Football? To play or not to play?

Troy and Cory disagree over football.

BLOCK 5 ONLY!!!: Take Troy's side in this argument. Why is he correct? Use examples from the text.

BLOCK 6 ONLY!!!: Take Cory's side. Why is HE correct? Again, prove it with the text.

The class that does the better job on this assignment shall receive two points in the CLASS WAR. Also shall receive a prize.

EXTENSION ON FINAL SUSPENSE DRAFT!

y'all have an extension until monday on your final suspense draft.

reading quiz thursday on p. 1-20 of Fences.

no vocab quiz thursday.

welcome back.

Suspense Outline: Due before class 10/14

Outline the following in your comment to this post. This assignment is worth 10 points.

1. Protagonist: A. What does he/she want? B. Give one distinguishing characteristic. C. Give one piece of history that shapes him/her.

2. Antagonist: A. What does he/she want? C. Give one reason that puts him/her in conflict with Protagonist.

3. Plot: A. What will be the climax of the story? B. What is the set-up? C. What is the conflict?

4. Setting: Where and when does this story take place?

5. Theme: What deeper ideas will you touch on?

Sunday: The Unblog

good evening bloggers of block 5 & 6

First off, if you were absent on Saturday, you don't have the story. Either borrow it or click on the link to the right, under Suspense. The story is called, "A Good Man Is Hard To Find."

hope you had a restful, relaxing, and rockin weekend.

some of you, or rather, one of you, has gone to the blog to see what tonight's question might be, and there is no question on the blog for "A Good Man Is Hard To Find."

On Monday, we will have a visiting teacher, a writer from the best graduate creative writing program in the country. He will be talking with you about the story, about suspense, and about creative writing in general.

Since we need every minute, you will not have a reading quiz on "A Good Man Is Hard To Find." However, I will be taking notes on your participation in the discussion, instead, for which you will receive a grade of 5-0, where 5 is excellent and 0 is, well, 0.

In other words, make sure that you have read the story. And if you still don't understand "Until Gwen," or never read it, read it again please.

Finally, please check the course calendar after 8:00 pm Sunday night for updates on the next writing project.

Cheers,
Mr. GW

HW #7: Until Gwen

In a nice, perfect paragraph, explain the meaning of the title, "Until Gwen."

HW #6: Killings

Consider Matt Fowler's crime and answer the following--you should have 5-6 sentences in total, not a full paragraph on each question:
1. Does Matt do the right thing? Explain.
2. Do you think he'll get away with it? Explain.
3. What will his married life be like now and going forward?

HOMEWORK #5: The Swimmer

What has happened to Neddy Merrill by the end of the Swimmer? The story doesn't tell you exactly, but it does give you hints. What do you think? What symbols or hints in the story guide your opinion?