The Passage Analysis activity planned for today was postponed until Monday. Sorry guys, you'll just have to wait to get into the "movement in poetry" work we need to do. Here's a hint at what we'll do Monday:

The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes
Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,
Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,
Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,
Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap,
And seeing that it was a soft October night,
Curled once about the house, and fell asleep.

Congratulations to Kelly Larsen for her first winning post based on the Quem Quaeritis trope. Her answer appears below:

The Quem Quaeritis trope is a dramatic embellishment using a narrative from the bible, or some other biblical reference, in order to make parishners understand the lessons they were being taught with more emotion. Ques Quaeritis litereally means "Whom seek ye" and "trope" is text added to help in the understanding of the work.

Good job, Kelly!

Hi all,

I'm pretty excited about this blog! First, it gives me a chance to list new and exciting things we are going to do, and I don't have to email you constantly. I'll be brief to start. First, if you haven't been to AP Central, get there. The URL is http://www.collegeboard.com/?student. Use their test prep section...

Second, our study of Doctor Faustus is coming up. Make sure you're hitting the resources section of the web site! It has some pretty good stuff. You'll find it at http://vcsd.neric.org/cabouton/apenglishweb/resources.htm, or just nose around the web site.

Third, the first person to email me with the meaning of the Quem Quaeritis trope gets a free 5/5 bonus. Hint: you can find the link on the resources page.

Talk to you soon!