THANK YOU!

First of all, I want to THANK YOU for the most wonderful honor on Class Day!  I was  so surprised and so so so touched. You gave me a lasting gift; I will forever remember seeing you standing up in the bleachers cheering and clapping and the words you shared were incredible. Wow. I'm still in shock and savoring the moment. 

Second of all, you ALL worked so very hard on your term papers and I loved loved loved reading them.  In typical Garliss fashion, they took me a while to turn back and have lots of marks on them to help you learn how to improve for future papers.  I will be mailing them back to you along with your TIOBE tests.  If you want your pin, or any of the papers you left in your files in the classroom, email me and I'd  be happy to include those in the envelope home as well.  

***PLEASE USE MY GMAIL ADDRESS:  shawnagarliss@gmail.com  (NOT SPSG address).***

Also, if your mailing address is different than the one in the green roster, please send me the correct address. I will be assembling and mailing it all tomorrow (Monday) before turning in my laptop and keys:(.  

Last, but not least, I hope you will stay in touch with me.  One perk I like to offer my former students is ongoing writing help, tips and encouragement.  If you ever want an extra set of eyes to look at your paper, feel free to send it to me on google docs using my gmail address. 

I miss you already.  Have a safe and relaxing summer.  And, thanks again for nominating me for the Excellence in Teaching Award.  I am truly moved by your gesture.

Fondly, 

Mrs. Garliss

My contact info:

shawnagarliss@gmail.com

cell: 410-790-7586

HI Lady Gators! ITs Caroline Amelia... leggo

QUOTE ID PRACTICE

"On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party"

• Sense and Sensibility
• Look at syntax (preposition at beginning on sentance)
• Try to remember context

"They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrows"

• Sense and Sensibility
• There is sorrow in Their Eyes, but Hurstons tone and language is very different from Austen

"Good wombs have borne bad sons"

• The Tempest
• Remember the plot, Prospero's brother overthrew him
• Specific Syntax to Shakespeare

"How vain are all thos glories, all our pains"

• ROTL
• Iambic
• Vanity
• It ryhmes

"The sun was gone... It was the time to hear things and talk"

• TEWWG
• Hurston style
• Remember the porch talkers
• The horizon is a motif, so mention of the sky is a clue

"She knew things that nobody had ever told her"

• TEWWG
• Informal tone
• Janie did know things that nobody ever told her
• Not Austen's style

"I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss"

• Trick Question!!! Its Tale of Two Cities
• She thoguht it was funny... i guess we have different senses of humor

"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance"

• TIOBE
• Saying things that sound smart, but dont actually make a lot of sense
• Ignorance vs. Education is a theme
• Sounds witty which is Wilde's style

SHORT ANSWER PRACTICE
 Dont B.S. Mrs. Garliss! She would rather 4 thoughtful sentances than 15 bad ones

• 2 sentance start
• 5 sentances on one topic
• 5 one another
• 10 about one
• 3, 3, 3 about 3 topics
• The above 4 bullets are examples of how to organize the body of your answer
• After body 2 sentances to close

SAMPLE TOPICS

• Marriage
• Respresented in
• TEWWG
• Sense and Sensibility
• The Tempest (kinda)
• Rape of the Lock
• TIOBE 
• Society and Class
• Respresented in
• TEWWG
• Sense and Sensibility
• Rape of the Lock
• TIOBE
• Authors Message 
• Respresented in
• TEWWG (identification and self respect and PRIORITIES)
• Sense and Sensibility (self respect with Marianne, balance, PRIORITIES
• The Tempest (nature vs. nurture, PRIORITIES
• ROTL (vanity, self respect, carpe diem, dont focus on frivolity, essence of life, PRIORITIES)
• TIOBE (societal PRIORIIES)
• I see a common theme... PRIORITIES

VOCABULARY

You have to write 10 sentances with 2 vocab words from each book, and the sentances have to be thoughtful. She would appreciate sentances about literature, not Phil Phillips... but hey CONGRATS TO PHIL!

EXAM LAYOUT

• Vocab- 10 sentances
• Quote IDs
• 1-2 Short Answers
• Multiple Choice (about 75)
• Character Matching 
• Questions about syle, figurative language

Quotations:

Which novel are they tied to?  How did you decide?

Short Answer:

2: thesis
10:body
2:conclusion

Section B/English Class party!

