* Pray
* We need a tea party break for a few weeks. This week has quizzes; next week has essays.
* Course note, this week's journal (and all work following unless otherwise stated) must be handwritten. This is important for three reasons:
1. Some of you have wretched handwriting; I could hardly read some of these last ICE's, so you need practice. Writing is a communication art, and I want you all reasonably artful in this regard. Some are blessed with elegance but all should be able to be clear.
2. I cannot conveniently comment on an emailed document.
3. The mixed work makes grading more chaotic than it need be.
* This week on your block day you will show me your cards (all printed). Your poetry card must include 20 lines of poetry. You must have 10 lines memorized this week.
* This week on your block day you will have a quiz on your terms from the past three weeks (Weeks 25-27; J31-33). This will be a written quiz where I list terms and you provide defintions and examples from literature or rhetoric.
* If you wish to get 1/2 credit for each you missed on the M.C. 2009 46-55, you may write an explanation for the correct answer (at least one full sentence). Turn them in tomorrow at the beginning of class.
* J34: In summary, it's mostly reading, some notes, and one good paragraph on Austen.
1. Terms and introductory notes. Take notes on poetry ch. 10 (tone) and Dr. Leithart pp. 35-45 (see below). You have no story notes and no new terms (you have a quiz on previous terms this week).
2. Shorter Prose: We have finished our Perrine story work for the present. We will return to some short fiction when appropriate, but we have covered the essential story bases. Our short prose reading this week and next is nonfiction. On focus, you will see
Dr. Leithart's guide for Pride and Prejudice. Read the first section (pp. 35-35) and answer one of the "Thought" (not the review questions as they are too basic for you) questions in a well-developed paragraph (roughly ten strong sentences).
To get full credit on these paragraphs, you need:
i. Faultless execution of the basics (solid length, titles, commas, spelling, character names)
ii. Ample evidence that you're playing with advanced techniques (semicolon, colon, mature vocabulary, at least one clever turn or insight, at least one rhetorical flourish/element).
iii. Clearly legible penmanship
An "A" covers all. A "B" covers "i." A "C" may fulfill parts of both.
3. Poetry: Ch. 10: Tone. Read the chapter and be prepared for discussion on Wednesday. I will assign no writing assignment this chapter as you have much to do with your cards and memorization.
4. Novel: Austen: (Ahhh, the double colon; thank you Kubla Colon!) Read through ch. 55 (see short prose for you writing assignment). Our focus will center on Austen as we close this novel together.
HW: Quiz corrections; poetry card; all cards printed out; begin a printed J34
Turco Advanced Rhetoric and Nonfiction
