English Literature 12

Thanks for the notes, Robyn!!
English Lit. Notes
May 11 2006
Disembarking in Quebec – by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood decided to write about Susanna Moody because she was one of the first canadian settlers. Margaret traces Susanna’s life coming to and being in Canada.
When Susanna came to Canada her life was not easy. Her status was gone and [...]

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In case you don’t check your emails or they didn’t get through…..
big news–
Hannah Grace Nelson was born today, Easter Sunday at 1230 noon.
She weighs 8 pounds, and is amazingly cute!
I have pictures to prove it! ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesmatthew )
I am tired….going to bed.
Just wanted to tell you all!

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Hi everyone,
Just a reminder to read Arnold’s “Dover Beach” pg. 884 for Wednesday.
I hope you all have a great weekend, spend some time reflecting on what an awesome historical event this weekend marks, and spend some quality time with family.
Mr. N

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Thank you, Tamara, for these great notes!
Victorian Era has a different view on nature, because they see it as calyst, instead of putting themselves in it
dramatic monologue (title gives it away)
dramatic – tells a story
monologue – one person is talking
so therefore dramatic monologue is a person talking like a poem or story form
addresses somebody with [...]

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I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed class today. Not the quiz stuff…that was business.
Reading Byron’s “Apostrophe…” was like riding a big wave or going to church (insert appropriate simile here). It was amazing and outstanding and I really enjoyed hearing your summaries of each stanza!
The outcome of this sublime class: that essay [...]

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Check out the following link to Wikipedia’s entry on Swift’s “Modest Proposal”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
As mentioned in class, I will provide you with copies of the paragraphs omitted from your version of “A Modest Proposal.”

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A big thanks goes out to Rhea Borja of Education Week in Washington, D.C. for mentioning the literature blog in her articles entitled: “‘Blogs Catching On as Tool for Instruction”, and “Blog Basics”. Education Week is an American weekly publication that is circulated throughout the United States with a worldwide [...]

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Just wanted to let everyone know that I sent out a mass e-mail to your parents updating them on the class and blogging.
I have pasted it below in case you wanted to read it as well. I was going to e-mail it to you as students as well, but decided it was pretty much old [...]

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Ok everyone,
I have been hearing some complaints re blogging in the classroom lately.
I just wanted to challenge you with the following:
A six year old blogging… No kidding. Six years old, using a blog because he wants to.
Check it out, I like the post about aliens.
So, if he can do it, we should [...]

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Thank you everyone for attending and participating in today’s class. I enjoyed the discussion around Wyatt’s poem and your input on marking blog entries, etc.
Mr. Reid shared with me at the end of class how much he enjoyed sitting in on it. He said he really enjoyed hearing your thoughts and seeing you wrestle with [...]

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