Hooray for Tuesday

AP Studs received two new books today!

We also reviewed vocabulary tests, read studly essays, received a rubric for your synthesis essay, AND received new assignments as the following document confirms:

Allegory of a …

Now that you have immersed yourself in Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave,” here’s a chance to stretch your allegorical wings, so to speak.  For this assignment, you have the following (fabulous) choices:

1.     Create a children’s book or a graphic story of “The Allegory of the Cave”; OR

2.     Compose your own allegory; OR

3.     Create a contemporary version of “The Allegory of the Cave”; OR

4.     Create a screenplay or script of “The Allegory of the Cave” OR

5.     Perform “The Allegory of the Cave.”

There is no minimal length for this assignment.  As a scholar, you must decide on the length and mode of presentation that will optimize your message.

Your allegorical project is due Friday, November 7, 2014.  Everyone will present your project, at least to one or two peers.  I will likely ask you to present at least a précis of your project to the entire class.

Please note the following due dates established thus far:

Satire is due Wednesday, October 29, 2014;

Pages 1-75 of The Handmaid’s Tale (read and annotated – reading quiz in class) due Tuesday, November 4, 2014; and

Once again, your allegory is due Friday, November 7, 2014.

Tomorrow, please bring all of the handouts that you received today, your satire, and, if you have it, Emma Watson's speech to the UN.

Also, your interview with Jonathan Safran Foer is due by the end of the week.

Seventh period reviewed vocabulary for Acts I and II, received a vocabulary assignment that is due Friday, and read through page 81 of The Crucible.  Tomorrow we will start class with a dramatic presentation of the end of Act II.

Stay safe!