Great story that you should read!

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2009/08/23/2009-08-23_rapper_schools_record_label_qns_ma_makes_warner_music_foot_bill_for_phd.html

Homework

--Letters of recommendation are due FRIDAY August 28
--2nd draft of the resume is due MONDAY August 31
--The Stranger journals and IMs are due September 8

Due Dates!

Resume - August 25th (Tuesday)
2nd Draft General Topics - August 27th (Thursday)
Letters of Recommendation - August 28th (Friday)
The Stranger dialectical journal (30 quotes) - September 8th
The Stranger IMs (two) - September 8th

AP Literature Homework

--Draft FOUR of the personal statement is due Monday (August 24)
--Resume is due Tuesday (August 25)
--Letters of recommendation are due Friday (August 28)

Homework 8/17/09

General Topics essay due THURSDAY
(either look at the topics from an application to the school of your choice or use the common app.)

http://www.commonapplicationessay.com/essay-topics/

Homework 8/13

--Third draft of your autobiographical essay is due MONDAY. Please bring an electronic copy to class. Have your hard copy (and the previous two drafts) hole punched and in a three ringed binder.
--Study for your exam. Check this link out:
http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/AP/APOpenQuestions.html
And review A Clockwork Orange

Homework 8/11 (Mrs. Mest's birthday!)

From novels/plays you have read for class in the past four years at LMSA, give examples of the following (and explain your choices)
1. Quest
2. Act of communion
3. Vampirism
4. Intertextuality (no story is original)
5. Allusion to Shakespeare
6. Allusion to the Bible
7. Allusion to fairy tales
8. Allusion to mythology

Homework

--Read chapters 8-9 of How to Read Literature...
--Revise your thesis statement from your test.
--Figure out some way to make 50 minutes pass way more slowly. I need more time with you guys.

Homework 8/7/09

--2nd draft of your autobiographical essay is due MONDAY
--Read chapters 5-7 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Homework 8/6

--Read chapters 2 & 3 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor
--Revise your Autobiographical Essay for MONDAY
--FIRST TEST TOMORROW!!!!! Study up, buttercups!

August 3, 2009

Read chapter one of How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thursday. Be ready to discuss!

August 3, 2009

--College Portfolio madness begins! Write your autobiographical essay tonight, and bring it to class tomorrow.
--Begin reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor (plan on discussing chapter one on Thursday).