TODAY IN CLASS
AP Timed Write (Poetry):  50 assignment points (vs. assessment)--30 minutes.
Make up ASAP and, by the way, Wednesday this coming week is NOT an option because of the HSPE schedule.  Monday/Tuesday after school.

Some notes on the "epic simile" work--
Epic simile assignment--some did not turn in.  Late credit allowed through Monday. You were to focus on the "epic simile" portion of the section from 192-220.  Find the start and end by looking for the usual markers of a simile. Then, as noted on the blog originally,
Do whatever you need to do to show, in accessible graphic form, how the "terms" of the simile progress; what is being compared to what, and to what, and to what . . . .Spell out details as needed.   You will be handing this in; that's why it needs to be done on the separate sheet of paper instead of in the packet.
Even though it won't change a score, check your own understanding by making sure you can find some clear visual way to show what was asked for in the original assignment. 

FOR MONDAY
Though we will look at the rest of the Book I excerpt on your hand-out, the homework concerns Book III.  Note that as will all twelve books, the material begins with an "Argument, " which is in effect a summary of the book in its entirety, not just the excerpt I printed for you.  You are NOT to summarize the summary.  You will not get assignment credit if that's what you do.

What you ARE supposed to do--Write a "summa-phrase" of the excerpt itself.  Follow the process described below:
1) Read the 55 line excerpt with care.
2) Physically mark up the hand-out, "drawing boxes" that will mark the ideas conveyed as you go along.  I suggested reading it all (the 55 lines) first, then go for the ideas and turns of thought.
3) Then write the "summa-phrase" with the following things in mind:

• You are not writing a true paraphrase--that would probably take more than 55 lines to write out, and that's not what I expect.
• You ARE going to keep the point of view of the original text.  If the text says I, you keep the first-person POV.
• In one more sense it will be like a paraphrase; you are changing difficult syntax and poetic diction into clearer more accessible terms.
• But shorten the overall written product somewhat by using the ideas you've blocked off to convey Milton's meaning.  You are not responsible for every single phrase that augments style, but you will still wind up with a fairly substantial piece of writing.  Do not over-simplify and miss important steps in the Milton's thinking.
• I suggest that you type the final product, but you are not required to do so.