Weeks 7-8

Mon 10/3--No homework. Bring your blue story reader to class.

Tu 10/4--Re-read/review “The Red Convertible," thinking about the question below:

    • "Why does Lyman release the car into the river?"

    • This will be the question you'll answer in your paragraph due Thursday

  • Note: the following assignment might change, depending on what we do Monday in class:

    • Please do a 300 word freewrite on "The Red Convertible" that you'll post on Canvas

      • By "freewrite," I mean just jot down ideas about the question without worrying about grammar, spelling, etc. The goal is to write quickly and fluidly--just "vomit" ideas out onto the screen.

      • Don't use bullet points; write in sentences (but the sentences don't have to be good)

      • You can use dictation software if you'd like

    • Before OR after doing your freewrite, write a very quick working thesis answering the essay question "Why does Lyman release the car into the river at the conclusion of the story?"

    • Time for assignment: 30-40 minutes (no more!)

  • Review of thesis handout is here

Weds 10/5--Optional (but recommended if you scored 82 or less on the grammar test): Common Classroom: Parts of Speech Grammar Review

  • Note: if you scored below 80 on the grammar test, you don't have to go to Common Classroom, but you must contact a writing center coach to review parts of speech.

Th 10/6--(long day) Essay on "Red Convertible" due

  • Please click the following for instructions: Instructions for Mini-Essay on "The Red Convertible"

    • Question: Why does Lyman release the car into the river at the conclusion of the story?

  • Please bring your essay to class on a word document

  • If you need extra help with your essay, please contact a coach from the Writing Center! (see link to the left)

Fri 10/7--Begin discussing The Odyssey

Tu 10/11--(long day) Read and take notes on The Odyssey, Book 1

Th 10/12--NO CLASSES

Fri 10/14--(long day) Read and take notes on The Odyssey, Book 5

    • Also read this brief handout that summarizes Books 2-4

    • Familiarize yourself with important characters in The Odyssey:

    • Link to Odyssey character names (you'll have a quiz on these names at the beginning of next week)

      • Below are the names that got cut off the list

            • Kirke (Circe)—a nymph with magical powers

              • Teiresias—blind prophet, now dead

              • Agamemnon—King of Argos, brother of Menelaos; led the troops to the Trojan War, now dead

              • Klytaimnestra—wife of Agamemnon, who kills him when he returns home from the Trojan War, now dead

              • Akhilleus/Achilles—greatest of the Greek warriors, now dead

              • Kalypso (Calypso)—minor goddess, daughter of Atlas; detains Odysseus on her island of Ogygia for approx. 7 years

              • Nausicaa—daughter of King Alkinoos and Queen Arete, in the land of Phaiakia

              • Aigisthos—Menalaos’ and Agamemnon’s cousin, lover of Klytaimnestra and Agamemnon’s murderer

              • Orestes—son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra; killed his mother and Aigisthos