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Readers, Writers, Texts
How are we affected by Delbo's memoir and her imperative for us to "Try to look. Try to see"? How were you affected by Days and Memory?

Delbo's memoir and Days and Memory opened my eyes to the ways literature and sharing experiences help individuals empathize with the "unimaginable". While the focal point of Delbo's work in Nazi Germany and the tragedies it had led to, she presented a shared humanity that prevails in other instances of mass trauma. Thus, while depicting the worst of the "unimaginable" she also highlighted the prevalence of beauty through strength, human connection, and growth.

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Intertextuality
How valid is the notion of a "classic" literary text? What makes Persepolis "literary" even though it is a graphic novel?
Persepolis maintains classic literary devices within the voiceovers and utilization of dialogue. Through these, she is able to give context and even insight as her future self reflects upon the past.
Time and Space
What insight did Persepolis give you into Iranian life during and after the revolution?
Persepolis provided a look into how human nature withstands and prevails in the face of extreme circumstances. Therefore, despite oppression and conflicts the development of a person is generally equal. Yet, the outcomes are different everyone has a baseline to be human.

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Time and Space

1. How does Chronicle offer insight into Columbian culture? Consider what we've learned about with machismo, marianismo, honor and the impact of colonialism.

The Chronicle critiques the double standards regarding the unjust and unequal criminalization and victimization between women and men in traditional Columbian culture. It reveals the ways cultural expectations and standards dictate the morality of the community and explores how Columbian culture develops toxic morality.

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Readers, Writers, and Texts

1. How does the structure or style of a literary text affect meaning? Consider how Morrison's stream-of-consciousness, shifting points of view, and use of analepsis and prolepsis impact the meaning of the novel.

The literary effect of Morrison's style shifts back and forth between the present and past is confusing for the reader but it expounds the idea that present is constantly impacted the weight of the past.

Time and Space

1. How important is cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a literary text? Consider the story of Margaret Garner, the Fugitive Slave Act, and other historical and cultural phenomena and how that has impacted the creation and reception of Beloved.

The time period that Beloved references is overall important to the meaning of Beloved as a whole as it serves as a reminder of the past and why we should know that slavery happened yet it is also important to move on from it to make social progress in the present.

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Time and Space
Choose 3 out of these 6 questions to answer and reflect on how it relates to our reading and understanding of Hughes' work.

1. How important is cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a literary text?

Understanding both cultural and historical context is almost vital to the effectiveness of a literary text's ability to convey a message. Often literary texts depend on the reader's mental connections between their message and its context. The context of a passage often allows the reader to have an even greater appreciation and broader understanding of the piece.

1. How do we approach literary texts from different times and cultures to our own?

Literary texts from different times and cultures should be approached openly, however with an understanding of the modern and past meanings and contexts. More often than not, people have the tendency to ignorantly claim or partake in a cultural

1. To what extent do literary texts offer insight into another culture?

2. How does the meaning and impact of a literary text change over time?

3. How do literary texts reflect, represent or form a part of cultural practices?

4. How does language represent social distinctions and identities?

Language often reflects the development of separate communities, due to the fact when a community grows so do its characteristics. Hence the growth of language is often a product of community. Thus when communities grow apart and their use of language does as well. This creates a language barrier where, while both communities may have the same denotative definition of a word they vary in the connotative effects. Learning and understanding the workings of language in different communities provides insight into the environment and thought processes those people experience.

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Directions and Resources:

Ideas:

Texts:

Reflections:

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Readers, Writers, Texts
1. Why and how do we study literature? Why do we study TTTC?
Literature is studied through the in-depth analysis of how pieces of work and literary devices connect to and convey a message. We study TTTC to understand how author Tim O'Brien's writing enlists emotions and themes to an audience with possibly no genuine experience of the situation at hand.

2. How are we affected by literary texts in various ways? How are we impacted by TTTC?
Literary texts expand upon a person's worldview, overall perspective, and ability to sympathize through the impact on their emotions when connections are made while reading, analyzing, and interpreting a piece of work.  TTTC creates commonalities among the diverse experiences of war and provides pathways for those who have never had their own personal war experience to better understand what the Vietnam war and possibly all wars inflicted upon their eyewitnesses.

