Agenda: Week 3 (9/12 – 9/14)

Reading Plato and Working with Writing Strategies

To Do Before Monday, 9/12:

• Read “Allegory of the Cave” (Book VII) from The Republic, by Plato.

Note: I suggest focusing on “Book VII” which begins on p. 6. Please read carefully, annotating as you go. You should bring 2 questions and 2 comments about the text to class. These can be large or small, about a single sentence or about the ideas / arguments of the whole reading.

In-Class Writing:

• TBD

To Do Before Wednesday, 9/14:

• Watch “The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato’s Allegory in Clay.” 
• Watch “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave” by Alex Gendler.

In-Class Writing:

• TBD

To Do for Week 4:

• Read “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lourde.
• Read “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott.
• Review “Narrative Basic Features” Power Point by Laura Westengard.