Cupcakes-CATHERINE

7 layer cookies, Fruit salad-MACLEAN

Mac & Cheese-KAITLIN

Chocolate milk and cups-CASSIE

Napkins-GRACIE

Brownies-ALYX

Candy-DESTINY

Chocolate Chip Cookes-MARIE

Exam Review

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Sense and Sensibility

The Tempest

Rape of the Lock

The Importance of Being Earnest

Basics

Authors’ names/Date of publication/Time it took place

Author’s language and style

Themes and motifs

Literary devices and concepts

Figurative language

Vocabulary:

Pick 2 vocab words from each unit and create your own sentence saying something thoughtful about this year’s literature (10 sentences).

Grammar and writing/Look and Find:

Biggies from this year:  verb tense, run on sentences, set up of quotations, introductions, MLA guidelines

Multiple Choice

Excerpts and questions regarding literary devices

Lets list them!:

Questions about theme from each work

Matching

Characters and their personalities

Quotation ID

Style-focused/voice

Short Answer

Theme related

What lit your fire?

Lesson on Act II
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony

Definitions were on board and students took notes.  We defined each in our own words.  In groups, found examples of Dramatic Irony (pg. 36, 39, 42 specifically)

Lesson on Act III
Q&A
watched 1950s version

If you could go bunburying, where would you go?!!!  (we shared this together and there were awesome answers!)

hi...its virginia..

Epigrams defined:
a....
brief, interesting, memorable, witty, ingenious, concise, clever,
tersely expressed,
sometimes surprising, sometimes paradoxical, sometimes surprising...
statement

paradoxical=contradictory, defies logic and reason

Epigrams in Act I:
pg.16 "more than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldt read"
pg. 18 "the truth is rarely pure and never simple"
pg. 19 "it is simply washing one's clean linen in public"
pg. 20 "in married, three is company and two is none"
pg. 22 "if one plays good music people don' listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk"
pg 21 "i heard her hair has turned quite gold from grief"
pg. 26 "ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone"
pg. 28 "relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die"
pg. 29 "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
pg. 30 "It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, i don't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind"

TIOBE covers these topics- what exactly is Wilde satirizing regarding these topics?  Good test question, don't you think?:
CLASS
EDUCATION
MARRIAGE
MORALITY (i.e. truth)

updated Assignment Sheet

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

This is our LAST work of English literature together!  It makes me sad to type that, actually.  I have truly enjoyed exploring classics together and teaching you this past year.

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

First performed on Valentine's Day, 1895 in London.
A farcical comedy, it touches on many of the same themes as The Rape of the Lock (written in 1714) and uses many of the same devices.  Both stories take place in and around London.

Terms to know and look out for:
Puns/double entendres
Irony-both situational and verbal
Epigrams/Witty dalogue
Foils

Themes to follow:
Marriage
Classism
Fictious self vs. True self
Fantasy vs. Reality*
Elite (habits and weaknesses)
Prejudice
Deception

Oscar Wilde:  Irish writer and considered one of the most popular playwrights in London.

*possible short answer question on exam

Highlights of Canto III:

Quiz:  look at the questions from the quiz; they are all from key moments in Canto III.

Hyperbole, Anaphora and Allusion:  we found examples in Canto III - all prevalent devises used throughout the poem.

Lines 139-148 - we talked about the possible meaning and greater significance.

Take note of the Baron's response to his victory - telling of his character.

Highlights of Canto IV:

What is the significance of the first 2 lines?

Who do we meet in the underworld?  Ill Nature. What is she like?  Who travels to the underworld?  Umbriel. Can you picture him?  What does he bring back from the underworld?   How is Belinda's disposition different from the beginning of Act IV compared to the end of Act IV?  Who is Thelestris?

Today's lesson on Canto I and II:

I read the Canto's out loud in class and we talked along the way.  We paid particular attention to the (1) poetic sound and Pope's intentional combination of (2) epic conventions with (3) absurd subject matter.

Please get notes from a classmate if you were absent today.

ROTL is a MOCK epic!  Read this excerpt below to remind yourselves of conventional epic characteristics.  If you know the conventions,  Pope's humor will be more obvious.  

