COURSE BASICS
This course will remain contact free where possible
Necessary information will be posted on this website
Necessary materials (except novels) will be posted on this website
Homework will be accessed, completed, and submitted via Schoology
Grades will be posted in TigerView
Additional Support
Academic Hour: Monday-Thursday 12:35-1:30
Zoom Office Hours: Fridays 12:35-1:30
WEEK 10: ONE-PAGE ESSAY: BEING THERE
Chapter 1: Metaphor
Voice
Who is Chance?
Who is the Old Man?
What is the Garden?
Chapter 2: Existence
Symbols
Television
Names
Chapter 3: Exodus
Motifs
Television
Assumptions
Misunderstandings
Analogies
Who is EE?
Chapter 4: Reality
Conflict and Irony
Literal vs. Figurative
Flat Characters
Narrative
Style
Chapter 5: Perception
More Conflict
Chance vs. Society
Innocence vs. Experience
Style vs. Substance
Perception vs. Reality
Who is this story about?
Chance
Us
Media
Reality
Who does Chance represent?
Chapter 6: Consciousness
Who is Chance?
What is Chance?
Being There vs. Being There
Chapter 7: Return to the Garden
7 Chapters = 7 Days of Creation
But just what has been created?
WEEKLY AGENDA
MONDAY
NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY
Essay Revision
Follow Day 4-5 of Writing Workshop
WEDNESDAY
SAT
THURSDAY
Essay Revision
Follow Day 4-5 of Writing Workshop
FRIDAY
Essays Due via Email
End of Quarter
Remote Half Day
WEEKEND
Print Essay to Bring to Class
Where possible, include:
1st Draft (marked up)
2nd Draft (marked up)
Final Paper (polished)
Rubric
COURSE GUIDE
LITERARY ANALYSIS
SAMPLES
LECTURES
Art of Reading
Anatomy of a Novel
Being There
Slaughterhouse-Five
Bluest Eye
RESEARCH
Book Club: Available Titles
Book Club: Research Guidelines
Book Club: Week One
Book Club: Week Two
Book Club: Week Three
Book Club: Week Four
Book Club Annotation Sample
Book Club Outline Sample