(MINUTE OF MINDFULNESS)
JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "We're Going To Be Friends" by The White Stripes; "Village Green Preservation Society" by The Kinks; "It Was a Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra]
It's a common phrase: "The best years of my life..." What makes one
year better than another? Assuming there is such a thing, how will you
recognize "the best years" (or moments) when they happen?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
*How to take and post notes from class)
2. MLK: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
3. Misery, hope, and ways of writing about both
4. Genre at the beginning of the 20th century: naturalism, realism, and modernism
POST:
Post your notes and observations/reflections from today's class to your blog (title: NOTES FROM TODAY'S LECTURE)
HW:
Watch it more than once. LEARN it. Comment to this post with any reactions, observations, or questions that will help you better understand it. Be ready to discuss it on Tuesday 1/21.
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