This taken from http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Pope.html:

Because a mock-epic parodies a classical epic, it uses the same conventions, or formulas, as the classical epic--but usually in a humorous way. For example, a convention of many classical epics is a sea voyage in which perils confront the hero at every turn. In The Rape of the Lock, the sea voyage is Belinda's boat trip up the Thames River. Her guardian sylph, Ariel, sees "black omens" that foretell disasters for Belinda even though the waves flow smoothly and the winds blow gently. Will she stain her dress? Lose her honor or her necklace? Miss a masquerade? Forget her prayers? So frightful are the omens that Ariel summons 50 of his companion spirits to guard Belinda's petticoat, as well as the ringlets of her hair. Following are examples of the epic conventions that Pope parodies: 

• Invocation of the Muse: In ancient Greece and Rome, poets had always requested “the muse” to fire them with creative genius when they began long narrative poems, or epics, about godlike heroes and villains. In Greek mythology, there were nine muses, all sisters, who were believed to inspire poets, historians, flutists, dancers, singers, astronomers, philosophers, and other thinkers and artists. If one wanted to write a great poem, play a musical instrument with bravado, or develop a grand scientific or philosophical theory, he would ask for help from a muse. When a writer asked for help, he was said to be “invoking the muse.” The muse of epic poetry was named Calliope [kuh LY uh pe]. In "The Rape of the Lock,"Pope does not invoke a goddess; instead, he invokes his friend, John Caryll (spelled CARYL in the poem), who had asked Pope to write a literary work focusing on an event (the snipping of a lock of hair) that turned the members of two families--the Petres and the Fermors--into bitter enemies. Caryll thought that poking fun at the incident would reconcile the families by showing them how trivial the incident was.  
• Division of the Poem Into Books or Cantos: The traditional epic is long, requiring several days several days of reading. Dante's Divine Comedy, for example, contains 34 cantos. When printed, the work consists of a book about two inches thick . Pope, of course, presents only five cantos containing a total of fewer than 600 lines. Such miniaturizing helps Pope demonstrate the smallness or pettiness of the behavior exhibited by the main characters in the poem.    
• Descriptions of Soldiers Preparing for Battle: In The Iliad, Homer describes in considerable detail the armor and weaponry of the great Achilles, as well as the battlefield trappings of other heroes. In The Rape of the Lock, Pope describes Belinda preparing herself with combs and pins–with "Puffs, Powders, Patches"–noting that "Now awful Beauty puts on all its Arms."   
• Descriptions of Heroic Deeds: While Homer describes the exploits of his heroes during the Trojan War, Pope describes the "exploits" of Belinda and the Baron during a card game called Ombre, which involves three players and a deck of 40 cards. 
• Account of a Great Sea Voyage: In The Odyssey, Odysseus (also known as Ulysses) travels the seas between Troy and Greece, encountering many perils. In The Aeneid, Aeneas travels the seas between Troy and Rome, also encountering perils. In The Rape of the Lock, Belinda travels up the Thames in a boat. 
• Participation of Deities or Spirits in the Action: In The Rape of the Lock--as in The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, The Divine Comedy, and Paradise Lost--supernatural beings take part in the action.  
• Presentation of Scenes in the Underworld: Like supernatural beings in classical epics, the gnome Umbriel visits the Underworld in The Rape of the Lock. 

AUDIO of ROTL's Cantos

Article 1


Article 2

ROTL CANTO 1 - lesson #2

Context

Pg. xiii  on your own, at some point, please read this that talk about how ROTL is Pope's own version of the Homeric Epic* 

Mock epic – shrinks immense scale to domestic size

Today we started by talking about the story:

Setting 
. 
The action takes place in London and its environs in the early 1700's on a single day. The story begins at noon (Canto I) at the London residence of Belinda as she carefully prepares herself for a gala social gathering. The scene then shifts (Canto II) to a boat carrying Belinda up the Thames. To onlookers she is as magnificent as Queen Cleopatra was when she traveled in her barge. The rest of the story (Cantos III-V) takes place where Belinda debarks–Hampton Court Palace, a former residence of King Henry VIII on the outskirts of London–except for a brief scene in Canto IV that takes place in the cave of the Queen of Spleen.  
. 
Characters 
. 
Belinda Beautiful young lady with wondrous hair, two locks of which hang gracefully in curls.  
The Baron Young admirer of Belinda who plots to cut off one of her locks. 
Ariel Belinda's guardian sylph (supernatural creature). 
Clarissa Young lady who gives the Baron scissors. 
Umbriel Sprite who enters the cave of the Queen of Spleen to seek help for Belinda.  
Queen of Spleen Underworld goddess who gives Umbriel gifts for Belinda. 
Thalestris Friend of Belinda. Thalestris urges Sir Plume to defend Belinda's honor. 
Sir Plume Beau of Thalestris. He scolds the Baron. 
Sylphs, Fairies, Genies, Demons, Phantoms and Other Supernatural Creatures

Group 1 summarize Canto 1; Group 2 summarize Canto 1.  Write on board.  Compare.

