1. Find a sentence you love (or hate)—in Naylor’s text or elsewhere (anywhere: TV script, rap lyrics, etc.)—and come in with it written down and ready to talk about why you love (or hate) it as well as how it works (or fails) as a grammatical sentence.
2. Bring in five written down definitions of words you like it or were not familiar with in Naylor’s text. Also write a sentence for each word that shows its meaning.
3. Read Etel Adnan’s Oh “To Write in a Foreign Language” in the Language packet, especially pages 2, 5-6.
4. Finish reading the syllabus and come in with any questions you have about it.