Relevancy

Course Description

 
Relevancy is a literature driven course. The course is designed to help students make meaningful connections between classic literature and the world in which we live. The novels we will be reading are as follows: Frankenstein, 1984, and Dracula. In addition, we will read selected nonfiction articles and poetry that relate to the core novels. Throughout the course, we will look at the theme of fear and how our fears as a society are represented in our popular literature.

Posts

3/8/19--Class Agenda

*Collect "Nothing to Hide" 
*Discuss chapter 4
*discuss and collect CRE 3
*Response Journal for chapters 1-4---write, discuss and collect
Hw: read chapter 5

3/7/19--Class Agenda

*Silent Discussion for "Nothing to Hide" and chapters 1-3 of 1984
HW: CRE due tomorrow

3/6/19--Class Agenda

*Discuss chapters 2-3
*Read and annotate "Nothing to Hide" 
HW: CRE 3 due Friday 

3/5/19--Class Agenda

*Verbal Quiz 1984 Section 1, chapter 1
*Collect journals 1-10
*Journal #11
*Read section 1, chapters 2-3
HW: CRE 3 due Friday, film permission due Friday, finish reading

3/04/19--Class Agenda

*Collect annotations for "Politics as Vocation"
*Journal 10--collect journals tomorrow
*How to Start a Movement with discussion
*Study Guide for 1984
*begin reading Part 1, chapter 1
HW: finish reading