Tuesday, November 10, 2009

due Wednesday 11/11

1. Continue to work on your Casablanca analysis.

2. NOTE CHANGE: A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1.2 (the entire scene), and journal, as yesterday.

Monday, November 9, 2009

due Tuesday 11/10

1. Work on your analysis (chart, claim, evidence); final version due Friday; find the scene on Youtube.

2. Do a reading journal concerning lines 1.1.48-252. It will have four parts:

(1) Three sentence summary of the reading.
(2) A question or two that the reading gave rise to.
(3) a word from the reading you found striking, with a sentence of explanation as to why.
(4) quote an image you found striking, and explain why in a couple of sentences.

Friday, November 6, 2009

due Monday 11/9

1. Hand in your analysis of Casablanca, including a chart, a claim, five pieces of evidence ranked in order of awesomeness.

2. Read A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1, Scene 1, lines 1-56.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

due Friday 11/6

Be ready to hand in your analysis of The Real Inspector Hound: chart, claim, five pieces of evidence in order of awesomeness. (No discussion required.)

Due Monday: same for Casablanca.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Due Thursday 11/5

1. Continue to work on your Real Inspector Hound analysis. Don't forget the different parts (see previous post). Due Friday.

2. Do row three of your Casablanca chart. If you need to see another scene and make a specific request, we'll watch it.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

due Wednesday 11/4

PLEASE NOTE: if your chart-work leads you to desire to see a particular scene from Casablanca, and you come to class with a specific request, we will locate the scene and watch it.

1. "Joy Sonnet in a Random Universe" and "Sonnet," both on page 789: compare and contrast in an email to me.

2. Do your second row of a chart on Casablanca, using the scene we've watched as at least your starting point.

3. If you want to work more on your chart, claim, and five top pieces of evidence for your Real Inspector Hound analysis, do so. This package of work is due Friday.

Monday, November 2, 2009

due Tuesday 11/3

Finish your Real Inspector Hound chart and come up with a claim, an x + y = z claim if possible. To be graded.