1. May 21-22, 2018 Objectives: Discuss literary fiction.
Compose an academic analysis.
Catalyst: Make sure you’ve submitted Motif #2 Narrative
Homework & Reminders:
If you are absent, you will need to compose your academic narrative or literary analysis for credit.
You have ONE class period from the original assignment to submit.
Final Portfolio due 5.31(B)/6.1(A)
May 21-22, 2018

2. 1A Motif #2: Keeping an Important Secret
Jhumpa Lahiri, “Interpreter of Maladies”
Compose an evaluation of "Interpreter of Maladies," considering the following questions:
1. How does the story successfully integrate its elements into an organic unity (how is the purpose achieved)?
2. What is the significance of its purpose (the depth, range, and significance of what the story has achieved)?

3. AP English Literature Portfolio:
1A Vote for Motif #3 in Google Classroom:
1. Something unexpected (or originally unwanted) changed your life 2. Someone tried to screw you over, but you got the last laugh 3. People thought you were weird because of something they don't understand or appreciate 4. An obsession, past or present 5. You tried to keep “the boat” afloat **winner 6. Keeping an important secret 7. You became something you didn't recognize 8. You realized you were a fool 9. Making a better life for yourself

4. 3A Motif #2:
Something Unexpected (or Originally Unwanted) Changed Your Life
Raymond Carver, "Cathedral" OR W.B. Yeats, "Sailing to Byzantium“
Compose an evaluation of EITHER "Cathedral" or "Sailing to Byzantium," considering the following questions: 1. How does the text successfully integrate its elements into an organic unity (how is the purpose achieved)? 2. What is the significance of its purpose (the depth, range, and significance of what the text has achieved)?

5. AP English Literature Portfolio:
3A Vote for Motif #3 in Google Classroom:
1. Something unexpected (or originally unwanted) changed your life 2. Someone tried to screw you over, but you got the last laugh 3. People thought you were weird because of something they don't understand or appreciate 4. An obsession, past or present 5. You tried to keep “the boat” afloat 6. Keeping an important secret **winner 7. You became something you didn't recognize 8. You realized you were a fool 9. Making a better life for yourself

6. 2B Motif #2: An Obsession, Past or Present
Nathaniel Hawthorne,"The Birth-Mark“ OR
Sherman Alexie, “The Facebook Sonnet”
Compose an evaluation of either the short prose or the poem, considering the following questions:
1. How does the text successfully integrate its elements into an organic unity (how is the purpose achieved)?
2. What is the significance of its purpose (the depth, range, and significance of what the text has achieved)?

7. AP English Literature Portfolio:
2B Vote for Motif #3 in Google Classroom:
1. Something unexpected (or originally unwanted) changed your life 2. Someone tried to screw you over, but you got the last laugh 3. People thought you were weird because of something they don't understand or appreciate **winner 4. An obsession, past or present 5. You tried to keep “the boat” afloat 6. Keeping an important secret 7. You became something you didn't recognize 8. You realized you were a fool 9. Making a better life for yourself

8. 3B Motif #2: You Became Something You Didn’t Recognize
Franz Kafka, “The Metamorphosis”
Read part 1.
Inference: Why has "this" happened to Gregor, and what does it symbolize/ signify?
If you like what you're reading, please read the whole text, and come back to tell me how awesome it was.
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9. AP English Literature Portfolio:
3B Vote for Motif #3 in Google Classroom:
1. Something unexpected (or originally unwanted) changed your life 2. Someone tried to screw you over, but you got the last laugh 3. People thought you were weird because of something they don't understand or appreciate 4. An obsession, past or present **winner 5. You tried to keep “the boat” afloat 6. Keeping an important secret 7. You became something you didn't recognize 8. You realized you were a fool 9. Making a better life for yourself