One of the Summary's: Belinda's guardian sylph sends her a dream warning of the dangers of vanity and man. Belinda wakes up and completely disregarding the dream, puts on makeup and makes herself beautiful.

Highlights of Canto 1:
-divine intervention by Ariel and sylphs
-personification in line 13
-allusion to Arabia on page 49
-page 49:  list
-repetition on page 47
-alliteration on top of 47
-epithets line 48-51 "beautious mold, soft transition..."
-opens in media res
-metaphor on page 49, line 138
-line 120 alliteration
-personification on page 46 & 49
-hamartia: lines 125-127 (hubris=vanity)
-line 113 warning of Ariel
-Theme is introduced at the beginning- 2nd line "What mighty contests rise from trivial things?"
-list on page 45, lines 28-34
-personification on same page!
-

In pairs, assign one page and look for examples of epic poem devices and poetic devices (2 or 3 of each).

Opposing concepts are constantly set against each other either in the paired lines or in the halves of a single line. Alexander Pope is the reigning king of the heroic couplet and he uses it masterfully in The Rape of the Lock, enhancing the obvious distinctions between the trifling and the substantial. In Canto I, for instance, he likens Belinda's beauty regimen to a religious ritual, mocking her self-importance and pride with the comparison: "And now, unveil'd, the Toilet stands display'd / Each silver Vase in mystic order laid" (121-122). Placing these lines together in a rhymed couplet makes the opposition glaringly apparent.


In addition to placing opposites together in a rhymed couplet, Pope also puts rival ideas next on one another within the halves of a single line. The pause, induced by the placement of the caesura, dramatically pits the two notions against one another. For example, the first lines of The Rape of the Lock explicitly state the conflict that will continue throughout the entire poem. This is especially apparent in line 2: "What mighty contests rise from trivial things." The caesura occurs in between the words "rise" and "from," leading to a stark contrast between might and trivial. If a person reads the line aloud they will also notice that their tone of voice falls sharply after the caesura. The first half employs a rising meter with a heroic tone while the second half falls and tapers off. It should be obvious to the reader that "mighty" should be taken in an ironic way.
-http://voices.yahoo.com/how-alexander-pope-uses-form-promot

Listen to streamed reading of Canto 2 together as precursor to the weekend's homework.     

ROTL INTRO-lesson #1

History

Alexander Pope

Born 1688

“Tubercular infection that curved his spine, severely stunted his growth, and caused unending pain.”

Catholic in Protestant England:  lived outside of London

“everywhere Pope looked he saw imperfection—own body, institutions, contemporaries’ writing, behavior of citizens

Aim:  to delight as well as instruct

Wit – “not just a truth, but a truth well phrased.”
Wit in many forms—Pope favored heroic couplet (2 lines of rhyming iambic pentameter)

Essay on Criticism “True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,/As those move easiest who have learned to dance.” 

-warns against extremes and counsels humility

Samuel Johnson pronounced it “the most attractive of ludicrous compositions,” in which “New things are made familiar and familiar things are made new.”

Poetic Devices

9 key characteristics of an Epic Poem:

1) It opens in the midst of the story (medas res)

2) The setting is vast and it covers many nations, the world and the universe.

3) It usually begins with an invocation to Muse.

4) It starts with a statement of the theme.

5) The use of Epithets (descriptive terms).

6) It includes long lists.

7) It features long and formal speeches.

8) It shows divine intervention on human affairs.

9) The Heroes embody the values of civilization.

Below are links to answer possible research questions

XH Term Paper assignment

Notecards

OWL

April/May Assignment Sheet

Link to Assignment Sheet

Satire Project by Claire

Social Media buzzes after the release of the Kony 2012 video

March 13, 2012

After the release of the Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 video in early March, social networks exploded with support in an attempt to make the unknown Joseph Kony famous. Through the popularity of Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Tumblr, images of the mutilated faces spread along with the video encouraging people to donate their money to the Invisible Children’s organization. The Kony 2012 video has called an enormous amount of attention to the child soldiers in Africa for an extended time of less than a week. For many, this video has educated Americans on not only the location of Africa, but also that there are other countries experiencing poverty worse than their own. “ I never really thought of children being a danger until I watched this video,” said Jordan Welchier shortly after the release of the video. “I guess if you give anyone a gun they can be dangerous. I hope this will never occur in this country.” This groundbreaking video has spread not only through social media, but also by the endorsement of the celebrities and politicians featured in the video. The Invisible Children’s organization continues to thank their audience for taking the time out of their busy, hectic schedules to watch their inspirational video.

