Open Response on Ted Berrigan's "Red Shift"

All periods:

due in class on Thursday, September 20th.

Please follow guidelines and check Rubric before turning in.

Don't forget to bring your independent reading books to class on Thursday and Friday. Yoo will need them to complete the in-class graded assignment.

Period 2 Red Shift Class Discussion

Here is the link to the text of "Red Shift"

Here is the audio link to the text of "Red Shift"

The Assignment:

1. Post a paragraph in the comment field on a theory you have about the poem. You will not be graded on whether you are “right” or “wrong” but rather on the depth and your effort to achieve intellectual conversation. This is worth ten points.

2. Respond to someone else’s post specifically in this class (about a paragraph). It helps to start with something like: “Dear (blank), I was interested in your comments on (blank).” Then you may want to quote something he or she said and continue the idea or move on to a related topic. Intellectual dialogue is the key here. This is worth ten points.

Some questions to get you started:

What is “Red Shift” and why is it the title of the poem?

What is an arabesque and why did Berrigan choose that word?

Who are Frank and Allen and why are they in the poem?

Your paragraphs must be posted by Thursday at noon.

Period 2 post here. Period 2 post here. Period 2 post here. Period 2 post here.

Period 1 Red Shift Class Discussion

Here is the link to the text of "Red Shift"

Here is the audio link to the text of "Red Shift"

The Assignment:
1. Post a paragraph in the comment field on a theory you have about the poem. You will not be graded on whether you are “right” or “wrong” but rather on the depth and your effort to achieve intellectual conversation. This is worth ten points.

2. Respond to someone else’s post specifically in this class (about a paragraph). It helps to start with something like: “Dear (blank), I was interested in your comments on (blank).” Then you may want to quote something he or she said and continue the idea or move on to a related topic. Intellectual dialogue is the key here. This is worth ten points.

Some questions to get you started:

What is “Red Shift” and why is it the title of the poem?

What is an arabesque and why did Berrigan choose that word?

Who are Frank and Allen and why are they in the poem?

Your paragraphs must be posted by Thursday at noon.

Period 1 post here. Period 1 post here. Period 1 post here. Period 1 post here.

Period 7 Red Shift Class Discussion

Here is the link to the text of "Red Shift"


Here is the audio link to the text of "Red Shift"


The Assignment:

1. Post a paragraph in the comment field on a theory you have about the poem. You will not be graded on whether you are “right” or “wrong” but rather on the depth and your effort to achieve intellectual conversation. This is worth ten points.

2. Respond to someone else’s post specifically in this class (about a paragraph). It helps to start with something like: “Dear (blank), I was interested in your comments on (blank).” Then you may want to quote something he or she said and continue the idea or move on to a related topic. Intellectual dialogue is the key here. This is worth ten points.

Some questions to get you started:
What is “Red Shift” and why is it the title of the poem?
What is an arabesque and why did Berrigan choose that word?
Who are Frank and Allen and why are they in the poem?

Your paragraphs must be posted by Thursday at noon.
Period 7 post here. Period 7 post here. Period 7 post here. Period 7 post here.

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First, go ahead and vote on the poll question in the right hand column.

Next: You should spend the rest of class time seeing how the comment forum can work.

1. Post a comment about the summer reading (start with a solid paragraph long)—your thoughts, observations, likes or dislikes and why, favorite characters, etc.

2. After you post your paragraph, scroll through the comment section until you read a post that you like. Respond to that post (another paragraph). It helps to start with something like: “Dear (blank), I was interested in your comments on (blank).” Then you may want to quote something he or she said and continue the idea, or ask a specific question, or move on to a related topic. Intellectual dialogue is the key here.

Three Blue and Gold Rules:

1. Compose your comments in Word and paste in when you are complete. If the internet crashes while you are composing, you will lose all your work.

2. Sarcasm is basically impossible to pull off in this forum. Keep all dialogue professional, courteous, and appropriate. This is a virtual classroom and once you post your comments, there is a record of them. This is the reality of the world you live in and you may as well learn how to perform in it.

3. Never post your last name. (You do not want a literary stalker.) This site is publicly viewable. Simply write your first name, last initial and period number.

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