Whew, fiction is over with. Well, sort of. Not really at all actually. Now that we're shifting gears and looking at drama, some of the same things we analyzed in fiction still apply in this realm too. What a coincidence, huh?
M - Pass back your fiction analysis essays and your timed writing essays. Class discussion on improving your essays. Provide the assignment for our next independent reading book, Brave New World.
(Primarily the big problem with the essays was lack of a main claim in your thesis. Thus the body paragraphs tended to ramble on, w/o any sort of coherent direction. Also, you guys were great at identifying the literary devices like tone, point of view, and symbolism, but you stopped after the identifying part. You neglected to carry it one step further and ask WHY is irony being used? What is the purpose of the irony? What is Brush using it to accomplish?)
W - Keynote "Lecture" on the nature of drama ... introduction into what we should expect, what are the assumptions, key items we should be picking up. Look at 'The Interview' by Joyce Carol Oates (WAYG, WHYB? author), a one-act play to use as a beginning point for our drama unit.
F - Finish up Oates' play if necessary. Move on to "Time Flies" by David Ives.
HW - For Monday read the first 3 chapters to Brave New World
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