Satire Project by Maggie

Heiress, Paris Hilton, donates $20,000 to create the Foundation for Children Without the Chance to Ride Horses 

(FCWCRH for short)! 

After a thoughtful year for our favorite celebrity, Paris Hilton, she has decided to really give back to her community for all of their support. The Hilton Hotel’s net worth is about 2.5 billion dollars, so it is truly amazing how Paris is looking to give so much back! She states, “When I was a six year old, I had three ponies to ride whenever I pleased. But so many kids these

days don’t have the chance to feel the same joy I felt when I would ride, so I feel as though this is the most beneficial use of my money!”

Though Paris is not a part of the management of the Hilton enterprise, she is a major contributor when it comes to her social status. Paris has also been extremely successful in her deep and truly heartfelt work in acting. Some of her famous characters is the “hottie” in The Hottie and the Nottie. She also plays “girl on beach” in the hit, Wishman. But her true fame has come from the notorious show, Paris Hilton’s My New BFF where girls have competed to be her new best friend on reality TV.

Paris’s innovation on and off the set is what truly sets her up to be an amazing role model for all teens out there. When asked about her crazy past, Paris says that every single teenage girl goes through a stage of rebellion, but hers just lasted for about ten years instead of ten months. It is so understandable because of the pressure she goes through with her labor-intensive work. But when it comes to community service, Paris says that charity definitely beats partying. “I just love giving back to my community. Like all the charities out there are like so wonderful and I like want to give out to every single like one of them” Paris says. Paris hasproven herself to be one of the most giving celebrities in the world. News Weekly states that she ranks third on the celebrities giving back right behind Angelina Jolie at first and Oprah at second. Wow!

2 Exemplary "Quote Significance" answers

“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy it is disposition alone.  Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others” (49).

-by Amanda Blank

Marianne attempts to counsel Elinor about love while explaining and justifying her passionate feelings for Willoughby.  Elinor considers Marianne’s decisions to be extremely rash, as Willoughby desires to give Marianne a horse, and Elinor argues that it is too soon in their relationship for such a symbol of love.  However, Marianne exhibits her sensibility, sharply contrasting with Elinor’s careful judgment and common sense, as she explains to her sister that love does not depend on time or circumstance, but on the devotion and fervor of the lovers.  This contributes to Austen’s portrayal of the Dashwood sisters’ relentless struggle between fairy tale romances and practicality, due to their contrasting qualities of sense and sensibility.  Elinor attempts to rein in Marianne’s sensibility, while Marianne encourages Elinor to feel more passion and develop a better understanding of love.  Marianne stresses that each relationship is unique and while careful people like Elinor may have to know someone for years before feeling genuine love, Marianne can experience passion after a short period of time.  Marianne tries to educate Elinor of the beauty of true love and adoration, rather than relationships that are accepted solely because of security in society.  Austen conveys that relationships vary depending on the person, so one should not force their opinion upon others, which is often the cause of the conflicts between Marianne and Elinor.

“When the romantic refinements of a young mind are obliged to give way, how frequently are they succeeded by such opinions as are but too common, and too dangerous!”

-By Brittany Phillips

            As Elinor and Colonel Brandon discuss Marianne’s stubborn beliefs, Elinor expresses her chagrin, hoping Marianne will grow out of her immature and wishful thinking. Colonel Brandon however disagrees because he admires Marianne’s independence as something different from the monotony of common thought. Colonel Brandon is saying that unique opinions and values should be treasured rather than repudiated in favor of universal views. He calls these common thoughts dangerous because when one loses their opinion they lose their personality as well. Colonel Brandon’s words foreshadow his dark and tragic past as his reminiscent tone shows he speaks from personal experience. The quote is important because the vapidity of commonness is mocked throughout the novel through the characters of Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Middleton. Austen is satirizing the insipidity of “proper” thoughts, ideals, dreams, and people. Austen’s words ring of “carpe diem” urging not only romanticists, but all the young to seize their youth and to value their free minds.