Preparing for our final exam

I've posted the questions for the final exam (the handout from class) on our Angel site, in case anyone needs it. I've also included the list of people who said they may want to get a study group together. If anyone wants to add themselves to the list, I'll set it up so that you can.

Remember to bring your list of blog posts/comments to the final exam session if you didn't hand it in yesterday!

Valerie

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Session 5: Poetry!

No class Tuesday, 9/23! This week is intended to be "off" so that you can start your library/bookstore visits!

When we meet for session 6, we'll be exploring the genre of Poetry and taking a look at multi-vocal texts.

Here are some questions to help you focus your reading:
  • Poetry: C & G, Ch 4 (and Apol/Harris )
    • How is the genre defined? How is it meant to be experienced? (Is this what we see in schools?)
    • What range of poetry is available to young readers?
    • How might we evaluate poetry? How might conventional understandings of form, etc. help us? (Scare us? Excite us? We'll spend some time unpacking our own histories with poetry!!!)
I've said this to each of the sections, but I want to reiterate: The quality of conversation in the class depends largely on you! Please come prepared, with your textbook! Preparing for class is part of your full participation in class!

Don't forget that the facilitator and artistic response people from Where the Wild Things Are need to submit their second papers to the appropriate dropbox by 6 pm on Monday, 9/22.
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2 comments:

Caporal1 said...

VSW-

I am not sure how I am suppose to post a new topic on the blog, I remember you going through it in class but completely forgot how! If you could could give me some guidance that'd be great:)

September 24, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Valerie W. said...

Make sure that you are signed in on the blog and then you should see a link called "new post" in the upper right hand corner of the page. Just click it and you'll see a window for a post!

September 24, 2008 at 12:10 PM

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