--Week Four--

Class Meeting

1. Third Houses Workshop. List of House Members HERE.

You will have 15 minutes to prepare your House's presentation of the poem assigned to you last week. As we did last week, I will read the poem out loud, after which both Houses will have 15 minutes to present the poem and answer questions from the class.

Browning /Butler
"Because I could not stop for Death"
Morrison/Shakespeare
 “Daddy” 
Dickinson/Plath
“Bitch” 
Responses to Poetry Form
Responses to Poetry Form
Responses to Poetry Form

2.  Pitching your Essay Idea to Others

3. How to turn in Essay #1: When you have completed the writing process, turn in
  • Draft 1 
  • Reader Feedback
  • Draft 2
  • Self-reflection Checklist
  • Any slips proving you have visited the Writing center (B200) or SGA Tutoring
For Next Class
  1. Read Kindred: "The Fall" and complete the Quiz: Kindred: "The Fall" on Blackboard
  2. Write: Journal 3 (Kindred--“The Fall”)
  3. Read “The American Dream and the American Negro” (1965; a debate starring James Baldwin). Here is a link to a taping of the debate: https://youtu.be/oFeoS41xe7w
  4. Write: Journal 4 (Baldwin) 

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