Today's warm-up should be a little bit fun! You've survived your first full week of your senior year, so let's lighten up the mood. :-) Stereotypically, teachers ask you to write about what you did over summer vacation at some point during the first few days of school. We're going to play off that--today, you will spend your warm-up time (let's try 7 minutes this time!) writing about the things you DISLIKED about summer vacation. What went wrong? What did you hope to do but didn't? We are not trying to dwell on the negative, but hopefully to make light of those situations now that we have gone through them.
REMEMBER: During free writing time, your pen or pencil should be moving the ENTIRE time. If you are stumped, write the same thing you just wrote until you come up with something to say.
Good morning!
Today's discussion is going to center around the intertextuality of the two short stories we read ("The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Story of an Hour"). Looking back on your own careers as readers, where else have you seen archetypes, intertextuality and the idea that there is only one story come into play? What works (books, short stories, plays, films) come to mind when we talk about these subjects? Do you remember an "Aha" moment when you realized everything is connected? Describe your previous experiences with intertextuality.
Good morning! Today we will forego our Warm-Up because as soon as Miss Lamb takes attendance, we will head to the gym for Senior Orientation. You can leave your belongings in the classroom, as we will be returning before the end of the hour.
In keeping with the spirit of Short Story Boot Camp, today's Warm-Up will focus on irony. In Chapter 26 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas Foster alludes to the fact that there are different types of irony. Answer the following questions about the three types and Foster's opinion.
1. What is verbal irony?
2. What is dramatic irony?
3. What is situational irony?
4. Why do you think that Foster chooses not to distinguish between the three types? What is the purpose of this ambiguity?
Verbal Irony: when a speaker's literal words (and their surface meaning) are at odds with his or her actual meaning (i.e. sarcasm)
Dramatic Irony: when a character naively speaks what he/she believes to be the truth, and/or act on what he/she believes to be the truth, while the audience knows that he/she has got it all wrong
Situational Irony: a difference between the expection of what is going to happen and the acutal events, or a difference between a character's intention and the actual results
Other types of irony:
Cosmic Irony: divine forces conspire against human beings to destroy them
Structural Irony: the structure of the work is ironic--i.e. when the first person narrator is made to say things against his or her true beliefs
GOOD MORNING! Welcome to Miss Lamb's Class!
We will begin each day with a Warm-Up activity. Your Warm-Up will either be on the SmartBoard, one of the white boards, or a slip of paper. You are to begin working on it BEFORE the bell rings to be counted on time. You should keep a special section of your AP-Lit Binder for Warm-Ups.
Today's Warm Up is a little different though...
What you need to do today, is line up in alphabetical order by your first names.
Not only must you remember your alphabet and try to determine your classmates' names, you must also do it WITHOUT TALKING.
Ready, set, GO!