Thursday, 9/11 at doors open 7:30 pm; performance begins at 8 pm: Accident
Poetry Slam. $5.00 at the door. Accident Gallery @
210 C St. in Old Town, Eureka. If you're into performing your poetry,
there's a prize for best political poem.
Remember, all you have to do is go, take notes, get a program of ticket stub,
and write a one-page journal (double-spaced) that is your review of the event.
The journal is due at the next class session.
| Class 3 |
9/2 |
1) Review syllabus calendar for the week |
| 2) Lottery for group presentations. Look at the scoring rubric for group presentations and talk about what works and what doesn't. | ||
| 3) 10 pt. reading quiz on three stories for homework. | ||
| 4) Dave will hand back work and model a strong journal, as well as show several techniques for how to improve your literary discussion. | ||
| 5) Dave will collect Journal 2 | ||
| 6) Discuss the three stories in terms of how the protagonists change | ||
| 7) Copy editing marks introduced | ||
| 8) Continue with literary terms, if time permits | ||
| HW: | 1) Read "A & P" on p. 14 and "Cathedral" on p. 99. | |
| 2) Journal 3: Choose one of the stories and describe in some detail what kind of character the narrator is and what forces, people, lack of his own abilities, etc., limit him. | ||
| Class 4 |
9/4 |
1) Reading quiz on two stories |
| 2) Share Journal 3 with one another | ||
| 3) Discuss the stories | ||
| 4) Finish the literary terms | ||
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| HW: | 1) Presentation group 1 should prepare for Class 6 to present on "The Things They Carried"; if the group wants (but this is not a requirement), they can also add in tidbits from "How to Tell a True War Story" (which is another story from the collection), which you can find at http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WritingVietnam/readings/tob_true_war.html. Also, everyone should read both these stories for Class 6. | |
| 2) In the Bedford Handbook, review 45c, the rules for capitalization of titles; 42, the rules for italicization; 37, the rules for quotation marks. | ||
| 3) Review the MLA typing guidelines for papers on pp. 124-125 in the class booklet. | ||
| 4) Look over the strategies for Openings and Conclusions on pp. 9-10. The acronym for openings is QQISA (Question, Quotes, Image, Linked Statistics, and Anecdote), but the order of the examples on the Openings page is Anecdote, Question, Quote, Image, Linked Statistics. The acronym for conclusions is AHEQI (a call for Action/understanding, ending on a note of Hope/despair, Echoing the essay's concerns, ending with a Quote, and ending with an Image). The examples under conclusions are in order of the acronym. | ||
| 5) Prewrite for Paper 1, using one of the following: a formal outline, a cluster, a flow chart, or some other pre-writing strategy that you're familiar with. No matter what strategy you choose, you'll need to have a thesis as your starting point. These are worth 10 pts. and are due at Class 5. | ||
| 6) In MLA format, type up your introductory paragraph, with your thesis underlined. We'll share these aloud. These are worth 10 pts. and are due at Class 5. |
Note: The above assignments and deadlines are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances.