blah, blah, blah . . .
With your partner, or solo if you prefer, keep a” double-entry journal.”Format a divided page on the computer--create two columns. I’m not making a model for you because your rows will change size according to the length of your quotations and responses.
For approximately every ten pages, select one significant quotation. In Beloved, that would mean 25 to 27entries.
For each quotation, do the following:
In the left column: • Write the sentence(s) exactly.• Write the page(s) on which it appears• Identify the speaker (narrator or other character)• Very briefly identify to whom and/or about what
In the right column, do one of the following responses:
1. Make connections To situation and/or character and/or plot development To the meaning of the book as a whole
2. Consider the implied statement on society Race or Ethnic commentaries Gender or orientation commentaries Socio-economic concerns
3. Discuss resources of language  Identify techniques and devices and explain how they are used effectively Keep track of themes, motifs, symbols
4. Get imitatively creative Rewrite the passage in the style of one of our other authors
5. Respond directly Make predictions Note confusions Lodge complaints and argue with the author and/or character(s)
6. Something else? Check with me before you do it.Conclusion: Convince me to keep your book on the AP list for next year or to remove it. To aid your argument, include ideas from at least one critical review of the work.
Submit this work to me by the Monday after AP Exams—our last day together (Feel free to review the book with me BEFORE the exam! )



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