march 8

*I'm out today.  Email if you have any questions. -dp

JOURNAL TOPIC:

On this day in 1817, the New York Stock Exchange was founded.  So?  What's the big deal?  What IS the New York Stock Exchange?  Look it up if you have to.  It's sort of important to the economy.

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Write a short story-- on your own or with friends-- that would qualify as Modernist.  Post it to your blog.  In an accompanying paragraph, explain how your story meets the criteria for Modernism (review your notes if you need to) and explain any literary techniques you used, such as imagery and figurative language.

march 7

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Light my Fire" by The Doors]

In the imagery of literature, why is love associated with heat instead of cold?

AGENDA:
1. Journal topic
2. The imagery of Gatsby & Prufrock
3. Turning up the heat


*Update: Please post to your blog [title: WHAT I SEE IN LITERATURE] an explanation of how the 3-5 examples of imagery you ID'd with your colleagues helps explain the themes of Gatsby & Prufrock.

march 6

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "We Belong Together" by Los Lobos; "One Woman Man" by John Legend; "Old Fashioned Love Song" by Three Dog Night-- and thanks everyone for your suggestions!]

How has the popular notion of love changed over time?  Do people still value monogamy?  Marriage?  Commitment? 

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. What Eliot meant by "Love Song"
3. Prufrock: Shmuck
4. Following the yellow fog

march 3

JOURNAL TOPIC: (since today is a minimum day, we're combining everything)

How does the establishing shot in the movie The Great Gatsby sum up a theme of the book?

AGENDA: First (n) minutes of the movie The Great Gatsby (the good one)

Please post a version of this to your blog (title: CAN WE WATCH THE MOVIE?) in which you also explain the appeal of watching a movie as a way to better understand a book.

i'm donut-grade special

Thanks for the kind offer, Luis!

march 2

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys; "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley: *update thanks to Elias/ "Love & Happiness" by Al Green] What's your favorite love song?  Why is it your favorite love song?  If you don't have a favorite love song, what is the song you love the most?  And why you do you think of your affinity/affection/head bobbing to the beat as love? AGENDA: 1. Journal 2. Come correct 3. A different kind of Love Song

march 1

JOURNAL TOPIC:

Where is your Paradise?


AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Essay