Classwork & Homework, 2nd Rotation

DAY 4 (Thursday, 9.4): Brief reading from the Location essay drafts. MAP day! HW: Please read Reisner 23-58.

DAY 5 (Monday, 9.8): Discuss Reisner. Map day follow-up. Where You At quiz. HW: Please read Reisner 61-97. Journal: assess your family's earthquake readiness.

DAY 6 (Wednesday, 9.10): Reisner. HW: Please read Reisner 97-142.

DAY 7 (Friday, 9.12): Geology. HW: Work on final draft of Location Essay.

Classwork & Homework, 1st Rotation

DAY 1: Michael Chabon, From Three Minutes or Less. Identity and location. Alysse's question: As Chabon's location changes, his identity seems to change as well. How secure is one's identity in the first place? Then: What are the elements of place? What role does place have in influencing identity? HW: Journal on a place that you feel a strong connection to, a place where you feel most alive, most yourself. Read the other pieces from 3 Min. or Less.

DAY 2: Discussion of other pieces from 3 Min. or Less. Imitation of opening paragraph exercise. HW: Begin work on Location essay, read Reisner 1-23.

DAY 3: Frost's "Directive." Connections between Frost's poem and his landscape. Transcendentalists and nature. Discuss Reisner 1-23. HW: Complete, proofread draft of Location essay due at the beginning of class.