The Fifth Child

Choose One Topic:

#1 - Is David too controlling of his relationships, especially with Harriet?

#2 - How do you think Ben's relationship with his parents will turn out in the future?

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Due: Wednesday, February 15 before 10 PM

Othello #2

Topic:

What was the most challenging aspect of teaching "Othello"? What was the aspect of teaching you liked the best?

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Due: Tuesday, January 31 before 10 PM

Othello

Topic:

As we have discussed, every Shakespeare tragedy has a lot of death, typically at the end, with one survivor to "tell the tale." If this play holds true to form, who do you think will survive? Why?

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Due: Friday, January 13 before 10 PM

The Trial #2

Topic:

Read the article at NYT online (via my wiki): "A New Work in in Word: Kafakesque" - What are your views on the article now that you have read over half of the novel?

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Due: Wednesday, November 16 before 10 PM

The Trial

Topic:

If you were to write an existential novel about life in 2011, what aspect of life would you make the focus of your novel? Explain.

Here is a textbook definition of existentialism; it is not always as bleak as in Kafka's writing:

a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.

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Due: Thursday, November 10 before 10 PM

In Cold Blood #2

Topic:

Now that you have information about the death penalty and the insanity plea in Kansas, do Dick and Perry qualify for: 1) the death penalty, and 2) an insanity plea? Explain.

(You can respond individually, in pairs or as an entire class but all parties involved receive the same grade.)

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Due: Thursday, Oct. 20 before 11 PM

In Cold Blood

Topic:

If you had to live in a post-apocalyptic world, would you rather travel with Dick or Perry? Explain why.

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Due: Thursday, Sept. 29 before 11 PM