Month: April 2021

Poet Research Resources

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Here are a few links that you may find helpful as you research and explicate the next few days:

The overall directions for the assignment

Poetry Algorithm 

Genius Lyrics Explications for “My Shot” from Hamilton

Poetry Foundation Glossary (terms and definitions)

Poets.org

 

Here is an example of an explication done extremely well from a few semesters ago and a few links for ones from last fall and here’s another one from two semesters ago.

The original was color-coded for the four different categories/topics

Post 3 Reminders and Commenting Collaborators

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Reminders for your next post:
  • Write using PARAGRAPHS!!!!!!!
  • Make sure you have captions for your images/media aspects and that they are placed near where you are referring to that idea.
  • Your post should have a title connected to what you are talking about as well as a reference to which post # it is.
  • It is helpful to start pulling interesting/important quotes and responding to them (and it really shows your thoughts rather than just summarizing what happened in your section).
  • Post your post before the day becomes Friday. Comments due Monday (try to reply to direct comments: THOSE WITH PARTNERS HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION i.e. REPLY TO IDEAS AND ACTUALLY DISCUSS!!

    But not like this…please not like this.
Post 3 Commenting Collaborators

Alexis and Luke

Hanne, Jacob, and Sam

Sadye and Aidan

Tiff and Will

Brittany and Cate

Gage and Mason

McKayla and Logan

What I’m Reading and Why (Post 1)

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Oh Blogging About Lit…my favorite project of all.

This is what my students are always like…right?

Each semester I look forward to reading the ACTUAL THOUGHTS of students about books, written in their own voices rather than being forced into academic voice (don’t get me wrong, I understand the need to write in academic voice, but come on, we have to have other options here). I decided to take some time to have an example post one here about the book I’m reading (even though I have already read a few hundred pages.

I’m reading the book The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. I have wanted to read more in the world of The Handmaid’s Tale since I read it a few years ago. That ending though…why does she not actually end it?? You can’t say someone is escaping and then never let us know if she makes it!!! But anyways, I wanted to read this to see what happens to Offred (spoiler, she’s NOT in this book…) I was apprehensive about reading it because right now the world is just so dark and I didn’t really want to enter another EXTREMELY DARKER WORLD that sadly seems like it could be real (that’s why most of my reading lately has been candy reads and if you go to that link, it’s the third image down I’m referencing, but I didn’t want to put it on the blog…). But really, it’s going pretty good. I’m excited to share some ideas about my reading with all of you.

Here’s a random Crucible meme for us all