Mackenzie Greeley's AP Lit Comp Blog

Today in class I was able to air some of the questions I had about the poetry readings especially for Emily Dickinson because her poem was from the most different time period. Specifically I asked about.... "An imitiation of a Light That has so little Oil-" *Which referred to a different time period all together when is was common to use oil lamps, whereas today we might refer to electricity as an imitation light.* "That hurt them early - such a lapse Could give them any Balm" *I was very confused by this sentence but I understood the shift from recovery to the cause, how did it transition though. Michelle explained that the transition came from the healing process of this line. Balm is the scab which allows for recovery.* "Death - is but one - and comes but once - And only nails the eyes" *I thought this refered to the dead whose eyes are closed at burial; however, Michelle pointed out that it may hit right between the eyes as a certain cau...

Scans of the Emily Dickinson poem!!! Yay

TP-CASST  I am analyzing I measure every Grief I meet by Emily Dickinson under the TP-CASST style. Both the poem and the grid have been marked up on paper and will be available through scan tomorrow. The reason I have decided not to post my analysis is because I am not totally confident about it and I really want to check with my group's point of view before publication on my blog. Thanks for understanding! And as a P.S. I chose to use the TP-CASST style because for the AP text we will have a limited amount of time to analyze so I want to use something that I can remember for wholesome analysis for the exam. 

The first reading is slow and without meter. Many times there are words you read over and literary techniques you miss. The second, third, and fourth then are practice for meter and a closer look at the literary techniques used. The fifth and sixth are to be read aloud to yourself as a audible lesson and check on the meter. The seventh should be read by a friend for peer assessment of the passage, ask them what they thought was most noticeable as a reader. I am not sure if this was the purpose of the assignment but I hope that this explains how I felt after reading the poverty seven times.

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(so far...) Passage from Chapter 1 1.    The tone of the beginning of the passage is         (a)   whimsical         (b)   brooding         (c)   satirical         (d)   disharmonic         (e)   mysterious 2.    In Line 11, the idea “raw twilight” is referring to         (a)    her feelings toward her aunt         (b)    the time of day         (c)    what she is wearing         (d)    her physical exhaustion         (e)    the slow passage of a sunset 3.  ...

Prose Chapter 1         Read the following passage carefully. Write a well-organized essay that discusses the author’s use of resources of language from the speaker’s experiences in Victorian England as well as dramatize the character of the speaker. Prose Chap 25         The passage that follows is excerpted from Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre, a fictional treatment of the young Jane Eyre, who as an adult will struggle as an independent woman in Victorian England to follow what she knows to be right. Read the passage carefully. Then write a well-organized essay concerning the methods by which the author has portrayed the subject and the substance of the portrait itself. Be sure to consider such literary elements as diction, imagery, and point of view. Prose Chapter 9         The passage that follows is from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. This except highlights th...

Pearland High School  is really great I found a multiple choice test made just like the AP exam, but only with Jane Eyre. Whoever made this you are amazing! I am going to use the passages to make new questions and answers based on the literature techniques I found. If you want to challenge yourself take this  quiz .

Lenina is walking around with Bernard in the reservation with their Indian guide (who apparently stinks) During this trek Lenina is continually complaining not unlike how she did at the North Pole, in the way that she doesn't like anything about this New Mexican Reservation "Cleanliness is next to Fordliness"- quick pun she said through conditioning There is a long description of an old man, which Lenina is repulsed by, we learn that people in the State don't age past 30. Similarly she is repulsed by the women who are breast-feeding their children Bernard is trying to seem unaffected by both of these next types of individuals, because of this he says "What a wonderfully intimate relationship" Men and women are dressed up for a ritual, which start with the drums and Lenina closes her eyes and starts repeating her conditioning in order to soothe herself during this distressful time without soma The beat reminder her of the lower level ceremonies and sh...

This is just a fun quote I found and maybe I will share more of these as the year goes on if I can't sleep...

Lenina starts this chapter by discussing the pros and cons of going with Bernard instead of Benito (who is going to the North Pole) Henry who is then with Lenina makes a reference to Bernard being similar to a rhinoceros and explains why he is allowed by the Director allowed him to continue living in the state (works well and seemingly harmless) Then we are with Bernard and Lenina out deciding what they want to do on their date - Lenina wants to be in a crowd with lots of noise - Bernard is being 'weird' because of his wanting to be alone with Lenina Weirdness continues by his stating that he wants see the moon and stars with her alone. Later states that they are like children who cannot wait for gratification (which he was hoping could be after the first date and instead they did some soma/nasty) Much of their interactions were between the conflict of Bernard and the conditioning of Lenina who keep reciting the hypnopeadia. Part 2- Bernard...