3. How does the structure and style of TTTC affect its meaning?
The use of vignettes, rather than chapters in chronological order causes a more analytical approach when reading the novel as the reader pieces the story together. Its rather confusing and contradictory style and statements cause the reader to comprehend and immerse themselves in the message and feelings throughout the novel.

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Link to the reflections here.

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Attach the extracts you annotated (Some are on Kami) during our Harkness discussions.

Arrivals and Departures (Separate book)

Kalavrita of the Thousand Antigones
Tomb of the Dictator

Attach the two extracts you used for your Final IO here.

"Beloved" by Toni Morrison and "Days and Memory" by Charlotte Delbo

Attach any other extracts you might want to use for your real IO.

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Panel Pros

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Attach the 8 extracts from the Group IOs that you annotated here.

Attach the two extracts you used for your Final IO here

Attach your Final IO Brainstorming PPT here

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Attach your one 40 lined extracts you used for your Mock IO as well as any other 40 line extracts you might want to use for your real IO in the future.

1. The breathing is gone; only the teeth are left.

2. She said you wouldn’t hurt me.

3.  She hurt me.

4. I will protect you.

5. I want her face.

6. Don’t love her too much.

7. I am loving her too much.

8. Watch out for her; she can give you dreams.

9. She chews and swallows.

10.  Don’t fall asleep when she braids your hair she is the laugh; I am the laughter.

11.  I watch the house; I watch the year.

12.  She left me.

13.  Daddy is coming for us.

14.  A hot thing.

15.  Beloved

16.  You are my sister

17.  You are my daughter

18.  You are my face; you are me

19.  I have found you again; you have come back to me

20.  You are my Beloved

21.  You are mine

22.  You are mine

23.  You are mine

24.  I have your milk

25.  I have your smile

26.  I will take care of you

27.  You are my face; I am you. Why did you leave me who am

28.  you?

29.  I will never leave you again

30.  Don’t ever leave me again

31.  You will never leave me again

32.  You went in the water

33.  I drank your blood

34.  I brought your milk

35.  You forgot to smile

36.  I loved you

37.  You hurt me

38.  You came back to me

39.  You left me

40.  I waited for you

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Attach your 40 line extract you used for you Mock IO as well as any other 40 line extracts you might want to use for your real IO in the future.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CKRcUpYTdezaJD8YpBGrjFVNk-YtSo4I/view?usp=share_link

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1. Readers, Writers, Texts

1. Why and how do we study literature?

2. How are we affected by literary texts in various ways?

3. In what ways is meaning constructed, negotiated, expressed and interpreted?

4. How does language use vary among literary forms?

5. How does the structure or style of a literary text affect meaning?

6. How do literary texts offer insights and challenges?

2. Time and Space

1. How important is cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a literary text?

2. How do we approach literary texts from different times and cultures to our own?

3. To what extent do literary texts offer insight into another culture?

4. How does the meaning and impact of a literary text change over time?

5. How do literary texts reflect, represent or form a part of cultural practices?

6. How does language represent social distinctions and identities?

3. Intertextuality

1. How do literary texts adhere to and deviate from conventions associated with literary forms?

2. How do conventions and systems of reference evolve over time?

3. In what ways can diverse literary texts share points of similarity?

4. How valid is the notion of a “classic” literary text?

5. How can literary texts offer multiple perspectives of a single issue, topic or theme?

6. In what ways can comparison and interpretation be transformative?

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Attach some 40-line extracts you have analyzed and may want to use for your IO.

Attach your annotations for the following here:
The Things They Carried
How to Tell a True War Story
On the Rainy River
Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong

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What were some global issues you explored in Days and Memory? Consider the Hexagonal Harkness we had and some of the global issues you came up with during that discussion.

How traumatic events strip the life from an individual, prior to one’s physical death. (doubling)

Finding relief and serenity in the seemingly mundane after experiencing tragedy.

The ways tragedy accentuates the beauty of strength, resilience, and determination.

The inability of outsiders to relate to and understand immense tragedies.

