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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?

I believe that cultural or historical context is very important to the production and reception of a literary text as the context gives the reader an idea and closer look at what the author's surrounding is which portrays a more clear image for the reader.

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

We approach literary texts from different times and cultures to our own as something foreign as we are used to and adjusted to modern day literature and seeing work and texts from different times and cultures if often a very different experience.

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

Literary texts offer great insight into another culture as they provide a way to see how this culture functions and the difference between the culture of the people in literary texts and the culture that is normalized in your society.

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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.

I believe that the structure or style of a literary text gives a different meaning to it. The structure of Morrisons text gives a closer feel of what emotions and events Morrison tries to portray as with the use of stream-of-consciousness the reader is allowed to see a closer depiction and has a deeper impact and understanding behind the meaning of the novel.

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.

I think that cultural or historical context is very important to the production and reception of a literary text as context provides a background and a better understanding of what the text is trying to convey. With the use of the story of Margaret Garner and the Fugitive Slave Act it gave the reader a closer understanding of the time that Morrison is writing this book in and gave a bigger idea of context and what was happening in the society at the time that this literary text was written.

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IB English Extract for the Individual Oral Dmytro Rusnak  (2)

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Readers, Writers, Texts
1. Why and how do we study literature? Why do we study TTTC?

We study literature to deeper appreciate the works of authors and understand their books deep meanings. We studies TTTC because it is a book that dives deep into how war is like and the burdens that war puts on its soldiers.

2. How are we affected by literary texts in various ways? How are we impacted by TTTC?
We are affected by literary texts as literature gives us a detailed preview of human experiences and allows us to connect with them on levels of emotion and desire. We are impacted by TTTC as it is an important war story that deeply dives into burdens of war that must be known about.

3. In what ways is meaning constructed, negotiated, expressed and interpreted in TTTC?
Meaning is deeply constructed, negotiated, expressed and interpreted as TTTC is a meaningful text about war that is important to read if you want to understand the life experiences of soldiers and their burdens that war had brought them. It is expressed through the things they went through and ofcourse things they carried while interpreting the truth of war in the text.

4. How does the structure of style of TTTC affect its meaning?
The writing structure of style in TTTC is highly realistic and it varies between conversational and highly elevated as the story requires deep connection with the reader to fully understand what O'Brien is describing.

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Directions and Resources:

Ideas:

Texts:

Reflections:

Questions:

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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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IB English Beloved Extract for IO Dmytro Rusnak

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

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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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Some global issues developed from Toni Morrison's Beloved is "Human Rights" and "Limits of justice and
the law.”

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Some global issues developed from Langston Hughes' poems are Human Rights and International Law and Justice.

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Brainstorm some global issues developed from TTTC.
Some global issues developed from TTTC are mental health and class impact on individuals.

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I feel like I did good during the Langston Hughes poems Harkness discussions and had done a good job participating with ideas.

Ideas that I want to remember: look deeper into Themes for English B

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Reflection
How did you do during the Harkness discussions?
I feel like I did fine during the Harkness discussions and did a good job being a discussion mapper while also participating in the discussion.

Notes
Ideas discussed I want to remember: baby buffalo symbolized child innocence that the soldiers will never get back after getting their humanity stripped away by war.

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

How does TTTC connect to our world today?
TTTC connects to the world today as the side effects of war are still present and continuous in today's world. Many soldiers are forced to go into war as young adults and all exhibit the behavior of loss of innocence and trauma as they come out of the war a very different person then the person that enlisted.

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Toni Morrison's Beloved connects to other works we have read like Langston Hughes' poems as they both focus on the struggles of the black community during slavery and during the fight for abolition. Beloved and TTTC also connect as they both speak of the ugliness of the world.

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Langston Hughes poems connect to other works we have read as both these poems and TTTC have the ugly sides of our world, TTTC covering war and its brutalities while Langston Hughes poems cover black inequalities.

Langston Hughes poems connect to our world today as racial injustice and inequalities are still occuring even after these poems were written.

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Summer Assignment
Vietnam Slides
"On the Rainy River" Analysis Paragraph

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Denver/Paul D One-Pager
IO Outline
Optional Mastery Essay

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Hughes Writing Portfolio Week 1
Hughes Writing Portfolio Week 2
Hughes Pastiche
IO Outline
Hughes Written Assessment

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Why do humans read and write stories? Why do you read and write stories?  Write about a paragraph.

Humans read and write stories because the experience of stories contributes to our education about the outside world and contributes to our survival. Firstly, stories help us learn threats to our survival as they portray villains, monsters, plagues, etc. Secondly, stories show models of collaboration and teamwork as human being work together to get past any hardships they have. I read stories to learn about other peoples experiences or their fantasy and I think it is very beneficial to educate yourself with others stories.

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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.

