Freshmen: Today we devoted a lot of time to QBR in class - reading your sources and compiling info on your topics. Remember, start reading Great Expectations, chapter 12 vocab is due Friday, as is your argument essay revision.
Sophomores: Today we focused on the motif of self-discovery, or self-identification. Consider the various novels we have read this year and how the main character was forced to go on a journey do discover who he or she really was - be it Peekay, Antigone, Amir, Oedipus, or who have you. We wrote a simple Who am I poem, and then looked at a more sophisticated Who am I essay. Your task is to write your own Who am I essay and turn it in to turnitin.com by Sunday, 8 AM (to avoid those unfortunate Sunday night essay-fests). Your essay may be funny, sad, ironic, serious; you may focus on who you are not, how what you do defines you (e.g. Batman Begins), or who your secret self is. You might incorporate elements of archetypes, or the various hero stages, or even elements of the poem we wrote. It's up to you, whoever you are. Also, vocab is due Friday, and Part III of our book is due Monday.
CNF: We began Go Tigers!, a film which examines how manhood is defined in one particular town and team community, and we will contrast that with what we see portrayed in Season of Life, which you need for Thursday.
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