Work for the week of Dec. 5th - Juniors

Due Monday Dec. 5^th, 2011

First draft of third paper due.  Please complete your introduction and begin at least one body paragraph.  Please have some ideas for a conclusion to discuss.  We will be peer editing today.

AS PER REQUEST: Here is a link of your third essay assignment.

SAT Vocabulary: Dirge, Ineffable

Due Tuesday Dec. 6^th, 2011
Please read "The Devil in the Belfry".  Please annotate your paper focusing on the following questions which will be discussed in class:
Describe the setting of this town.
Describe the townspeople.  What are their daily habits?
What is so different about the young visitor?
How does this young visitor disrupt the townspeople's lives?
What message is Poe attempting to convey about communal thought?

SAT Vocabulary: Circuitous, Fervor

Due Wednesday Dec. 7th, 2011

Think of a particular film that scared you.  Please, try to consider the following questions:
What makes a scary movie scary?  What particular aspects of a scary movie actually scare you?  Do you know why?  Try to understand why the things that scare people are so effective in doing so.

Please note - If your memories of a particular film still bring discomfort, feel free to opt out of this discussion.  While I think this will be an interesting assignment, I do not want to reopen any mental wounds.

SAT Vocabulary: Respite, Portend

Due Thursday Dec. 8th 2011

Begin reading excerpts from Freud's "The Uncanny." posted on my Stuy page.

Consider the following questions:
What are the definitions between heimlich and unheimlich?
Can you give any examples of something you would consider to be hemilich?  Unheimlich?
Why does Freud display the various definitions of the word heimlich?

SAT Vocabulary: Vacillate, Parsimonious

Due Friday Dec. 9th, 2011 

Please find an example of something unheimlich and print a picture and present a paragraph explanation of the picture's "uncanniness."

SAT Vocabulary: Prostration, Flippant

Due Monday Dec. 12th 2011  

"The Yellow Wallpaper"