Week 3 Semester 2, Work Due January 24th

SNOW WEEK WORK

We will keep marching despite the snow.  Below is the work for the week which will keep you moving along.  My estimate is that this week's work will take about 4 hours, so budget accordingly.

Next week, we'll finish our discussion of Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery and discuss both weeks of poetry.  Bring Up from Slavery to class along with all your work. I will be checking your annotations for the entire book.

We will finish last week's chapter presentations, discuss the second half of the book, and share some of his and our virtues.

Weekly Usuals

A. Week 2 SAT Grammar Concept: Postponed until next week.

B. Poetry wall of the week:  Narrative Poetry (Estimated time: 30-45 minutes)

The theme of this week's wall is "Narrative American Poetry." On the wall, you will find two very different narrative poems to read and create posts about.  Please view the videos recitations.  Consult the 20th Century Poetry Project Handout for more details.

Note: If you create an account with Padlet, it will automatically post your identity at the top of your posts, thus eliminating the need for adding your initials each time.  An account is free and only requires an email address, so if you don't mind doing this, it will help us all identify each other more easily.

I am in the process of evaluating last week's wall, and when I finish, I will update you on which class "won" the weekly wall competition.  I was pleased with last week's walls-nice work!  Please take time to read/view the excellent contributions from your classmates.

Also, notice that I added 20th Century Poetry Links category to the right side bar, so you can readily access current and past weeks' walls.

Here are the links to the Narrative Poetry walls:

Narrative Poetry Wall 10:00
Narrative Poetry Wall 12:15

C. Poetry Journal Entry (30-45 minutes)

Pick one of the options below and label this entry:

Week 2--American Narrative Poetry

Option 1: Choose one of the narrative poems and answer the following thoughtfully:

1. This poem is about…
2. Briefly outline the plot structure of the poem (remember the plot diagram).
3. One thing that puzzles me…
4. This poem reminds me of...
5. What are some of the themes of this poem?

Option 2: Write your own narrative poem about a dramatic incident.  It can be about any event but should follow the plot structure.

Here's an article that will give you some tips to start out.

D. Review Booker T. Washington's work by creating a list of the top TEN virtues he valued.  (60 minutes)

Support each virtue with a quote from Up from Slavery.  Each item should include a short descriptor with a brief explanation of that quality, followed by a supporting quote from the text, and page # citation in MLA format. 

Below is an example.  Note that with MLA in-text citations there is no punctuation between the author's last name and the page number.  Also notice that the end punctuation goes outside the quotation marks and parentheses.  This is one of the rare exceptions to the punctuation inside the quotation marks rule.

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Example:

1. Be Industrious:  Franklin believed that people should use even their free time in constructive ways:

"This library afforded me the means of improvement by constant study, for which I set apart an hour or two each day, and thus repaired in some degree the loss of the learned education my father once intended for me. Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself. I spent no time in taverns, games, or frolics of any kind; and my industry in my business continued as indefatigable as it was necessary" (Franklin 37).

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This is somewhat akin to Benjamin Franklin's list of thirteen virtues from last semester (see below). Washington's list of virtues will vary, but you can use this to give you an idea of some possible virtues.

1. Temperance: Eat not to dullness and drink not to elevation.

2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Avoid trifling conversation.

3. Order: Let all your things have their places. Let each part of your business have its time.

4. Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.

5. Frugality: Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself: i.e. Waste nothing.

6. Industry: Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions.

7. Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

8. Justice: Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.

9. Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.

10. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes or habitation.

11. Chastity: Rarely use venery but for health or offspring; Never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another’s peace or reputation.

12. Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

13. Humility: Imitate Jesus and Socrates.

-Ben Franklin's The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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E.  Create a list of YOUR top ten virtues.   (30 minutes)  

Be thoughtful and sincere--don't just slap down virtues that you don't truly believe or try to follow. Do follow Franklin's format: descriptor followed by an explanation.

Willa Cather, 1873-1947

F. Read Willa Cather's short story "A Wagner Matinee," pp. 671-678.   Answer questions 1-11 on page 679. (60 minutes)


Here is a clip of the "Prize Song" the tenor sings in this story.  You can listen while you read.  ; )

Remember, I am just an email away if you have questions or need help with anything.  -Mrs. Price











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