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media type="custom" key="23146190" align="right" [|Open Yale Course: Introduction to Theory] Jacoby's Email [|Purdue OWL] Personal Wiki Spaces //Beloved// 1984 Things Fall Apart The Hobbit December 12, 2013 The Hobbit p. 296-330 __//** Final Paper Due **//__ December 10, 2013 The Hobbit p. 266-295 December 5, 2013 The Hobbit p. 205-266 December 3, 2013 The Hobbit p. 100-204. November 26, 2013 The Hobbit p.51-99 November 21, 2013 Historical Presentation on Tolkien ***Type and Submit a 2 page historical report on Tolkien and/or //The Hobbit//** Watch Movie October 15, 2013 Read Through page 151 of //A Separate Peace// Watch Movie
 * Read //The// //Hobbit// Chapter 1-2**
 * November 19, 2013 **
 * Finish //Things Fall Apart// **
 * November 14, 2013 **
 * Finish Part One (through page 125). **
 * November 12, 2013 **
 * Start Chinua Achebe's //Things Fall Apart// **
 * First Seven Chapters (p.1-62) **
 * November 7, 2013 **
 * Finish 1984!!!! Wooooooohooooooooo **
 * November 5, 2013 **
 * First three chapters of Part three **
 * October 31, 2013 **
 * Second half of part two **
 * October 29, 2013 **
 * First half of part two **
 * October 24, 2013 **
 * Read the rest of part one for today. **
 * Left over Historical and biographical stuff **
 * October 22, 2013 **
 * Conroy and Tricia can battle it out for what order you go in. Preferably, I would like to have T go first, but I will leave the choice to you. **
 * 1. Presentation **
 * 2. Conroy's Film **
 * 3. Disucssion on //Nineteen Eighty-Four (//First four chapters) **
 * 4. Historical Context Presentation **
 * October 17, 2013 **
 * Finish //A Separate Peace.// **
 * //*// **Reminder: Your projects are due on the 22nd.

October 8, 2013 Free Write: Name the characters that have been introduced in the first 3 chapters. If you had to pick movie stars to play them in a movie, who would you pick and why? Start A Separate Peace 1-47
 * For those students who would rather listen than read (you're welcome):**

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 * October 3, 2013 **
 * Finish //Black Like Me// **
 * October 1, 2013 **
 * Read 102-150, //Black Like Me// **

//While Griffin encounters a frightening amount of evil on his journey through the South, he also sees evidence of the good in people. Cite examples of goodwill and compassion Griffin experiences. What hope do they give Griffin that the racial divide may be bridged?// //Free Writing Question (In regards to the handout): Take a look at some of the passages in the handout. These excerpts were taken from the book, __I'll Take My Stand__ which was published in 1930 courtesy of the professors at Vanderbilt University. Our novel takes place in the late 50s to early 60s. Write a page essay discussing the ideologies present in the handout and in __Black Like Me.__ Are there similarities? differences?//** September 19, 2013 Discuss first 37 pages of //Black Like Me// Historical Background
 * September 26, 2013 **
 * 77-101 Black Like Me **
 * Free Write:**
 * September 24, 2013 **
 * 38-76 Black Like Me **

September 17, 2013 FInish Beloved

September 12, 2013 1. Discuss the Reading (Beginning of Part Two, next three sections) 2. Catch up on Film

September 10, 2013

1. Discuss the Reading (Finish Part One) 2. Catch up on the Film

September 5, 2013 1. Discuss the Reading 2. Go over these excerpts 3. Movie clips

Excerpt#1-- "She never made the outhouse. Right in front of its door she had to lift her skirts, and the water she voided was endless."

Excerpt#2-- "It broke him, Sethe." Paul D looked up at her an sighed. "You may as well know it all. Last time I saw him he was sitting by the churn. He had butter all over his face."

Excerpt #3-- "Laye em down, Sethe, Sword and Shield. Down. Down. Both of em down. Down by the riverside. Sword and Shield."

Excerpt #4-- Strangers rested while children tried on their shoes.

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