1) Christmas in Denmark to be held the first day back in January.
2) Bonus points will go to those who did MC items (Passages 9 and 12) for homework as assigned Monday night. All others, no credit for or against you.
3) Please do the remaining MC items on your own and check your answers on your own time when school resumes - I'll copy the answers and explanations and make them available. Then submit your score to me for credit. Points TBA.
4) Terms cards due the 2nd day class resumes in January. Please make it a New Year's card instead of Christmas!
5) Don't forget the blog assigned last Friday - Trace Hamlet's philosophical / spiritual development from the beginning of the play to the end, quoting him as you go.
6) MOR not due till Feb. 1, but keep in mind that we'll be reading R&G Are Dead in January, so you might want to get your independent reading out of the way.
7) I had intended to return your most recent timed writes before break, but... snow! Your writing abilities are looking pretty good, but many of you forgot that in order to make a case for TONE, you must analyze those "voice indicators" -- diction, detail, imagery, language (and syntax, which we'll study in February). Many of you simply explained the meaning of the text, without analyzing the words in the text. We will do another timed write the first week back.
8) Over the holidays extra credit: View a secular Christmas movie and write a paper analyzing its worldview. 1st paragraph - intro/summary. 2nd para - power in the universe and nature of man. 3rd para - conflict and hope. 4th para - values and reality. 5th para - conclude as to film's worldview. As you conclude you may use words/phrases such as Judeo-Christian, traditional, compatible with Christian values, humanist, etc. Remember that "humanist" is not necessarily exclusive of God, but "secular humanist" is atheist. I can't think of a truly postmodern Christmas film, but if you can find one, I'd be interested! We haven't studied postmodernism much, but indicators of postmodern literature include metafiction, questionable nature of reality, relativity of values, meaninglessness of language, and the individual struggling for meaning in a technological world. Good luck! I hope some of you will take me up on this! Leave comments if you have questions and I will check back periodically to offer replies.
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Can I leave my poem as Merry Christmas instead of changing it to New Years?
Hi, Mrs Kirk!
I hope that you are having a wonderful break and enjoying the snow!
I quickly wanted to ask about the assignment for the term cards. To the best of my knowledge,it sounds like we are supposed to make a New Year's Card with a poem that incorporates the words we just learned. Could you please clarify what the exact instructions are?
Thanks so much, and Merry Christmas!
Warmly,
Chelsea
Yes Ben - if it's already done, then leave it Christmas. No problem.
Chelsea - same instructions as before (see the green card I gave out as a sample). Just incorporate at least 5 of our new terms into a greeting card with the answers on the back. As noted on the sample card, your work may be poetry or prose.
I know this is last minute but, I CAN'T FIND MY HAMLET QUESTIONS ANYWHERE!!!! AAAH! I've looked all throughout my binder and backpack. Is there any chance that I never picked it back up from you? (If I left it at school... please have mercy on my forgetful soul...)
Thanks and Sorry
Not sure... we'll check when we get back to school. It's been too long for me to remember anything!
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