Literature’s representation of humanity’s need to connect and empathize with victims of immense tragedies to begin the process of understanding.

How literature presents knowledge as a tool to enlighten individuals and inspire empathy.

How literature eliminates the barrier to understanding experiences of tragedy.

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What were some global issues you explored in Persepolis?Consider the Harkness discussion and other ideas that came up during class discussion.
The capabilities of humanity.
The development of children in extreme circumstances.
The necessity of community in the development of children.
Community as a source of one's sense of self.

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What were some global issues you explored in Chronicle? Consider honor, morality, perspective, fate, gender norms etc. The more detailed you are, the more useful this will be for your IO.

-How cultural and societal standards ultimately dictate and oppress free will.

-Honor as a source of diversion from one's fear of embarrassment

-The impact of community in preserving the parasitic nature of societal expectations

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What were some global issues you explored in Beloved? Consider memory, trauma, importance of community, etc. The more detailed you are, the more useful this will be for your IO.
The hindrance of trauma in creating a successful future.
The necessity of confrontation to overcome past trauma.
The hindrance of trauma on familial relationships.

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What were some global issues you explored in Hughes' poetry?
-The inequality in the distributions of opportunity for success.
-Lingering systematic oppression as a result of previous issues.
-The inability to truly identify and understand the experiences of other individuals.
-The representation of unique experiences through literature.

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1. Culture, Identity, and Community

1. family, class, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender and sexuality, and the way these impact on individuals and societies. migration, colonialism and nationalism.

2. Beliefs, Values and Education

1.  beliefs and values nurtured in particular societies and the ways they shape individuals, communities and educational systems. They might also explore the tensions that arise when there are conflicts of beliefs and values, and ethics.

3. Politics, Power, and Justice

1.  explore aspects of rights and responsibilities, the workings and structures of governments and institutions. They might also investigate hierarchies of power, the distribution of wealth and resources, the limits of justice and the law, equality and inequality, human rights, and peace and conflict

4. Art, Creativity, and the Imagination

1.  explore aspects of aesthetic inspiration, creation, craft, and beauty. They might also focus on the shaping and challenging of perceptions through art, and the function, value and effects of art in society.

5. Science, technology and the environment

1.  explore the relationship between humans and the environment and the implications of technology and media for society. They might also consider the idea of scientific development and progress.

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Brainstorm some global issues developed from TTTC.
-War's impact on humanity and retaining sanity
-The moral obligation an individual has for their community
-Impacts of past trauma on individuals

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How does D&M connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works.
Beloved:
Both novels discuss familial dynamics which undergo and suffer trauma. They both intend to give voice to not just their experiences, but the experiences of the masses who had suffered.
The things they Carried:
Both novels discuss the implications of war and explore how sometimes beauty can be found amidst chaos, distraught, and destruction. They utilize vignettes that do not retain a chronological order which causes the audience to make the connections between the vignettes themselves.
The Chronicles of a Death Foretold:
Both deal with the morality of being a bystandard and generational or communal guilt and obligation.
Langston Hughes:
Both authors discuss resilience, strength, and humanity, being highlighted or necessary in the face of dehumanization and oppression.

How does D&M connect to our world today?
Days and Memories connect to our world today as it presents the generational/national guilt that some Germans may still carry. Furthermore, Delbo speaks of oppression that carries on today, including in Cuba. The experiences presented show parts of history that should never be repeated and their effects on society and how society as a whole let them happen.

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Attach any of your Harkness notes here.

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Attach any of your Harkness notes here.

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Attach your Google Slide and notes for your Hexagonal Harkness here.

Attach your Google Slides for your Stream of Consciousness discussion here.

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Reflection
How did you do during the Harkness discussions? What feedback did you receive?
I needed to organize my time regarding the zoom-out and zoom-in better.
Notes
Ideas discussed in Harkness I want to remember:
The effects of surroundings on individuals.

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Reflection
How did you do during the Harkness discussions?
I had difficulty adding on and following the group's collective line of thought. However, when I could add on I provided relevant insight though, I did have to learn how to provided specific evidence.

