Definition of Satire:

A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit [for the purpose of improvement or reform]. American Heritage Dictionary

A.    Exposing or criticizing a human vice, folly or foible

B.     Using humor or irony

C.    With the end of improvement or reform

In Jane’s case the tone of the satire is playful and humble, as Jane knows she is also a flawed member of the human race.

Pride and Prejudice In Class Essay:

Using the three elements of satire, discuss Pride and Prejudice either as a social satire or a satire of human nature.

You may bring notes and quotes.

I have a snail mail address for Josh Stieber! Please send him encouragement as the Lord leads you-

Hey guys- here is Josh Stieber's email for anyone wanting to send him encouragement or your prayers for him.

desertcamel87@yahoo.com.

Reading Schedule for Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice Reading Schedule

Due:

January 29- chapters 1-14

February 5-  (pg. 47-109)

February 14 -(pg. 109-178)

February 19- (pg. 178-230)

February 26- (pg. 230-262)

There will be a reading check every Monday:

Let's continue to pray for Ian Murphy

Seniors, here is the link to the Pray for Ian Murphy Blog.

Check it from time to time, and let's continue to pray for him in Senior English.

http://www.prayforian.com/

Passage for the first day of school:

by the great Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas

Holiday Memory

By Dylan Thomas

August Bank Holiday. A tune on an ice-cream cornet. A slap of sea

and a tickle of sand. A fanfare of sunshades opening. A wince and

whinny of bathers dancing into deceptive water. A tuck of dresses.

A rolling of trousers. A compromise of paddlers. A sunburn of

girls and a lark of boys. A silent hullabaloo of balloons.

          I remember the sea telling lies in a shell held to my ear for a

whole harmonious, hollow minute by a small, wet girl in an

enormous bathing-suit marked ‘Corporation Property.’

          I remember sharing the last of my moist buns with a boy and a

lion. Tawny and savage, with cruel nails and capacious mouth, the

little boy tore and devoured. Wild as seed-cake, ferocious as a

hearth-rug, the depressed and verminous lion nibbled like a

mouse at his half a bun, and hiccupped in the sad dusk of his cage.

          I remember a man like an alderman or a bailiff, bowlered and

collarless, with a bag of monkey-nuts in his hand, crying ‘Ride

‘em, cowboy!’ time and again as he whirled in his chairoplane

giddily above the upturned laughing faces of the town girls bold as

brass and the boys with padded shoulders and shoes sharp as

knives; and the monkey-nuts flew through the air like salty hail

          Children all day capered or squealed by the glazed or bashing

sea, and the steam-organ wheezed its waltzes in the threadbare

playground and the waste lot, where the dodgems dodged, behind

the pickle factory.

          And mothers loudly warned their proud pink daughters or

sons to put that jellyfish down; and fathers spread newspapers

over their faces; and sand-fleas hopped on the picnic lettuce; and

someone had forgotten the salt.

          In those always radiant, rainless, lazily rowdy and sky-blue

summers departed, I remember August Monday from the rising

of the sun over the stained and royal town to the husky hushing of

the roundabout music and the dowsing of the naphtha jets in the

seaside fair: from bubble-and-squeak to the last of the sandy

sandwiches.

Shakespeare hath a blog too! (see Chaucer, below)

There are great gifts on this web page as well. Have fun surfing!

http://blog.shakespearesden.com/

http://www.shakespearesden.com/index.html

Whoever visits the Shakespeare or the Chaucer blog before the first day of school (and lets me know in secret)

will receive a prize!

To all incoming seniors: Here is the recommended summer reading list- remember, none of this is required, but you may earn extra credit for the 1rst quarter by reading any or all of these:

Ben Hur- Lew Wallace

Ivanhoe- Sir Walter Scott

Animal Farm- George Orwell

Lord of the Flies- William Golding

All Quiet on the Western Front*- Erich Maria Remarque

The Chosen- Chaim Potok

The Joy Luck Club*- Amy Tan

Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith

David Copperfield- Charles Dickens

My Antonia- Willa Cather

* denotes some mature content.

To get extra credit for reading these please type a three paragraph response to the book and include the following elements: what wisdom/truth is found in the book, what delighted you about the book, what good longings did the book give you?

Happy Reading!!!!!

Coming Soon! Talk Like A Pirate Day!!!!

September 19- Seniors, we'll celebrate a day early, Monday September 18. Save the day! Here is a link that will help you:

http://www.yarr.org.uk/talk/

Remember to look for Jacques Brel is Alive...

at Olney Theatre this July!

To anyone who may read this page this summer and wants to see Jacques Brel on my recommendation: in this production the director's concept overpowers the lyrics. The actors are very good, but their blocking and choreography detracts. It is  as though the director thought he were more important than the  writer/composer. If you go, please don't look at the stage during the song "Next." There is stage business as well as a slide slow which is crude. Lastly, the song "Sons Of" was so powerful and the actress's voice was so rich and expressive, that it moved me to tears. Experiencing that song is worth the ticket price.

Here is an Amazon link for the unabridged version of Les Miserables- all 1,488 pages!

And for the CD!

Chaucer Hath a Blog! Here is the link, and anyone who visits it and reports to me before our last day of class (May 24th)  will get a prize!

Click Here:   http://houseoffame.blogspot.com/

Friends: Here is a wonderful article on CS Lewis's portrayal of the seven deadly sins in the Chronicles of Narnia!

http://cslewis.drzeus.net/papers/7sins.html

 

 

 

 

 

Aim High!

Standards for Literature Papers

Classics of Literature, 2006-07

 

 

1.     The paper is clear and focused; it holds the reader’s attention. Relevant examples, details and quotes support the theme.

2.     The organization showcases the central idea. The order and presentation of information is compelling and moves the reader through the text.

3.     The writer speaks directly to the reader in a way that is individual, compelling and engaging. The writer crafts the piece with an awareness of his/her purpose as well as who the audience is.

4.     The words convey the message in a precise, natural and interesting way. The words are powerful and engaging.

5.     The writing has an easy flow, rhythm and cadence. Sentences are well built with strong, varied structure that invites expressive oral reading.

6.     Writer demonstrates a good grasp of spelling, punctuation, grammar, capitalization and paragraphing.

7.     The paper is double-spaced, Times New Roman #12 font.

8-10 Criteria specific to the paper’s theme.

 

 

 

 

 

Seniors! Here are your guideposts for Classics of Literature 2007

 

What good longings does this book awaken in me?

 

What are your sources of delight in this book?

 

What wisdom does this book impart?

(Thanks to Dr. Leland Ryken for inspiring these guideposts)

 

Remember: you may email all papers to me by midnight of the due date without penalty.