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.

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1/31/19--Class Agenda

*"Through the Wormhole: Will Sex Become Extinct?"
--take notes on thoughts, opinion, reactions
HW: read Frankenstein chapters 10-11 and do a Response Journal 

1/30/19--Class Agenda

*Student discussion on science playing God articles
HW: read chapters 10-11 for Friday and do a Response Journal for them

1/29/19--Class Agenda

*Journal # 7
*Discuss chapters 7-8
*Playing God articles--read and annotate, be prepared to discuss tomorrow
HW: finish articles, read chapter 9

1/28/19--Class Agenda

*Journal #6
*Discuss chapters 5-6
*Share out CRE 1 and collect with assignment from Friday 
HW: read chapters 7-8 and do response journal for them