Diction, imagery. details,
language, syntax. Diction, imagery. details, language, syntax. Diction,
imagery. Details, language, syntax. I do not think I could repeat this enough
times. Only a month into AP Lit and I already know for certain these five words
are crucial. It seems as if everything we do these five words come into play.
When first learning them, all I could think about was how tedious they would
be. But now, after putting them into action with numerous activities, I
understand how they are actually helpful and worthwhile. I remember last year,
we used to touch on basic ideas like why a word was used or why the author
chose to include certain themes. This year, we are taking that to a new level
in EVERYTHING we do. The fact that we are going to be reading books/plays
multiple times to find the deeper meaning says enough. I am excited to try this
new learning style.
When taking notes on the literary eras and critical perspective I was
extremely overwhelmed. The quiz on it did not help. I feel as if we were hit
with a boatload of information; some familiar and some completely foreign. I
think it is difficult that all AP students did not take Brit Lit and American
Lit. Since our background information is not the same we are at conflicting
places. What we have done so far with the Trends of Western Literature
worksheet has helped me a lot. I think once the worksheet is complete, I will
be comfortable with the information.
I
still am having trouble deciphering poems. The lesson on The Century Quilt helped but I am nowhere near when I
want to be. I just cannot recognize the theme of a poem! I really hope that
with more practice it becomes easier.
So far, I
actually like The American Dream by Edward Albee. I am not to excited about the annotating
assignment but I do like the play. I love finding hidden meaning in things.
After all the tedious annotating we did on comedies, I hope I am able to fully
understand this play.
There is a lot of information in this blog post. However, I don't feel as if you really thoroughly reprocessed it. You do a good job explaining why things are so important or how you feel about it that you seem to have forgotten how crucial it will be come AP exam time to reprocess. How have you've been using DIDLS? In what ways are you diving further into literature? Be really specific! The more work you do now, the more help this will be in May. I do really like how you mention the Brit Lit/Am Lit thing. I agree with that, sometimes it is hard to really understand something given that we all come from different English backgrounds.
ReplyDeleteGreat job with addressing all the aspects of material that we have covered in the past couple of weeks. I do agree with Gabriella in that the purpose of this blog post is not to repeat what we have learned but apply what we have learned. You have started to do this by describing what you had trouble with(the overall theme) when deciphering "The Century Quilt" however I think you could go farther by explaining where you have used "DIDLS" and how this helped with the analysis.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you in that "The American Dream" close reading took a long time but after I was done with it I felt that I had a better understanding of the play as a whole! Overall great job with this post!