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Homework for Class 20
Read the first third of Wuthering Heights. It is long, so give yourself time. If you have trouble focusing on long readings, try listening to the audio book on 1.5 or 2x speed while following along in the physical copy.
Here is a link to a family tree of the characters in Wuthering. You will need to know who's who: https://literarysnarker.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/wuthering-heights-family-tree.jpg
Homework for Class 19
We will discuss Byron in class.
Homework for Class 18
Read the Lord Byron poems in the coursepack.
Remaining papers are due on Friday.
Homework for Class 17
As we discussed in class today and last Tuesday, your paper is due the class after I return the corrections of your last paper to you. This means that paper 2 is due on Tuesday for most of you.
Review the first half of Frankenstein to prepare for class. There will be a reading quiz.
Homework for Class 15
Read the poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley in the coursepack. There are (I think) 6 pages.
Homework for Class 14
Read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge (in the coursepack).
Homework for Class 13
Read two poems by Coleridge (in the coursepack): "Frost at Midnight" and "Kubla Khan."
I pray that you have all already read Frankenstein, but be aware that veeeery long readings are coming soon to those who did not the summer reading.
Homework for Class 12 ~ Takehome Midterm Exam
Here's what you're going to do.
Step 1: Prepare for the Midterm with the Study Guide below. Do NOT look at the actual Midterm until you take it.
Step 2: Print out the Midterm Exam (attached below) and take it over the course of 1 hour, with parental proctoring.
Step 3: Bring your completed Midterm Exam to class on Friday.
Step 4: Do NO other homework. We will discuss Tintern Abbey and read Coleridge poems in class, time permitting.
Homework for Class 11
Read two works by Wordsworth in the coursepack (attached below): Preface to Lyrical Ballads and Tintern Abbey.
Homework for Clas 10
Finish reading Northanger Abbey.
Finish writing your paper. Email the paper to me by noon on Friday if you will not be at school. You may take a 5% reduction if you submit the paper by the end of fall break.
Homework for Class 8
Read the first third of Northanger Abbey.
Start working on your paper (prompt in the syllabus).
Homework for Class 7
Read the Thomas Paine excerpts. Annotate "The Age of Reason" as you read.
Homework for Class 6
Annotate Of Plimoth Plantation.
Read the excerpt from Franklin's Autobiography (handout).
Homework for Class 5
Review Bradford's Of Plimoth Plantation.
Annotate each paragraph of Rousseau's Emile, writing the shortest summary of his main topic in each paragraph. Each annotation should be between 1 and 5 words.
Homework for Class 4
Review The Vanity of Human Wishes and divide the text.
Dividing a Text: Any text worth reading is not merely a random string of sentences. Good authors naturally divide ideas into "chapters." As a reader, it is useful to notice these divisions are mark them in your reading. For example, Dr. Johnson has an introductory section, followed by a section on "The Evils of Gold." Dividing a text is useful because you can look at your notes to remember the main points of the article without having to re-read every sentence. Essentially, it helps you hold the entire work in your mind because you have found the important points and how they connect/flow.
Follow the syllabus for the composition. Your rhyme scheme can be either AABB, ABAB, or ABBA.
Homework for Class 3
Read the selections from both Rousseau and Bradford (handouts) with a critical eye and a closed mind.
Prepare for a possible quiz on the lectures and readings to date.
Lecture Notes: Overview of Epistemology
Aristotle's Epistemology: Knowledge generally starts with the senses (eyes, ears, nose, etc), which informs the imagination (in the brain), which in turn informs the memory (also in the brain) and the passions (hormones affecting the brain). Because these processes occur in material organs, they are powers of the MATERIAL SOUL (aka "animal soul" or "sensitive soul"). Humans also have the powers of intellect and will, which comprise the IMMATERIAL SOUL (aka "rational soul" or "intellectual soul").
Descartes' Epistemology (Rationalism): All certain knowledge stems from an initial moment of self-awareness ("I think, therefore I am"). From this, he argues that 1) God exists, 2) God is good, and 3) Sensation can be trusted. After sensation has been confirmed as trustworthy, knowledge can grow as a result of sensation and inherent knowledge.
Locke's Epistemology (Materialism): Man has no innate knowledge. All knowledge comes from the senses. Man has no intellect or will (therefore no immaterial soul, hence "materialism"). Here is the process of knowing, according to Locke:
At birth the mind is a blank slate (tabula rasa). The mind begins to gather data through the senses. These sense impressions (stamping into wax) are gathered in the memory with varying degrees of force. Once in the memory, the mind can associate sense impressions unconsciously, It also can reflect on them consciously. Through these processes, we create ideas.
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