May 7

• This past week we had a review of poetry in preparation for the final.
• We mainly discussed how to analyze these poems and how to answer questions about them that may appear on the AP test.
• I received insight on what may appear on the AP test and how to properly answer questions similar to that. 
• I really have no questions worth noting.

3/30

• This past week we prepared for the AP test. 
• We discussed the contents of the test and started some practice tests in preparation.
• I feel that after these tests I will be better prepared for the actual test this Thursday. 
• I have no questions or observations worth noting.

4/16

• This past week we finished our discussions of the book The Alchemist. We started our review for the AP test with the short story Everyday Use.
• We mainly discussed the overall meaning of The Alchemist. We also discussed a little bit about the new short story we read- Everyday Use.
• I was able to understand and gain some insight on the overall meaning of the Alchemist and how others interpereted it.
• I really have no observations or questions worth noting.

2/13

• This past week we concluded our reading of Hamlet.
• We watched several renditions of the final scene, along with reading it.
• By watching the scene and reading it, I better understood what was going on in the play.
• I have no real observations or questions worth noting.

2/6

• This past week we continued our study of Hamlet. The play is beginning to come to a close and the action seems to be declining.
• We discussed the death of Ophelia, as well as the conflict between Laertes and the King and Hamlet.
• I recieved further insight on the implication of Ophelia's death, as well as what it meant for the play from that point on.
• No ideas, questions, observations, ect. worth noting this past week.

Flower Assignment

1.) The flowers are imaginary, we came to this conclusion through the fact that the timing of her pulling out flowers, and the fact that she is starting to go insane.
2.) Yes, each person's flower represents her emotions toward that person.
3.) We saw Gertrude getting columbine and fennel, because it is representative of her quick, incest, remarriage after old Hamlet's death. Claudius recieved columbine for the same reason, and he also recieved rosemary. This is in rememberance of his brother murder/death. Finally, we saw Laertes recieving rosemary, rue, and violets. These are all remeberance of his fathers' death.
4.) She keeps Rue for herself because it represents her repentance and sorrow towards her behavior displayed toward Hamlet.
5.) She is merely pointing it out because it represents the broken relationships of everyone in the room.
6.) Horatio is just a spectator, he does not recieve any flowers.

Boquets
1.) Ophelia to Hamlet

• Aloe
• Basil
• Carnation (Yellow)
• Geranium
• Marigold

2.) Hamlet to Gertrude

• Aloe
• Peony
• Buttercup
• Marigold
• Geranium

3.) Hamlet to Ophelia

• Aloe
• Chrysanthemum
• Jonquil
• Rose (red)
• Chrysanthemum (yellow)

I worked with AJ, Mike, and Addy

1/30

• This past week, we continued our in class discussions of Hamlet, specifically, acts two and three. 
• In class, we discussed in depth the subject matter of the two scenes. We talked about how the play was changing, and some major turning points that occurred during the scenes.
• I came to have a better understanding of where the plot of the play is going, and how the characters in the play are developing and changing. 
• I feel like the in class discussions are helping me get a better understanding of what happened in the prior nights' reading.

1/16

• This past week we continued reading Hamlet, along with viewing some renditions of the scene containing the ghost.
• In class we read and discussed much of act two of Hamlet and some of the deeper meanings of some parts of the play.
• I came to understand the ghost scene more clearly this week, mainly because of the video interpretations that we watched.
• I have no observations or questions worth noting. 

Hamlet Ghost Scene

      I prefer the 1996 interpretation of the ghost scene. I enjoyed it more mainly because of the visual interpretation of the murder of old Hamlet. It helped me to further understand the means used to kill him and in turn helped me in understanding the play better. 

1/4

• This week we discussed our finals and we also began reading Hamlet.
• This week's discussions mainly covered the background on the play Hamlet, though we also discussed the content of our finals.
• I received insight on the background of Hamlet as well as an understanding of why I missed the questions that I did on the Final.
• I have no observations or questions that I can think of.

Individual Diction Assignment

1. Diction is an authors choice of language within a work, including the connotation or denotation of words and the type of language used (ex: simple, scholarly, ect.). Connotation is a readers' interperetation of the meaning of a word that is used, and also sometimes how it may make a reader feel.
2. I have a fairly clear understanding of diction, and there is not much that remains unclear to me.

1/9

• This week we continued reading Shakespeare's Hamlet. 
• We mainly discussed the ideas in act one this week and some of the basic plot of the story. We also discussed some background information on the play.
• This week I learned more about the play Hamlet in general. More specifically I learned more details about the plot and characters of the play.
• I don't have any questions or observations worth noting.

12/5

• This past week we read and discussed both Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
• The week was used to discuss the main ideas of these two poems, and we analyzed them for deeper meaning.
• I personally recieved some insight on some of the deeper meanings of these two poems during our class discussions.
• I don't have any new questions or observations that need to be adressed relating to AP Lit.

10/28

• This past week have studied several peoms including My Last Duchess, and started a poem called The Love Story of J. Alfred Prufrock.
• We mainly analyzed the poems in the way of the mechanics of the poems versus the meaning, though the meanings of the poems were discussed.
• One thing I was able to take from these discussions was a better understanding of how to determine the true meaning of a poem.
• This past week I didn't really form any new ideas or questions that need to be adressed.

11-14

This past week we began reading some poetry more in depth and learned some points on analyzing poetry.

I learned some more about the mechanical side of poetry and read some poems that I enjoyed, and also a few that I did not. 

This week I received insight on how to analyze a poem properly, and also the different types of poems and how they are mechanically different.

I really have no new observations or questions that I have formed over the past week. 

Poetry Forms Data Assignment

I read the poem "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. As far as technical analysis, I noticed that this particular poem followed the rhyme and rhythm pattern for a Rondeau. I also felt that the subject matter was correct for this poetic type, seeing as this poem seemed to refer to spirituality. Overall, I personally liked this poem, because of its particular subject matter and its flowing rhyme scheme.

10/31

-This past week we read several selections relating to the AP test.
-Using what we learned from the readings, we answered questions that are similar to what would be seen on the test. We also came up with our own questions for some of the short stories we have read.
-This week I obtained some new knowledge about the AP test that we will take.
-I have no new relavent observations or questions.

10/31

- This past week we worked on our ARITS project. We had no new reading selections for this week.
- We focused on our individual tasks within our wiki groups. For me, this included viewing and reviewing performances of the play and doing a deeper analysis of the characters.
- This week I didn't really recieve any insight because of the project.
- Again, because of the project I didn't really form any new ideas or questions.

10/17

• This past week we finished reading the play ARTIS. Beyond that, we watched parts of a preformance of the play.
• In class we mainly discussed the play , and, more specifically, the individual characters. We also discussed our project and began working on it at the end of the week.
• I recieved insight on some other interperetations of characters in the book.
• I personally have not formed any new observations or questions.

8/11/11

• This past week we continued reading ARTIS, and worked on our character journals for acts one and two.
• I learned a fair amount through other's presentations of their assigned characters in the book.
• I personally contributed to our activity when we were sharing our presentations of our assigned characters in class.
• Even in the beginning of the play, I have started to observe how much times have changed from the time that the play was set in to now.