English 1302 - Lessons for the First Two Weeks

Week of 19-22 January 2015

 

And

 

Week of 26-29 January 2015

 

1. Open your Orwellian telescreen to angryverbs.blogspot.com for your syllabus and lessons. Begin reading.  There is no down-time in this class. Don’t wait to be told to begin; passivity is your enemy.
2. Muster
3. Begin “The Seafarer” (handout).  Learn these four literary terms:

1. Kenning
2. Caesura
3. Anglo-Saxon four-beat line
4. Alliteration

1. Administrivia

1. Syllabus (in angryverbs.blogspot.com).  Discussion.  This will be brief.

1. Poetic Terms - handout)
2. Descriptive essay - handout
3. “How to Read Literature Like a College Student” -handout
4. “Let’s Build a Bonfire” - handout
5. Continue “The Seafarer.”  Who is this poem about?  Who is the eponymous seafarer?  Isn’t “eponymous” a busy word?  What does it mean?