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Agenda for Wednesday, Nov 10

1–Freewrite

2–Tony Parsons’s story: Characters and who is most and least guilty

3–Questions

4–Ethics Handout: 5 types of ethics in Readings menu tab

Homework due Monday before class: Apply one type of ethics to “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” by Tony Parsons. In 200 words, explore a character’s actions and what type of ethics they seem to follow. Review the handout on 5 Types of Ethics before starting this assignment. Post to OpenLab Category: ” Extra Credit Coffeehouse #6″ for extra credit points: 5 points added to any quiz or coffeehouse assignment (please tell me the assignment!!!)

Agenda for Monday, Nov 8

–Freewrite

–Midterm Essay notes

–Midterm Grades

–Read paragraphs in class

–Character decisions: who is right or wrong.

Homework due Wednesday, Nov 10: Read Tony Parsons’ story: “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” and bring one question to class. Also: who is the worst or most guilty passenger and who is the least guilty passenger? Double participation points will be awarded.

Agenda for Wednesday, Nov 3

–Pop quiz directions

–finish quiz

–Discuss Globalization

–Homework for Monday, Nov 8: 

Read “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri, and then prepare a short paragraph about the story to tell the class (there is nothing to submit, this will be a conversation). I will call on each student. 

 

In order to have a vibrant discussion, I will count participation as double on Monday.

 

Use the following questions to help prepare your paragraph (You do not have to answer all of these questions. This is a guide):

–Who are the main characters and how can they be described?

–Describe 3-5 main plot points.

–Describe the setting.

–What is the narration style?

–What symbols or metaphors does the story contain?

–What types of globalization are at work? EG, DG, Object-EG, Organization-EG, and what about the four qualities of Globalization that Steger describes?

Hi Class,

Homework for Wednesday, Nov 3:

prepare for a pop quiz that will cover Ha Jin’s  “A Good Fall” and Manfred Steger’s ideas about globalization (a good way to prepare is to read over the homework prompts from last Wednesday). The quiz will be worth 20 points and will be a timed quiz given during class. Please make an effort to join the Zoom at 10am.

Agenda for Wed, Oct 27

1–Freewrite

Student choice: What achievement would you like to accomplish before the end of 2021?

Teacher’s choice: How did the Midterm Gothic Essay go? Especially what was easy and what was hard?

*thesis

*which details?

*quotations–correct way to use parenthetical citations

*Staying on point…thesis and method

2– Four Exchange concepts:

Oct 4–Redemption

Oct 6–Sacrifice

Justice

Noun

justice (countable and uncountable, plural justices)

1. 1. The state or characteristic of being just or fair. quotations ▼
      the justice of a description
   2. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
      Justice was served.
   3. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
      to demand justice
   4. The civil power dealing with law.
      Ministry of Justice
      the justice system
   5. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
      Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
   6. Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.

Revenge

noun: revenge (usually uncountable, plural revenges)

1. 1. Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
      Synonyms: payback, wreak; see also Thesaurus:revenge
      Indifference is the sweetest revenge.
      When I left my wife, she tried to set fire to the house in revenge.
   2. A win by a previous loser. 

3–Sonny’s Blues:

How do these four terms play out?

1–Redemption–who is most in charge of Sonny’s redemption?

2–Sacrifice

3–Justice

4–Revenge

Homework: Due Monday, Nov 1

1–Read Manfred Steger on Globalization. In your notes, define:

*Disembodied Globalization

*Embodied Globalization

*Object-Extended Globalization

*Organization-Extended Globalization

*17 word definition of Globalization

*6 word definition of Globalization

*What is the connection between an elephant and Globalization

2–Read Ha Jin’s “A Good Fall”

          ***Be prepared to discuss this story in terms of our 4 exchange concepts!

Agenda for Monday, Oct 25

1—Freewrite: Plans for Halloween?

2—James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues”: Main points, timeline confusions.

There are many subjects and side stories in this story. What are some of the many things that readers learn about life in the story?

For example: why is it difficult to live with someone suffering from addiction?

**what happens at the end of the story?

**Is there a connection? What kind of connection?

**What sort of story would this have been if Sonny was the narrator?

3—Essay: read thesis and method

**Take two minutes to prepare/find your Thesis and method. Hopefully, you have made good use of the thesis blueprint: While X, I think Y. And make sure that you clearly reveal which gothic term(s) or concept(s) you use. Some examples:

**Terror/horror–quote from Lloyd-smith

**CGI–normal or not–quote from handout for definition

**Gothic emotion–quote from handout

**Todorov’s uncanny, fantastic, marvelous–quote from handout

**SOP–make sure to quote from TBC–its Poe’s Narrator’s term

4—Q and A 

Homework due Wednesday by 10am: revise and submit your essay via BlackBoard by 10am– class on Wednesday. Email me any questions.

