Block of Ashes

* Open


* Poetry

• Villanelle: A French verse form consisting of five three-line stanzas and a final quatrain, with the first and third lines of the first stanza repeating alternately in the following stanzas. These two refrain lines form the final couplet in the quatrain (The Poetry Foundation).  The form is not ancient and has mostly been employed in modern times. 
• Etymology
• Italian: villanella: rustic song
• Italian: villano: peasant
• Latin: villanus: farmhand 
• Yes, this word is related to villain; bru, ha,ha!
• Read and answer the following questions (Journal 14):
• Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)
  • The House on the Hill
  • 1. Why does the speaker repeat himself if "there is nothing more to say"?
   
• W. H. Auden (1907–1973) 
• "If I Could Tell You" 
• 2. Who is the speaker?  Who is the speaker addressing?

• Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
• One Art 

• 3. Ask yourself: What is the art?  Is it hard to master?  Has the speaker mastered it?  How do you know?

* CWP Reminder

• Prompt: Satirize love, however gently, or rejoice in something commonly overlooked. 
• Various Examples of Satire
• "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift 
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 
• "Another Tattoo" by Weird Al Yankovic
• "Cheese" by G. K. Chesterton
• Format:

•  Prose (love): Weighted heavily on dialogue.  OR
• Prose (Chestertonianish): Remember that the more mundane the subject, the more room you have to exalt that subject and cloth it with wonder and glory. 
•  Poem: An extended poem or song; you may double space.

• In general, your work will be narrative.  Please read this overview of the basics from Purdue University on narrative writing.    
• Due date: March 6 

* Austen

* Ahead?  Work on your rewrite or contest entry.

HW: CWP

Sonnet Board Notes

Wednesday, 3/5: Ash Wednesday

* Open

• Grammar: Punctuate:
• "Yet even now declares the Lord
  return to me with all your heart
  with fasting with weeping and with mourning
  and rend your hearts and not your garments” (ESV Joel 2.12).
• Ash Wednesday
• AP Test Reminder: If you take the AP Literature Test, you will not take the 2nd semester final exam.  If you are unsure of your status, please see your adviser this week by the end of Thursday.
• Essay Rewrite
• Due on Tuesday, March 11
• Typed, MLA format
• Improve, increase, inspire! 
• What is due this week?
• Journal 13 Through ch. 40 (read through 50)
• CWP, but you may turn it in on Monday with no penalty 

* Austen or CWP

HW: Journal 13 through ch. 40 (read through 50)

A few of my favorite things

Bible Study

• Go through the Bible in five years with Dr. J. Vernon McGee.  Four generations (grandmother Ruth June, my mother Jeannie, myself, and my children) have enjoyed his wise teaching.  The podcast series is now on Song of Solomon.  You can also get the app on your phone; if you do, you can just go to any chapter you wish.  The icon looks like this:

Some asked me about the book I read recently that I enjoyed.

It is Manalive by G. K. Chesterton.  It is free on iBooks (choose the free one with the black icon)!

Tuesday, 3/3

* Open

• Look for a question from the Austen guide that you would like to answer together.
• Music-allocations
• Pahr-Tay
• CWP

* Drawing room: short for withdrawing room.

* CWP Reminder

• Prompt: Satirize love, however gently, or rejoice in something commonly overlooked. 
• Various Examples of Satire
• "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift 
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 
• "Another Tattoo" by Weird Al Yankovic
• "Cheese" by G. K. Chesterton
• Format:

•  Prose (love): Weighted heavily on dialogue.  OR
• Prose (Chestertonianish): Remember that the more mundane the subject, the more room you have to exalt that subject and cloth it with wonder and glory. 
•  Poem: An extended poem or song; you may double space.

• In general, your work will be narrative.  Please read this overview of the basics from Purdue University on narrative writing.    
• Due date: March 6 

HW: Austen Guide