Thursday, September 6, 2018
Assignment for Tuesday, Sept. 11
In Woodrell's Winter's Bone, read pp. 31-63. Also, write at least one paragraph, but not more than one page, in response to the reading. You might find it helpful to focus your response on one or more of the literary elements we reviewed during Thursday's class. Email this response to me at fmontas@mphschool.org by the start of class.
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Welcome Back!
Hello! I hope you had a wonderful, energizing summer, and are ready for an exciting year in English 12 (better known as the Senior Seminar). You should turn in the Make Your World a Better Place responses by email to my MPH address by Tuesday's class. Once you do that, please complete this brief survey about that assignment.
Our first book is Daniel Woodrell's novel Winter's Bone. For Thursday, read and annotate pp. 3-30. Then, write a brief response (at least one paragraph, but less than one page) to the reading. What do you think of it so far? Email this to fmontas@mphschool.org before the start of Thursday's class.
Our first book is Daniel Woodrell's novel Winter's Bone. For Thursday, read and annotate pp. 3-30. Then, write a brief response (at least one paragraph, but less than one page) to the reading. What do you think of it so far? Email this to fmontas@mphschool.org before the start of Thursday's class.
Friday, June 1, 2018
Summer Assignment
Congratulations on completing your junior year! I'm very excited to teach you in September. Click here for the English 12 summer assignment. See you at the end of the summer!
Friday, May 18, 2018
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Assignment for Friday, May 4, and Monday, May 8
For Friday, complete one page of your Jimmy Corrigan assignment.
For Monday, complete two pages of your Jimmy Corrigan assignment.
If you're writing an essay but you're having trouble designing your own topic, consider these prompts:
1. Write an essay that explains how Christopher Ware's visual style reinforces literary aspects of Jimmy Corrigan's story, including themes, conflicts, character development, and so on.
2. Write an essay that analyzes Jimmy Corrigan's character development over the course of the story.
3. Write an essay that compares Jimmy Corrigan's character to his grandfather's character. What do their juxtaposed narratives reveal about each character?
To quote from the book, you use this digital version of the earlier comic book form of Jimmy Corrigan. You can right click on a page to open it as an individual image. Then you can save and edit the image to use the specific part you want to quote. Then you can paste the image into your paper. Take note: the first third or so of the book is different than the comic book, but the last two-thirds are almost exactly the same; just a few pages are different.
For Monday, complete two pages of your Jimmy Corrigan assignment.
If you're writing an essay but you're having trouble designing your own topic, consider these prompts:
1. Write an essay that explains how Christopher Ware's visual style reinforces literary aspects of Jimmy Corrigan's story, including themes, conflicts, character development, and so on.
2. Write an essay that analyzes Jimmy Corrigan's character development over the course of the story.
3. Write an essay that compares Jimmy Corrigan's character to his grandfather's character. What do their juxtaposed narratives reveal about each character?
To quote from the book, you use this digital version of the earlier comic book form of Jimmy Corrigan. You can right click on a page to open it as an individual image. Then you can save and edit the image to use the specific part you want to quote. Then you can paste the image into your paper. Take note: the first third or so of the book is different than the comic book, but the last two-thirds are almost exactly the same; just a few pages are different.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Assignment for Wednesday, May 2, and Thursday, May 3
If you need to finish reading Jimmy Corrigan, do so. In addition, decide on the kind of assignment you want to complete for Jimmy Corrigan, and the topic or subject you'll write about (you design your topic or subject). Here are your options, each of which should be at least three pages in length:
A traditional essay.
A visual essay that analyzes some aspect of Jimmy Corrigan (click here for an example of what this could look like).
A visual narrative influenced by Chris Ware's visual or narrative style.
A traditional essay.
A visual essay that analyzes some aspect of Jimmy Corrigan (click here for an example of what this could look like).
A visual narrative influenced by Chris Ware's visual or narrative style.
Monday, April 16, 2018
STP Night Survey
In class on Monday and Tuesday, you will complete the survey linked below.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6YN5XZ7
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6YN5XZ7
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