Day 3

English 75 Summer 2010 Day 3

1.      By the end of the day:

a.       Names and Faces

b.      Finding, Narrowing and Exploring Your Topic

c.       First Essay Assignment (and second, sort of)

d.      The Hero’s Journey, detailed notes.

e.       Gawain the Green Knight’s Journey

2.      Chapter Three Review questions and notes.

3.      Review from yesterday:

                                                              i.      Read Actively

                                                            ii.      What is the author’s main point?

                                                          iii.      How does he or she support that point?

                                                          iv.      Read Critically

4.      Finding, Narrowing and Exploring Your Topic

a.       Questions for a good topic.

                                                              i.      Does it interest me?

                                                            ii.      Do I know something about it?

                                                          iii.      Can I get involved with some part of it?

                                                          iv.      Is the topic specific enough?

1.      Practice 1:  My topic:___________

b.      Practice narrowing a topic

                                                              i.      Divide in categories

                                                            ii.      examples from your life

                                                          iii.      current events

1.      Practice 2:  My narrowed topic:________________

c.       Practice exploring your topic

                                                              i.      Freewriting

                                                            ii.      Listing

                                                          iii.      Discussing

                                                          iv.      Clustering

                                                            v.      Internet

                                                          vi.      Journal

5.      Break

6.      Hero’s Journey Notes.

7.      Gawain the Green Knight—story and “Understanding” worksheet.

8.      Study Guide for Chapters 1-4 of TKR. (try to have first chapter read tonight)