The past few weeks we have learned more about the American Dream, watched the Death of a Salesman, and reviewed our vocabulary terms for the terms test taken last Friday. I have further deepened my knowledge of DIDLS and its application to the two plays. I found that I was able to analyze the American Dream much better than when initially reading it.
We watched the movie of Death of a Salesman before reading the play together as a class. I felt like this helped us get a general feel for the play and pick up on key themes and lines. Now as I start to read the play, I can better visualize the characters and their actions. I can pick up on how the lines are delivered and the general mood of the play. I remember in Lit/Comp 9, we did this with Romeo and Juliet and I found this to be very helpful then too. It helped bring a new dimension and interpretation to the words on the page. I really enjoyed learning this way, and I hope we are able to do more learning in a similar fashion.
Throughout the play, I felt that the play was very similar to The American Dream. Mostly due to the deep questions to brought to the reader. I still do not fully understand the reasoning behind Willy's strange actions and mood swings. I do not understand the significance of the jumping time line of the story. I hope I will understand these questions and their respective answers more after a close reading of the play.
I like the idea of tying together our study of DOS and the American Dream. But I think that you should go further in depth with that idea. How are these plays similar? Are they different? I would also go more in depth about what else we have learned about the American Dream. You bring up several topics but don't provide enough details that would make this helpful come AP time. How did your further your knowledge of DIDLS? What activities have we done that will prepare you for the exam in May?
ReplyDeleteHi Joyce. I really like your opening paragraph, it spells out your thought process perfectly and gets us ready to go along with your passage. I liked how you tied ideas from your previous education into our lessons now. I don't think you need to be so concerned with writing out every thought and then ceonnectng it to the AP test in May. To me I see these repsonses as a way to jog our memory and remnd us of what we have learned- like note taking. But that is just me- it is more important for you to do whatever helps you best. Good job!
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