Week 8

Reminder: We will not have class on November 13th.  I'll be in North Carolina for a CiRCE staff meeting.  We'll resume classes on November 20.

Reading assignment:
Continue to highlight as previously instructed

• De Amicitia - sections 14-17
• The Scarlet Letter - ch. 13-16 - for each chapter, write a should question (try to pick one that drives the action of the chapter in some way) and find one blue to share
• Aristotle for Everybody ch 15

Writing Assignment:

• Write your Pilgrims Progress essay.  Check off the items on your checklist (your check indicates that you have indeed checked your paper for the item) and staple it to the front of your essay.  Your essay is not eligible for submission until your checklist is complete, including the signature of a proof reader.

• Write a DELIBERATIVE issue for The Scarlet Letter.  A deliberative issue should be written as if the decision is yet to be made. 

ex: 

Judicial issue (we have been writing these all along) ==> Whether Pilgrim should have left his home

Deliberative issue ==> Whether Pilgrim should leave his home

Notice the change in verb tense: have left vs. leave

• Complete the Invention Review worksheet with your Scarlet Letter issue.  I sent the worksheet by email this evening.  If this is your first year, its likely that you will enounter unfamiliar concepts on the worksheet.  Just do the best you can.  I won't hold you accountable for lessons that you have not yet learned, but do try to fill in as much as you're able to help you think about your issue.