(a) I'll expect 36 phenomenal "black tie" essays on Monday -- polished and representative of your best effort. This is a 100 pt. essay -- you will have the opportunity to revise them after I rake them over the coals, but probably not before quarter grades go in the computer. Remember to submit your essays to turnitin.com on or before Monday.
(b) Get down with Ludwig Van and get some culture! One of our AP Lit traditions is to attend the Portland Opera student dress rehearsals. For only $12 you can dress up and do the performing arts patron thing with your classmates & teachers. This fall's offering is "Fidelio," the only opera Beethoven wrote, and it's a great one that reflects the man's passion for liberty and the human spirit. Remember, this is the guy who wrote the Eroica Symphony with Napoleon in mind; then when he realized the Corsican was just another rapacious world conqueror, scratched out Napoleon's name so furiously that he left a hole in the first page of the symphony*. The date of the dress rehearsal is Wed., Nov. 5, from 7-10 pm. I need your orders and $ (make any checks out to Nancy Minor) on or before Wed. the 15th. Your friends need not be in AP Lit to go -- as long as they are students (high school or college) - they are welcome. You do need to be able to get yourselves to the Keller Auditorium in downtown Portland. *(Mr. Duncan's description)
(c) Heads up -- plan on a timed essay on Oedipus this coming Friday (the 17th) as well as a short post-unit test. I strongly recommend reading the play again after we finish discussing it as a class.
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The Fidelio opera is optional, right?
Of course!
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