April 25 - 29

April 25
 "A Haunted House" 
Please post an audio or textual response (I'll be looking for evidence of your reading, an insightful observation, and an opinion) to the short story. Use the title "A Haunted House by Woolf" and include a link to the story

 


April 26
Skype meeting at 8pm
Mansfield
"Feuille D' Album"

April 27
"The Doll's House" and "Miss Brill"
After reading both stories, create a Haiku Deck presentation on one of them.  Include a brief analysis of the story and your reaction to the author's ideas (do not include a summary). Use the title "A Doll's House by Mansfield" or "Miss Brill by Mansfield"

April 28

Graves and MacNeice
"Coronation Address"
"Symptoms of Love"
"Truisms"

Using the words from "Symptoms of Love," create a song using one of the following tools: Incredibox, Wolfram Tones, Beatlab, Soundation, or Ujam. Sing or recite it with your music playing and indicate the most significant aspect you want your audience to understand.  Post it to your blog with the subject line "Symptoms of Love Song" 

Bonus Opportunity
Post a tweet for both "Coronation Address" and "Truisms"  that cover the main theme of each

April 29
Hanalani Writes

Resources

Katherine Mansfield House

Katherine Mansfield Society

Robert Graves

Louis MacNeice

April 18 - 22

April 18

Joyce

"Araby"

Create a "60second Book Review" about "Araby" similar to the style found at 60second Book Review. Embed your video with the subject line "Joyce Recap"

April 19
Skype meeting 8pm
"Eveline"

April 20
Lawrence 
"How Beastly the Bourgeois Is"
"The Rocking Horse Winner" 
Create a multimedia presentation that answers two of the following and embed it to your blog with the title "Lawrence and the Rocking Horse" 

1. What do you think about gambling? Why?
2. Why do people live beyond their means?  Why did this particular family?  List a couple of modern day connections.
3. What are your thoughts on "love turned to dust"? Why?
4. How do you think Paul got all the right answers? Please support your ideas.
5. What does the story say about luck? What do you think it is?

April 21
Woolf
"Three Pictures"
After reading the introduction and Woolf's Last Note to Her Husband, please write a letter of hope (addressed to Virginia) in your blog and use the subject line "Response of Hope"

April 22

Hanalani Writes

Resources
DH Lawrence
Virgina Woolf Society of Great Britain

April 11 - 15

April 11

Dickens
Read the summary of any two of the following Dickens' novels: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, or Bleak House.  Create summaries for each in the same style as Book-A-Minute and use the subject line "Two of Dickens' Novels."  Please also include a link to Book-A-Minute in your post and briefly explain the connection between the website and your work

Bonus Opportunity
Play "Survive Dickens' London" and earn a score of at least 700.  Email me a screen shot of your score, health percentage, and shillings by 11pm, using the subject line "I Survived Dickens' London"

April 12
Modern Introduction

April 13

National Library of Ireland

Create a recording of your virtual tour of the National Library of Ireland. Feel free to comment aloud as your browse.  Embed it in your blog with the subject line "Yeats Tour"

April 14

Yeats

"Adam's Curse"

Tweet a general truth found in "Adam's Curse" and one application of that truth to your life 

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1923 was awarded to William Butler Yeats "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation."

April 15
Hanalani Writes

Resources
Dickens on Biography.com

Charles Dickens Page
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Dickens
A Reading of A Christmas Carol
Dickens World