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Honors 11: Ginsberg/Whitman Poetry Response

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Emily Mullins

We first wrapped up our debate/conversation from yesterday before delving into our AP Lit-style response paper on Whitman’s “Song of the Open Road” and one of the other two poems read last night. You were able to work individually or … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Poetry and Christian Symbolism

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Emily Mullins

We picked up where we left off yesterday with “Battle Hymn” and continued working as teams/as a class to explicate/annotate that song/poem and then the other team’s poem. We submitted these after providing a sentence of take-away at the bottom … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Grapes Theme Work cont. + Intro to Poetry Explication

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Emily Mullins

We finished up and presented our small group theme posters. Good job. I hit you with a lot of follow up questions, so well done. Some groups still need to present on Wednesday. I also gave you one of two … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: “Incident”

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Emily Mullins

I was not there today, but the sub was told to get you into groups to share out what you learned about Countee Cullen and Amiri Baraka (partly using “A Post-Racial Anthology?”) from homework the night before that was to … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Emerson and Thoreau + Poetry Explication

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Emily Mullins

We began the day by discussing “On the American Scholar” and debriefing the debate from yesterday. We also took notes on Ralph Waldo Emerson. You were then given a poetry assignment regarding two of Thoreau’s poems titled “My Life Has … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Thoreau and Emerson

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Emily Mullins

We first shared our timelines in super groups and then turned them in to the inbox. After, we refreshed our memories surrounding “Civil Disobedience” by H.D. Thoreau and its ultimate message to readers. We then read his short poem titled … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Poetry, Institutions of Power and Shockley

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Emily Mullins

We finished our impromptu teach the class poetry assignment today. Well done. There were a lot of interesting conversations and ideas happening. I enjoyed your take. First hour was able to begin answering questions regarding certain institutions that seek to … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Poster Share and Poetry

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Emily Mullins

We began today sharing our group poster theme work with the class. Solid explanations and analysis. Good job! We then broke up into two teams to dissect and analyze two very different “poems” (one’s technically a hymn). One group was … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Gatsby and Keats

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Emily Mullins

Today, we discussed Chapter 2 questions concerning the Valley of Ashes and Myrtle. We also began annotating a John Keats poem. A copy of the poem is linked, and here is the link to Fitzgerald reading “Ode to a Nightingale.” Your homework … Continue reading →

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