We have been reading Kettle Bottom and discussing the different poems. For this week's blog, choose one of the pieces we have read and discussed and write an analysis of the poem.
In writing your analysis, be sure to explain who the speaker is and how the speaker helps to provide insight into this world. You will also want to create a question you think the poem tries to answer in order to ascertain the theme. Be sure to include quotes from the poem to reinforce your analysis.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Barriers
Each of us comes from different families and with this comes the knowledge that our view of the world is different. Because it is human nature to experience the world and see the world through our own eyes, it is crucial to be able to navigate it in such a way that we are able to meet our goals.
With this knowledge, it requires us to identify our own barriers. What will be placed in front of us not to block entirely, but to make us work harder? What are the road blocks, the full stops, and the free passes?
For example: I wear glasses. This means that I cannot do certain jobs, but there are many other jobs I could choose from. Some other barriers that we have are because we choose to limit ourselves because of work ethic, perceived inadequacies, etc.
In this week's blog, I want you to write about your own barriers and what they keep you from accomplishing. Then I want you to look at the ones you put into place and think about how you can push beyond the barriers. Once you have written about yourself, I want you to think about a character you have read about this year. Examine their barriers and how those barriers were created, and how those barriers were overcome.
With this knowledge, it requires us to identify our own barriers. What will be placed in front of us not to block entirely, but to make us work harder? What are the road blocks, the full stops, and the free passes?
For example: I wear glasses. This means that I cannot do certain jobs, but there are many other jobs I could choose from. Some other barriers that we have are because we choose to limit ourselves because of work ethic, perceived inadequacies, etc.
In this week's blog, I want you to write about your own barriers and what they keep you from accomplishing. Then I want you to look at the ones you put into place and think about how you can push beyond the barriers. Once you have written about yourself, I want you to think about a character you have read about this year. Examine their barriers and how those barriers were created, and how those barriers were overcome.
Monday, February 26, 2018
Poem and Crime and Punishment
"The Undeniable Pressure of Existence" by Patricia Fargnoli is a poem we read in class. In looking at this poem, please explain with textual evidence what she is saying and what you think the title means. Once you have done this, apply what she is saying to one of the characters in Crime and Punishment.
Be mindful not to repeat what a peer has said.
Monday, February 19, 2018
Crime and Punishment Jigsaws
This week we will begin unpacking Crime and Punishment. We will have many discussions that will ask us to look beyond the text, apply philosophical ideas and to question our own beliefs.
Your blog this week is to take three ideas that are presented to you or that come up in discussion and explain how they change, extend, or validate your own thinking about the text. Be sure to go to the text to find quotes to help in your explanations and analysis.
Your blog this week is to take three ideas that are presented to you or that come up in discussion and explain how they change, extend, or validate your own thinking about the text. Be sure to go to the text to find quotes to help in your explanations and analysis.
Monday, February 12, 2018
Poems and Novels
Last week you wrote about a book that you deemed as your favorite so far this year. This week, I want you to find a poem that you have either read before or one you have just been introduced to that connects to your book. You must look at the book as a whole and the poem as a whole. Do not make the connection based on a small part of each connecting. Copy and paste the poem in your post, and then explain how both of them are connected. Your response will be a couple paragraphs with textual evidence from both.
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Our reading journey
As this year has progressed, we have read many texts and looked at a variety of big ideas. For this week's blog post, I would like for you to choose one of the books we have read this year that you believe is your favorite thus far.
Once you have chosen, be sure to answer the following questions in your post:
1. Why is it your favorite?
2. How do you think it speaks beyond the pages of the text?
3. What are at least three quotes that really resonate with you?
EX: For me, I would have to choose Hamlet. I fell in love with Hamlet when I was a senior in high school and every time I read it, I am moved beyond words by the emotions I feel. I cannot say I have experienced the betrayal or loss that he has experienced. But I understand feeling lost. I understand asking the questions about who we are, why are we here, and do we even matter. I don't ask them as someone who is melancholy. I ask them as a way to genuinely work toward figuring out my role in the world. I like these because they force me to ask questions and this is where knowledge comes. I can also say, that my answers may change depending on where I am this world. That is the beauty of literature. We never come to a book as the same person we were the first time we read it.
POLONIUS:
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.(1.3.84-86)
Once upon a time, I had a phone case with this quote. It is a reminder that we cannot please others. We must be true to ourselves at all times. When it is time to question our integrity or to make choices, we must be true to what we think is right. We must always be ourselves.
HAMLET:
To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause—there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life. (3.1.66-70)
I can't quite put my finger on this one. But for me, this is about what happens after. Is the rest silence like he says later or is there more? Are we simply bound by what we can do here and now, or can we be more?
OPHELIA:
Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be.
God be at your table. (4.5.5-6)
I wonder if we know what we are? Are we stagnant or in a perpetual state of change constantly moving toward something else? We can say in this moment we are one thing, but the future is ours to create.
Once you have chosen, be sure to answer the following questions in your post:
1. Why is it your favorite?
2. How do you think it speaks beyond the pages of the text?
3. What are at least three quotes that really resonate with you?
EX: For me, I would have to choose Hamlet. I fell in love with Hamlet when I was a senior in high school and every time I read it, I am moved beyond words by the emotions I feel. I cannot say I have experienced the betrayal or loss that he has experienced. But I understand feeling lost. I understand asking the questions about who we are, why are we here, and do we even matter. I don't ask them as someone who is melancholy. I ask them as a way to genuinely work toward figuring out my role in the world. I like these because they force me to ask questions and this is where knowledge comes. I can also say, that my answers may change depending on where I am this world. That is the beauty of literature. We never come to a book as the same person we were the first time we read it.
POLONIUS:
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.(1.3.84-86)
Once upon a time, I had a phone case with this quote. It is a reminder that we cannot please others. We must be true to ourselves at all times. When it is time to question our integrity or to make choices, we must be true to what we think is right. We must always be ourselves.
HAMLET:
To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause—there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life. (3.1.66-70)
I can't quite put my finger on this one. But for me, this is about what happens after. Is the rest silence like he says later or is there more? Are we simply bound by what we can do here and now, or can we be more?
OPHELIA:
Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be.
God be at your table. (4.5.5-6)
I wonder if we know what we are? Are we stagnant or in a perpetual state of change constantly moving toward something else? We can say in this moment we are one thing, but the future is ours to create.
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