Human Heart in Conflict CFA

Today is our outlining/pre-writing day for the Human Heart in Conflict CFA.  Please see the previous post for the essential questions. 

The Human Heart in Conflict

This marking period’s theme is about “the human heart in conflict.” Answer the following questions and use Joy Harjo’s poems to provide examples.
1)What do we mean by this metaphor, the human heart?
2) Why does a human heart feel conflict?
3) What are the various conflicts the human heart feels?
4) How is the human heart affected by conflict?
5) How is resolution of conflict dealt with?

We will write essays on the human heart in conflict next Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Dictionary and Poetry

Choose one of the shortest poems in How We Became Human.
Use oxforddictionaries.com to look up every word in the poem.  Write down the definitions, and do not forget to look at word origins.  Even something as simple as what languages the words in the poem originated from can be important.
What does this show you about the poem? 
How does this illuminate alternative meanings of the text?

Call and Response in HWBH

According to oxforddictionaries.com, “call and response” is “a form of verbal interaction between a speaker and listeners, usually at religious or public gatherings, in which each utterance by the speaker elicits a response from the audience.”

The poems on pages 146, 171, and 177, among others, contain examples of call and response.

Choose one poem.  How do you know which lines are calls and which are responses?  How does this format contribute to the meaning of the poem as a whole?  What other literary devices are integrated with the call and response format?

Find a partner and coauthor a call and response poem. 

What's Next

We have finished watching Blade Runner, so we will begin reading Joy Harjo's How We Became Human next. 

Frankenstein Topic, Continued

Look back at the list of topics above. Pick three or four of the concepts that you think are most developed in the novel. Find specific textual references that show how each is important. Show ways the three or four concepts you selected are connected to each other.

Frankenstein: Topics for Discussion

Parallel characters
hatred
parents/children
revenge
revolt
binary opposition
pride
ambition
compassion
loneliness
sacrifice
responsibility
"being human"
intelligence/wisdom
science/black magic

AP Payment

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Finish Frankenstein

Please finish the novel for the next time we meet.

Frankenstein Reading

Please read to page 218 in Frankenstein. 

Frankenstein Reading and Questions

Please read to page 201.

Here are two questions we worked on in class:

• A motif is an element (incident, device, formula) that recurs frequently in a particular work.  Identify several motifs from Frankenstein.  How are they significant?
• Symbolism is using objects or events to represent both themselves and things beyond themselves.  Identify some examples of symbolism in Frankenstein.  How do they contribute to the meaning of the book as a whole?