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AP English @ GHS: A Blog of One's Own
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AP English @ GHS. Monday, May 12, 2008. A Blog of One's Own. 1 Create a blog of your own: Go to blogger.com; follow the directions. (For a name, it might be easiest to use your first name "apenglish". So my address might be Jamesapenglish.blogspot.com or if there were another "James" in the class maybe: JamesCapenglish.blogspot.com). 3 The first post on your blog should be a 300-600 word personal-and-analytical response to Heart of Darkness. 4 The subsequent posts. My new address is cookstuffforap. Engli...
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AP English @ GHS: Re-Contextualizing & Re-Imagining a Text: Heart of Darkness becomes Apocalypse Now!
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AP English @ GHS. Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Re-Contextualizing and Re-Imagining a Text: Heart of Darkness becomes Apocalypse Now! Contains some adult language and violence. These clips are intended for educational purposes: analysis of the use of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. By Francis Ford Coppola (director) and John Milius (writer) in Apocalypse Now! 1 Senseless Violence Directed toward Natives and the Land (the unknown). Marlow sees an attack on the natives though he can see no natives. The manager...
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AP English @ GHS: November 2007
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AP English @ GHS. Monday, November 26, 2007. Term Two Collected Work. T1 Thesis essay (IM, WSS, JE). 11/14 - 11/16 Portrait. 11/16 Not-for-College Personal Essay. 11/29 In class essay: Portrait. 12/5 College Essay Revision. 12/10 Song of Myself. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Moon, Gogo, Didi, Rocks and Shadows. As I Lay Dying, the novel. As I Lay Dying, the band. Detail of "The Swing" by Fragonard. Notice the "lady's slipper" flying off her foot in this Fragonard (not a Watteau). James Joyce in Dublin.
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AP English @ GHS: July 2008
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AP English @ GHS. Monday, July 21, 2008. AP English Literature and Composition 2008-2009. If you're looking for Mr. Cook's AP English blog for 2008-2009 go here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Moon, Gogo, Didi, Rocks and Shadows. As I Lay Dying, the novel. As I Lay Dying, the band. Detail of "The Swing" by Fragonard. Notice the "lady's slipper" flying off her foot in this Fragonard (not a Watteau). Queen Anne's Lace (also known as Wild Carrot). James Joyce in Dublin. Do not eat at the Cafe Kylemore.
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AP English @ GHS: Six Degrees of Separation: Imagination and The Catcher in the Rye
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AP English @ GHS. Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Six Degrees of Separation: Imagination and The Catcher in the Rye. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Moon, Gogo, Didi, Rocks and Shadows. As I Lay Dying, the novel. As I Lay Dying, the band. Detail of "The Swing" by Fragonard. Notice the "lady's slipper" flying off her foot in this Fragonard (not a Watteau). Queen Anne's Lace (also known as Wild Carrot). James Joyce in Dublin. Do not eat at the Cafe Kylemore. 1,369 Light Bulbs. A Blog of Ones Own.
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AP English @ GHS: June 2007
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AP English @ GHS. Friday, June 15, 2007. Welcome to Gloucester High School AP English 2007-2008. During the summer you will read two novels— Invisible Man. By Ralph Ellison and Wide Sargasso Sea. By Jean Rhys—and two books of poetry— Early Poems: William Carlos Williams. And Song of Myself. The first day of classes at the end of August. You may post questions in the comment boxes at the blog, or you may email me directly ( jcook@gloucester.k12.ma.us. Mandatory, but might be helpful for some of you. BEFOR...
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AP English @ GHS: January 2008
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AP English @ GHS. Thursday, January 31, 2008. As I Lay Dying* Literary Analysis Prompt and Rubric. As I Lay Dying. In a well-organized essay explain how William Faulkner uses literary techniques to convey the existential dilemmas experienced by members of the Bundren family. Also, how do the literary techniques and the existential dilemmas they convey contribute to the meaning and effect of the novel as a whole? Among the literary techniques. AP English Language and Composition 9-point Rubric. Essays ear...
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AP English @ GHS: Song of Myself Explications
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AP English @ GHS. Thursday, December 6, 2007. Song of Myself Explications. Explication of Two Sections in Song of Myself. Write explications of the two sections in Song of Myself. To which you have been assigned. (Two separate explications will likely work best.). Is a commentary that reveals the meaning of a passage or complete work of art. It is not a paraphrase. It is not a summary. It is a close reading. Of all the elements of a text in order to explicate (literally: to unfold, to unravel) its meaning.
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AP English @ GHS: March 2008
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AP English @ GHS. Sunday, March 30, 2008. Comment insightfully and specifically about Waiting for Godot. And about your peers' responses to the play. You may comment all at once or over the course of the week. The comment period will be closed whenever at midnight on Friday, April 4. Consider writing about the style and form of the play. Consider the minimalist structure. Consider the language. Consider Samuel Beckett's treatment of the themes in Godot. On your own. There's a lot there. (Aside: i...Consi...
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AP English @ GHS: El Greco to Velazquez
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AP English @ GHS. Monday, April 28, 2008. El Greco to Velazquez. These paintings are The Opening of the Fifth Seal (The Vision of Saint John). And View of Toledo. Here's a link to the art exhibit I spoke about in class. Here's a review from the Boston Globe. Here are some of El Greco's paintings. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Moon, Gogo, Didi, Rocks and Shadows. As I Lay Dying, the novel. As I Lay Dying, the band. Detail of "The Swing" by Fragonard. Queen Anne's Lace (also known as Wild Carrot).
