During the first ten minutes of class, write your summary of Jonathan Gottschallâs The Storytelling Animal, The Moral of the Story. Also, write about how he incorporates the ideas of others into his argument. Does he mention their names? Does he state the title of their work? Does he use quotations? Before our next class, post your typewritten version of your summary as a comment to this post.
Jonathan Gottschallâs The Storytelling Animal, The Mind is a Storyteller
During the first ten minutes of today’s class, write your summary of Jonathan Gottschallâs The Storytelling Animal, The Mind is a Storyteller in your notebook. Before Wednesday’s class, add your summary as a comment on this blog post.
Jonathan Gottschallâs The Storytelling Animal, Night Story
During the first ten minutes of class, write a summary of your reading from Jonathan Gottschallâs The Storytelling Animal, Night Story. Before our next meeting, post your summary as a comment to this blog post.
onathan Gottschallâs The Storytelling Animal, Hell is Story-Friendly
During the first ten minutes of class, write a summary of your reading from Jonathan Gottschallâs The Storytelling Animal, Hell is Story-Friendly in your notebooks. Pay attention to the idea of “universal grammar” and how it applies to storytelling. Before our next class, type up your summary and post it here as a comment.
Jonathan Gottschallâs The Storytelling Animal, The Riddle of Fiction
During the first ten minutes of class, write a summary of your reading of Jonathan Gottschallâs The Storytelling Animal, The Riddle of Fiction chapter. Before our next class, type up and edit your handwritten notes. Post your summary as a comment to this blog post.
Jonathan Gottschallâs The Storytelling Animal, “The Witchery of Story”
During the first ten minutes of class, summarize your reading from Jonathan Gottschallâs The Storytelling Animal, “The Witchery of Story” chapter. Also, what kinds of stories do you like to hear? What kinds of stories do you like to tell? Think about the many kinds of examples that Gottschall mentions. Before our next class, type up your summary and post it as a comment to this blog post.
John Medina’s Brain Rules, Exploration
During the first ten minutes of class, write your summary of the Exploration chapter from John Medina’s Brain Rules. Before our next class, type up your summary and post it here as a comment to this blog post. Remember, this is the last chapter that we will read as a class in this book. Next Monday, we will begin reading Jonathan Gottschall’s The Storytelling Animal.
John Medinaâs Brain Rules, Gender
During class today, spend the first ten minutes writing your summary of John Medinaâs Brain Rules, Gender chapter. Before our next meeting, type up your handwritten summaries and post them as a comment to this post. Remember, moving forward this semester, there are no more make-up opportunities for the in-class writing assignments.
John Medina’s Brain Rules, Vision
During the first ten minutes of class, write a summary of your reading of the Vision chapter from John Medina’s Brain Rules. Also, write about how important vision is to communication–from the side of the communicator as well as the audience. Before our next class, post a comment here based on your in-class notebook writing.
John Medinaâs Brain Rules, “Sensory integration”
During class, you will spend the first ten minutes of class writing a summary of your reading from John Medinaâs Brain Rules, “Sensory integration” chapter. Before our next class, remember to type up your response and add it as a comment to this blog post.
