Tuesday - Welcome to Class

Class Work
1. Introductions -

• First, walk around for the next five minutes - inside or outside.
• Take a picture or two or three of things/scenes that are of interest to you or that you find just plain amusing. (Use your camera phone. If you do not have a camera phone, just make a quick sketch of the item(s)
• Return to class
• Define the object - you may visit www.dictionary.com or other dictionary site to help you. However, define the object in your own words.
• Describe the object. Use your five senses: touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound.
• Think about you and your life. How are you like that object? Why is the object of interest to you? How does it relate?
• Introduce yourself to the class and share your object. Explain how you are like the object/scene. You may use the definition to help you draw connections.
• Homework: Write a 1-1 1/2  page introduction. Include the description and definition of the object in your short paper. Most of all, tell how you and your life experiences relate to the object. Bring a paper copy of the draft to class on Thursday.  Be sure you have an electronic version as well.  Jump drives or copies e-mailed as attachments to yourself work! You will be posting the final copy in MyCompLab. The final is due next Tuesday and MUST be posted in MyCompLab . . . no paper copies will be accepted.

2. How to succeed in English 102 - The Syllabus - You can view the syllabus by going to Blackboard and clicking on the "syllabus" button on the left side of the page. Let's look together!
3. Moving into Unit #1
A. "Story of an Hour" activity: http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/hour/

• Create a mind map for Mrs. Mallard. What are the things she considers after hearing the first news of Mr. Mallard? Look back at the story. What are the most important words and phrases? Place those in the mind map.
• Name Game - What do the names mean? Look at What to Name the Baby sites for help.
• Is this a murder mystery?
• What happens next? Join a group and tell the next chapter from the viewpoint of the assigned character:
• Mr. Mallard
• Josephine
• Richards
• Doctor
• Police (Pretend they were summoned.)
• News Reporter (Pretend they came as well.)

B. What were the roles of men and women in the early 1900s?
C. How do those roles differ today? What has caused the changes?

4. List all the things that are yellow - you have two minutes - GO!
5. What did wallpaper look like in the early 1900s? http://historicstyle.com/traditional/1880to1900/index.html
6. Gothic Elements in Literature: http://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/gothic/gothic.html
7. Begin reading "The Yellow Wallpaper". Highlight anything yellow. Highlight anything gothic. http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/wallpaper.html

Homework
1. See the information for the Introductory Paper as noted above.
2. Finish reading "The Yellow Wallpaper." be sure to highlight yellow things. In a different color, highlight gothic elements. Bring the highlighted copy to class on Thursday. Start to decide if this short story is a psychologic thriller or a gothic tale.
3. Locate information about the author, Charlotte Perkins Gillman. Create a "Top Ten" list of items readers should consider when reading this story.(10 pts.) To what extent is the short story an autobiographical account? Explain in a paragraph.(10pts.) Bring the information to class on Thursday. You have until next Tuesday to post both in MyCompLab.
4. Begin the diagnostic activities in MyCompLab. You have until next Tuesday to finish and report. See MyCompLab for details.