Living and Dying for AP Language

Photo for Poem

"I caught a tremendous fish and held him..."

from "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop

Art Attack response

During class on Thursday, we visited the Art Attack display in the AHS lobby. As part of our training for the AP test, we wanted to sharpen our observation skills, so we responded to one particular piece. Here's an example:

Photo by Hailey Moore, Grade 12
The color photo focuses clearly on a woman laying comfortably on grass but viewed from upside down. This perspective emphasizes the arresting features of the human face: eyebrows, nose, lips, and an interesting tag necklace. In particular, the brown eyes looking at the camera have dimension or mystery or opaqueness. The person looking out of the photo captures the observer into a relationship akin to "I know you are there. You look at me via camera as I look at you out of my world."

Check out the Wordle Tool

Here are some links--

See "Try This!" in the gadgets box to the left.

Ms. Leclaire's blog on the Wordle Tool

Emotionally Intelligent Signage via Daniel Pink

What book did you choose and for what reason(s)? What do you hope to gain from reading it?

Choices
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Brittany, Chelley, Tessa, Grayson, Mr. Clemente

Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness by Jeffrey Tayler
Hannah, Ben, Shannon

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Rachel, Bailey, Eileen, Maria, Haley

Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone by Martin Dugard
Kylie, Alex, Adam

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo by Michela Wrong

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild
Connor, Damian

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Emma

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Jordan, Josh

The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Kathryn, Laura, Natalie, Pat, Paige, Whitney