WEEK OF 10/31 - 11/4

MONDAY
1) We will take a final look at Why War by Freud, and address the questions you answered.
2) We will begin our next Great Books Essay: Concerning the Division of Labor by Adam Smith
3) Peer review of student analyitical essay on Orwell's essay on Ghandi.

THURSDAY
1) Continue Adam Smith Essay discussion based on your writings
2) Continue peer review of analyitical essay

WEEK OF 10/17 - 10/21/11

TUESDAY

We shift gears this quarter. We have mastered grammar, deadwood, rhetorical terms, and writing that brings out our particular, distinctive voices. Now we begin a more rigorous phase of the course: reading comprehension & the dreaded analysis essay. We begin to strengthen our reading comprehension through the Great Books essays, starting with The Social Me by William James. We begin with prereading questions and discussion. Then we read the essay aloud. Students then will answer Interpretive questions. Finally we will discuss the essay based on your answers to those questions.

Additionally, I will introduce what the analysis essay entails, and give you a sample, along with some student answers.

THURSDAY

Today's Great Books essay is Why War? by Sigmund Freud, following the same format as previous. We will work together on answering our first analysis essay.

WEEK OF 10/10 - 10/14

TUESDAY

1) read your Analogy essays

THURSDAY

2) terms test: all 141 terms broken down into 15 per group

WEEK OF 10/5 - 10/7

WEDNESDAY

1) review last group of terms
2) read your Compare/ Contrast essays

FRIDAY

1) quiz on terms 101-120
2) next essay: Analogy - read from Beford reader"The Attic of the Brain" and "The Battle of the Ants" - write your analogy essay fro next class