This week was a little wild, even though I feel like every week during the beginning of the year is wild. I found out that I'm on Homecoming Court, I may or may not have patellar tendinitis and haven't run many practices this week, and I learned some neat stuff in AP Lit!! Here are those things: When discussing what we learned this week, someone wrote on the board, "how to properly put out grease fires." This was a helpful fact to learn for future reference (always good to know some kitchen safety tips!), but at the same time it doesn't really have to do with AP Lit--or does it? Putting out a grease fire could viewed in a more metaphorical way as dealing with a stressful situation. Approaching a situation in a different way (like how you DON'T use water to put out a grease fire like you would to put out a regular fire) can often lead to a better solution. On the opposite side of the temperature spectrum, we also discussed literature using an iceberg as a visual metaphor. We can look at stories just as they're given to us, but understanding literary concepts and diving deeper into the meaning of the story will give us an even greater understanding of the bigger picture as opposed to just the tip of the iceberg. We created some of our own visual metaphors to dive deeper into our summer reading books as well- my group created a puzzle based off of the quote from HTRLLAP abut "puzzling readers" and added symbols to represent the chapter "Is That a Symbol?" I really enjoyed walking around the room and looking at how other groups represented their chapters visually. I found an acrticle about another topic we discussed, which was stories versus literature and what sets them apart. www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/literary-novels-_n_3790198.html Well, I'm at a loss for ideas on how to wrap this up, so I will just close by saying it is ridiculously hot outside, my laptop is burning my legs, and I'm sweating. Thanks for listening.
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