Snow Day Assignments! :)

Hey gang! Before you get too excited about making snowmen, make sure you complete these assignments. Feel free to sip on some hot chocolate while you work :)

1. Go to THIS LINK and print out "A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

2. THEN - go to THIS LINK and download and print the TPCASTT form (both pages).

3. Use the TPCASTT guide to help you understand the poem - complete it as you read. Bring the filled-out TPCASTT sheet to class on Tuesday.

4. Read THIS ARTICLE on transcendentalism - be prepared for a short quiz addressing WHAT exactly transcendentalism is & what they believed. (Note: This article is written by a women's studies professor, so there is a little bit of bias. Sorry, Jon & Ben...)

Hoemwork for Friday, 10/30

Click on this link to get to the online version of Masque of the Red Death. Copy and paste the text into a word processing document.

Print it out, read it and MARK your copy with the following:

- examples of allusion
- mentions of colors
- types of irony (verbal, dramatic, and situational)

Homework for Tuesday, 10/27

Read The Bells (and the introductory material) by Edgar Allan Poe. Check out the questions at the end of the chapter and think about the answers, don't write them down. BUT be prepared to answer them....

Homework for Friday, 10/23

For Friday:

WHOOPS! My bad - I said look up Emerson quotes below but said Thoreau in class. My bad - I'd prefer you to look up Thoreau, but if you already looked up an Emerson quote that is okay.

Look up Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau quotes/quotations. Find one that you really like and bring it to class on Friday.

THEN. Look up information on either Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, or William Cullen Bryant. You may use Wikipedia to help you get started. Find out 3 interesting facts about one of these men (you choose who you want to research) *AND* get the sources for these facts (should be credible, scholarly websites, books, or articles - not Jim Bob's World o' Waldo Emerson)

Homework for Tuesday, 10/20

Those of you who weren't in class on Friday, we modified the test a little bit. You're going to do this last portion at home.

This is an Advanced Placement English exam question. Set a timer for 45 minutes, read the question, and HAND-WRITE your answer. It is to be written in essay format (introduction, body, conclusion). Do not use specific quotations from the book - just your own knowledge of the text is fine.

Here is the question:

One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in The Scarlet Letter struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seeks to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in your essay how the author uses this power struggle to enhance the meaning of the work.

There is no length requirement on this essay - however, you should be able to plan and complete it in a 45 minute time period. Good luck!

Homework for Friday, 10/16

Hey gang - your homework is to finish your study guide. If you need help with one of the answers, try your best and then contact a classmate or use another resource.

This test is going to be tough, I'm not going to lie. There will be LOTS of quotations. One thing I forgot to mention is that there will be some literary terms like allusion, dramatic irony, and foreshadowing in there.

If you weren't there on Tuesday, click here to access the study guide passed out in class.

Homework for Tuesday, 10/13

Finish The Scarlet Letter in order to answer the question - do Hester and Arthur get to spend eternity together?

Please also finish your study guide.

Homework for Friday, 10/9

Finish Chapter 21 (the one we started in class) to make a "chilling" discovery, then read Ch. 22. Make sure you're filling out your study guide as we go along!

Homework for Tuesday, 10/6

Finish Ch. 19-20 of Scarlet Letter. Make sure you're filling out your study guide (handed out in class) as you go - please fill out the information from the chapters we covered before you got the study guide :)