Catharsis: November 7, 2016

Focus: What is catharsis, and how does it help us understand American literature?

1. Warming up with Grammar You Must Know: Lesson #2

• Please make a copy, save it in your grammar folder, and attack it!

2. Releasing Gothic Mystery #4: Catharsis

• Please make a copy, save it in your Gothic Lit folder, and explore it.
• If you're interested, click HERE for an article about the faulty psychology behind The Purge

3. Reading Jackson's "The Lottery" with a critical, cathartic eye

NOTE: WE ARE SKIPPING "A ROSE FOR EMILY" FOR NOW. 

READ "THE LOTTERY," which is the last story in your packet.

HW:
1. Finish reading "The Lottery" and complete your final Gothic journal entry for tomorrow!

2. There is one week left to revise/redo any assignments from the past six weeks. This includes cultural hysteria essays, missed fishbowls, ELIC journals, Gothic journals, grammar fixes, and anything else in IC that doesn't accurately reflect your learning. 

All revisions/redos/make-up work due next Friday, November 11.

Reminders:

(1) If you're revising your cultural hysteria essay, you must conference with me before Friday.

(2) If you add to a journal or any other assignment, please e-mail me.

3. Decide on your speech topic and enter it on the sign-up sheet by next Friday, Nov 11. Don't worry if it's not too specific yet; look to your index cards, and work with one of the ideas you put on top when you ranked them in terms of personal interest.

4th Hour: Click HERE to enter your topic.
6th Hour: Click HERE to enter your topic.

Sample topics: 

• Increasing diversity in schools
• Being an athlete on the inside (even if you're never going  to win any medals)
• Failing your way to success