Monster Seminar "Math Equations"

Here are the notes/mathematical equations from 6th period.  7th period coming soon!

....aaaand here are the notes from 7th period...

Heeeey, Victor!

Please post comments inspired from today's seminar on Victor Frankenstein.  If you completed the journal assignment, please include your "mathematical equation" along with your comments.  Don't forget to read "Cooped Up" for tomorrow!!!

Szymborska links

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1996/szymborska-lecture.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/books/wislawa-szymborska-nobel-winning-polish-poet-dies-at-88.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

"Starvation Camp at Jaslo"

Wow... I can't say how much I loved having such an inspired discussion about this poem with you all today.  Sometimes the art just needs to be art and I'm happy that we were able to see it as such. Please add any comments you weren't able to make during class.  Looking forward to another great week with our very first IOPs!!!!!!

IOP Tips!

Check out this link for some tips and info on the IOP.
http://ibdiploma.cambridge.org/media/IB_Lit_4_planning_ps4.pdf

Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby

Okay, so nobody really likes Tom, but beyond his deplorable behavior and skewed moral compass, we need to uncover his contribution to the text.  What does he represent?  What does he expose about each and every one of us (whether we want to admit it or not)?

And then there's Gatsby... so complex.  Why is this novel called The Great Gatsby?  Is he a victim or perpetrator?  Is his death tragic or poetic?

Feel free to comment on either or both.

Nick Carraway: Friend or Foe?

Did I say that this would go up on Friday afternoon?  Sorry about that.  Let's hear more thoughts about Nick...

Hello!

Welcome, IB English students of the 2014-15 school year!
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