Reading Schedule: The House on Mango Street

What was the inspiration for The House on Mango Street? 
Watch this video about the author Sandra Cisneros:

Reading Schedule: The House on Mango Street

Wednesday, May 7^th –In Class: Poetry Test

For Thursday – Read and Annotate pp. 3-25 (22 pages)

Optional practice: Interactive Grammar Exam (it's much harder than the exam you will take next week.)

Thursday, May 8^th - In Class:

Review Punctuation Lesson and Exercise in Capitalization
Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions
Using Commas with Introductory Clauses
Quiz on Comma Usage

and Intro to The House on Mango Street

For Friday – Read 26-48 (22 pages) and review sentence styling

Interactive practice: Quiz on Punctuation
Another Quiz on Punctuation
Repairing Run-on Sentences
Review of Punctuation


Friday, May 9^th – In Class:  Computer Labs (F Block 201 810am/Z Block 203)

Submit your Form Poem (Poem#4 - if you have haven't already) 
Review Subject -Verb Agreement and Pronouns - 
Quiz 1, Quiz 2, 
Pronoun and Tense Consistency
Practice: 
Pronoun Usage, More Pronoun Usage, Reference and Case of Pronouns
FINAL -s on Word Endings
Quiz on That, Which, and Who

For Monday - pp. 49-83 (34 pages)

Monday, May 12^th – In Class

More Grammar Review
Fragments and Types of Sentences 

For Tuesday - Study For Grammar Test
See these interactive practice quizzes - what are your weak areas? 

While these are not the test, need to know...
Parallel Structures, Commonly Confused, It's/its and there/they're/their etc. 

Tuesday, May 13^th – In Class: Grammar Test

For Wednesday:

F block Review The House on Mango Street

(D-Block Drops - Review/Read The House on Mango Street)

Wednesday, May 14^th – In Class:

For Thursday - pp. 84-93 (9 pages)

Thursday, May 15^th – In Class:

For Friday pp. 94-110 (15 pages) – Finish the book

Friday, May 16^th – In Class:

Review The House on Mango Street

TEST WEDNESDAY - see previous post for exam review sheet

Poetry Presentation Test – Wednesday May 7th

 (We drop tomorrow)

Part I. Poetry Presentations:

I will give you the Presenter, The Poet, and The Poem - a list of 18. 

Your interesting fact about the….

1.     Poet - What did you find most interesting? 

2.     Poem – In general, summary, theme, symbol, etc. -  What did it mean to you?

3.     Literary Term – an example (word, phrase, perhaps a line) - an Element of Poetry – more significant, specific detail.

No Notes in the Test– review your class notes - review the blogs.

Show me what you learned.
Show me what you found interesting.

Part II. Also you will have to analyze and write about “The Eagle”

The Eagle

BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls,

And like a thunderbolt he falls.

Review these...but remember, handwritten notes with images can help with memory retention.

Want to remember lectures better? Take notes by hand http://t.co/rS6FGFfAQe
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 3, 2014

2014 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE EXAM REVIEW SHEET

2014 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE EXAM REVIEW SHEET

Exam: Tuesday, May 27^th: 1:15 – 3:15 p.m. (Extended Time: 1:15-4:15 p.m.)

EXAM LOCATIONS: 

O’Brien

Intro Lit F

Classroom 215

O’Brien

Intro Lit Z

Classroom 217

I. What texts will be on the exam?

1. Macbeth

2. The House on Mango Street 

3. Kennedy anthology (Introduction to Poetry): 

1. Rich, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers"
2. Browning, "My Last Duchess"
3. Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz"
4. Sexton, "Her Kind"
5. Olds, "Rite of Passage"
6. Williams, "This Is Just to Say"
7. Eliot, "The Winter Evening Settles Down"
8. Tennyson, "The Eagle"
9. Shakespeare, "Shall I Compare Thee..."
10. Bottoms, "Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt" (Handout/Online—this is not in the book)
11. Plath, “Metaphors”
12. Lawrence, “Piano”

Note: There will be several “unseen” poems on the exam in addition to those listed above.

