Monday, November 28, 2011
11/20 Response to Material
I am kind of excited to talk about Ceremony because it's our first novel! The American Dream was difficult enough to even get at, and Death of a Salesmen was better because we had a much more accessible plot and characters, but now that we've got an author to directly interact with I think we're gonna find some cool stuff. Granted, the narrative is nonlinear, but I don't think we'll struggle too much with that once we're familiar with the work. Holmes has held true to her forest simile in that we're really out on our own with these works, and yet I don't feel lost; as a class we are finding some legitimate literary things. Oh, and Prezi. That's some crazy stuff. I'm gonna use that more in the future, outside of this class, for sure. Some used it better than others, but it's more engaging than Powerpoint for sure. This class is pretty unique in its structure; it's a lot more informal, but also gives us students a lot more credit and independence and it's proven to not be in vain because I'm picking up the material just as well as if it was handed to me, and since it's much more exploratory and exciting to find myself I'm sure I'll retain it better and take it to heart. Overall, I'm pretty happy with AP Lit lately.
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I would agree! I love this almost new found sense of freedom that we have with this AP. It teaching style is different and forces us to be independent which is the leap of faith some need ;) Prezi was quite the experience. Agreeing totally with you there how it was used better by some then others but practice makes perfect. And Ceremony. Like you I am too looking forward to more discussion on the novel, it is a new type of reading experience for me but it is very rewarding to step back and look at.
ReplyDeleteCeremony is a crazy book, I don't really like it, the reason is because there is no Black or Asian in that book (other than Japanese). Ms. Holmes explained why, but I still dislike the story. Prezi is crazy, it took my group two days to figure out how the thing works, but ya I agree with everything you said :]
ReplyDeleteCeremony has my mind spinning right now. To me it is harder to understand than the American Dream. While reading, I often found my self stopping and thinking for a second, "What on earth did I just read?" Ms. Holmes explanation in class has helped a little, but I still do not understand the whole spinning web deal. Prezi was very fun and much more exciting than the classic power point wall of text.
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