Take notes on the preface, paying special attention to the personality of the author. Who is she? What are her values? What are her thoughts on home?

I mentioned how taking notes for English class is a bit different from taking notes for science, for example. Instead of noting tiny little details, focus on who the author is and how he or she writes. Below is the first paragraph from the preface, and then some notes that I might take on it.

The young woman in this photograph is me when I was writing House on Mango Street. She’s in her office, a room that had probably been a child’s bedroom when families lived in this apartment. It has no door and is only slightly wider than the walk-in pantry. But it has great light and sits above the hallway door downstairs, so she can hear her neighbors come and go. She’s posed as if she’s just looked up from her work for a moment, but in real life she never writes in this office. She writes in the kitchen, the only room with a heater. (xi)

Notes

-she thinks of herself in the past as a different person, referring to herself in the third person

-she is aware of histories of houses, referring to families that may have lived there

-she is aware of others that share her home, that are part of her community, referring to her neighbors

-her home is modest, as the kitchen is the only room in the house with heat

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Choose One – you may come prepared with a 3×5 card that has specific quotes from the text, or an outline, or both, if you can write really small.

1. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “So we have come to cash this check.  A check that will give us the riches of freedom and the security of justice.”  Mama had a check for $10,000.  Compare Mama’s literal check to Dr. King’s figurative check.
2. In many works of literature, a character rebels against a role that others expect him or her to play.  From a book you have read this semester, select a character  who rebels against a role others expect him or her to play. In a well-developed  composition, identify the character, describe how the character rebels against others’ expectations, and explain how the character’s rebellion relates to the work as a whole
3. Works of literature often feature young characters who are in conflict with the adult world. From a book you have read this semester, select a young character who is in conflict with the adult world. In a well-developed composition, identify the character, describe how the character is in conflict with the adult world, and explain how the conflict relates to the work as a whole
4. Often in works of literature, a character is influenced by his or her family. From a book you have read this semester, select a character who is influenced by his or her family. In a well-developed composition, identify the character, describe how the character is influenced by his or her family, and explain how the character’s experience relates to the work as a whole.

David

Loni

Avery

Mikaela

Short story – using the notes from the beginning of the semester – you will need to run a SOAPSTone on a short story.

To Kill a Mockingbird/ Raisin in the Sun –  Character identification and Essay – four Essay topics choose one.

As adapted from
Ms Hogue’s Online English Resources

Vocabulary List Compilation

Book Talks Begin Friday

Raisin in the Sun reading

Raisin in the Sun final project

Exam prep – pick a free write – any free write

as adapted from http://www.readwritethink.org
Look at all the resources in pop culture that you have access to. You can consider genres such as sitcoms, television dramas, children’s
cartoons, movies, commercials, newspaper editorials, and so forth.
• Provide an example for each of six characteristics of transcendental thought.
• Choose a different quotation for each category. You  can repeat the sources that you choose but should find different
example quotations or actions.  All quotes should come from RWE, HDT, or MLK (Dickinson and Fuller are possibilities as well).
• Look for examples from multiple genres. Include at least three different genres in your project. (Not all movie clips or editorials or comics).
• Be sure that you provide explanations for the quotations or examples that you’ve chosen that show why each is an example
of transcendentalist thought. Explanations and bibliography will be due on turn-it-in by  8 am on 1/18/12.

Your presentations will still be due beginning Friday in Class.

Rubric

Examples of Student-Selected Song Titles and Artists that Reflect Transcendental Thinking

An article that includes examples of Transcendentalism in pop culture

Excerpts from Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” and “Nature“

Examples of explanations of found items