Work for the Week of March 31st - Seniors

HERE IS A LINK TO THE ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS

Monday March 31st
Minutes:
Reading HW: Ch. 13-15 of The Bell Jar
HW: N/A

Tuesday April 1st
Minutes: Steven
Reading HW: Ch.16-18 of The Bell Jar
HW: In what ways is Joan a kind of double for Esther?  Start to begin your writing assignment.

Wednesday April 2nd
Minutes: Jonah
Reading HW: Finish book.
HW: Is this a happy ending?  What do you think will happen to Esther after this book?

Thursday April 3rd
Minutes: Cassandra
Reading HW: Read "I Was a Playboy Bunny" by Gloria Steinem.  Read "Secret Oakland Raiders cheerleaders' handbook".
HW: Both articles seem to focus on careers that present a facade while also tearing away that veil.  Identify the mystique of these occupations and their starkly different realities.

Friday April 4th
Minutes: Karen
Reading HW: Read the Planned Parenthood webpage on Gender Identity.
HW: Betray your gender.  I'd like you to engage in an action that is commonly associated with the opposite of your gender.  Write about your experience.  What did it feel like?  How did others react?


Monday April 7th
Minutes: Josephine
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.

Work for the Week of March 31st - Freshmen

Monday March 31st
Minutes: Andrew, Gianluca
Reading HW: Read V.i.ii
HW:

Tuesday April 1st
Minutes: Maddie, Charles
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Please visit stuy.edu and explore the resources available in the "academics" / "library" section of the webpage.  Familiarize yourself with this website and its useful content for your upcoming assignment.

Wednesday April 2nd
Minutes: Jannat, Casey
Reading HW: Here is a successful allusion paper and an allusion paper that still needs some work.  Analyze them to influence your writing choices.
HW: Research!!!  Find relevant sources that tell the story of your allusion.

Thursday April 3rd
Minutes: Kelly, Nicholas
Reading HW: Read of ABC
HW: Please return your copies of Romeo and Juliet.

Friday April 4th
Minutes: Larissa, Pazit
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.  Please have a draft completed for today.

Monday April 7th
Minutes: Kenneth, Daniel A.
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!

Work for the Week of March 31st - Juniors

Here are the links for your next writing assignment
Walt Whitman's "Pioneers O Pioneers"
Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature" (only the first chapter) 
Henry David Thoreau's Walden - "Solitude"


Monday March 31st
Minutes: N/A, Nathan
Reading HW:  Into the Wild Chapter 13 -15
HW: How does Krakauer's father influence him?  Consider our "sins of the father" quote from class.

Tuesday April 1st
Minutes:  Patrick
Reading HW: Finish Into the Wild
HW: Print, read, and annotate "Wise Men in Their Bad Hours", a poem alluded to in Chris's last journal entry.  How does this passage connect to Chris's untimely death?

Wednesday April 2nd
Minutes: Fish, Patrick
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Select any of the epigraphs presented at the beginning of each chapter and deconstruct both its meaning and its connection to its assigned chapter and the book itself.  Please write up your findings for class.  This will evolve into your next paper.

Thursday April 3rd
Minutes: Raheema, Afshin
Reading HW: Watch this video about transcendentalism.  I recommend using the closed caption feature as the speaker's voice isn't too loud.
HW: Wear layered clothing.  We'll be going outside today.

Friday April 4th
Minutes: Chloe, Tashfiq
Reading HW: Review your next assignment.
HW: Get started on your assignment.

Monday April 7th
Minutes: Abrar, Jacky Y.
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Draft Day!

Juniors - Extra Credit - To Build a Fire

Read "To Build a Fire" by Jack London.  

Consider, why does the protagonist venture into the wilderness?  What leads to his failures?  How is the protagonist unequipped for survival?  What parallels can you make to Chris McCandless and his story.  Draw direction connections between the quotes in Into the Wild and London's short story.

Work for the Week of March 24th - Juniors

Monday March 24th
Minutes: Raheema, Natalie
Reading HW: "Read Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" by Walt Whitman
HW: Read this poem on the Staten Island Ferry for extra credit.

Tuesday March 25th
Minutes: Zhe, Henry
Reading HW: Into the Wild Chapter 1-3
HW: N/A

Wednesday March 26th
Minutes: Betty, Jacky L.
Reading HW:  Into the Wild Chapter 4-6
HW: N/A

Thursday March 27th
Minutes: Ting, Andrew
Reading HW:  Into the Wild Chapter 7-9
HW: What is your Alaska?  Explore your escape if you had the option to abandon your security and go anywhere.  Where would you go?  What would you do?  Who would you be?

Friday March 28th
Minutes: Jacky Y., Jamie
Reading HW:  Into the Wild Chapter 10 - 12
HW:

Monday March 31st
Minutes: Nathan
Reading HW:  Into the Wild Chapter 13 -15
HW: How does Krakauer's father influence him?  Consider our "sins of the father" quote from class.

Work for the Week of March 24th - Seniors

Monday March 24th
Minutes: Farhaan
Reading HW: Ch. 1-3 of The Bell Jar
HW: N/A

Tuesday March 25th
Minutes: Andy
Reading HW: Ch. 4-6 of The Bell Jar
HW: Rumination Paper due.

Wednesday March 26th
Minutes: Jennifer Chen
Reading HW: Women's Wednesday!  Find and print an article that discusses modern gender issues.
HW: Write, in ten sentences or more, what drew you to this article, why this article is important, and the implications of this article in our world.

Thursday March 27th
Minutes: Lorraine
Reading HW: Ch. 7-9 of The Bell Jar 
HW: Consider the passage where Esther compares her life to a fig tree.  I'd like you to consider, in writing, some of the figs of your own fig tree.  What paths would you like to explore?  What sacrifices would you have to make to explore some of these paths?

Friday March 28th
Minutes: Bilal
Reading HW: Ch. 10-12 of The Bell Jar
HW: Begin trope assignment.

Monday March 31st
Minutes:
Reading HW: Ch. 13-15 of The Bell Jar
HW:

Work for the Week of March 24th - Freshmen

Monday March 24th
Minutes: Nancy
Reading HW: III.ii
HW: N/A

Tuesday March 25th
Minutes: Courtney, Mo
Reading HW:  III.iii-iv
HW:

Wednesday March 26th
Minutes: Tasnia, Karen J.
Reading HW: Finish III.
HW: How do Romeo and Juliet’s parents react to their affair? Look for examples of dramatic irony.

Thursday March 27th
Minutes: Daniel S., Karen Y.
Reading HW: IV.i.ii
HW: How does the friar plan to aid Romeo and Juliet?  Is he responsible for their fate?

Friday March 28th
Minutes: Jason, Cassandra
Reading HW: V.i.ii
HW: Please review this "A" paper in consideration for rewriting your paper.  DO NOT REWRITE YOUR PAPER WITHOUT MEETING WITH ME FIRST.

Monday March 31st
Minutes: Andrew, Gianluca
Reading HW: Finish book.
HW: Is it fair to call this play a tragedy?