kilmer@ish

12: getting ready for study leave

meter handout

link to literary terms (Sparknotes)

reading for paper 1

planning for paper 2

sample paper 2 planning

intro to Huck Finn

intro to 1984

intro to Hour of the Star

11: Mother Courage YouTube clips

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Actress Meryl Streep talks about playing Mother Courage.

11: Much Ado commentary

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Here is the commentary assignment.

8: Homecoming big ideas

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Here's the lecture we watched about developing self reliance in children:

8: the big ideas of Homecoming

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8: intro to Homecoming

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For a Google map of where the novel takes place, go here.

For a conversion of miles to kilometers, go here.

For a short biography of the author go here.

Here is her Wikipedia entry.

Much Ado About Nothing act III quotations

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For the quotations below, explain the significance of each passage. Relate it to a theme, the development of character or the development of conflict.

For each passage, you must cover the needed analysis in less than 200 words.

Due Friday 19 February. Moodle it with the file name last name + ma3.

Here are the quotes:

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For each of the quotations below, explain the significance of each passage. Relate it to a theme, the development of character, the use of techniques and/or the development of conflict.

For each passage, you must cover the needed analysis in less than 200 words.

Moodle the assignment. Name the file last name + ma2. Mine would be called kilmerma2.docx.

DUE by Friday 12.2

Here are the passages:

For each passage, you must cover the needed analysis in less than 200 words. Plan carefully what you will include and consider the criteria.

"Because I will not do them the wrong to mistrust any, I will do myself the right to trust none; and the fine is (for the which I may go the finer), I will live a bachelor." (I, i)

"Claudio: Can the world buy such a jewel?

Benedick: Yea, and a case to put it into." (I, i)

Due Monday 1 February

Sample paragraph:

In the play An Inspector Calls, Edna, the maid, is described on page 2 as ‘walking with a pronounced limp.’ The author does this in order to identify her as working class, emphasize her weakness and create a sense of sympathy from the audience. The limp emphasizes her working class status because of all of the middle class characters, none of them limp, and in fact they show their confidence by the way they stand and walk. For instance, on page 5 Mr. Birling … By having these two descriptions, the author emphasizes the differences between the two characters. In addition, the limp emphasizes her weakness. ...