Class Constitution

We, the people of AP Lit , will strive to:

- Always be prepared
- Create an atmosphere of respect and understanding that shares ideas yet also challenges people to see things differently
- Speak only when we have something substantial to say
- Actually have a conversation rather than a series of monologues
- Be constructive with our criticism
- Contribute
- Participate only when you think you should—not because you think you have to
- Add onto each others’ ideas
- Have fun
- Apply concepts learned in the text to real life experiences
- Feel comfortable and secure
- Promote equality in number of statements per conversation
- Listen to our peers
- Giver comments that will help the conversation rather than hinder it
- Use the text as a means for conversation
- Challenge our peers for the betterment of discussion
- Boldly split infinitives that no class has ever split before ☺
- Avoid dominating conversation
- Avoid interrupting
- Avoid engaging in side conversations
- Avoid spacing out or sitting on the sidelines
- Avoid making sarcastic sideline comments
- Avoid taking the conversation off track
- Avoid turning discussion into a debate

observations

Looking to your “pointing” notes from today’s class, what observations can you make about what tends to resonate with you in poetry? Extra credit for writing a "found poem" out of your notes...

Poems of Place

Dang, were they ever good. Let's post them, shall we?

"The Red Wheelbarrow"--Yours!

For posterity...

"The Red Wheelbarrow"

Huh? Help me out, guys. What's up with this poem?

Point of View/Allegory

Comment on something you have read that makes interesting use of either point of view or allegory. Please be specific and support your point with evidence where possible. Or, if you’re inclined to write creatively, write a passage (such as the initial paragraph of a story) in which you experiment with narrative voice, point of view, or allegory.

Allegory in The Natural

An allegory is a literary form in which objects, persons, and actions make coherent sense on a literal level but also are equated in a sustained and obvious way with abstract meanings that lie outside the story. A symbolic story or sustained analogy. (You should put this in your glossary.)
The Natural is said to be an allegory. If so, what is the symbolic story beneath the surface story of Roy Hobb's baseball career?
(It will be difficult for 18 people to write about this without beating a dead horse, so feel free to be brief, and if you feel the question has been answered, say so. I'd rather you put more energy into the other prompt. This was simply something we didn't get to in class...)