While reading you will keep a log of your intellectual journey. Log entries will consist of scene summaries; comments on action, characters, language, themes; and your idiosyncratic reactions.
Record Log entries in a notebook.
You are in charge of your learning. You will decide what to write and in what form, but there are three rules:
- Clearly label each entry - pages, lines, or act and scene.
- Vary your kinds of entries so you have tried each kind several times.
- Write after each reading assignment.
Challenge yourself. Interact. Complete a minimum of three.
- Summarize the action of the scene.
- Comment on the significance of the action.
- Write out your questions. Has anything caused you confusion? Ask one of the characters a question - or ask me a question.
- Quote impressive ideas or phrasings and comment on them.
- Describe your reaction to an idea, character, or action.
- Talk about the relationships between characters, quoting words and phrases as evidence.
- Go inside a character and, speaking in first person, explain how the character feels.
- Wild card: is there something you thought about? Write it!
Always bring your Log to class.
Grades will be based on the thoughtfulness of your responses.
Enjoy the process.