College Knowledge

Week 8: February 23 - 27

DUE MONDAY:

• ESSAY #3, Compare or contrast Socrates and Irene

• Learning Journal 5 collected
• Bring Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to class

Monday, 23 February

Essay #3 collected and cover memo

Describe portfolios and book club projects

Begin Frankenstein (in class 1-16); for Wednesday, read and annotate chapters 1-3 (17-35) and be prepared for a 10 question reading quiz.

ASSIGNED:

• Preview these 5 essays from CK: Fox Keller “From Working Scientist to Feminist Critic” 123-27; Tannen, “Sex, Lies and Conversation” 135-40, Gould, “Worm for a Century, and All Seasons” 141-52; Van Lawick-Goodall “First Observations” 153-61; Hart, “How to Get a College Education” 187-93.
• Preview means writing neatly on a piece of paper the topic and main idea of all five essays; based on your preview, eventually you’ll be doing a summary outline, summary and response for 2 of them.
• Bring to class your complete accumulation of vocabulary cards.

Tuesday, 24 February

Group discussion of previewed essays from CK and in groups, begin work on one summary outline.

In class, write a paragraph demonstrating your perfect understanding of two sentence patters on the handout; you must also use a significant number of your vocab words from this quarter.

ASSIGNED:

Read and annotate chapters 1-3 (17-35) and be prepared for a 10 question reading quiz.

Prepare for Vocab test on set #6.

Read and annotate Frankenstein chapter 4 (36-42) and write 2 discussion questions that have legs—that require attention to more than one place in the book in order to answer

Wednesday, 25 February

Seminar on Frankenstein chapters 1-4

Essay #3 returned with grades

Vocab test on set #6

ASSIGNED:

· Prepare the next chunk of your book club selection. Discussion leaders: make sure your questions require answers from multiple parts of the book and make sure your handout does NOT supply the pages

· Finish vocab set #7

Thursday, 26 February

Book Club discussion and project planning; possible Gallery Orientation with Tom O’Day

Begin viewing The Pianist (its director, Roman Polanski, won the 2002 Academy Award).

ASSIGNED:

• Learning Journal #6 due Monday

• Read Frankenstein chapters 5-7 (43-67) and one team creates a 10-question quiz; it must be typed, clearly formatted, spell-checked and delivered to Alexis by 9:50 Monday.

Friday, 27 February

Finish viewing The Pianist.

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ASSIGNED: Read Frankenstein chapters 8-11 (68-97) and team #2 creates a 10 question reading quiz.