"It's wanting to know that makes us matter"

Post your ideas on one of the discussion questions (see slideshow on website).  Don't forget to sign your name, and feel free to comment on your classmates' posts!

A-ha!

The "ise" vs "ize" dilemma

Mrs. Dalloway

Please select a passage that you find particularly important / interesting / central to meaning.

Type the passage (give the page number too) and then analyze it.

Look at the language and overall connections to the text. What questions does it bring up?  What Modernst themes are present? Is there a significant motif? Do you see any parallels with other Modernist texts we've read?

Don't use the same passage as someone else.  Feel free to respond to some of your classmates' posts.

Don't forget to sign your name!

Punctuation help!

The Most Comma Mistakes

 Read this to finally understand how to use the comma correctly!

Jack thought you might enjoy this! It's a good way to test your comprehension...

Summer sharing time

Now's your chance to give us a quick glimpse into how you spent your summer... people, places, things that you saw, books that you read, whatever you feel like sharing!

Holland Festival 2010: interview met Christian Camargo

The elements of tragedy in Macbeth

Comment on one of the following elements of Aristotelian or Shakespearean tragedy as it pertains to Macbeth: tragic hero, anagnorisis (tragic recognition), catastrophe (denouement), catastasis (climax), catharsis, hamartia (tragic flaw or error in judgement), hubris (excessive pride or self-confidence), peripeteia (sudden turn of events), fate, the supernatural.  Make sure to make specific reference to the text to back up your argument(s).  Due May 15, but the sooner, the better --> more posts = more discussion!  Feel free to comment on your classmates' posts, and don't forget to sign your name. *Let's try not to exceed 500 words per blog post - less is more on the Internet, as you all know!!  And less than that is perfectly fine - work on writing succinctly!

Imagery in Macbeth

Make a blog post commenting on one example of imagery in the play.  Introduce the context of the quotation, embed the quotation in your post if possible, then analyze it, commenting on how it contributes to dramatic effect by creating atmosphere or character.  Feel free to comment on any of your classmates' posts!  However, please do not analyze the same example as another student.  There's more than enough imagery in Macbeth to go around!  Don't forget to sign you name.  Due 12/05/2012