Work for the Week of April 23rd, 28th - Seniors

Wednesday April 23rd
Minutes: Julie
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A

Thursday April 24th
Minutes: Ashley
Reading HW: Research on the Youtubes.  Find a female comic that you haven't heard of before.
HW: Complete an extra credit assignment post.  Here's a link or simply scroll down the page to access the post.

Friday April 25th
Minutes: Sophia
Reading HW: Here's a blog that explains how to write a joke.
HW: Based on our notes from today, I'd like you to write five jokes.

Monday April 28th
Minutes: Ben
Reading HW: Watch female comedians on our E.C. page.  Here's a link.
HW: Begin to think of questions to ask for our interview subjects.

Tuesday April 29th
Minutes: May
Reading HW: Please research the comedy of Liz Miele.  She'll be visiting our class.
HW: Outside of the questions we came up with in class, please create three interview questions for our speaker based upon your research.  Feel free to create questions based on jokes, bits, or experience as a working, travelling comic.  REMEMBER TO BE ON TIME.

Wednesday April 30th
Minutes: Thomas
Reading HW: Women's Wednesday!
HW: Please find, print, and annotate an article that discusses current events focusing on gender issues.  Please write up a page reflection as to why you selected this article and its impact.

Thursday May 1st
Minutes:
Reading HW: Please research the comedy of Desiree Burch.  She'll be visiting our class.
HW: Outside of the questions we came up with in class, please create three interview questions for our speaker based upon your research.   Feel free to create questions based on jokes, bits, or experience as a working, travelling comic.  REMEMBER TO BE ON TIME.

Friday May 2nd
Minutes:
Reading HW: Sula pg. 1-30
HW: Familiarize yourself with Morrison's writing style and the characters of our new book.

Monday May 5th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Sula pg. 30-66 
HW: What's it like to be African American in New York City?  Consider your every move through the city (and at Stuyvesant) and what it would be like.

Work for the Week of April 23rd, 28th - Freshmen

Wednesday April 23rd
Minutes:
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A

Thursday April 24th
Minutes: Caroline,
Reading HW: Read Stitches to page 76.
HW: Based off of the sound panel we see on page 15, I'd like you to construct a 3 panel comic of a sound that you hear on a regular basis, in any of the settings you encounter during the day.  Be sure to focus only on one sound.

Friday April 25th
Minutes: Warren, Claudia
Reading HW: Read Stitches to page 123.
HW: N/A

Monday April 28th
Minutes: Sam. L, Gianluca
Reading HW: Read Stitches to page 184.
HW: Begin Panel Analysis paper (to be distributed in class today)

Tuesday April 29th
Minutes: Jessy, Claire
Reading HW: Finish Stitches
HW: N/A

Wednesday April 30th
Minutes: Eileen, Bayle
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Prepare for your paper.

Thursday May 1st
Minutes: Rysa, Anthony
Reading HW: Reread "A&P" by John Updike
HW: Please identify an overarching theme of this piece and identify five phrases that reveal deliberate choices made by the author to contribute to this theme.

Friday May 2nd
Minutes: Felix
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Paper Due.

Monday May 5th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read "The Swimmer" by John Cheever
HW: Please identify an overarching theme of this piece and identify five phrases that reveal deliberate choices made by the author to contribute to this theme.

Work for the Week of April 23rd, 28th - Juniors

Wednesday April 23rd
Minutes: Joshua, Han
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A

Thursday April 24th
Minutes: Emily, Annique
Reading HW: Please read Chopin's Awakening up to Ch. VIII.
HW: N/A

Friday April 25th
Minutes: Joanne, Ishmam
Reading HW: Please read Chopin's Awakening  up to Ch. XV
HW: N/A

Monday April 28th
Minutes: Vanessa, Yihua
Reading HW: Please read Chopin's Awakening up to Ch. XXV
HW: N/A

Tuesday April 29th
Minutes: Jacky Y., Gabriel
Reading HW: Please read Chopin's Awakening through Ch. XXXI
HW: I'd like you to identify a central theme of the text and find three passages that support your theme.

Wednesday April 30th
Minutes: Zhe, Jamie
Reading HW: Please finish Chopin's Awakening.
HW: Find three additional passages that support your theme.