There will be no vocabulary or grammar on the exam!

II. What will the exam be like?

a. Multiple choice questions on poetry

-- we give you the passage and ask you to identify a literary term or interpret the significance.

           

b. Passages from Macbeth

-- you will be given a passage (it may or may not be one we’ve studied in class) and you’ll be asked to discuss the context and the significance of the passage.

c. Essay on the class flex text (The House on Mango Street)

-- you will write a multi-paragraph thesis / support essay in answer to a general question.  You will supply textual evidence in the form of supporting examples without the help of the text in front of you.

III. Strategies:

• Make a list of all literary terms and study them carefully.
• Identify themes in the texts and find specific examples from the plot that show theme development.
• Think about character. Identify protagonists and antagonists, and take note of any internal conflicts.
• Consider setting and its importance.
• Take note of any significant figurative language such as images, symbols, metaphors, etc.
• Take note of any important biographical, historical, or cultural information.
• Review significant passages in the texts. For the poetry, you should review all poems at least briefly and study those that cause you difficulty. 
• Pose possible essay questions for yourself and try writing a practice, timed essay.
• Review writing rubrics and grammar and writing lessons we did this semester.

Amended Schedule 4.29.14

We finish and review presentations this week; however....

1. Ars Poetica (#4 poem) Due Tomorrow (last day of National Poetry Month) See previous blog post.

 2. Poems and Poets Presentation Test (pushed from Friday to Monday) to WEDNESDAY May 7th

 3. Form Poem (#3 poem) - (extension) Due Next Friday (if you haven't done it yet).

 4. BUY - Sandra Cisnero's  The House on Mango Street - see link.  


Please MAKE SURE THAT your presentation is posted to your blog:

IF YOU NEED TO POST A POWER POINT - CHECK OUT SLIDESHARE.com


 If you missed class...your classmates should have posted their presentations - talk to classmates for notes.

See the pages of your classmates:

Z-Block

1. Jason http://poetrytimewithjmills.blogspot.com
2. Tristan http://mccomt17.blogspot.com
3. Nina http://ninalindapoetry.blogspot.com
4. Ed http://ezmoney1999.blogspot.com
5. Mimi http://mimidelisserpoetry.blogspot.com
6. Kelly http://flynnk22.blogspot.com
7. Sarah W. http://wingsm17.blogspot.com
8. Colin http://poetrybyjc.blogspot.com
9. Sydneyhttp://sydneynicolepoems.blogspot.com
10. Emma H. http://emmagrace2.blogspot.com
11. Emma S. http://seib17.blogspot.com
12. Shannon http://theplaceofpoetry.blogspot.com
13. Ben http://poetrybyben1.blogspot.com
14. Philip P. http://poetrywithpersaud22.blogspot.com
15. Philip T. http://poetryphilip21.blogspot.com
16. Denny http://dennyhpoetry.blogspot.co
17. Abhay http://poetrybyabhay.blogspot.com
18. Heidi http://heidijz.blogspot.com

F- Block:

1. Ryan http://ryanspoetrypage.blogspot.com
2. Nick http://namoctober.blogspot.com
3. Ashley http://lowbam17.blogspot.com
4. Nico http://electronpoweredpoetry.blogspot.com
5. Dan http://poetrycornerbydan.blogspot.com
6. Lee Lee http://leeslimitlessliterature.blogspot.com/
7. Cam http://vanhce17.blogspot.com
8. Dylan http://everdt17.blogspot.com
9. Will http://purtwc17.blogspot.com
10. Lily http://9lilypoemsonpoems.blogspot.com
11. Jake http://gfgjkgjkg.blogspot.com
12. Kayla http://poemskaylacostalas.blogspot.com
13. Gossen http://likeagoss.blogspot.com
14. Connor http://poetrybyconnor.blogspot.com
15. Bobby http://taketwofrazier.blogspot.com
16. Corinne http://czpoetry17.blogspot.com
17. Sarah K. http://sarahkpoetry.blogspot.com
18. Felicia http://zhufl17.blogspot.com

Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 30th - Your Ars Poetica is Due

What is an "Ars Poetica"?

