The Combo Post: Thursday and Friday

ON THURSDAY
I was gone, but the first part of class involved getting started on Part II questions for Heart of Darkness. The only responses required at this point are questions 1 and 2 from this hand-out (orginally distributed on Thursday):
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARigzimXmDnvZGZ0dzhmcGhfMjRjOXZkdjVzcw&hl=en

Do not simply proceed with these questions; I want to get farther in our class discussion of Part I first.  I don't intend for you to do written responses to all of them.  However, I do suggest that you continue "re-reading" Part II.  It is difficult to read and "find answers" simultaneously, and I promise you that there is no such thing as knowing this text too well.  And I want to be sure that everyone understands the complexity of some of these questions.  I'm anxious to see, for example, if the class discussion of the questions I suggested that you kick around in groups is as deep/insightful as I'd hoped.  (The sub says that first period claimed to have these polished off with about 30 seconds each, and as a result, later classes had less time for group discussion.)

ON FRIDAY
Of course, the main task for Friday was the first draft of the paper, so predictably, most of class was spent on a peer response. I thought it was just my own late arrival (apologies to first period) that put us behind, but the MLA choices regarding anthologies were not well-explained in any of the classes.  However, it will be more clear if you've at least read the MLA guidelines thoroughly on this point; use Google to locate the Purdue OWL MLA material, and make sure you know how to handle more than one author, editions, and the citation forms for specific essays, articles, (or short stories!) in an anthology.  Then read the "cross-referencing" material.

Essentially, there are three choices. I'm not allowing the first, because it's too superficial and does not give you enough practice.
1) It would be possible to list only the Kennedy/Gioia text, and for each citation, simply use the page number for the quote. But that is a "lazy way out" with little opportunity for review and/or growth.  So don't do it.
2) You could have two entries only.  For each short story, begin with that author's name, and continue using the format provided under "A Work in an Anthology, Reference, or Collection."  Be sure to add the edition you're using since the samples in that section do not show where that goes.  In this format, you will need to repeat the info on the full text twice.
3) You could have three entries:  give the full form of the anthology as one entry, and then have separate entries for each of the stories, cross-referenced to the full anthology entry. (Yes, this is illustrated at the end of the section on works in an anthology, etc.)
Which to use?
The third method has a clear advantage if you were dealing with three or more works from the same collection.  It reduces duplication for you, and makes a "cleaner read" for your audience.  But for only two works, it's a toss-up.  EITHER WAY, your in-text citations will be linked to the writer of the short story, NOT to Kennedy and Gioia.

FOR MONDAY
Depending on how much revision work you have, you might need to get started over the week-end!  And everyone will need to decide on the format for the List of Works Cited, and make sure that your in-text citations are correctly handled. But work-load distribution is up to you--the revised final draft is not due until Tuesday.  Do not lose today's materials--they will need to be submitted with the final draft.

And by Wednesday, you need to have done a careful re-reading of Part II (and probably a bit more writing--more details on Monday).

But our main focus in class on Monday will be continuing with Part I (sigh--yes, Part I) of HoD.