Attach your Harkness Prep Sheets Here.
"OTRR" Prep Sheet
"TTTC" Prep Sheet
"HTTATWS" Prep Sheet
"Sweetheart" Prep Sheet
Final Prep Sheet

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Attach any of your Jamboard Harkness notes here.
"Arrivals, Departures" Harkness Jamboard Period 5
"Kalavrita of a Thousand Antigones" Harkness Jamboard Period 5

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How does Persepolis connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works.

How does Persepolis connect to our world today?
Persepolis connects to our world today in its commentary on the development of children and war. It explores the circumstances of war and the consequences of violence within humanity. Furthermore, it shares the timeless message of equality among humans and how humans retain sameness.

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How does Chronicle connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works.

How does Chronicle connect to our world today?
The Chronicle connects to, "The Things They Carried", by Tim O'Brien in characterization and the weight of societal honor/expectations, especially regarding those of men.
It also connects to the novel "Beloved" and the poems created by Langston Hughes through its emphasis on inequality wether it be gender or race-based. They all relate to the impact of the community supporting and allowing injustice on a group or individual.

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How does Beloved connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works.

Beloved connects to The Things They Carried as it also advocates the weight of trauma and how individuals carry their own unique weight that others can't carry.

How does Beloved connect to our world today?

In today's world, there are instances of today's generation having to fix past issues because the past generation never chose to heal, thus we are witnessing many socio-political movements like BLM.

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What connections can you make between some of Hughes' poems?

How does Hughes' poems connect to other works we've read?

How does Hughes' poetry connect to our world today?

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How does TTTC connect to other works we've read?
TTTC can be compared to

How does TTTC connect to our world today?
TTTC has timeless and universal themes regarding trauma and war. Especially in current global politics where there is a relevant connection to the war between Ukraine and Russia.

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One-pager (Link Here)

"Warsaw" Writing (Link Here)

Hexagonal Formation Slides (Link Here)

Final Mock IO Flipgrid (Link Here)

Final Delbo Project (After Spring Break)

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Group IO PPT (Link Here)

Best Quick Write (Link Here)

Artistic One-Pager (Link Here) (Optional)

Final IO Flipgrid (Link Here)

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Denver or Paul D One-Pager (Link Here)

Stream of Consciousness One-Pager (Link Here)

IO Outline Form (Link Here)

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Hughes Writing Portfolio Week 1 Freedom's Plow or Theme for English B (Link Here)

Hughes Writing Portfolio Week 2 Bitter River (Link Here)

IO Graphic Organizer(Link Here)

IO Hughes Practice Flipgrid Link (Link Here)

IO Listening and Reflection Sheet (Link Here)

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Summer Assignment (Link Here)

"On the Rainy River" Paragraph (Link Here)

"How To Tell A True War Story" Paragraph (Link Here)

TTTC Pastiche (Link Here)

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Attach your dialectical journal here

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Linda Krumholz claims (in "The Ghosts of Slavery: Historical Recovery in Toni Morrison’s Beloved") that finding a voice for the thoughts and experiences of women is central to the "healing," historical recovery theme and structure of the book. According to Krumholz, Morrison’s novel "adapts techniques from modernist novels, such as the fragmentation of the plot and shifting narrative voice, to compel the reader to actively construct an interpretive framework" (109). How does the novel specifically address issues of gender, writing and power? How does the structure and style of the novel give voice to "the thoughts of the women of 124, unspeakable thoughts, unspoken" (Beloved 199)?

Beloved addresses gender issues as Paul D. references how typical manhood had to repress emotions via "tin can heart" while women in Beloved faced the weight of motherhood in a survival mode environment.

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What insights did the poetry of Langston Hughes offer about the African-American community in Harlem?
Langston Hughes highlights the injustices that he and the African American community witnessed.
How does art reflect the community from which it comes

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Opening Passage Translations Analysis (Linked Here)
Preread Context Sketch Notes (Linked Here)
Part 1 Sketch Notes (Linked Here)
Part 2 Sketch Notes (Linked Here)
Guided Literary Analysis One-Pager (Linked Here)
Closing Passage Translations Analysis (Linked Here)
Motif Info Grafphic (Linked Here)

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What motifs/themes does Camus explore that you find interesting?
The motif of the sky was interesting as it was used to symbolize the universe's indifference. Albert Camus' ability to give sensory details to this concept is extraordinary and effective in communicating his message.