Thursday May 1st
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
HW: Please complete your essay outline for today.

Friday May 2nd
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read "I Was a Playboy Bunny" by Gloria Steinem.  Read "Secret Oakland Raiders cheerleaders' handbook".
HW: Begin your paper.  Be prepared to discuss both articles and their implications for our class.

Monday May 5th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read "The Swimmer" by John Cheever

HW: Please identify an overarching theme of this piece and identify five phrases that reveal deliberate choices made by the author to contribute to this theme.

E.C. - Freshmen - Comics!

I'd like you to find a comic on the internet and, as we did in class, deconstruct the comics meaning and its viability as a piece of literature.  Find a comic strip that really resonates with you and be sure to provide a link so that we can all view your comic.  Feel free to comment on others' selections as well!

Consider the Far Side comic I've selected for this extra credit discussion.  Note how it can reflect any gifted and talented school, such as our own.  We may have vast intellect, but at times, we can be scatterbrained and flustered to the point where our common sense doesn't always shine through.  I think it's a strong example of how a simple one-cell comic strip can be literature.

E.C. - Seniors - Female Comedians

I'd like you to explore the world of female comedians via the internets.  Explore different comedians and report back to us with a clip of stand up/sketch/whatever that you enjoy.  Set up the clip with a bit of explanation as to what kind of style of comedian we'll be viewing.

Please refrain from selecting a well-known comedian.  Find someone you've never heard of before.

Work for the Week of April 7th - Seniors

                                          HERE IS A LINK TO THE ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS

Monday April 7th
Minutes: Josephine
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Work on your paper.

Tuesday April 8th
Minutes: Farhaan
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Who is funnier, men or women?  I'd like you to interview friends and family asking some of the following questions (and any deviations of your choosing).  Are men more commonly funny than women?  Why?  Why do people want to be funny? 

Wednesday April 9th
Minutes: Makie
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day!

Thursday April 10th
Minutes: Mehak
Reading HW: Why Women Aren't Funny by Christopher Hitchens and compare it with the response "Who Says Women Aren't Funny" by Alessandra Stanley
HW: Identify how Hitch arrives at such a radical conclusion.  Why does Hitch believe women aren't funny?  Does Stanley disprove Hitch's point?  Who makes the more compelling argument? 

Friday April 11th
Minutes: Rachel
Reading HW: Read the following excerpt from Tina Fey's Bossypants
HW: N/A

See you Wednesday April 23rd!  Enjoy your spring break!

Work for the Week of April 7th - Juniors

Monday April 7th
Minutes: Abrar, Jacky C.
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day!

Tuesday April 8th
Minutes: Saif, Kenny
Reading HW: "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, Wilderness by Carl Sandberg
HW: Why doesn't the man survive?  How is the dog more equipped to survive?  Are Sandberg's ideas true?  Do we have  figurative animals inside of us?

Wednesday April 9th
Minutes: Tina, Mo
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day!

Thursday April 10th
Minutes: Harrison, Tashfiq
Reading HW: "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway
HW: Why has Harry gone on a safari?  How has his life changed over time?  How does Harry confront his own mortality?

Friday April 11th
Minutes: Brian T., Lan La
Reading HW:
HW: Paper due.

See you Wednesday April 23rd!  Enjoy your spring break!

Work for the Week of April 7th - Freshmen

Monday April 7th
Minutes: Kenneth, Daniel
Reading HW: ABC - 130
HW: Complete works cited. Research what a works cited is, check out this example of a Works Cited and use the Easybib.com website to create a Works Cited.  Be sure to use MLA style!

Tuesday April 8th
Minutes: Rozi, Alex
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Full draft for annotation assignment.

Wednesday April 9th
Minutes: Liting, Cassandra
Reading HW: Finish ABC.
HW: Paper due.

Thursday April 10th
Minutes: Jessica, Kaitlin
Reading HW: How to create your own graphic novel.
HW: Brainstorm some ideas for your comic strip!

Friday April 11th
Minutes: Ming, Lucy
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Create your own 4 cell comic strip.

See you Wednesday April 23rd!  Enjoy your spring break!