HW due 2/10: Slaughterhouse Five and Class Vocab

February 9, 2016 By

1. Slaughterhouse Five–Be prepared to discuss the novel’s ending.
2. Class Forum–Post vocab word following proper format.
3. Final Thesis (and supporting evidence) due Thursday (Friday for 10A).

HW due 2/9: Sartre

February 5, 2016 By

1. Existentialism is a Humanism–Jean Paul Sartre is often the first name to come to mind when one considers Existentialism. His brand of atheistic existentialism so dominates the existential landscape that one forgets that the “first existentialist” Kierkegaard was indeed a theist. Nevertheless, Sartre’s essay most clearly defines the existential mindset. It becomes a fundamental piece of this course’s foundation.   Additionally, his essay establishes some of the tenets of existentialism that are universally applicable.  Read and ANNOTATE! Be sure you are able to discuss the four reproaches of existentialism and his defense against those reproaches.

2. On Monday we will discuss The Rational Ordering of Society from The Encounter with Nothingness. Ensure that you are ready for that discussion.

3. Class Forum–Remember you must post by midnight Tuesday (in preparation for Wednesday’s class)! AND REMEMBER TO BRING A PRINTED COPY OF YOUR RESPONSE IN TO CLASS. The responses should be added to the reading response section of your binder. Be sure to include the heading and title each printed response.

4. Man’s Search for Meaning–We will begin reading over the break so try and order it (pick it up) this coming week.

HW due 2/4: Class Forum

February 3, 2016 By

1. Post your three statements on the class forum.
2. Decide! Will you write your essay on 1984 or Slaughterhouse Five?

HW due 1/27: Poetry Portfolio Posting on Class Forum

January 23, 2016 By

1. Wednesday, Jan. 27th, you will post the following poems to the class forum. So gather them and prepare them for posting:

  • An Emotion
  • Villanelle
  • Confessional
  • Elegy
  • Activist (Harlem Ren)
  • Modernist Gratitude
  • Imagist
  • Beat
  • Spoken Word
  • Essence
  • High School

Please label each poem (i.e. #1 An Emotion, #2 Villanelle, etc.) and include a title if titled. Leave a couple of spaces between each poem as well. This MUST posted by 3 p.m. Wednesday to receive credit.

Another term has come and gone. Seven chapters of your high school experience have been written; you have one to go! Live fully in this final chapter. Don’t wish it away… In the end, leave Beacon a bit better because you were here; leave the landscapes of the lives you grace in peace and happiness; and be grateful.

Thank you dearly for a great term. I was touched by your heart and wisdom. I was honored to teach you and I am proud to know you. 

Poetry Seminar

HW due 1/7: Slaughterhouse Five and More

January 6, 2016 By

1. Slaughterhouse Five–Complete Chapter 2!
2. Post your thesis on the class forum.
3. Alanis Morissette Project–In preparation for the project, work with the situations in the song (i.e. the lottery winner, black fly, cigarette break, etc) and rewrite ONE so that it is ironic or write your own fresh situation.  Be thoughtful and creative. Again, TONIGHT you only need to rewrite one of the situations from the song to make it ironic.

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