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Week 8 English 1B Weekly Activities Week 5: Feb. 13 - Feb 19 Discussion Assignments
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Meyer: Chapters 37 (through 1018) with special attention to Trifles, AND 38: all.
Online: "A Jury of Her Peers" (do not try to substitute the reading on Meyer page 1012--it's not the complete version. The link has the complete version.
Listen to a dramatization of "A Jury of Her Peers" online
You'll need Windows Media Player or RealOne for this; there is a link at the site.
Continue discussing short stories on the Week Three Board as you like. (No minimum word requirement.)
Take into consideration the reviews you received from your peers and begin working on Essay One, which is due Monday of next week.
Chapter 39: pages
1042- 1048
We will not read Oedipus as a class, but it's important to understand the
conventions of Greek Drama and Tragedy.
Chapter 40: pages
1100 - 1109 .
Similarly, I want you to have the information about Shakespeare's Theater.
It is difficult to teach Shakespeare or any drama online, but I encourage you to rent a video version of any Shakespeare play, so that you can see a "staged" version.
Chapter 41 pages
1200-1204 (up to but not including A Doll House).
The introductory pages to the chapter will help you understand the conventions
of modern drama.
