FINAL EXAM
Please note that you will be taking the final exam on line. It is available on our BLACKBOARD SITE. Go to your Blackboard page and click on the ENG 1121, Section 5465 site. When you get there, click on the Final Exam button, and follow the instructions. The final exam is available from 12:01 a. m. Monday, December 17th to 10:29 p. m., Tuesday, December 18th. Once you begin, you will have one hour and 30 minutes to complete it.
WORK FOR WEEK 14
27—Mon., Dec. 10th: Final Exam Review Exercise (On Discussions and Exercises Page)
[ONLINE]
28—Wed., Dec. 12th: Brief Presentations on Research Topics
[FACE-TO-FACE FOR TODAY: PREPARE FOR Presentation
MIDWAY 401]
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY
Dear Students,
I am in search of judges for two in-class poetry slams, on Thursday, December 6th and Thursday, December 13th, at 11:30 p. m., in Midway 307. Students in my Introduction to Poetry class will perform poems by all-time great poets.
No Experience Necessary. Extra credit granted for a hour of judging.
Prof. Guida
WORK FOR WEEK 12
23—Mon., Nov. 26th: Turn in Essay #4 Through Upload Documents Page;
Post Presentation Questions on Discussions Page
[ONLINE]
FOR TODAY: Browse Presentation Links and Files on Discussions Page
24—Wed, Nov. 28th: Workshop Research Paper Drafts in Class;Discuss
Oral Presentation Techniques
[FACE-TO-FACE FOR TODAY: WRITE Research Paper Drafts; PRINT AND
MIDWAY 401] BRING in FOUR COPIES of Your Research Paper Draft
REMINDER: CLASS MEETS TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, AT 1 PM, OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE LIBRARY, ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF THE ATRIUM BUILDING.
**SPECIAL NOTE: Class meets next Wednesday in front of the City Tech Library, 4th Florr, Atrium Bldg.
WORK FOR WEEK 11 (Monday, Nov. 12th and Wednesday, Nov. 14th)
19—Mon., Nov. 12th: Online Workshop for Draft of Essay # 4 (Case Study)
FOR TODAY: Post Draft of Essay #4 to Discussions and Exercises Page
20—Wed, Nov. 14th CLASS MEETS IN LIBARY; Do Research Methods Exercises; Turn in Essay # 4 Revision;
[FACE-TO-FACE FOR TODAY: READ in LC, Chapter 9, “Research Writing with
MIDWAY 401] Sources” (pp 309-320) and Appendix C, “How Much Do You Know…”
(pp 1379-1385)
CLASS FOR WED., OCT. 31ST HAS BEEN CANCELED. ALL CITY TECH CLASSES ARE IN FACT CANCELED FOR OCT. 31ST.
PLEASE POST YOUR ESSAY #3 (POLITICAL SPEECH ANALYSIS) DRAFT TO THE DISCUSSIONS AND EXERCISES PAGE. THEN PLEASE RESPOND TO AT LEAST TWO CLASSMATES’ DRAFTS, USING THE QUESTIONS IN THE POSTED ESSAY WORKSHOP GUIDELINES FILE. PLEASE COMPLETE THE WORK BY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST.
TURN IN YOUR REVISION OF ESSAY #3 ON MONDAY, NOV. 5TH, THROUGH THE UPLOAD DOCUMENTS PAGE.
ESSAY #4 WILL BE ASSIGNED ON MONDAY.
READ “HAMLET” FOR MONDAY. YOU WILL HAVE AN ONLINE EXERCISE DUE THAT DAY.
WE WILL DISCUSS “HAMLET” NEXT WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7TH, IN CLASS.
PLEASE NOTE THE REVISED SCHEDULE BELOW:
REVISED WORK FOR WEEKS 8 AND 9 (OCT. 29TH, OCT. 31ST, NOV. 5TH, NOV. 7TH)
15—Mon., Oct. 29th: Answer Questions about Acts I and II of Hamlet
[ONLINE] FOR TODAY: WATCH Acts I and II Clips from Hamlet
in Course Texts; READ in LC, Acts I and II of Hamlet (pp 897-950)
16—Wed., Oct. 31st: Workshop Essay #3 on Discussions and Exercises Page, using
the posted guidelines. Respond to at least two classmates’
essay drafts, using all the questions on the guidelines page
MIDWAY 401] FOR TODAY: DRAFT Essay # 3
17—Mon., Nov. 5th: Turn in Essay #3 (through Upload Documents page);
[ONLINE] Essay #4 (“Hamlet” Character Study) Assigned;
Post Exercise for Essay #4 to Discussions and
Exercises Page
FOR TODAY: REVISE ESSAY #3
18—Wed., Nov. 7th: Discuss “Hamlet” and Its Characters
[MIDWAY 401]
FOR TODAY: WATCH Act III-V Clips from Hamlet in Course Texts
READ in LC, Acts III-V of Hamlet (pp 950-1011)
Essay #3 (Comparison of Speeches) Assigned
(on Assignments Page); Turn in Essay # 2 (Key
Passages) Through Upload Documents Page
FOR TODAY: WATCH Speeches Posted to Course Texts Page; READ “I Have a Dream” (1193-1199)
14—Wed., Oct. 24th: Workshop Essay # 3 in Small Groups
[FACE-TO-FACE FOR TODAY: WRITE a Draft of Essay # 3
MIDWAY 401]
HELP WITH BLACKBOARD and OPENLAB ACCESS AND OTHER COMPUTER ISSUES
Dear Students,
Please be aware that you can get help with Blackboard access and other computer problems at the Student Center, on the first floor of the Atrium. You can get help on line at this Web site: http://cis.citytech.cuny.edu.
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MORE HELP WITH OPENLAB
Calendar of OpenLab Help Events for Students
1) At the end of Act 1, Hamlet declared that he would put an “antic disposition” on. So, he planned to act mad perhaps so that he would be able to minimize his seeming threat to Claudius, to gather more information, to stall until he came up with a plan, to hide his true emotions, to provide a cover for his eventual act of revenge insanity. He goes to Ophelia first perhaps to determine if she’s with him or against him. He learns from his encounter with Ophelia, that she reports to her father who reports to Claudius. He can gather that she is not to be trusted. Yes, I think he loves her very much, but that this revenge thing has driven a wedge between them that cannot be dislodged. He cannot confide in Ophelia, so he must break off the relationship–something she’s already done anyway. He upsets her but does not physically hurt her. He may be expressing his hurt that she has refused to see him (per her father’s orders).
2) In Hamlet act 2: Hamlet is philosophizing about the nature of pretend grief versus real grief, all is ultimately pretend because there was no poisoning, not really. On this second level, it seems almost as though Hamlet “knows” that he is in a play. He does not hurry along the revenge because he knows there is nothing really to revenge; nothing really happened; it has all been staged. Of course, he can’t really “know” this, but Shakespeare creates the effect of self-awareness and self-doubt that reaches beyond the limitations of the stage.