From poets.org: 

Perhaps one of the most famous American examples is Archibald MacLeish‘s "Ars Poetica":

A poem should palpable and mute 
As a globed fruit,

Dumb
As old medallions to the thumb, 

Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown—
 
A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds.

Written in part as a response to the highly rhetorical nature of English poetry at the start of the twentieth century, MacLeish’s piece states the Modernist perspective: “a poem should not mean / but be.”

My simple answer: A poem about poetry. 

Write your poem about poetry. 

Does Poetry Matter? Can we assume that it does?

Why Poetry Matters http://t.co/H81as4aLQ6 via @HuffPostBooks #whypoetrymatters
— Why Poetry (@WhyPoetry) April 28, 2014

Marianne Moore begins her poem "Peotry" with an ironic statement: 

 I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond
       all this fiddle.
    Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one
       discovers in
    it after all, a place for the genuine.

Read more of Moore's "Poetry"

How do you define poetry? 

I am not concerned about rhyme scheme or length.

I would like a thoughtful reflection in verse.

Show us - don't tell us - what you think poetry is.

Consider incorporating some of these Elements of Poetry:

Please bring a HARD COPY - and post to YOUR blog. 
Inspire your classmates.

A few definitions of poetry you might appreciate - feel free to blend into your poem:
  Follow Kevin's board The Poet's Life: Why Poetry Matters on Pinterest.

Consider how all writing is persuasive...

Sell us your definition of poetry.

Well worth watching this... Animated Presentation:

Best Advice - and HWK

HWK:

1. Record your poem from today - use vocaroo.com.
               a. Click to "Record" below.
               b. Click to "Save"
               c. Click "Embed"
               d. Copy and Paste HTML to your poetry blog

2. Embed it into your post with your poem (you should have done that already).

3. Work on your poetry presentation!

We need SIX volunteers for Friday.

Powered by Vocaroo Voice Recorder


Be Sure to click "Accept" below (make sure your computer has Adobe Flash Player):

You can also try these...

Free online voice recorder - SpeakPipe

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SpeakPipe voice recorder allows you to create an audio recording directly from a browser by using your microphone. The recording is produced locally on your ...

Morphbox: Online Voice Recorder and Message Sharing

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Morphbox is a free online voice recorder and message sharing site. You can record a message, morph your voice, then share your it with others via Facebook, 

In-Class: 

Writing Prompt: Best Advice - write it in verse. 

We listened to Patti Smith...click for more.

From Brainpickings: Patti Smith’s Advice on Life

When you proceed on your course, never forget you are not alone. You have friends and family, but you also have you ancestors. Your ancestors sing in your blood. Call to them. Their strength through the ages will come into you. And then there are your spiritual ancestors. Call on them. They have set themselves up through human history to be at your disposal. Jesus, he said, “I am with you always, even into the end of the world,” Allen Ginsburg, Walt Whitman — they are with you. Choose the one you wish to walk with and he or she will walk with you. Don’t forget that you are not alone.

She ends by recounting the advice her father gave her, bringing it all back to the bigger point behind her seemingly silly dental care counsel:

When I left home, I asked my father what advice he could give me. My father was very intelligent, very well-read — he read all the great books, all the great philosophers. But when I asked his advice, he told me one thing: Be happy. It’s all he said. So simple. I’m telling you, these simple things — taking care of your teeth, being happy — they will be your greatest allies. Because when you’re happy, you ignite that little flame that tells you and reminds you who you are. And it will ignite, it will animate your enthusiasm for things — it will enforce your work.

Be happy, take care of your teeth, always let your conscience be your guide.

Bonus from Brain Pickings - click to read more:

Illustrated Flowcharts to Find Answers to Life’s Big Questions