Weeks 5-8: Dostoyevsky
Note: Assignments might change. Not all writing assignments have been added yet.
Mon 9/23: NO SCHOOL
Tu 9/24 (S): No new reading for today, but please review Notes from Underground, pp. 3-20. Also, please see the writing assignment for today:
Click HERE for more details; please post on Canvas
Please note that this assignment is designed to help you start thinking about a topic for your upcoming personal essay due on October 14th.
Weds 9/25, Block E or Thurs 9/26, Block D (L): Read and annotate Notes, pp. 20-41 (21 pages)
Fri 9/27 (S): Read and annotate Notes, pp. 42-60 (18 pages)
Mon 9/30 (S): Read and annotate Notes, pp. 60-82 (21 pages)
Writing assignment (can be done any time before Thurs (Block E) or Fri (Block D))
Please click on Canvas
Weds 10/2 (L): Read and annotate Notes, pp. 82-98 (16 pages)
Thurs 10/3 (Block E) or Fri 10/4 (Block D) (L): Read and annotate Notes, pp. 99-117 (18 pages)
Writing assignment above due by this class session.
Mon 10/7 (S): Finish Notes, pp. 117-130 (13 pages)
Brief writing assignment on CANVAS
Please come up with two potential essay questions following the guidelines on Canvas
Make sure to post your questions in the correct block.
Tu 10/8 (S): In-class essay on Notes
Write a practice essay or a freewrite on one of the essay topics/questions posted on Canvas for homework.
Review the mechanical errors and content suggestions from your first graded essay before writing the practice essay/freewrite.
Incorporate quotations from the reading in your practice essay/freewrite
Word count minimum: 500 words
Post your practice essay/freewrite here
I'd encourage you to do the following:
Look at the sample essays I've posted on Google Classroom. There are now two: one on Thoreau and one on Pseudolus.
Pay attention to the essays'
thesis sentences
topic sentences
analysis of quotations in support of topic sentences