Due Thursday

Please read this story for Thursday.

We will focus on the readers's involvement and reaction to the story, so pay careful attention to how the story affects the reader, what if forces the reader to consider, what questions it poses, and what realizations it generates. Remember this is a longer text, so you should begin your reading Tuesday night, and plan for a total of an hour or more reading time.

Due Tuesday

Please read "Good Country People" in your red books focusing on humor, existentialism, and different critical lenses.

Please print this document for tomorrow.

Over Thanksgiving...

Please read the story Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. This is in your book, but a copy is available here, even though it is not as good of a translation. You should post through Turnitin "Penpals" a minimum of one time on this story.

Also, please complete a "prose prospectus" for TWO of the practice passages below. The prospectus frame is explained here.

Belinda
Johnny
The Street
Mayor

Reading Due Thursday

Please read the "Yellow Wallpaper".

Also, please print and read and mark the text of this passage this passage.

Reading Due Tuesday

Read "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" (258-278) and "Araby" (65-69).

We didn't talk about taking notes in second period, but one of the focal points for our conversation will be based on the prompt below. Feel free to take notes on the topic, but for our first stories, this is a suggestion and not a requirement.

Focus Idea: Commonly in literature, characters feel dissatisfied with their current situation in life. For these two stories, write down examples of when different characters feel dissatisfied and consider how these feelings contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole.

Due Thursday and beyond

For Thursday, please read "Living like weasels" and "Once more to the lake". These are two strong examples of narrative writing.

The fancy syntax terms are available here.

Your college college admissions/scholarship/personal essay is due on the 18th. This document gives you some ideas for what you want to accomplish.