Hey all, Belatedly, here is a thread for proposing final projects! As we discussed on our call, we like this platform & we want to see each other’s proposals—so post yours in the comments. It’s an informal piece of writing, and you can think of it like thinking out loud. The goal is just toContinue reading “Proposing Final Projects”
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Choosing Our Novel: the options (plus, pitch your own!)
Hi all, So, it’s (past) time to choose the novel that we’ll read together for the remaining weeks of class, while you work on your final projects. I’m pitching four here, and I encourage you to add your own pitches in the comments! On Thursday when class starts, we’ll take a vote & launch ourContinue reading “Choosing Our Novel: the options (plus, pitch your own!)”
the essay: “I” and “we”
Here are the essays we’ll be discussing this week on the blog and in our Thursday Zoom call. I’m assigning two pairs of essays, which each operate in some kind of relation to each other. If your time is limited this week, I suggest that you read one pair. pair 1: interdependence and independence BriallenContinue reading “the essay: “I” and “we””
hangout post the first
Welcome to our first off-topic on-purpose post. I think it’s feeling important to all of us to stay connected right now, and this is a place where we can do that. I’m still (as I’ve already said several times by now!) sad and mad about the loss of our classroom, but there are some waysContinue reading “hangout post the first”
weekend prep questions: the essay
So, most of us probably think of “an essay” as something we write for school. (If I’m wrong, please tell me so in the comments!) The essays we’re going to read for our essay unit, though, aren’t quite that kind of essay. (If you’d like examples of academic essays that I think are particularly impressive,Continue reading “weekend prep questions: the essay”
Poems for Thursday, March 12
Hey all. So take a minute. Imagine our classroom. And then imagine that class starts in the way it usually does: I’d ask you how the world is, and then I’d ask you how you’re reacting to our poems today. Answers to either question are welcome in the comments. I’ll also offer a few promptsContinue reading “Poems for Thursday, March 12”
shifting online: questions & ideas
Hey all. Here’s a place to discuss our transition. Have a question? Put it here so it can help your classmates. Have an idea? Ditto. (Much like those bathroom signs: “have a face? don’t touch it!”)
prompts: the play
So, Fairview was an exciting sprint for us in class—we had way more questions than answers about this complex work (including, at some point, the question of whether we needed a word other than “play” to categorize it!), and I’d encourage you to use your blog posts on the play to explore some of theContinue reading “prompts: the play”
prompts: the short story
As we start the writing phase of this project, there’s still time to reflect back on the short stories we’ve read—and we’ll also want to do some thinking about what we learned about the form. So here are a few questions you might want to take up about our texts, their relationships, and our senseContinue reading “prompts: the short story”
ENG 222: Literary Genres 