All Along the Watchtower

A few weeks ago I assigned my AP students to read and then analyze All Along the Watchtower, by Bob Dylan. This is all in an attempt to get them to push to deeper analysis and man did some of these students deliver. Some wonderfully deep and insightful comments about this classic song. Be sure to check some of the best ones out. I have also linked the song for you to listen to as you read.

Jacob

Brandon

Micala

Quincy

Chanel

Haley

The Verdict is In: Dead Poets Society is a Modern Day Greek Tragedy

I have always maintained that the wonderful film, Dead Poets Society, is a modern-day Greek tragedy. So, I have over the years given my AP Literature students the opportunity to view this film and analyze it using this lens for extra credit. This year did not disappoint. We got some great blog posts out of this. Funny that an extra credit assignment gets us some of the best writing of the whole year. 

The overwhelming opinion from almost all of my students was that Dead Poets Society is indeed a modern-day Greek tragedy. Only one author said it wasn't quite a Greek tragedy. Go ahead and check out these blog posts.

http://juuullliiieee.blogspot.com/2016/02/extra-credit-blog-post-dead-poets.html

http://pamlikesham.blogspot.com/2016/02/extra-credit-blog-post.html

http://adeepinsightfullookintomycomplexbrain.blogspot.com/2016/02/extra-credit-dead-poets-society.html

http://elephantprince.blogspot.com/2016/02/ec-blog-post.html

http://blogginnbrown.blogspot.com/2016/02/dead-poets-society-extra-credit.html

http://briaunawithau.blogspot.com/2016/02/extra-credit-blog-post-is-dead-poets.html

http://shelber36.blogspot.com/2016/02/dead-poets-society.html

http://emilyyy25.blogspot.com/2016/02/blog-post-extra-credit.html

http://klamthelam.blogspot.com/2016/02/extra-credit-blog-post.html

http://lajefajade.blogspot.com/2016/02/dead-poets-society-is-indeed-modern-day.html

http://extremelycreativeaddress.blogspot.com/2016/02/extra-credit-blog-post.html

http://creativeyhoughts.blogspot.com/2016/02/is-dead-poets-society-modern-greek.html

http://mandatoryapliteratureblog.blogspot.com/2016/02/dead-poets-society-tragedy.html

http://lillyfaye123.blogspot.com/--I really enjoyed this one in particular.

http://eds20.blogspot.com/2016/02/extra-credit-blog-post.html

http://coolapblog.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-kind-of-tragic-dead-poets-society.html--This post is the one that doesn't believe that the film is quite a Greek tragedy.