Think of reading, on one level, as one of those papers from elementary school where you connect the dots. I could never see the picture in a connect-the-dot drawing until I’d put in virtually every line. Other kids could look at a page full of dots and say, “Oh, that’s an elephant,” “That’s a locomotive.” Me, I saw dots. I think it’s partly predisposition – some people handle two-dimensional visualization better than others – but largely a matter of practice: the more connect-the-dot drawings you do, the more likely you are to recognize the design early on. Same with literature. - Thomas C. Foster
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The essentials of the vampire story: an older figure representing corrupt, outworn values; a young, preferably virginal female; a stripping away of her youth, energy, virtue; a continuance of the life force of the old male; the death or destruction of the young woman. - Thomas C. Foster
Identify a story, movie, show in which the vampire story line is employed. Write a 4-5 sentence analysis that includes an identification of each aspect.
Part 2
We owe it to poets, I think, to notice that they’ve gone to this trouble, as well as to ourselves, to understand the nature of the thing we’re reading. When you start to read a poem, then, look at the shape. - Thomas C. Foster
Find a poem in which the form supports the meaning of the poem. Include a link to the poem or paste the poem. Write a 3-4 sentence explanation of how the form supports the meaning. Refer to Foster's example as well as in class examples covered in Unit 2.
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" Sometimes a meal is just a meal, and eating with others is simply eating with others. More often than not, though, it’s not." - THOMAS C. FOSTER
Identify a movie, tv show or clip in which the characters sit down to enjoy a meal. Complete a literary analysis of the underlying message of the communion in 4-5 sentences. Please refer to the examples in Foster's work as a reference.
Identify a movie, tv show or clip in which the characters sit down to enjoy a meal. Complete a literary analysis of the underlying message of the communion in 4-5 sentences. Please refer to the examples in Foster's work as a reference.
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" Sometimes a meal is just a meal, and eating with others is simply eating with others. More often than not, though, it’s not." - THOMAS C. FOSTER
Identify a movie, tv show or clip in which the characters sit down to enjoy a meal. Complete a literary analysis of the underlying message of the communion in 4-5 sentences. Please refer to the examples in Foster's work as a reference.
Identify a movie, tv show or clip in which the characters sit down to enjoy a meal. Complete a literary analysis of the underlying message of the communion in 4-5 sentences. Please refer to the examples in Foster's work as a reference.
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After reading the introduction and section one. Complete a 4-5 sentence response to the following.
Part 1 - Select a novel, play, movie or television show, identify the following:
(a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) a real reason to go there.
Part 2 - In a Street Car Named Desire, identify the following: (a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) a real reason to go there.
Part 1 - Select a novel, play, movie or television show, identify the following:
(a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) a real reason to go there.
Part 2 - In a Street Car Named Desire, identify the following: (a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) a real reason to go there.
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After reading the introduction and section one. Complete a 4-5 sentence response to the following.
Part 1 - Select a novel, play, movie or television show, identify the following:
(a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) a real reason to go there.
Part 2 - In a Street Car Named Desire, identify the following: (a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) a real reason to go there.
Part 1 - Select a novel, play, movie or television show, identify the following:
(a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) a real reason to go there.
Part 2 - In a Street Car Named Desire, identify the following: (a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) a real reason to go there.
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Summer Reading Essay Prompts - Select one of the following prompts to complete on Catcher in the Rye
9/12/2019
1st Period -bas3a5o (classroom code)
2nd Period - wj9980 (classroom code)
Submit the essay to summer reading folder by 9/20/19.
2nd Period - wj9980 (classroom code)
Submit the essay to summer reading folder by 9/20/19.
1. 2002 AP Question: Morally ambiguous characters -- characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good -- are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a novel or play in which a morally ambiguous character plays a pivotal role. Then write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
2. 2008 AP Question: In some works of literature, childhood and adolescence are portrayed as times graced by innocence and a sense of wonder; in other works, they are depicted as times of tribulation and terror. Focusing on a single novel or play, explain how its representation of childhood or adolescence shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.
3. 2013 AP Question: A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel, recounts the psychological or moral development of its protagonist from youth to maturity, when this character recognizes his or her place in the world. Select a single pivotal moment in the psychological or moral development of the protagonist of a bildungsroman. Then write a well-organized essay that analyzes how that single moment shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.
2. 2008 AP Question: In some works of literature, childhood and adolescence are portrayed as times graced by innocence and a sense of wonder; in other works, they are depicted as times of tribulation and terror. Focusing on a single novel or play, explain how its representation of childhood or adolescence shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.
3. 2013 AP Question: A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel, recounts the psychological or moral development of its protagonist from youth to maturity, when this character recognizes his or her place in the world. Select a single pivotal moment in the psychological or moral development of the protagonist of a bildungsroman. Then write a well-organized essay that analyzes how that single moment shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.