Here is the phone policy for our course.
- No headphones.
- All phones must be placed on the desk to the immediate right of your keyboards. Please don't make me remind you each day! From now on, we will keep cellphones on the right hand corner of your desk whether in the classroom or a computer lab. That way, you will have them ready if we need them for a class activity, but this will hopefully minimize texting and other distractions during class.
- Syllabus review: read through the second quarter
- Discussion Time
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"We are defined by what we forget"What do you think the line above means?
Read the poem.
Now what do you think the line means?
Discuss your interpretation and reasoning with your group.
Homework Part One:
Re-read the poem. Then, write one textually-based interpretive questions about the poem. Please make sure to link it to a specific quote from the poem.
Interpretive questions are questions that seek clarity about a passage that strikes you as ambiguous or confusing, but which you feel is potentially important.
An interpretive question differs from more straightforward, factual questions in that it may have more than one possible answer.
Example interpretive question:
Lines 18-20 contain what might appear to be a counter-intuitive statement: "We are defined by what we forget". She adds, that we are defined "by what we never will be: star gazers, fire eaters." Who does "we" refer to, and why does Boland claim they will be defined by what they forget and what they never will be? Finally, who is it that is defining them this way?
Re-read the poem. Then, write one textually-based interpretive questions about the poem. Please make sure to link it to a specific quote from the poem.
Interpretive questions are questions that seek clarity about a passage that strikes you as ambiguous or confusing, but which you feel is potentially important.
An interpretive question differs from more straightforward, factual questions in that it may have more than one possible answer.
Example interpretive question:
Lines 18-20 contain what might appear to be a counter-intuitive statement: "We are defined by what we forget". She adds, that we are defined "by what we never will be: star gazers, fire eaters." Who does "we" refer to, and why does Boland claim they will be defined by what they forget and what they never will be? Finally, who is it that is defining them this way?
Bring a book that you read this summer. Be prepared to share a passage (about a paragraph) that you found interesting and tell us how it relates to the book in general.
Also, prepare notes to help you discuss the following:
Summer Reading Group Talk
1. Introduce your book: title, author, topic
2. What do you think was the most inspirational aspect of your book? Explain
3. What is an idea/concept you think you'll never forget that your book brought up?
4. What type of person in our society needs to read this book? Explain.
5. If you could talk with the author, what is one question you would ask him or her?
At the end of tomorrow's class, you will turn in the following: When your group is finished, each of you fill out a half sheet of paper with your name, your book title, and whether or not you think we should keep this on the list for next year's incoming juniors. Explain why. If it was not on the LT summer reading list, simply explain why you would or would not recommend it to another LT student for reading.
Bring signed syllabus sheet on Friday, August 25
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