Due Thursday/Friday

Please read the short story "Good Country People" (349-362) with a focus on humor (and existentialism).

Due Tuesday/Wednesday

Please read "Araby" (65-69) focusing on character inferences and Joyce's unique style.

Please print and bring this passage to class.

Due Monday 11/27

Here are you Happy Thanksgiving Break Assignments:

Please read the story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." Have fun doing a Freudian analysis of this one.

Then, please complete the "prose prospectus" assignment as explained and modeled below. You will need to complete a prospectus for TWO of the passages (not all four).

The prospectus frame is explained here.

The Middlemarch passage that I use in my example is available here, if you'd like to read it to help you understand my example.

Belinda
Johnny
The Street
Mayor

Due Thursday/Friday

Please read and think about the "Yellow Wallpaper"

Also, please bring a print copy of your college essay.

For Monday

Please use the time over the weekend to work on your narrative/reflection essay and prepare for your in class essay on Monday. A practice essay and samples are available below.

Practice poem essay
Samples

Due 11/9-11/10 and beyound

For next class, please read "Living like weasels" (starts on 1568)and "Once more to the lake" (starts of 1605). These are two strong examples of narrative writing.

Among other stylistic techniques, please pay careful attention to the authors' use of syntax. Even more fancy syntax terms are available here.


You will be writing a personal narrative essay applying some of the stylistic techniques and reflection illustrated in the two essays that we are reading. If you have already written this type of essay for college or a scholarship, just submit that one. If you have not already written this essay, this assignment gives you a good excuse to do so.

Your college college admissions/scholarship/personal essay is due on the 17th. This document gives you some ideas for what you want to accomplish.

Kahoot?

I am posting the link below to our kahoot. I think you will need to copy and paste it into your browser to make it work. I think.

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/767890f9-a464-4bfa-8d65-ad6e0e95b4dd