Over Break

You have no assigned reading. As I mentioned in class, the school-wide Poetry Out Loud competition will take place on Monday, January 7, during tutorial. I encourage you to participate in it. Since you have no other work for me, consider learning a couple of poems to recite from memory. Go here to check out the eligible poems. (One poem has to be from before the twentieth century, and one poem has to have fewer than twenty-five lines. A single poem can satisfy both of these qualities, e.g. a sonnet by Shakespeare.)

Also, as I've mentioned in class, when we come back from break, you will begin reading Ha Jin's novel In the Pond. (We will begin by reading the first twenty-five pages during class that day.) 

Lastly, you will need to choose your mentor for the STP when we come back in January, so if you missed Wednesday's class when I talked about it, see the guidelines for that in the STP Handbook, which is posted to the right.

Assignment for Wednesday, Dec. 19

From Yu Hua's book, read the chapter on "Bamboozle" that was handed out in class. If you missed class, you can click here to read it.

Assignment for Thursday, Dec. 13

Read the introduction and first chapter ("People") from Yu Hua's China in Ten Words, which was handed out in class. You will read the second chapter in the handout, "Leader," for Monday, Dec. 17. A third chapter from this book will be handed out during Monday's class to be read for Wednesday's. As I mentioned in class, when we come back from break, we will begin reading Ha Jin's novel, In the Pond.

Regarding the STP: When we come back from break, you will work on the narrative introduction to your research writing (known as the "exploratory essay"), and then begin your research writing. By the end of January, you should have three-to-five pages of research writing.

Assignment for Friday, Dec. 7

Complete the narrative essay on identity and turn it in by the start of class.

Assignment for Wednesday, Dec. 5

Turn in a page-and-a-half of your identity essay.  A description of this essay is posted to the right. The complete essay is due on Friday. You will have time on Wednesday to work on it in class. If you missed class, we went over the attached handout on formulating a research question. You should read it to help you develop your research prospectus, which we will work on next class.

If you missed class, you should read this handout on formulating a research question, which is required for the research prospectus that is due on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The directions for the research prospectus were  handed out in class and are posted to the right.