• We took at quiz on Ender's Game.
• We finished discussing Ender's Game, including the ending of the book, the hero quest pattern and how Ender's Game is different from The Hunger Games.

Homework:

• Read Part 1 (chapters 1-28) of Holes.

• I collected the extra credit assignment from Monday night.
• I'm missing the electronic version of papers from lots of people, so email those to me ASAP.
• We talked about Ender's Game as fitting in with lots of different genres and defined science fiction.

Homework:

• Finish reading Ender's Game.

• I passed back quizzes.
• Reminder: tonight is the Lois Lensky lecture. See the flyer in Blackboard for more details.
• We talked about the movie version of The Hunger Games.
• We started talking about Ender's Game, and looked at some different versions of the cover.

Homework:

• Read chapters 8-12 of Ender's Game.

• We talked about the end of The Hunger Games, how it is different from the other novels we've read so far, and the female hero quest.

Homework:

• Read chapters 1-7 of Ender's Game; be thinking about the similarities and differences between Ender's Game and The Hunger Games.

• We took a quiz on The Hunger Games.
• Reminder: the extra credit opportunity (to replace your second lowest quiz grades) will be Monday, March 26 at 7pm. Dr. Philip Nel will be talking about "Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an unlikely couple found love, dodged the FBI, and transformed Children's Literature" in Schroeder Hall 138. Attended the lecture, write up a 200 word summary, and submit it to me in class on Wednesday to receive extra credit.
• We continued discussing The Hunger Games, including watching the trailer.
• I passed back the mid-terms and lots of other papers. Grades will be updated in Blackboard soon.

Homework:

• Finish reading The Hunger Games.
• Don't forget to upload the electronic version of your paper to Blackboard; if you have trouble attaching the document (do not copy/paste), then just email it to me.

• I collected the papers.
• I will pass back the mid-terms on Wednesday, along with a bunch of other papers.
• We talked about The Hunger Games, including the definition of bildungsroman (see Blackboard for slideshow) and lots of other things.

Homework:

• Read Part 2 of The Hunger Games.

• We went over a few more things for the paper due after Spring Break, including the paper structure and rubric. Both handout are available in Blackboard.
• We watched some movie clips and discussed the different interpretations of each. A slideshow summary (with links for a few of the movies) is available in Blackboard.

Homework:

• Have a great Spring Break!
• Paper is due Monday (3/19/12) - remember, a paper copy MUST be submitted.
• Read Part 1 of The Hunger Games for class Monday (3/19/12).

• Mid-Term!

Homework:

• Work on paper (due Monday after Spring Break)

• Reminder: the Mid-Term is on Wednesday. Bring a blue book (don't write your name on it) and a writing utensil.
• We went over some formatting guidelines for the paper, including quotation styles, parenthetical citation, and Works Cited pages. See the example paper in Blackboard for more information.
• We shared information about the articles from the Norton Critical edition of The Secret Garden and filled out the back side of the activity sheet.

Homework:

• Study for the Mid-Term (Wednesday).
• Paper due the Monday after Spring Break.

• We took a quiz over The Secret Garden.
• I assigned articles to read for class Monday and passed out a handout to go with the article. The handout is available in Blackboard; only fill out the front side while reading your article because we'll do the back side during class Monday. If you weren't in class today please email me ASAP to receive your article assignment.
• We talked about the ending of The Secret Garden, including the main character, different meaning of "Magic," and the spaces in the text.

Homework:

• Read article assigned from the Norton Critical version of The Secret Garden and complete front side of handout.
• Study for Mid-Term (Wed).
• Work on paper (due Monday after Spring Break).