For Wednesday, Jan. 27

Since you had homework over the weekend, but it was the end of the semester, you do not have an assignment due on Wednesday. Bring Much Ado about Nothing to class. We'll be finished with it by Friday.

Assignment for Monday, Jan. 25

Read and annotate Act 4, scene 1, of Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing (pp. 58-69). You will have a writing exercise about this scene. Note that nearly all of this scene is written in verse. Think about why that is the case and what effect that has on the language and its meaning.

Assignment for Tuesday, Jan. 19

Read and annotate through the end of Act 3, scene 1 of Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing. Expect an in-class exercise on this reading.

Assignment for Tuesday, Jan. 12

Read and annotate through Act 2, scene 2, in Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing, which ends on p. 31.

Assignment for Tuesday, December 15

Write at least one page of your news article (for students working in groups, that's one page per person), and bring a printed copy of your news article to class.

Assignment for Friday, December 11

Read and annotate Ch. 9 of Blur (pp. 170-197). We will read and discuss the Epilogue in class.

In addition, continue working on your news article.

Assignment for Monday, December 7 and Wednesday, December 9

In Blur, read and annotate Ch. 5 ("Sources" Where Did This Come From?") and about half of Ch. 6 ("Evidence and the Journalism of Verification"). For Wednesday, you will need to read the remainder of Ch. 6 and all of Ch. 8 ("How to Find What Really Matters"). Do not read Ch. 7.

Also, on Monday, come to class with a topic for the news article you will write. (See the assignment posted to the right.)