1. The Bell Jar–Read and annotate Chapter 4! (continue to focus on characterization)
2. Goodreads discussion (The Bell Jar) [Read more…]
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1. The Bell Jar–Read and annotate Chapter 4! (continue to focus on characterization)
2. Goodreads discussion (The Bell Jar) [Read more…]
1. The Stranger—Read and annotate the first three chapters. Focus annotations on the characterization of Meursault. [Read more…]
1. Read and explicate Daddy. Be sure to print out this poem and bring it to class. Explicate the poem on the printed page. More than any author thus far, the writer’s life (context) is key to fully understanding her work. An explication entails a more detailed break down of a piece of literature (i.e. line by line). [Read more…]
1. Friedrich Nietzsche: Print, read and annotate the following sections: Middle, Later, and Final Writings. Again, this printout should be placed in your binder…
2. The Madman: read and annotate. This very short reading by Nietzsche is in your packet at about the halfway point. [Read more…]
Post your topic sentences on the Goodreads Discussion forum. Post in YOUR class thread! These will be graded and count as a project/essay grade. So be thoughtful.
Life begins on the other side of despair.
2016-17, English 10B
2016-17, Existentialism
2016-17, Poetry Seminar
2016-17, English 10H
2015-16, Poetry Seminar
2015-16, Existentialism
2015-16, English 10A
2015-16, Poetry Seminar
2015-16, Existentialism
2015-16, English 10C
2010-11, Existential Literature
2010-11, Existential Literature
2014-15, Existential Literature
2014-15, Existential Literature
2014-15, English 10H
2014-15, English 10E
2014-15, Poetry Seminar
2013-14, Existential Literature
2013-14, English 10H
2013-14, Existential Literature
2013-14, Beacon 10th
2012-13, Beacon 10th
2011-12, Beacon 12th
2011-12, Beacon 12th
2011-12, Beacon 10th
2011-12, Beacon 10th
2004-05, Bronx Writing Academy
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2002-03, Jordan L. Mott
2008-09, Beacon 10th
2008-09, Beacon 9th
2008-09, Beacon 9th
2010-11, Beacon 10th
2010-11, Beacon 10th
2010-11, Beacon 12th
2010-11, Beacon 12th
2007-08, Beacon 9th
2007-08, Beacon 10th
2007-08, Beacon 10th
2006-07, Beacon 10th
2006-07, Beacon 9th
2006-07, Beacon 9th
2010-11, Beacon 12th
2009-10, Beacon 10th
2009-10, Beacon 10th
2009-10, Beacon 12th
2003-04, Jordan L. Mott
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