Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Another SE written document!

Check out Lydia's last SE entry and follow the hyperlink!
 
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Friday, May 16, 2008

Senior Exhibit written document example

An excellent example of how to get your learning "out there" and share it with other interested parties. Great job, Jessica!

 

 
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Thursday, May 8, 2008

The ending...

Here are some quotes to consider about Maus:

  • The dilemma of not knowing pervades the book.
  • Yet, it is the achievement of Maus that Spiegelman refuses to fill in the picture, leaving the reader with the terrible knowledge that we cannot know.
  • Maus is a successful work of history because it fails to provide the reader with a catharsis, with the release of tension gained through the complacent construct of "knowing all."
Spiegelman attempts to know (about the reality of the Holocaust and about his father's motivations and attitudes) by completing this project. He expresses his conclusions in the final panels. In your own life, what is unknown yet important to you? How do you feel about that and what attempts are you making or can you make to resolve this mystery?
 
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Help me help you...

I am really surprised that half of you are not completing the choice novel journal assignment correctly. There is a reason (behind the madness) of asking you to post blog entries as opposed to keep them in a Word doc on your computer or write them on paper. I thought that I made those reasons and my expectations clear in my news posts. Please review those and see where you might have gotten confused. I would appreciate some feedback on this so I can have more success next year.
 
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Monday, May 5, 2008

When you are done with your choice novel...

...and your blog posts,

1-be sure to indicate on the last blog post that you are finished-"last one!" (You can go back and edit your last one so that I know where that ends).

2-be sure to comment on 5 other blogs written by your classmate(s).

#1 & #2 are due before class on Friday, May 9

3-start working on your analysis paper. 

Your_World_in_American_Literature-part_two.doc

#3 is due by the beginning of class on Friday, May 16

 
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