Write a Line of inquiry you would find interesting to explore further using one of the seven-course concepts.
How does Albert Camus use the motif of the sun to progress toward his conclusion of living in spite of the Universe's indifference?

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Provide three-four of the most memorable quotes from your reading.
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Poetry packet annotations I am proud of

I annotated and analyzed several poems by Carol Ann Duffy. I specifically looked for the usage of literary devices such as allusions, patterns, and enjambement.

"Selling Manhattan" Guided Literary Analysis One-Pager

This assignment was a one-pager in which students picked the poems they were to create a 500-word one-pager. The paper was to explore the stylistic devices that Carol Ann Duffy employs and their purpose within the chosen poem.

"Shooting Stars" Guided Literary Analysis

This guided literary analysis was with a cold reading of "Shooting Stars" by Carol Ann Duffy, and students were to analyze the literary devices that the author employed to describe the events of the Holocaust and the reaction of the world.

Duffy Poetry Socratic Seminar Prep Form

This form was to structure thoughts regarding the comparison of "Before You Were Mine" and "Whoever She Was" for a class group discussion.

Small Group Poetry Video & Poetry Video Statement of Intent

This project required creativity and teamwork to analyze a poem and reform it into a video. The purpose of the video was to help other peers understand the devices and purpose of the poem.

Duffy Poetry Videos Graphic Organizer

This graphic organizer is the collected notes from viewing videos made by peers. This allowed for a group understanding of many of Carol Ann Duffy's poems.

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What motifs/themes does Duffy explore that you find interesting?
Carol Ann Duffy explores themes of childhood, nostalgia, and memories which I find to be the most interesting. She intertwines these themes with Motherhood and other particular female experiences. Her style eloquently causes feelings of nostalgia and remembrance for the audience to empathize and experience the narrator's point of view.

Write a Line of inquiry you would find interesting to explore further using one of the seven-course concepts.
How does Carol Ann Duffy employ personal experience to explore universal themes of memories and feminity?

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Guided Literary Analysis 1 (Tornado0

Guided Literary Analysis 2 (The boys have grown)

Pastiche

Graphic organizer preparing for motif presentation

Motif Presentation slides and Notes

End of Unit Discussion Notes

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What motifs/themes does Dillard explore that you find interesting?

Revisit/Rewrite a line of inquiry you would find interesting to explore further using on of the seven course concepts.

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Prep for the Hot Socratic

Guided literary analysis 1 with reflection

Guided literary analysis 2 with reflection

Close Reading 1, 2, 3, 4, and closing passage

Common Theme Project

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Do you see yourself writing about 1984 for Paper 2?

Yes, I see myself writing about 1984 for Paper 2. I believe the metaphors and symbolisms for oppression and remembrance could be useful in connection to previous works I've studied. Furthermore, the quotes are profound and easy to remember because of that very reason.

Which works that have not already been used on your IO or HL Essay, so far, seem best to connect to 1984?

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Both stories contain overseeing authorities which enforce and regulate social norms. 1984 has the Party and Ingsoc as its overarching rule which dictates the mannerisms and lives of the citizens of Ocieania. This authority also leads to the demise of free thought within Winston by the end of the Novel. Whereas CODAF subtly presents this authority through the influence of Christianity which dictates the morals of the town and their views of Marianmismo and Machismo. Both novels reflect figures of authority in societies that dictate the lives, thoughts, and morals of their people.

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"Was he, then, ALONE in the possession of a memory?"(Orwell 75).

In correlation to the motif of chocolate representing the goodness of the past, this quote is significant as it conveys the importance of history in the perception of the present.

"The sexual act, successfully performed, was rebellion. Desire was thoughtcrime"(Orwell 87).

Presents the restriction of human desires often leads to vengeance and malice. Therefore, people indulge in these behaviors as an act of rebellion.

"No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory"(Orwell 159).

