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HW due 2/9: Weekend Homework

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1. Fundamentals of Poetry–Be sure you know the highlighted sections of the handout for a quiz on Tuesday!
2. Poetry Journal–Write ten couplets using Iambs throughout! Ensure that your couplets are actually written in iambs. If your verse is truly written in iambs, you should HEAR the rhythm of each line of verse. Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (classic iambic pentameter) has a clear rhythm because of its meter. So, you should HEAR the rhythm in your couplets. Subject/theme is totally up to you!
3. Print and Scan the following poems:

Death, Be Not Proud by John Donne
Loving in Truth, and Fain in Verse My Love to Show by Sir Philip Sidney

HW due 2/9: Evidence and working thesis

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1. This weekend you will lay the foundation for our next essay. This is the heavy lifting if you will…the hard work. Naturally, you have chosen either 1984 or SH5 as the subject. Hopefully, as you read both novels, you tracked the author’s treatment of  chosen themes through his use of various devices/elements. This will be helpful as you gather evidence this weekend ultimately leading to your working thesis. You must bring in collected evidence and the accompanying thesis Tuesday. Group your evidence under various points of analysis. For example, suppose this point of analysis: Montana Wildhack represents the objectification of humanity. Then, that point of analysis would be followed by supporting/illuminating evidence. Keep in mind, there should be logical cohesion across the body of your essay.

Full disclosure, if you do not thoughtfully/meaningfully gather evidence, then your thesis will be as thoughtless/meaningless as your collection effort. Naturally, the thoughtful/meaningful gathering requires that you have closely read your chosen text.

First Draft–2/23
Final Draft–2/25

2. The Alchemist–We start this unit in the new week, so if you would like to buy your own copy, click the link.

HW due 2/9: Sartre

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1. Existentialism is a Humanism–Jean Paul Sartre is often the first name to come to mind when one considers Existentialism. His brand of atheistic existentialism so dominates the existential landscape that one forgets that the “first existentialist” Kierkegaard was indeed a theist. Nevertheless, Sartre’s essay most clearly defines the existential mindset. It becomes a fundamental piece of this course’s foundation.   Additionally, his essay establishes some of the tenets of existentialism that are universally applicable.  Read and ANNOTATE! Be sure you are able to discuss the four reproaches of existentialism and his defense against those reproaches.

2. On Monday we will discuss The Rational Ordering of Society from The Encounter with Nothingness. Ensure that you are ready for that discussion.

3. Class Forum–Remember you must post by midnight Tuesday (in preparation for Wednesday’s class)! AND REMEMBER TO BRING A PRINTED COPY OF YOUR RESPONSE IN TO CLASS. The responses should be added to the reading response section of your binder. Be sure to include the heading and title each printed response.

4. Man’s Search for Meaning–We will begin reading over the break so try and order it (pick it up) this coming week.