Well, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead....again. I wish we could have had more discussion time for Ros and Guil, because I have lots of unanswered questions on that one, but we had to move on. We wrote another closed prompt, and so far I have learned:
-Organize by effects not by techniques
-Talk about Meaning
-Write a strong thesis
-A good opening will be over-scored, and poor opening, underscored.
-Recommendations are not optional
So, that was super helpful, and I can't wait to write another one and redeem myself. Now we are starting Ceremony, and if there wasn't enough repetition and circular logic in Ros and Guil, well now we have Ceremony! I am very curious about how Tayo will get in touch with his Pueblo Side. I have a feeling it will be rather... mythological. I know that Latino authors use a lot of magical realism, so that could be it. The AP exam suddenly feels a lot closer and nothing is slowing down. I am so tired. I need a break. Ms. Holmes, we need some story time (please? we've been so good!).... Good night.
Hi Emily,
ReplyDeleteGood job on writing down all the tidbits Holmes gave us about essays! I know for me writing things down helps me remember it much better.
As for Ceremony, did it meet your expectations? I would say it is pretty mystical, but MAJOR PLOT TWIST in bringing in the whole white people/witchery into it. It some how grounds the whole book, but I can't really explain how, you know?
Erin Donahue
p.s. I second the notion of story time btw
I disagree with what you said about how the organization of essays should be done by effect rather than technique. I think it would work just as well to go by technique as long as you still incorporated good transitions and avoided straightforward repetition, but that's just my opinion. I like that you included everything that you learned from the in class essay though, that was a really good idea! I know I probably wouldn't have remembered all of that by the AP test! I thought ceremony was a really interesting novel, but I actually thought Rosencrantz and Guildenstern put more of an emphasis on circular/cyclical tendencies--but then again, I understood that play better than I did Ceremony so that's probably why!
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