There is a lack of humanity in war. This quote presents the loss of human emotion and attachment which is replaced by feelings of hatred.

"War hysteria increases in intensity as one rises in the social scale"(Orwell 271).

This as an analogy for "Doublethink" extends the meaning and purpose of the motif. The idea is that those who are ignorant are the ones with the least likelihood of endangerment.

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Hamlet Anticipation Guide and Philosophical Chairs Reflection

Preparation to consider different view points on morals and philosophical thinking which may be altered by the play.

Hamlet 2.2 Socratic Prep and Reflection

Preparation for a class discussion regarding Act 2 scene 2 and a reflection on participation and insight.

Evidence of Close Reading Analysis :

Hamlet, Act V, scene 1 Close Read

Hamlet, Act IV, scene v Close Read Analysis (Graded)

A deeper dive into specific scenes by anotating for specific prompts and analyzing literary devices.

Hamlet 3.1 Guided Literary Analysis with Reflection

Synthesizing literary devices and insight to argue Shakespeare's intended message.

Hamlet Small Group Motif Presentation

Preparation for paper 2 by finding and analyzing specific quotes that contain reoccurring motifs.

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How might you use Hamlet to write Paper 2 in May?

Hamlet would be a good way in cases where one would compare two formats of literary works, perhaps a play and a book.

In what ways can you compare/contrast Shakespeare's play with two other works that you have not already used for your IO and HL Essay?

I can see similarities between CODAF and the works of Carol Ann Duffy. There is a heavy emphasis on the implications of sins and religious morality in both CODAF and Hamlet. Both Hamlet and some of Carol Ann Duffy's poems share a theme of losing one's self in their familial duties

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Socratic Seminar Prep. & Reflection

This Socratic Seminar compared and contrasted the short stories "Barn Burning" and "Second Bakery Attack". Diving into the meaning and relevance of these short stories by Murakami while also attempting to make connections to other short stories and pieces of literature we have studied.

Paper 1 Practice

Paper 1 Practice was to test our skills in creating an essay from scratch with a cold read. This established the need for an essay map and helped evaluate what skills I could improve and/or utilize during test day.

SCASI Organizer

The SCASI Organizer was added on to after each reading of Murakami's works. This helped with reading comprehension and retention, since Murakami's works tend to be abstract or difficult to follow logically.

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What did you appreciate or enjoy in this unit?

I appreciated the deeper dive into the author's life and interviews with the author. Understanding the author's way of writing and purpose helped in relating to and understanding his works. I enjoyed the extra context as it also made the short stories more enjoyable to read without having to analyze every single choice Murakami makes.

Do you see yourself writing about Murakami's short stories for Paper 2? Why or why not?

I do see myself writing about Murakmi's short stories since there is an array of messages and ideas to choose from. They cover a larger range of topics and the abstract nature of his writing makes them easier to remember.

Which work(s) that have not already been used on your IO or HL Essay, so far, seems best to connect to Murakami's short stories?

On what topics or themes? Explain.

Hamlet relates to Murakami's short stories in the sense of curses, intimacy, and psychological dealings. For example, Hamlet discusses guilt and madness, as well as, the duties one has to their loved ones. These themes and ideas could also be found in Murakami's Second Bakery Attack, Barn Burning, and Sleep.

Murakami may also be compared to Carol Ann Duffy, as in both authors write their perceptions of the world around them. Furthermore, they both write about love and a mother-child dynamic. Both have stories which can describe how a mother either loses themself or has some disdain for their offspring.

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1. “I stabbed a hot soldering iron into the bulging figs of its eyes”(Murakami 155).

This quote is interesting because it discusses suffering and makes a gory image to convey inhumanity. Furthermore, the character is rather bizarre and can be interpreted in a number of ways.

2. “I never asked you here”(Murakami 156).

This expands on the notion of unrequited love or even unwanted attention. This challenges one's perception of justifiable defense.

3. “‘Things so close up, they don’t even register’” (Murakami 148).

Murakami makes a bold statement toward people's inability to acknowledge the obvious. This statement can be applied in many scenarios regarding identity and perception of the world.