Thursday, March 17, 2011

Friday's Hamlet Blogs!

Hi, everyone. I hope your day has been nice. Let's look at what we wrote on our blogs about Act I of Hamlet. After you have seen a fair number, leave a comment to this post in which you name two or three blogs that you think have interesting responses--just name the blog and quickly summarize what interests you.

At 2:15, you can play East of the Web!

And have a swell weekend!

Monday, February 14, 2011

All the Pretty Horses: Class Prompts

Please paste your group's prompts into a comment to this post.

Here are some samples using Jane Eyre:

Making your own prompt: Using SCASI to develop your ideas.

Setting

Analyze the role that Jane’s succession of homes plays in her development as a character.

Discuss the significance of weather and natural settings in the novel.

Character

Discuss the conflict represented by Jane’s relationships with St. John and Rochester.

Action

Track the development of Jane’s painting throughout the course of the novel.

Style

Identify and discuss the significance of Gothic imagery in Jane Eyre.

Describe and analyze the role of the narrator in Jane Eyre.

Idea

How does Brontë portray class in the novel? What is her statement about social class?