september 10

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "We Ride (I See the Future)" by Mary J. Blige; "Future Shock" by Curtis Mayfield; "Better Things" by The Kinks]

What is your view of the future? What do you think the world and/or your life will be like in 5 years? 20? 50?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Satisfaction as function of time & effort
3. Cottle's circles test: past, present & future
3. Einstein's theory of relativity & magic wands
4. Meaning, signs & symbols in "Young Goodman Brown"
5. Beowulf meets Thesis in a showdown for the ages

HW:
1. Start TIP (if it's a meaningful and worthwhile investment in time)
2. Read "Young Goodman Brown" and "Two Dogs & The Human Nature of Stories."  Please comment to the "Two Dogs" post with an observation about YGB that relates to your learning experience in American Literature and what you wish you'd discovered about school and your own success earlier in life.
4. Reminder: vocab
5. Reminder: Literature Analysis