Please follow the instructions for writing a poetry précis found on Google Classroom. You may use your own name or the pen name you used with The Handmaid's Tale. This is due BEFORE class tomorrow (portal closes at the start of class).Today, we read a selection of two poems and voted on the "best." Clearly, "best" is a very subjective term, and so here is your space to justify your choice. Select your favorite of the poems and compose a BRIEF précis that illuminates the basis of your decision. This FIRST poetry précis is due by THIS Sunday night, but moving forward, these will be due each night that we review poems (only one précis for any of the poems read in a single day). Your poetry precis does not have to be the winning poem of the day. You may select your favorite of any that we cover in a day. Some days, we will read only two poems; others, we may read up to SIX! Please follow the instructions for writing a poetry précis found on Google Classroom. The graphic organizer you used in class will be helpful to you here. You may use your own name or the pen name you used with The Handmaid's Tale.  You’ve just finished The Handmaid’s Tale... And instead of ending with Offred, Atwood gives us a transcript from an academic conference hundreds of years later. Why? Before we write a more formal literary analysis essay, we need to figure out what this ending is really doing. Address the 5 parts below in your primary blog response. This does not need to be formal in style. It’s thinking on paper (blog), and you can be as conversational as you like. You do not need to answer each specific question in your response, but you should use them to guide your literary musing. PART I: First Reaction
PART II: What Do We Notice? 1. How Do the Scholars Talk About Offred?
PART III: The Last Line The chapter ends with “Are there any questions?” Finish your conversation by exploring at least two possible meanings of this line. Consider:
PART IV: Bridging to the Bigger Idea Now push your thinking further. Do you think Atwood is only criticizing these fictional academics, or might she also be saying something about:
PART V: Preparing for the Essay (The Big Move) How does reading Offred’s full story change the way we judge Professor Pieixoto? In a meta-analysis of this chapter, how does examining Pieixoto's lecture force us to reconsider everything we just read? How does it shift the question from “What happened to Offred?” to “How will her story be handled?” and maybe even to “Who controls meaning?” Finally, ask yourself, "What is Atwood's message to me?" Primary Blog Expectations (respond to the prompt above): 200-250 words, minimal errors in grammar and usage, thoughtful and thorough writing. Please use the name you were assigned in class as your nom de plume and be sure to add a word count. Due by 11:59 pm Friday night, 3/6/2026. Secondary Blog Response Expectations (read everyone's primary responses, select two that interest you, and respond to their ideas): 100-150 words EACH, minimal errors in grammar and usage, thoughtful and thorough writing. Please use the name you were assigned in class as your nom de plume and be sure to add a word count. Due by 11:59 pm Sunday night, 3/8/2026.  |
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