Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Blog Post 7: What's your Question? We got ANSWERS.

Please create five (5) descriptive discussion questions on the Inferno for your Socratic Seminar. Please be sure to write them down on a sheet of paper so that you may easily reference these questions in your discussion.

Your blog post is due by Thursday, September 22 (A)/Sunday, September 25 (B) by 11:59pm with a minimum of five (5) questions.

Monday, September 19, 2016

Blog Post 6: FREE YOUR MIND - The Rest Will Follow

This is a test for me to see how well you think and pick out significance from larger texts without guiding questions: Feel free to bring up anything interesting or discussion-worthy from Cantos XXI to XXVII. 

Please be sure to proofread and USE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE. Especially for this prompt, it would be nice to be able to refer back to pages and see specific messages.

Your blog post is due on Tuesday, September 20 (A)/Wednesday, September 21 (B) by 11:59pm with a minimum of 300 words.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Blog Post 5: Keep it One-"hunnit" - Don't be no FRAUD!

Many of the persons whom Dante has seen in hell have asked to be remembered to others when he returns from the pit. Why do you think they make that request? Gives examples and justifications for each example (you will have to refer back to prior readings). In Canto XVII, describe in detail the creature that comes from the Circle of Fraud. Does it seem an appropriate monster for the Circle of Fraud? Dante opens Canto XVIII with a descriptive passage unequaled anywhere else in the Inferno. What does he describe? Why does he spend so much time on this description? Why are the sinners that Dante observed in Canto XX punished by having their heads turned backwards?

Please be sure to use textual evidence to support your answer. PLEASE PROOFREAD YOUR BLOG POST (Do NOT use this as an opportunity to be humorous or to utilize text talk - consider these mini formal writing assignments).

Your blog post is due on Sunday, September 18, 2016 (A)/Monday, September 19, 2016(B) by 11:59pm with a minimum of 300 words.

Monday, September 12, 2016

Blog Post 4: Ain't Nothin' but a Sin Thing

Explore Canto VIII and determine what was meant when Dante stated that the boat did not seem to carry a load at all until Dante answered. In Canto IX, Erichto wanted to "call back the shades to their dead clay." What was meant by this? Canto XI talks about usury being a sin. Why is it considered a sin. Explain the relationship of the sin of violence and the punishment of boiling them in the blood of Phlegethon in Canto XII. Lastly, describe how the spirits of the suicide victims enter the trees - is their punishment appropriate?

Please remember to use textual evidence using proper MLA citations. Additionally, PLEASE PROOFREAD YOUR POST.

Your blog post is due by 11:59pm on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 (A)/Thursday, September 15, 2016 (B) with a minimum of 300 words. 

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Blog Post 3: HELL-o? It's Me.

Reflect back on Canto III - What is the crime of the uncommitted? What is their punishment? Is this penalty related to the crime? In Canto IV, what are the indications that you have seen where Dante is lost? In Canto VII, compare and contract the use of mud and mire in the punishment of the gluttons and the use of mud and mire in the punishment of the actively and passively wrathful. How does the overall description of hell compare and/or contradict to the contemporary Christian belief of hell? Does the motif of "Height/Depth" continue to appear in the text? If so, where do they appear and what do you make of it?

Please remember to use textual evidence to support your answer and be sure to use correct MLA citation when citing your textual evidence.

Your blog post is due Thursday, September 8 (A-Day)/Friday, September 9 (B-Day) by 11:59pm with a minimum of 300 words.

Friday, September 2, 2016

Blog Post 2: Writing about Literature

Think about the pages you have had to read from the textbook that revolve around "Writing about Literature?" What information did you find useful? What information did you already know? What information did you not already know? Have you incorporated any of those strategies in your writing? I also want you to look at the quotations and citation section of this chapter. What will you do to ensure that you are using the proper citation style? What will you do to help you remember the various ways of citing literary quotations? What concerns/apprehensions/fears do you have about literature based writing?

Your blog post is due the day before your class meeting by 11:59pm with a minimum of 300 words.