Irony

Where was this video when we were discussing irony during the poetry unit? Check out the other What You Ought to Know videos on YouTube. Great stuff!

CATCH-22!?!

Remember in the summer when Mrs. Conklin told us it is everywhere? Well, IT IS. Though all of us have talked about how many Catch-22 situations there are in every day life, I'm still shocked every time I hear it. Last night I went to the Economic Growth Alliance meeting at the beach house, and the presenter made a reference to it. I wanted to scream! There were no AP Warriors to understand what I was going through hahah :)

Blog Bam

Just racking some participation points! Who's excited for the Dubliners test?!?!
Oh but a real discussion: did you guys think that Dubliners was a wholly pessimistic book like the question suggested? I thought no but i wanted to hear your thoughts!!!
happy hunting
krysta

Due Dates

I just want to make sure of the due date of the paper. It is on Friday, correct?

Yaaaay for the snowpocalypse!

How is everyone's snow day? I'm actually doing our paper right now, and I've only talked about two stories so far and am at three pages. I didn't think I'd know enough about the stories to even get two pages but now I'm having trouble cutting it down! Maybe I'll make the font smaller? Hope everyone is doing okay with the paper. It's taking a long time but not too hard!

Ivy Day in the Committee Room

I don't understand this story at all as far as epiphany or paralysis go. Does anyone understand it that could explain this to me?

Dubliners Writing Assignment

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a fabulous day off! I am really having a problem with how to address the topics of paralysis and epiphany. I undestand where they are used, but I am not really sure what Mrs. Conklin wants us to write. HELP ME!!

I have started reading Dubliners also and for the people who havent started reading it yet: Dont jump right into the story. Read the notes that are in the book before the actual stories start. This helped me a lot. It helped me understand what I was going to be reading and what to look for in the stories. Hope this helps!

Two Gallants

I've gone through each story a few times, trying to figure out the paralysis or epiphany. The Two Gallants doesn't make any sense to me, what is Joyce talking about?

Dubliners?!

So, I decided that since there's only like 15 stories in the book we have to read, I'm going to read one every day or almost every day when I go to sleep. I've read two so far. I'm not really liking it yet, but we'll see. I think I've gotten into "poetry mode" and now I'm used to it, so it's weird reading something longer and... less meaningful. The first two stories I've read have been kind of pointless to me, but I don't know if that's becasue I have started to like the poetry we've read, or if they really are just not very good. Anyone have any opinion about them so far? I'm probably the only loser who has read them anyway :)

Hope everyone is having a wonderful break!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, AP warriors!!!

 Okay, so this looks more like a Halloween picture than a Christmas one, but I wanted to show off your creative skills from the Oedipus mask project. I can't tell you how impressed I was with the variety of perspectives and approaches you took. Very cool!!

 I hope you are all enjoying time with family and friends. Relaxing, sleeping in, and recharging the mental batteries are all in order these next two weeks.

 

I hope you all know how much I appreciate the work you have put into AP English so far this year - both in and out of class. Our discussions are always filled with creative ideas and energy. I hope to see even MORE participation from some of the quieter members of class - and certainly increased traffic on the blog!

Have yourselves a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!! On with the learning in 2011!!

-MCC

winter break!

hope everyone's break is ultra productive!!!! reading them dubliners....*cough*. last night i had a dream that school started and i hadnt done any of my homework. i woke up in a cold sweat, turned over, and dreamed of more important things like voldemort dancing at the ballet.
just wanted you guys to know, AP is forever in my thoughts.

Dubliners

So I was wondering do we need to do a half page for every story or just make sure we have a half/full page for the entire thing?

Oedipus

Is that a Wookie in the corner? Haha and he just kept showing up...

Family Tree!

Mwahahahahaha I found a family tree for Oedipus Rex!! and it's actually quite thorough. :)