Lectures and Homework Assignments for 8/20 - 8/30

T, 8/20 – Review Disclosure Document

Discuss: Why write? Why Shakespeare?

Homework: Read Disclosure Document. Have parents and student sign it. Due, TH, 822

 

W/821 – Review summer reading – C. S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters

How is this book posing problems rather than giving answers?

Homework: Read The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing (ABGW) pp. 6-14. Due, TH, 8/22.

 

TH, 8/22 – Closed and Open Forms of Writing (Do exercise, p. 8, #1,2,3)

Finding a problem, pp. 14-15.

Homework: Read As You Like It, Act I. Due T, 9/3.

 

F, 8/23 (A): No class

 

M, 8/26  – Who is Shakespeare? Redefining Shakespeare with each generation.

Homework: Read As You Like It, Act I. Due T, 8/27.

 

T, 8/27 – As you Like it – The background of the play and Shakespeare.

 

Homework: Write a paragraph about your first experience with Shakespeare. Due W, 8/28

 

W, 8/28 – Review paragraph. Posing Questions.

Homework: .

 

TH, 8/29 – Discuss - Posing a Problem Essay assignment. Review As You Like it.

Do some Free Writing, Idea Mapping, Dialectic Talk and Believing/Doubting.

Homework: Come with some ideas for your Posing a Problem Essay.

 

F, 8/30 (B) – Writing Critique Groups.

Discuss: What’s your problem? Review outlines and thoughts for Posing a Problem Essay.

Homework: Finish reading Act II, As you Like It. Due, T, 9/3