Due 3/31

Discuss Gatsby 5-6

Importance thinking activity. (See research paper site for explanation.)

Gatsby Reading Schedule

Due Thursday, 3/19: Discuss Chapters 1-3
Due Friday, 3/20: Discuss Chapter 4
Due Monday 3/30: Discuss Chapters 5-6 (Turn in Importance Thinking Activity)
Due Tuesday 3/31: Discuss Chapter 7
Due Wednesday 4/1: Discuss Chapters 8-9

Tuesday, March 10

Today we finished our discussion of "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock." We also discussed the upcoming Realism/Early Modernism Test. Your test will be on Friday.

For Thursday, you need to have read, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" and "A Worn Path."

Your first Observation paragraph for the research paper will be due on 3/17. More information is availalbe on the Research Paper site.

Wednesday, March 4th

Today we looked at two poems by Stephen Crane in your book, and 3 other Crane poems listed below. These poems can be found online (Type in the poem title + Crane). We also began discussing the concept of a Citation Outline for your paper which is due on Monday. Some of the formatting did not survive the move to Google docs, so do the best you can with it.

"The Wayfarer"
"A Man said..."
"To the Maiden"

Importance Virtual Notecards Due 3/4

Due: 10 virtual importance quotations arranged in order. (Strongest quotation first, weakest last).

4 (or more) source cards for your quotations.

Due Friday 2/27

Write a 1 to 1 1/2 page reflection on the play Trifles, by Susan Glaspell. Consider such things as symbolism, gender identity, character motivations, parallel themes, or whatever else strikes your fancy. There is no structure requirement, but maintain a formal academic voice, so no "I" or "you."

A link to the play is available here:

Mr. Wright (dead)
Mrs. Wright (in jail)
Mr. Henderson (attorney-Zach)
Mr. Hale (Farmer-Ashten)
Mr. Peters (Sheriff-Ethan)
Mrs. Peters (Kaitlin)
Mrs. Hale (Parisah)

Friday, February 20

Today in class we read and discussed the poems "Richard Cory" and "Miniver Cheevy". Your assignment is to write a paragraph that discusses how the author uses poetry devices in "Miniver Cheevy" to help convey a specific Realist theme. Follow the information provided in the previous post. This follows the same pattern as the Whitman paragraph, so see the previous post if you have questions. Here's the poem in case you don't have your book.

Miniver Cheevy



Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn,

Grew lean while he assailed the seasons;

He wept that he was ever born,

And he had reasons.



Miniver loved the days of old

When swords were bright and steeds were prancing;

The vision of a warrior bold

Would set him dancing.



Miniver sighed for what was not,

And dreamed, and rested from his labors;

He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot,

And Priam's neighbors.



Minever mourned the ripe renown

That made so many a name so fragrant;

He mourned Romance, now on the town,

And Art, a vagrant.



Minever loved the Medici,

Albeit he had never seen one;

He would have sinned incessantly

Could he have been one.



Miniver cursed the commonplace

And eyed a khaki suit with loathing;

He missed the mediæval grace

Of iron clothing.



Miniver scorned the gold he sought,

But sore annoyed was he without it;

Miniver thought, and thought, and thought,

And thought about it.



Miniver Cheevy, born too late,

Scratched his head and kept on thinking;

Miniver coughed, and called it fate,

And kept on drinking.



E.A. Robinson