Wednesday

Read through the end of "Lightness and Weight" on page 35 and complete the journal assignment. See April 29 post if you have forgotten it. Remember the newspaper project due on Tuesday. That is not much time to resolve problems and difficulties!

Tuesday

Read in The Unbearable Lightness of Being through at least page 23. In one brilliant page, write your thoughts on the following:
eternal return
lightness and heaviness
what Tereza, Tomas, and Sabina have to do with these ideas
what the repetition of the floating basket metaphor means

Friday

Students turned in papers today. Bring all necessary materials to work on the newspaper project.

Wednesday 2

The assignment "Chilean Times" has been updated to include the rubric.

Wednesday

We worked on the newspaper projects. At home, focus on your One Hundred Years paper, which is due on Friday.

Monday

A-day and B-day: The due date for your One Hundred Years of Solitude papers is Friday, April 25.

The newspaper projects are due May 6 and 7. See downloads for a copy of the assignment. It was updated Monday. Watch for more updates to include the scoring rubric.

Scroll and look to the right for searchable editions of The House of the Spirits and One Hundred Years of Solitude. The Marquez edition is slightly different from ours, but you can find chapter headings and the like even in the pages that are not available for preview.

Friday

A-day and B-day: The due date for your DELETE! newspaper projects I MEAN OYS PAPERS!! is Friday, April 25.

The newspaper projects are due May 6 and 7. See downloads for a copy of the assignment. It was updated Monday. Watch for more updates to include the scoring rubric.

Scroll and look to the right for searchable editions of The House of the Spirits and One Hundred Years of Solitude. The Marquez edition is slightly different from ours, but you can find chapter headings and the like even in the pages that are not available for preview.

Wednesday

Bring your laptops and materials to work seriously on your Marquez paper. We will not have a lab, so if you have a laptop and permission, please bring it. I will have eight classroom computers -- clearly not enough.

Of course, you could chisel it out with a pen.

Monday

Consider a good four-person project group. You will be building a newspaper front page with complementary articles and editorials. Make a list of five key events you would be interested in "covering" from The House of the Spirits, and prioritize them.

Wednesday

Papers are in for review. Read that book.

Tuesday

B-day turns in a paper tomorrow. A-day reads the book. See schedule to the right.