Test

No, this is just a test. That is a test in the other sense of the word. Let´s test our test skills.

Try this.

Reality Bites

This Wednesday bring to class a draft of your reality project - in whatever form that may be.

For Friday read chapters K,M and N. Focus on memoir and essay - both generally short genres we've discussed. Then take a look at this article published in The Guardian. Connect them to each other.


By Tuesday have read Chapter O,P and Q. Give three examples of antithetical statements. Consider this: how is the nature of "reality" paradoxical?

The Reality Project

Make something real. It's that simple. Make something with text that is real. We have to believe that you did this, or someone else did, or that this really happened or could happen.

Here's the catch: it can't be real. You have to use other texts - that is nothing that is your own - to make it happen.

Topics will be assigned at random. You will then have to convince us of this topic. Make it real. No specified length, no format, no restrictions. Just make us believe.

This reality-based project will be due in class March 21st. 

Copy, Cats

This week I'd like you first, to listen to the audio commentary I left and respond to it on your blog.

Read Chapters G, H and I. Choose one fragment from each chapter that you strongly agree with. Interpret it and then explain why you believe it's true. Afterwards respond to a classmate that you disagree with about a fragment. Do this by Thursday.

Read Chapter L and make a visual collage with the words from the chapter and images. You may either post this on your blog, or bring it in. Try to actually change Shields' intentions.

In addition, you'll want to begin rehearsing or practicing your scenes from The Tempest.