Today in class we had a lively discussion of Reed's introduction to Nature and Place in From Totems to Hip-Hop. Students worked in pairs paraphrasing stanzas of the poem Reed concludes with "O Dark Sister."
We then talked about discussion groups called "Literature Circles," which we formed to talk about The Known World. Quite a few students had read up to chapter two, last week's homework; however, only two students were up to chapter four. Homework for today is to read up to chapter 6 in TKW.
Students are also to read another poem from Nature & Place. This will be the topic of the freewrite for Thursday, Sept. 16.
For those who participated in the discussion group(s). Post a reflection on the process. How did it go for you? What did you like about sharing your thoughts about the literature? How did the activity expand your knowledge?
Many students have not completed the Paley assignment, and still others have not completed TKW assignments on the blog and the Reed assignment from Sept. 2. Homework this weekend was to complete these assignments. Students have to complete these assignments.
Presently they are archived, so look in the margins for the link to August 2010 posts.
Come to class on time, and remember next week, we are meeting in A-232.
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