Friday 19 December 2011

I hope to spend Friday discussing up to Chapter 6 of The Great Divorce!

Work Due December 13, 2011

I hope to see a thoroughly done Double Entry Journal on Tues. You have Chapters 1-4 to finish.

All Persuasion paper finals are due Friday. They will be good I know as the drafts were very interessting.

WORK FOR 9 DECEMBER 2011

How exciting to begin a new book and one as engaging as The Great Divorce.  You now know that the divorce is between Heaven and Hell.  Read Chapters 1-3.  Fill in the Ghost chart with those you meet.  Do a Double Entry Journal using the topics I gave in class Lewis'View of Heaven-Lewis' view of Hell etc.  from the list.  The le ft column consists of words, phrases and sentences quoted from the text.  The right hand column contains your personal reflection on the author's words.

Work for 6 December 2011

The draft of the Persuasion paper is due typed by Friday. For Tuesday read and write 3 questions about the Introduction to The Great Divorce

Work for December 2nd 2011

Please bring your completed Persuasion Paper to class this Friday! We will begin our next book on Tuesday 5 December. The Great Divorce-our spiritual book by C.S. Lewis. This book is just in time for Advent and Christmas! You need your copy by Tuesday Dec 5th. Amazon or B&N have it so order on line or try the church bookstore. You have had the book list since August so I expect you will have it!

Work For Friday 18 November 2011

We will return to discussing the parts of the paper you have done. If you do more,I will take it home over Thanksgiving to read!

Work for Tuesday15 November 2011

Please complete 1/3rd of your paper. Any part you wish. Intro/background;thesis and what points you will cover or Body parts/Develop three or more paragraphs.

Follow suggestions in handout!

Work for Friday 11 November 2011

Please finish identifying the Persuasion quotes. You need only choose 10. Tell me in the margin which ones you used you book on,if any!

I need to see your focusing sentence that tells what the central idea of the paper is and what IDEAS from the novel (or scenes) you will be discussing that illustrate the point you are making.. . Or you could write the introduction that states your main idea and the points you are using in the paper. These ideas need to have my approval. Usually I am open to any creative,reasonable idea for a 750 word paper.

More later. Bring in your green grammar book. I have an extra I can lend to MM who wasn't here before this term. Any grammar book will do that has a sample MLA format paper in it.

Thanks, Mrs B

Work For Friday 4 November 2011

Please continue to read and answer questions or write a chapter summary for Chapters 21 and 22. We will continue with the quotation identification in class.

Tuesday,November 1, 2011

Please read the next two chapters. You have the questions!

Work for 28 October 2011

I think we are finally getting a grasp on who is who and in what places they live and travel! Please read Chapters 17 & 18 and write complete answers to the new questions I handed out today.

Work for 25 October 2011

Please re-read Chapters 15-16. Answer new questions I gave you on these chapters.

We will discuss these on Tuesday! We will also begin Chapters 17-18 in class.

Work for Friday October 21, 2011

Please read Chapters 15 and 16 and do all the questions for each chapter. You should all have the questions for the next two class sessions.

Work for Tuesday 18 October 2011

SEE IF YOU CAN BETTER GRASP THE CHAPTERS WITH THE BRIEF SUMMARIES I HAVE INCLUDED.

Please READ CHAPTERS 13 AND 14 . ANSWER ALL 5 QUESTIONS. BE ASSURED I WILL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU! They are here for the absent students.

CHAPTER Thirteen
Charles returns from Lyme and sends the family’s old nursemaid to help Mrs. Harville nurse Louisa. Anne goes to stay with Lady Russell. After a few days she gets enough courage to call on the Crofts, who live in her former home. There she finds that the note she received about Louisa’s health had been brought by Captain Wentworth. She also discovers that when he had been at Kellynch he had inquired about her and expressed concern over her exertions at Lyme. Anne enjoys the company of the Crofts, who are very hospitable, and is happy they have made so few changes to the house.

1. Anne is very happy to hear that Captain Wentworth has inquired about her. Her heart is still his, and she hungers for every piece of information about him so she can try to piece together how he feels about her. Go back through the chapters in which he appears and list all his interactions with her. Is there hope for this relationship?
2. The Crofts are portrayed as one of the few happily married couples in the novel. What is there about their relationship that seems so different from the other relationships shown (Mary and Charles, the elder Musgroves)?

CHAPTER Fourteen
Louisa is making a slow recovery at Lyme. Charles and Mary return to Uppercross with very definite opinions of Captain Benwick. Mr. and Mrs. Musgrove bring the Harville children home with them for the Christmas holidays. Because Anne
and Lady Russell are present for the noisy Christmas celebration, Lady Russell is very glad to get away and travel to Bath.

1. What kinds of things seem to make Mary happy? Why might women at the time of the novel have focused on such things?
2. Why does Charles believe that Captain Benwick is very taken with Anne? What facts does he use to draw this conclusion? What signs do we use today to confirm that someone might be interested in us?
3. Over the Christmas holiday it is very popular to go to vacation spots. In Jane Austen’s day, Bath was a very popular spot with the landed gentry. Why?

