Monday-Tuesday

MONDAY'S CLASS
Returned the reading check quizzes--used them as a brief framework for discussing parts of Part II.  The key elements not hinted at on the quiz involved structure; we explored the two places in which Marlow's story is interrupted (first by the on-board voice who tells him to be civil, then by his own frustration--and request for tobacco--in trying to articulate the shift in his story telling from this point on).  Clearly his focal point is now purely on Kurtz--except that he has thrown us forward to the lie he tells at the end.  It's hard, he says, to convey such a story to people surrounded by civilization (the butcher and policeman)--and we realize that there is something about Kurtz, about Kurtz and the the lie, that will be the crux of the story for Marlow.
We ended Monday's class with a brief look at the Russian's claim that "they adore him"--and the knobs on the posts surrounding Kurtz's home.

IN CLASS ON TUESDAY
Everyone got back the "grove of death" SLAP papers, with generic rubrics that you need to hang onto for the year.  Some papers will have rubrics of their own, but I just went over some general expectations for this one and shared several examples (different for each class this time). First period did not write the next practice piece; we got a Part III discussion underway instead.  Periods 2 and 3 wrote a 25-minute passage analysis, and yes, Period 1, tomorrow it will be your turn.

Next Week
Full passage analysis (40-minute) on Monday; objective HofD test on Tuesday. 

Read Act I of Ibsen's A Doll's House for Wednesday; Act II by Friday.

Then, early the following week, we start Kate Chopin's The Awakening.  Make sure you have it on time.