Today was a really different experience. Not to say that it is good or bad, but instead that it was extremely challenging. I personally wasn't able to read one slide completely in the time allowed and this made it difficult to make any general assessment of the Lit Terms used. Instead of deep analysis whatever I read was used to inform my decisions on what Lit Terms were used therefore this was an incomplete assessment of the text on my part. From this experience I don't know how to feel about this testing method quite yet in relation to the AP Exam this coming May and hopefully I can improve my speed reading for now create a more comprehensive understanding of the text in a shorter amount of time. What really confused me was that each time I looked up a different screen showed different words distracting me from that train of thought. Each time the slide changed the train of thought went swirling around  with the swirling of the auto-play Prezi. (This ...

The name Benito Hoover, every time I look at it from a historical perspective I think of President Hoover who abandoned the people during the Great Depression. (Allusion?) Rhetorical Question - "Dared he face that risk of being humiliated by a contemptuous refusal?" Vernacular - "Delta-Minus" is a common term used by people in a like class to Bernard Marx (Last name historic reference to Marxism) Allusion - Fleet Street is a real street in London Characterization - of Helmholtz Watson (Sherlock Holmes best mate)being really attractive and not unlike Bernard Marx in the smarts department, while also showing the effect of "mental excess" on the body for Marx Dialogue and Omnicient Point of View - allowing for indirect characterization by the author though sharing the thoughts of the each after an exchange of ideas between these two who are in mental excess Foreshadowing - that something big is going to happen with Helmholz who "I've got some...

In the spirit of Huxely, I decided to change course at the beginning of this week since I was unable to finish my Literature Analysis book I had originally started reading. We will be looking at Poets and Poems: Wallace Stevens- "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" e.e. cummings- "anyone lived in a pretty how town" This movement can be characterized as a revolution in science, global politics, technology, and literature.In the 20th century, more questions were asked and the experiments that coincided started to develop many of the ideas of the line of questioning that most people still consider the best. Revolutionary movements of sometimes a loss in faith in the government forced many writers to investigate our leaders and many people were shocked by the scandals that were uncovered. "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird", demonstrates cubism which is also used in Modernist architecture, i...

Infant Nurseries. Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning this was where the babies were 'conditioned' to have a fear of flowers and books through loud noises (sirens) and shock therapy Hypnopaedia - first used in A.F. 214 to continue moral lessons while the children sleep, this doesn't work for facts because the children blindly recite the facts not incorporate the ideas = the children's mind is suggestions about the caste system  Elementary Sex and Erotic Play young children are playing this suggests that this is something fun and to children fun = happy Note: (from class) the child who does not want to play is sent away to be fixed by a therapist References the boundaries of today's world where adolescents cannot have sex and the auto-erotism and homosexuality being frowned upon, terrible References family and motherhood also this story told though history and flows withing the story of Lenina Crown showing symptoms of emotional entanglement with one man ...

a) From starting the AP Bootcamp and being the one only to participate I feel that there hasn't been a lot of success thus far, however I am hopeful that as the AP exam creeps forward more people will join. I have reached the goals I have set for myself and been working on my Best Friend Project with Michelle by writing a narrative of how I pictured our last four years. b) This quarter I hope to have at least 5 more people join the club and continue to work on attaning a 4 on this English exam. That goal will be attained if I have to cut off a limb and sell it to the black market! I am gonna do it!!! c) I am still thinking about how I could incorporate what I am doing with Writinga5pectatorsport and I am going to follow suit with Michelle with the blog posts to compete with Josh.

Well sorry if it was hard to hear in a few of these I was wearing my retainers! Hopefully this is a good way  for people to study, I like to sleep while listening every once in a while. (Reference to Brave New World.)

Bernardo Gonzalez - The essay is unfinished and is cut off in the middle of the second paragraph,  however we can see where he was going with the establishment of the feelings in the introduction  Next time a more detailed pre-write maybe could help in order to start and finish without leaving so much unsaid. Iliana Gutierez - Very detailed pre-write which I could only dream of producing. However I could not find the essay whether I am having technical difficulties I can only hope that it will soon be resolved. Pablo Nicasio - The essay didn't really relate to the prompt directly and there were only two paragraphs, so better luck next time. Michelle Crosby - I feel so proud of Michelle because she has always told me that she has a really hard time with in-class essays and this time she demonstrated real analysis of the material and related it to the prompt well. The essay was great and I can see she really enjoyed what she was writing, but ma...

