Work for the Week of January 7th - Sophomores

Tuesday January 8th
Minutes: Alex Z.
HW: Begin to work on your rewrite. Focus on vague and colloquial language.
Reading HW: Aristotle Action Philosophers. Be prepared for a quiz.

Wednesday January 9th
Minutes: Sharon Z.
HW: Please write a response that exceeds six sentences. Utilize quotes from the text.
Reading HW: Read the following excerpt from Aristotle's Poetics found here. Read sections I-IV (that includes IV). How does Aristotle value art as a form of imitation? How does imitation function within art?

Thursday January 10th
Minutes: Annique W.
HW: Draft Day! Please bring in your most recent draft of your rewrite. I will be checking for homework.
Reading HW: Read the following papers (this one and this one and now this one!) which earned high marks on this essay. Be prepared to discuss these in class as we try to learn new strategies to improve our own work.

Friday January 11th
Minutes: Allen N.
HW: Draft Day! Please bring in your most recent draft of your rewrite. I will be checking for homework.
Reading HW:

Monday January 14th
Minutes:
HW: Rewrite is due. Unless you're in Period 9.
Reading HW:

Work for the Week of Jan. 7th - Freshmen

Tuesday January 8th
Minutes: Talia, Darwin
HW: Why does Cheswick commit suicide? Please provide a minimum six sentence response. Utilize quotes in your response.
Reading HW: Read through pages BLUE-151 BLACK 175

Wednesday January 9th
Minutes: Alex H., Michael D.
HW: N/A ...Quiz?
Reading HW: Read through pages BLUE-168 BLACK 201

Thursday January 10th
Minutes: David, Ahmet
HW: Begin to prepare for your next major writing assignment.
Reading HW: Read through pages BLUE-190 BLACK 225

Friday January 11th
Minutes: Max, Aritri
HW: Please select a character and attempt to determine his/her disorder for your Armchair Psychologist assignment. This will be checked in class.
Reading HW: Review the text for examples of symptoms for your writing assignment. NO READING FOR TONIGHT. I MADE A MISTAKE ASSIGNING YOU READING IN CLASS. SORRY.

Monday January 14th
Minutes: Rui, Daisy
HW: We will be acting out the fishing scene in class. Begin to contemplate what this scene may look like. Determine what scenes you feel might be best acted out.
Reading HW: Read through pages BLUE- 218 BLACK 258

Work for Tuesday January 8th, 2013

Freshmen
Read Blue (151) Black (175) and explain why Cheswick does what he does.  Explain in six sentences.  To be checked.

Sophomores
Read the following "Action Comics" about Aristotle.  Expect a quiz tomorrow.

Sophomores E.C. - Blaspheme or Philosopher?

I'd like you to conduct research on an individual who was considered to be a musician who was believed to be a "corrupter of youth". I'd like you explore if this individual followed the path of leaving the cave, presenting some new truth or philosophy to the world through his/her art. If you're having trouble thinking of an example, consider names like Elvis, Frank Zappa, Kathleen Hanna, and Jello Biafra. Feel free to use your own examples as well! Conduct a little research, post a song, and join in the conversation.

Sophomores - Work for the Week of January 2nd 2013

Wednesday January 2nd
Minutes: Minutes sign up today for those of us who have missed/forgotten our dates.
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A

Thursday January 3rd
Minutes: TBA
Reading HW: Please research a historical example of a "heretic."
HW: Please write up a short bio of this heretic, explain his/her apparent heresy, and the reaction of his/her community to this crime.  Period 8,9 - Research evangelical christianity, Oral Roberts, and televangelism on youtube.

Friday January 4th
Minutes: TBA
Reading HW: Here is a link to the transcript/audio of the episode "Heretics" by "This American Life."  Please quote, at least twice, from the podcast when answering the homework question.
HW: Period 5 - Should Reverend Carlton Peterson be celebrated as a Christian?  Period 8,9 - Please write up a short bio of a famous heretic, explain his/her apparent heresy, and compare this heretic to a prisoner in Plato's cave. 

Monday January 7th
Minutes: TBA
Reading HW: 
HW: 
Papers will be handed back today.  Rewrites will be due on Monday January 14th.

Freshmen - Work for the Week of January 2nd 2013

Wednesday January 2nd
Minutes: 
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A

Thursday January 3rd
Minutes: 
Reading HW: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Blue - 83, Black 90
HW: Considering our exercise in class today and our reading for tonight, take 10 minutes and sit somewhere in silence.  Your job is to take notes of the sounds around you, discernable or not, simply sit, listen, and notate.  After doing so, compare your experience to Chief's night terrors found (Blue 78-82, Black 85-90).  How can you empathize with Chief after completing this exercise?

Friday January 4th
Minutes: 
Reading HW: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Blue - 101 Black - 113
HW: Please provide 5 post-its that display McMurphy's rebellious nature.

Monday January 7th
Minutes: 
Reading HW: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Blue - 128 Black - 146
HW: 

Sophomore Extra Credit - Are too many people going to college?

Please listen to the following podcast (at least the first two debaters) and engage in the discussion.  Try to acknowledge that we are conditioned to believe that college is important and try to understand why is so important to us and so necessary to our lives.

It is a fascinating discussion that requires you to consider your own life experience and the experiences of others.  Be sure to read your fellow classmates' responses before commenting yourself.  I like to promote inter-student discussion, just remember to be polite and respectful.  Feel free to insert a question into your response for later to students to answer!

Enjoy!  I'll chime in from time to time.