Welcome back to the Blog! Post due 2/25

"Work" Sonnet 138, or "When my love swears that she is made of truth". Read Sonnet 139 for context (http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/139.html). What does the combined connotative/denotative meaning of "lie" suggest/reveal about the depth of their relationship (vs. S139)? Remember to use some of our new strategies and support your answers with textual evidence.

Best,

RMH

Introduction to AP Poetry Annotation...due Wednesday 2/16

You will receive a sample poem on Monday with instructions on the bottom as to how to start to correctly annotate a poem. The sample is Shelley's brilliant "Ozymandias".

Follow the link to a sample of a poem that is well annotated. Yours will be similarly marked up. http://www.westga.edu/~pburgey/Poetry/HowToAnnotateAPoem.htm

For next class....

...I'm encouraged by the direction of the prompts and we are going to begin working on our rough drafts of the Hamlet essay. Roughs will be due on Monday (2/14) with the final draft being due on the following Friday (2/18). Bring your drafts and progress with you to all of the coming classes, as there will be time during each class to peer review and write.

Also, Poetry will be our next unit and we will need the Perrine's Sound and Sense, An Introduction to Poetry, by Wednesday of next week: http://tinyurl.com/4rw48l8

Try an get the 8th edition or newer - some prices are ridiculously high relative to other sites and stores, so look around. There are some copies in our library, as well.

Best,

RMH

List of Prompts for Hamlet Essay - due Tuesday 2/8

See the following link:

http://tinyurl.com/4ahddkr

Use any one of the following prompts to create a Hamlet formal essay prompt. In your blog post write the prompt and what you think is/are the essential thematic question(s) that need to be answered in your thesis.

-RMH