Chronicle of A Death Foretold offers a lot of insight into Columbian culture and both machismo and marianismo being biggest aspects. Machismo especially as throughout the book we can see the effects of machismo or strong masculine pride.

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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

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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.

Some global issues explored in CoaDF is the machismo ideology or that men are above society and that masculinity must always be demonstrated in order to protect and provide for their family.

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Attach any of your Harkness notes here.

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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.

CoaDF connects to other works that we have read as in CoaDF we are faced with the idea of machismo or the toxic masculinity that is often the result of loss of innocence of young adults as they are forced to grow up and become mature adults. In TTTC, we can see this kind of loss of innocence as young soldiers are forced to fight in the war and often depict the same behavior of loss of innocence.

How does Chronicle connect to our world today?

A way that CoaDF connects to our world today as the main message of the novel was that memory is not a reliable thing and can become distorted over time and this still applies to our world today as people are often in a lot of legal trouble because of assumptions and can often lose their whole lives because of something they had not done.

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Group IO PPT (Link Here)

Best Quick Write (Link Here)

Artistic One-Pager (Link Here)

Final/Revised IO (Link Here)

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What insights did the poetry of Langston Hughes offer about the African-American community in Harlem?
Langston Hughes poetry had offered great insight into the daily lives and often struggle of the African-American community and especially the community in Harlem. As a reader, Hughes gave a clear depiction of what it was like to be an African-American in Harlem at this time and the things that affected him and others around him.

How does art reflect the community from which it comes?
Art reflects its community from which it comes as art gives a small glimpse into the culture of the community it depicts and gives a basic understanding of the community that it portrays.

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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)?
I believe that this novel specifically addresses the issues of gender, writing and power as it gives a closer feel of what it is like to be the oppressed and the way that those oppressed cannot voice their ideas or thoughts. The structure and style of the novel gives voice to the women of 124 as through this novel, the reader finally gets to hear the oppressed thoughts and ideas of the woman who have been hushed and not taken seriously but when given a closer look those ideas and thoughts were very important to give a voice to.

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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 Auschwitz and After?

We are affected by Delbo's memoir and her words "Try to look. Try to see"? as these words had prompted readers to look into and try to understand the situation of Auchwitz and the events that transpired there. I was affected by Auschwitz and After as I got a closer look at the horros of Auschwitz and now I have a deeper understanding of the events.

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

Thirst
Days and Memory

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

Two extracts used for Final IO

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

Morning
The Farewell
Night

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

Some global issues that I explored in Auschwitz and After was dehumanization of prisoners, the effects of traumatic events on individuals and desensitization of emotions.

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

Auschiwtz and After connects to the other works we've read as the works that we have read face some kind of trauma. In TTTC, the constant trauma of war bearing on the soldiers, in Beloved, the constant trauma of being a slave and Sweet Home while Auschwitz and After faces the horros of being a prisoner at a concentration camp. The global issues for both of the works work with each others as in both stories the characters experience same emotions and some kind of trauma that is easy to make a connection between the works.

How does Auschwitz connect to our world today?

Auschwitz and After connects to our world today as it is relevant to know of the events that happened in Auschiwtz even if the events happened 75 years ago. It is important to know of the events so history doesn't repeat itself.

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Attach any of your Harkness notes here.

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Delbo/Olere Quick Record
Final Delbo IO

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Dialectical journal

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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?

Perspolis can be considered literature as through its creative imagery and written word the graphic novel reflects and comments on society and humanity.

Time and Space
What insight did Persepolis give you into Iranian life during and after the revolution?

Persepolis gave me a clear insight to what it was like as a child during the times of war in Iran and also an insight to life before and after the war.

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Attach the panels you found most fascinating and that you discussed during our final Harkness here

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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.

Some global issues that I had come up with during class discussion is how during times of a distress, like war, a person is forced to mature beyond their age to cope with their surroundings.

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Attach any of your Harkness notes here.
Harkness Discussion Notes
Chapter 1-4 Panel Analysis
Panel Analysis
Panel Analysis

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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.

Persepolis connects to other works we have read as for example in The Things They Carried, the narrator faces the same environment as the narrator in Persepolis. Both of the narrators being children in war however one is a man on the battlefield and the other one is a teenage girl who is in the middle of a war in Iran. A global issue that it connects to is how during times of distress a person is forced to mature beyond their age to cope with their surroundings as in both TTTC and Persepolis, both of the characters had to mature beyond their age to adapt to their surroundings.

How does Persepolis connect to our world today?

Persepolis connects to our world today is that the ideas of repression still exist and Persepolis had a deep focus on these ideas. Repression of woman, their choices and other ways that the population has been repressed still exists in our world today.

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Link to the reflections here.

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Motif Dialectical Journal
Chapter 5-6 Close Reading Commentary
Written Analysis
For the Time Being work studied form