Course Recap for Thursday March 26, 2015

Homework


Friday Blog Post Topic: What is a word that you personally find offensive that other people may use casually?  Why don't you like it?  If you're extremely open-minded and are never offended by anything, tell me about a time that you casually used a word you thought was harmless but someone else found it offensive.  What did you learn from this experience?First Draft of Short Story Analysis (Due Tuesday) Pick one of the 3 stories we talked about this week to write your analysis on.

Course Recap for Monday, March 24, 2015

Homework

• Read Virgins by Danielle Evans
• Friday Blog Post Topic: What is a word that you personally find offensive that other people may use casually?  Why don't you like it?  If you're extremely open-minded and are never offended by anything, tell me about a time that you casually used a word you thought was harmless but someone else found it offensive.  What did you learn from this experience?

Course Recap for Thursday March 19, 2015

Homework

• Read The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The All-Girl Football Team by Lewis Nordan.  Come to class prepared to talk about whatever themes you see in the two stories (Due Tuesday)
• Read Virgins (Due Thursday)

*You're going to pick one of these 3 stories to write your short story analysis on.  The rough draft will be due Tuesday March 30th

Sonny's Blues Discussion Questions

1. What is the conflict between the two brothers? Why don't they get along? How is the conflict resolved?
2. What are some reoccurring images or ideas in the piece?
3. What do you make of the story the mother tells about the father's brother?
4. Why does Sonny turn to drugs?
5. What role does music play in the piece?

Course Recap for Thursday, March 5, 2015

Homework

• Complete the Exercise on Page 13 of The Pocket Prof (Due Tuesday)
• Rough Draft of Song Review-bring in one printed copy please (Due Tuesday)
• Read Sonny's Blues (Due Thursday)

Course Recap for Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Homework

• Listen to Royals and fill out the Song Analysis Sheet for it.
  
• Bring in your Pocket Prof
  

 

 

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