Rosa Alvarez:  http://ralvarezrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/  ~No posts since December. Amanda Arnold:  http://alarhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/ ~I really enjoy the chalkboard effect and most of her assignments are up there for everyone to see. Will Boerger:  http://wboergerrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com  ~ Really demonstates his interests and most of his coursework is up on the blog. Rheanna Crawley:  http://rcrawleyrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/ ~ Plain however her coursework is complete and comprehensive about her understanding of the course. Good resource page. Michelle Crosby:  http://mcrosbyrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/  ~ Not all there, but really makes a strong contribution in personality on the blog and attempt at the coursework. Vince Cruz:  http://vcruzrhsenglitcom.blogspot.com  ~Not all there and I find the clash of design colors hard on the eyes. Maybe it's because I am not sleeping, but that doesn't affect that not all of th...

Maybe... Today my great-grandmother passed away and I am still unsure about how I feel. But concerning the course I have been making great progress towards my SMART goals by starting up the AP bootcamp. The program is still small, but all in good time. So far we have written an essay and this next Friday we are going to do 12-15 multiple choice questions from a released Collegeboad exam. This is my saying I am still here and kicking.

Boot camp post #1

Sorry this took so long! It was Dads birthday so we have been spending time with family this weekend. But back to the assignment, this Friday I have decided how my first week of boot camp should go! Monday is an introduction and suggested readings from some textbooks I am using and Friday is going to be a really quick quiz of a certain poem with released questions from the collegeboard. I read though some materials and discussed my plan with Michelle. I hope we can go to the library to get our next literary analysis book! ;)

The phrase “a thousand splendid suns,” from the poem by Saib-e-Tabrizi, is quoted twice in the novel – once as Laila’s family prepares to leave Kabul, and again when she decides to return there from Pakistan. It is also echoed in one of the final lines: “Miriam is in Laila’s own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand suns.” Discuss the thematic significance of this phrase. ~ Much of this novel talks about the nature of humans and the strong emotions we can feel for others (good and bad individuals). But the emotions that were common for the two main characters, Miriam and Laila, was love and devotion to their family. In the beginning, Miriam was totally intranced by her father and would have done anything and everything for him if he only asked, and looking back she still feels the burden of her mother's death as her own fault searching for a father who didn't want her. Then she moves and is sent away to Rasheed who she at 14 becomes his wife and dil...

Goes over the production and Dickens perspective in correspondence with 'current events' that impacted his writing   There is a lot of reading by the Professor to the class quoting the book After the starts to explain what some of the perspectives from Dickens's  peers of the age Character development and allusions to other books/pieces written (by Dickens) So the background of Charles Dickens is an explanation to the audience about the later 'journals' written and was hard because of blockages in his 'creative process'. Talks about his experiences in London/Paris and how his 'disturbing' experiences impacted his writing during that time. Many quotes from Dickens and not much of his personal analysis on the critical points of the characters of the story for a long period of time about A Tale of Two Cities... Really a lot of description about the time period and how that was recreated by the author in his story. T...

Go Michelle! I just figured out how to link this information to my blog!!! For anyone who went to Calvin's seminar today or was absent!!! Part One 35:20 Part Two Part Three

Before I start I really liked this teaching outline.... (http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/great_expectations.pdf) And the AP 2005 Free-Response 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 a novel or a drama 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. I chose to us Great Expectations and Jane Eyre... I will read both in the next month! Now Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations because he had some reason to do so... It was during the time of the Industrial Revolution so maybe it was to create some comic relief to a great period of mass manipulation by the powerful. Charles Dickens was using satire to bring attention to a need for social reform. His diction was very precise to where he could wield...

1) your reading schedule to complete your reading/review of the book by Monday, February 4; 2) five AP questions (with source URLs) that you intend to be able to answer by the time you finish; and 3) how you think you should be tested on these ideas, and/or how you intend to demonstrate your expertise on your blog.  1. Michelle and I have decided to read together as a pair to keep each other on track. Seventy pages a night and we can discuss what we read with each other at school if we so desire or need. 2.  Found some questions... Essay Question 1: In the original ending of  Great Expectations,  Pip sees Estella in London in the company of her husband and her children. Dickens was advised by a close friend that this was not how readers would want the story to end, so the ending was changed to the now published ending. Evaluate the purpose behind Charles Dickens' original ending. Which ending completes the story more fully? Which ending makes the most se...