Freshmen: Today our focus was on a sample analytical essay about the film More. I encourage you to use it as a model. That's not to say you have to have the same type of structure, or tone, or thesis, but it is useful as a writer to look at what other writers do well and integrate what you can into your own game. Your homework is to read 20 minutes twice over the long weekend and to revise your essay on the film based on my specific comments as well as the general lesson on writing that we had. You are then to print this essay and annotate (that is, write by hand) about your changes on the spot on the page where they occur. By this I mean I mean write about what changes you made, why you made them, how it improved your paper and so on. Also, remember that vocabulary Chapter 1 is due next Friday.
Sophomores: Today we focused on two things: The Tao te Ching as a work of literature in and of itself and some of the recurrent ideas, themes, and structures in it, and Taoism as a concept implicit in our texts via the Echoes of the Tao assignment. Your homework is as follows: Part I of Life of Pi is due for next week's block, as is a dozen notes for the seminar and at least one Echo of the Tao assignment; the This I Believe worksheet and vocabulary Chapter 1 are due next Friday.
CNF: Today we had a pretty interesting seminar discussion about some of the ideas in Gladwell's introduction and Chapter 1. Your homework this weekend is to email me a picture of your room if you haven't already and to take the Big Five Inventory at http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/. Please print your results page; as I said before, it might be interesting to have someone close to you - a friend, relative, etc. take the test for you too and compare how you scored.
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