Culminating Paper Thesis

Please post here your proposed thesis for your culminating paper. As we discussed in class, this could also take the form of a "Final Tuesday Writing" question about your big idea. Along with your thesis or question, please list the three or more works of fiction that you plan to use in your paper. Please post your comments by Friday, April 13, 2007.

Slaughterhouse-Five and Tortilla Curtain Book Circles

Please have at least two members of your book circle comment here about your latest meeting. You should report on the ideas your group discussed, as well as on the quality of your group process. Feel free to record questions your group was unable to answer, as students from the other AP Lit classes will be reading and responding to your comments. When you comment, please include both the title of your book and the pages you read for your last discussion. Please post your comments withing 24 hours after the book circle meeting.

In addition, at least two members of your book circle should visit the blogs of the other AP Lit classes and respond to their comments. Please complete this within 24 hours after the other students post.

http://lkleeman.blogspot.com
http://makovsky3.blogspot.com

Google Docs Workshop

On March 1st, you had the opportunity to try out GoogleDocs in a writer's workshop situation. I'd really appreciate your feedback on how this went. What did you like about it? What frustrated you? Do you think GoogleDocs is a good tool for workshopping an essay? What do you think of GoogleDocs in general? Do you see other ways it might be useful to you? How might a tool like this change the way we write, think, interact?

Beloved -- Middle Third

Post your comments about the middle third (about pages 90 through 190) of Toni Morrison's Beloved here. Also, feel free to respond to others' comments as we continue reading.

Beloved -- 1st Third

Post your comments about the first third (about the first 90 pages) of Toni Morrison's Beloved here. Also, feel free to respond to others' comments as we continue reading.

Found Poems

Feel free to post here the found poem you created in class on Thursday, February 1.

Portrait of the Artist -- Chapters 4 and 5

Post your comments about the last two chapters of the novel here. This would be a good place, once you've finished the book, to record your final thoughts about motifs and repeated symbols that have persisted throughout the book, and to try to formulate a theme.