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English 370

Get your food and get comfy. We’ll probably be out early today, but we do have a few things we need to accomplish. It’s still class, even with a holiday weekend coming up. English 370. Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Melissa Gunby. Warm Up. What are your plans for the 4 th of July?.

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English 370

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  1. Get your food and get comfy. We’ll probably be out early today, but we do have a few things we need to accomplish. It’s still class, even with a holiday weekend coming up. English 370 Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Melissa Gunby

  2. Warm Up • What are your plans for the 4th of July?

  3. Today’s Agenda • The Princess Bride • Peer Review: Essay 2

  4. Buttercup and Humperdink, from the film The Princess Bride

  5. Quiz! • Answer these questions on your own paper • Who is “the princess bride” of the story? • Who is “the groom?” • Where has the story taken place so far? • How many levels are there in the Zoo of Death? • What is the queen’s name?

  6. Discussion • What would you guys like to talk about today?

  7. The story mentions several feuds between Florin and Guilder: The Olive War, the Tuna Fish Discrepancy, the Roman Rift, and the Discord of Emeralds. • Do these sound like they could be serious, or is it something Goldman leaves in to poke fun at these societies? • What do you imagine these conflicts were actually about?

  8. The queen describes everything as “-ish.” What does this tell us about her personality or the way she sees the world?

  9. Goldman breaks into the narrative in Chapter 3 to tell us what the queen does. Is this more or less effective than just weaving it into the narrative? Why or why not?

  10. We’ve kind of talked about how this story mimics the traditional trope of a fairy tale. How does Buttercup, being a milk maid, help to reinforce that trope or idea?

  11. Given the exchange between the Prince and Buttercup at the end of the chapter: “I’ll never love you.” “I wouldn’t want it if I had it.” “Then by all means let us marry.” • What do you think are their chances of success as a couple?

  12. Anything else you want to talk about?

  13. Peer Review

  14. Instructions • Find a partner. • Give your partner one copy of your rough draft. Keep one copy for yourself. • Read your draft to your partner. • Partner, take notes as you read along silently. Mark anything that catches your eye. • When you’re finished, address the questions on the next slide. You can write on the back of the draft, or take notes on a separate sheet of paper. • Then, switch roles.

  15. Questions • Does the thesis statement tell you in one sentence what the essay will be about? Does it feel like a one-sentences summary of the essay? • Is the writer’s definition of free speech clearly presented somewhere in the essay? • Does the writer defend their definition with specific examples? • If yes, mark them on the draft • If no, provide some feedback as to where they might be able to make this part stronger • Are there three quotes used in the essay? • Does the writer’s conclusion answer the question of “so what?”

  16. Homework • Have a great holiday. Stay out of trouble, and don’t burn anything down. • “Black Friday…Grey Thursday” 107-110 • “On Sale at Old Navy: Cool Clothes for Identical Zombies” 111-116 • “Consumerism is Eating the Future” 116-121 • The Princess Bride chapters 5 and 6

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