Test Review for Monday

You will be allowed to use your books and notes during the test.
You will have to answer 15 multiple choice questions and ALL 5 short answer questions.
You will have the entire class period to complete the test.

Make sure to study
Imagism
Ezra Pound
“The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter”
T.S. Eliot
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

Gratuitous Handsomeness

Calendar UPDATE

A Block
TUESDAY (5/6) Computer Lab Research
WEDNESDAY (5/7) Bring your book, your page 804 homework, and supplies to assemble your poster.
FRIDAY (5/9) Plath according to schedule (homework is still page 852).
MONDAY (5/12) Pound and Eliot Test, open book and notes. Expect a sub.
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY (5/13 and 5/14) Presentations. Socratic seminar cancelled.

B Block
TUESDAY (5/6) Computer Lab Research
WEDNESDAY (5/7) Bring your book, your page 804 homework, and supplies to assemble your poster.
THURSDAY (5/8) Plath according to schedule (homework is still page 852).
MONDAY (5/12) Pound and Eliot Test, open book and notes. Expect a sub.
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY (5/13 and 5/14) Presentations. Socratic seminar cancelled.

The Harlem Renaissance Project

The Harlem Renaissance Museum Project


Objectives
With your group, research a prominent figure from the Harlem Renaissance.
Synthesize your research to create an informative, engaging museum exhibit.

Method
1. Conduct internet and library research on the artist, musician, or poet you were assigned in class. You are looking for
a. Biographical information
b. Audio/video clips
c. Examples of the poet’s, musician’s, or artist’s work
2. Create a poster backdrop for your information. Include text and images. Size: 11” across, about 34” long.
3. Be prepared to give a casual, 3-minute presentation on your exhibit. In addition to your exhibit, you will be able to use the projector and laptop during your presentation.

Grading (50 points)
Please refer to the museum exhibit rubric you were given in class. (The Harlem Renaissance will not appear on your upcoming test.)

Due Date
Monday, May 12.

Resources
You can start with the following websites.
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson252/websites.html

Homework for April 11

Read all of the poems, but answer only these four question sets for homework.

p. 330
I Never Saw a Moor

p. 331
"Hope" Is the Thing with Feathers

p. 332
Apparently with No Surprise
There's a Certain Slant of Light

Eudora Welty Notes

Eudora Welty
1909-2001

Early Life
Born April 13, 1909
Idyllic childhood in Jackson, Mississippi
Two brothers, loving parents
Schoolteacher and insurance executive
Lived in Jackson for most of her life

Schools
Mississippi State College for Women
University of Wisconsin
Advertising at the Columbia University business school



Return
Father’s untimely death, 1931
Returned home
Worked at a local radio station
Covered the Jackson social scene for the newspaper

The Great Depression
1933-36, a publicity agent for the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Rural Mississippi
Took memorable photographs of the Great Depression



Writing
Published fiction in 1936
On staff of the New York Times Book Review
Traveled to Europe on a Guggenheim Fellowship
Extended writing residences at Oxford and Cambridge

Notable Works
Delta Wedding 1946
The Ponder Heart 1954
The Optimist's Daughter 1972

Essay Questions

On a 3” by 5” index card or paper, prepare an outline for each of these possible essay questions. Be sure to include brief quotes to use as evidence in your essay. We will select one of these questions at random just before the test. You may use only your index card for reference during the test.

1. Compare and contrast the character Dexter from Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams” with the character George from Anderson’s “Sophistication.” You may consider their actions, thoughts, speech, and/or physical descriptions. You may also consider how each character is perceived by others.

2. One common theme in modern fiction is the realization that isolation and loneliness are typical of the human condition. Explore how Anderson develops this theme in “Sophistication.”

3. As above, but explore how Hemingway develops the same theme in “In Another Country.”