AGENDA WEEK THREE
Tuesday, September 6
Music: Welcoming the first days of September with a rousing pub song. - My Son John (traditional) Lyrics
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Announcements:
THURSDAY SEPT. 8 - NO CLASS MEETING
Music: Welcoming the first days of September with a rousing pub song. - My Son John (traditional) Lyrics
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Announcements:
- From this point forward, students will turn in reaction papers by email.
- Reading Assignment one: Iliad: Intro., Chapters 1,3,15,19,22, and 24 (Reaction paper – Sept.20)
- Read synopses of the skipped chapters here:
- Bonus Reading Assignment/Reaction Paper opportunity: Stephan King - selections from On Writing (title pages for ref.) "What Writing is" and "Toolbox"
- Again: The lecture requirement explained - attendance at three lectures or similar events (10 points - all or none). Do not procrastinate. Waiting until weeks thirteen and fourteen to cram in attending three lectures as the end of the semester approaches is courting disaster.
- In Addition, begin reading War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning. Students should read the entire book very carefully and consider the points and reflections that Hedge's wiki page presents. (Note, Hedges uses the Iliad a lot in his stories and comments. his perspectives might be useful to you as you work on your Iliad reaction paper).
- Trivialities: Name, Title, check guidelines (spacing), Indent first sentences of paragraphs.
- Tips:
- Take particular care with mention of the title and creator (author, filmmaker) spelling errors here are fatal to credibility.
- First and last sentences are hard and deserve a lot of attention in that they welcome your reader to your work on the one hand and dismiss him or her kindly on the other. Beware of trying to do too much in either first or last sentence. Neither should be over about 15 words. Be sure that there are no "mechanical" mistakes in either of these sentences.
- Look out for long, complicated sentences to see if you are cramming too many meanings into them. If so, edit the long sentence down, perhaps creating two or more sentences from the components.
- Check this page before and after drafting your paper
- In modern discourse, all writing takes either a narrative (story) or an essay form.
- Stories
- focus on characters engaging the world
- have a characteristic story shape
- difficulty
- struggle(s) to resolve the difficulty
- success or failure
- result - the process ends in transformation of the character(s)
- Are either made up (fiction) or factual (non-fiction)
- Essays
- Types
- Interactional (as in essay test)
- Observational - sharing the writer's insights/observation
- Opinion - asserting the writers judgement of point of view regarding a particular issue
- Report - the writer shares what he or she has learned from a particular endeavor
- have a characteristic shape
- State topic
- Elaborate, clarify, support
- Conclusion (This reminds the reader of the topic and indicates the increased insight into the topic that the writing has shown.)
- Types
- Stories
- “Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."
(Proverbs 26:4) - "The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
- Lecturette/Discussion on Folly, Error, Fall From Grace, Sin, Humility, Pride, Hubris
- Jot down examples of folly and the consequences of folly from the iliad.
- Using your writing, notes and memory of Dead Birds, jot down examples of folly and the consequences of folly in the Dani Culture
- Break into groups as Dr. T directs
- Then
- Exchange Introductions
- Use your writing as a basis for the discussion of folly in the society portrayed in the Iliad, the society portrayed in Dead Birds. Compare and Contrast.
- Reassemble seminar – Discuss
THURSDAY SEPT. 8 - NO CLASS MEETING