Work for Friday 14 October 2011

Alert!! Alert!! The next book is Frakenstein by Mary Shelly Dover Press $2.00 on line. Other books we will read from Dover Press are Silas Marner $2.50, Treasure Island $2.50 and 100 Favorite English and Irish Poems $2.50. You or your parents were sent thisbook list in the summer! There are two more books you need from Amazon or wherever.

We are just about halfway through Persuasion. Please read, write the answers to the questions and highlight the book for Chapters 11 and 12.

Work For Tuesday 11 October 2011

I still get the feeling you are not reading closely enough. Except for a few of you, I didn't notice that the rest of you really understood the Chapters we were discussing. You must read the chapters more than once and highlight the book. Then answer the questions.

Read Chapters 9&10.Answer the questions, please.
We will continue the discussion on 7&8.

Work for October 7, 2011

We will complete our discussion on Chapters 5,6,7,8. Don't forget to highlight the text.

Chapter 7 Do questions 1,2,4 ( How does Anne feel after she sees Captain Wentworth?).

Chapter 8 Do questions 1,2,3.

REVISIONS OF SHORT STORY PAPER DUE.

Work for Friday 30/ September 2011 and Tues. 4th Oct.

On Tuesday Oct 4, I will give you a quiz on Chapt 1-3. Then we will discuss them again.Also be prepared to talk about the character you are assigned.

YOU MUST HAVE YOUR BOOK IN CLASS. EACH DAY YOU DO NOT, YOU WILL WRITE SUMMARIES OF THE CHAPTERS FOR WHICH YOU DID NOT HAVE THE BOOK. I CANNOT CONDUCT A DISCUSSION CLASS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE BOOK TO REFER TO.

For Friday: Read Chapts. 1,2,3.

On paper, answer in Chapt. 1 Quest.1,2,3,5.
Chapt. 2 Quest. 1,2,3-For Q.3 Tell what suggestions Lady Russell and Mr.Shepherd have for Sir Walter to save money?
Chapt. 3 Quest 1,2.

Work Due Tuesday 27 September

Please bring your completed rough draft of your Short Story Paper to class.

Also bring Persuasion.

Work for Friday 23 September 2011

Well I really think we have more than adequately discussed the two stories. You may ask me any additional questions you have in class.

I expect you to bring in to class ( along with your book ) Parts I, II, III, IV in rough draft form for discussion. Your rough draft must be readable by me!

Doing it on computer is a very good idea because you can then revise and edit without rewritting the whole thing. It's up to you. You must have this rough copy plus your book on Friday. The rest of the draft will be due on Tuesday Sept 27th .

We will begin Persuasion on Tues. the 27th and you need to have a copy by then.

New work for Friday 16, 2011

SELECT ONE OF THE TWO SHORT STORIES WE READ FOR THIS WEEK AND APPLY THE OUTLINE PARTS 1-3 THAT I GAVE YOU IN CLASS AND WRITE AN OUTLINE OF THE INFO NEEDED.

Short Story Work for Sept 13, 2011

We will discuss Tobermory p.126 in which I asked you to mark the passages where Saki is satirizing the Upper Class Enlish society and their avoidance of privacy issues!

Then we will go to The Lifted Veil by George Eliot p.185. I would like you to mark and annotate the passages where Latimore talks about his strange gift and the dubious value it has so that he experiences more knowlege about the people in his life then he needs to in this Gothic story!

What is interesting about the authors' names? Extra Credit!

Plans for Friday 9 September 2011

The thick plottens. More will be revealed as we see Lady Macbeth pay for her nefarious deeds. Her husband the claimant to the throne of Scotland, alas, will not fare much better. Off to the battle.

We will finish our discussion and you will read your written work to the class.

That's all folks!

Summer Reading Assignments

British Literature

Barbara Armbruster, Instructor.

Email me if you have a problem: armbruster75@gmail.com


Macbeth
Journal Writing—Keep a Free writing journal or log.

Choose one of the following and write as you read:

(a) Write a list of the chronological sequence of events of the play.
or
(b) Write a diary of one of the major characters,recording in diary form what the character is doing and feeling in his her important scenes..
or
(c) Write about one or more of the themes of the play that develop as you read and how they are interpreted by Shakespeare, and how they relate to the modern world. The Themes are: things are not what they seem, blind ambition, superstition and its effects on human behavior. Tell the Page where the theme is evident so we can discuss this in class.
or
(d) Write a response journal about your personal interaction with the play.


Your writing needs to be at least 500 words to do the requested task adequately. It is due the first day of class (Sept.6th) when we will begin discussing the text. We will also discuss the play on the 2nd day of class Sept 9th.

Great English Short Stories
We will discuss the story Tobermory pp.126-132 on the 3rd day of class Sept.13th.Underline the places where you notice the author is making fun of (satirizing) upper class English people of the period.


Enjoy!