May 16 - 20

May 16
Second Semester Reflection
Update your infograph from first semester (or create a new one entirely) to correspond with a reflection of the semester.  You may also create a résumé.  Post your work to your blog with the subject line "Second Semester Reflection"

May 17
Skype meeting at 8pm

Orwell

"Why I Write" 

May 18

J.R.R. Tolkien 
Research Tolkien and select at least one focus from his life or works that you want to share.  Create a Canva (album cover, graphic, invitation, etc.) that reflects that focus. Embed it to your blog with the subject line "Tolkien"  

May 19
Feedback Survey

May 20

Hanalani Writes

Resources

The Tolkien Professor

Tolkien Reads a Poem in Elvish

LOTR Project
How Was The Lord of the Rings Influenced by World War One?

C.S. Lewis Reviews The Hobbit, 1937
Why C.S. Lewis Was Wrong on Marriage (and J.R.R. Tolkien Was Right)
Orwell Diaries
The Orwell Prize

May 9 - 13

May 9
Lord of the Flies, 11-12

May 10
Skype meeting at 8:00pm
"William Golding - Nobel Prize Winner" (read biography and play "Lord of the Flies Game"); embed a screen shot of your game score with the subject line "Golding Reading"

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1983 was awarded to William Golding "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today" 

May 11
Create a paper slide video response (1-3minutes) to your reading of Lord of the Flies. Please include an explanation and example of a literary aspect from the book and your personal opinion. Feel free to add other content you found significant. Embed the response in your blog with the subject line "Lord of the Flies"

May 12

Lewis
Find two books written by Lewis (other than The Screwtape Letters or other books of his that you've read before) that you think you'd be interested in reading. Post them to your blog with an explanation of why you'd consider reading them and a corresponding review or summary. Include images of the books and use the subject line "Lewis Books"

May 13

Hanalani Writes

Resources

Narnia.com
Assignment Discovery - Lord of the Flies

May 2 - 6

May 2

Lord of the Flies, 1-2

For the duration of the novel, you'll be using your Twitter account again to evidence your reading. For each chapter, label your "tweet" and post a compelling thought or question. If you need more than one post for a given chapter, be sure to label it well. Proper mechanics still apply, but citations are unnecessary after an initial reference 

May 3
Skype meeting at 8pm
Lord of the Flies, 3-5

May 4

Lord of the Flies, 6-8

May 5
Lord of the Flies, 9-10

May 6
Hanalani Writes

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

Oxford University Press and the Making of a Book