We're AP Lit Nerds and Loving It: February 11, 2014

Focus: How can we improve our poetry timed writings?

1. Warming up: Using your ears to unravel a poem's tone (and exploring the secret packets)

Euphony ("Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;

              Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep, 
              Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
              Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers")

Cacophony (“With throats unslaked, with black lips baked,/ Agape they heard me call.”)

Assonance ("dreams" and "leaves")


2. Reading and discussing "The Century Quilt" with a little attention to new poetic language

3. Performing a piece of a timed writing in pairs:  Thesis and outline only

Thesis: Remember to establish the heart of your essay here.  What complex meanings does the speaker attribute to the Century Quilt?

I. Topic sentence #1:

A. Example #1:

B. Example #2:

(C. Example #3:)


II. Topic sentence #2:

A. Example #1:

B. Example #2:

(C. Example #3:)



(III. Topic sentence #3:)

A. Example #1:

B. Example #2:

(C. Example #3:)


HW:
1. Finish reading Beloved for Friday. For your reading ticket, please perform a metacognitive on the very last chapter (the final two pages).

2. Bring a draft of your critical review to class on Wednesday.