october 31

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Riders on the Storm" by The Doors]

This week the skies are threatening.  Rain is often used as a literary device in stories.  Why?  What does it symbolize to you?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Emerson feedback & revision
3. Dust off your resume


HW:
1. On your blog, post a reflection on your Emerson writing.  What did you do well?  What do you need to work on?  (blog post title: AUTHOR IN PROGRESS)
2. If you haven't already, read "On Self-Reliance" to the end and post your notes you took from your reading and our class discussions (title: I'M SELF-RELIANT)
3. It's great reading weather... curl up with a good book-- and work on your current literature analysis #DueFriday
4. Do you have a résumé or a brag sheet?  If you do, bring it to class tomorrow.

emerson essay

Explain Emerson's title and thesis.  How was Emerson's main idea supported by his tone, diction, and syntax?  In your answer, please use at least one quote/example from the essay.  Please also give one example of how you either: a) you can use Emerson's idea to help you in your own life, or b) disagree with Emerson and think you can't use his idea to help you in your own life.

october 30

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Today may seem like an average Monday to you, but someone very special to me is celebrating a birthday so the day itself takes on a special meaning.  What makes a day special to you?

AGENDA:
1. Emerson test
2. Journal (you probably won't have time to write this in class so please do it sometime before class tomorrow)

october 27

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "People Get Ready" by Rod Stewart with Jeff Beck]

Think about your Time Investment Portfolio for a moment.  Did the short school days this week make a difference in your life?  Why/why not?

-AND/OR-

How will you prepare for Monday's test?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Emerson review/FAQ

"People get ready, there's a train a-coming..." -Rod Stewart
"Winter is coming." -Game of Thrones

You have a test on Monday.  Prepare.

literature analysis #1 is due

The questions are HERE.  Your answers are due in a post to your blog no later than 8:00 AM PST on Friday, November 3.

october 26

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Describe a time that your day changed unexpectedly.  How did you adapt?  How did you feel about it?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Preview of next week's coming attractions
3. Wrapping up this week

october 25

I won't be in class today, so please be self-reliant.  And email with any questions.  Mahalo.

JOURNAL TOPIC:

I had a different journal topic in mind until I walked to class the other day with Angel and got to talking tamales.  Then I got hungry, so:

Describe your favorite memory of a meal.  Was it with family?  On a date?  At a fancy restaurant?  At home?  What made it special?  Was it the taste?  The company?  The emotions you felt?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Read all the way to the end of On Self-Reliance and create a list of (at least) three questions with your table group for us to discuss tomorrow