The grammar quiz is NOT set up to fool you or make things difficult. The questions will be based on what we have done in class and the lessons posted here on the blog. It will not take long and should be easy for all of you! The purpose is for you to demonstrate that you understand how do write dialogue properly and that you can edit your own work or someone else's.
For your reading logs over the next two days, compare what you're reading with something else you've read or seen. I am presently reading the book, Spoon River Anthology, which is the basis for the fall play we are doing. The language is quite formal and poetic and reminds me of the Victorian poets, like Percy Bysshe Shelley or Alfred, Lord Tennyson (who are both mentioned in Spoon River). I am comparing it to plays we've done before and in particular, last year's play, "As You Like It". Of course, Shakespeare wrote "As You Like It" to be performed and Edgar Lee Masters wrote Spoon River to be read. I am trying to think how I can liven up the series of speeches by the dead citizens of Spoon River and make it as entertaining as Shakespeare -- that won't be easy. This is an example of what you might write. I have compared Spoon River to other poems and also to Shakespeare.
Tomorrow and Wednesday in class, we will have the grammar quiz, hear more book reports (A1 - Esther, Angus, Travis and Jack, A2 - Lily, Leo and Wesley), answer the question of the day (A1 - Aya, A2 - Tracy), discuss The Wars to page 108 and look at some other representations of war, and discuss the format of the "bildungsroman" further.
I intend to collect your reading logs on Thursday and Friday.
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