***New Note: I’ve had to cancel my office hours today because of a schedule conflict. Please email any questions that you have.

*** Note: If you have questions on thesis statements and method statements: See our Notepad–there are two examples under today’s agenda. Also, see the student example which is in Readings.

Agenda for Wednesday, Oct 20

1–Freewrite–your topic

2–Watch films

3–Discuss “The Veldt”

Homework:

1–Read “Sonny’s Blues” and bring one question to class on Monday.

2–Work on first page of your Midterm essay. Bring in your thesis and method and be prepared to read it in class.

Agenda for Monday, October 18

1–Freewrite and checking in

2–Pop Quiz #2–On BlackBoard.

I will post it just before class on Monday. Just like last week, the quiz will be due before 10:30. Turning in the quiz after this time will result in a “late” designation—but I will still accept it.  After you finished, please return to the Zoom…I’ll be here.

3–Go over quiz and discuss Hemingway’s story.

4–Modernism/Modernity: What makes these films modern? Also, what makes Hemingway’s story confusing or frustrating? Are there any gothic elements, or is it fully a modernist story?

5–Midterm Gothic Essay: Thesis and Method help—see handout

Homework for Wednesday, Oct 20:

1–Read “The Veldt” by Bradbury (Readings menu tab). Come to class ready to talk about its experimental nature and use of technology to make a point about society.

2—Write a one page outline (approx. 200 words) for the Midterm Gothic Essay and post it to OpenLab in the category: Midterm Essay (this assignment is worth 10 points). Students can use either bullet-point format or paragraph format.

Let me know via email if you have any questions.

Best,

Prof. Scanlan

Agenda for Wednesday, October 13

1–Pop Quiz–On BlackBoard (this is due today at 10:25. I will take the quiz down at 10:25) After you are finished, please return to the Zoom…I’ll be here.

2–Go over quiz and is “The Enormous Radio” Gothic?

3–Modernism/Modernity

4–Midterm Gothic Essay: Thesis and Method help

Homework: Watch the historical film and Read Hemingway and Dos Passos; work on your Gothic Essay. NOTE: We will have another brief reading quiz on Monday over Hemingway and Dos Passos.

NOTE: I fixed the Franz Kafka short story “A Hunger Artist”…sorry about that error!

NOTE: We do not have class on Monday, Oct 11!

1–Freewrite 1: Which stories have you selected for the Midterm Essay and why?

2–Freewrite 2: character pairs+++ discuss similarities AND differences

3–Discussion: Terms

4–Discussion: “A Hunger Artist”

5–Discussion: “Prologue to Invisible Man”

6–New Term: SACRIFICE:

Verb

sacrifice (third-person singular simple present sacrifices, present participle sacrificing, simple past and past participle sacrificed)

a. To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.

b. To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility of gaining something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss. 

Venison has many advantages over meat from factory farms, although it still requires a hunter to sacrifice the life of a deer.

c. To trade (a value of higher worth) for something of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more, such as an ally or business relationship, or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money. 

d. To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board

e. To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.

f. (dated, tradesmen’s slang) To sell at a price less than the cost or actual value.

g. To destroy; to kill.

Noun

sacrifice (countable and uncountable, plural sacrifices)

1. 1. The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite. 
   2. The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; the devotion of something desirable to something higher, or to a calling deemed more pressing.

the sacrifice of one’s spare time in order to volunteer

1. 1. (baseball) A play in which the batter is intentionally out so that one or more runners can advance around the bases.
   2. Something sacrificed. 
   3. A loss of profit.
   4. (slang, dated) A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.

 **from Wiktionary**

Homework: Read John Cheever’s “The Enormous Radio” and write Coffeehouse #4,  One paragraph on why this story is gothic (use correct terms) and one paragraph on why it is not gothic (300 words) due by class time on Oct 13 (remember we don’t have class on Monday, Oct 11)

NOTE:

I’ll begin with these three questions on Wednesday:

**What happens to the hunger artist at the end of the story?

**Describe the Invisible Man’s home.

**What happens at the end of The Enormous Radio?