Trends in Lit: End of the World Reflections

Please always right-click "refresh" to be sure that you are viewing the most updated pages! SEPTEMBER 2009 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 7 RECESS LABOR DAY 8 9 DAY A Welcome back! Trends in Lit Course Description Class Guidelines Absence Contract Commentary Journal 10 DAY B class does not meet today 11 DAY C CLASS CANCELLED Apologies for cancelling so soon in the term -- sick child at home :-( 14 DAY D HW #1 DUE Class policies (cont.) HW #1 discussed and collected Read in-class: Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" NOTES/DISCUSSION: personification, earth abides theme, warning, journal ideas... 15 DAY E class does not meet today 16 DAY F HW #2 DUE: Alfred Bester's "Adam and No Eve" quiz NOTES/DISCUSSION: ourobouros, earth abides, last man motif, "last dog" motif ;-), mad scientist character type, Book of Genesis summary, paradise, role of human pride, warnings 17 DAY A HW #3 DUE:"A Pail of Air" Notes: characters, everyman, cozy catastrophe sub-genre, fire symbolism 20/20's End of Days clip: gamma rays 18 DAY B class does not meet today 21 DAY C meet Miss Kammerer --Ms. G is sick :-( HW #4 DUE Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" Notes: Dante's circles of hell, Descartes, theme, anti-cozy catastrophe 22 DAY D HW #5 DUE 23 DAY E class does not meet today 24 DAY F HW #6 DUE Asimov's "Nightfall" Notes:Book of Revelations, cults, ourobouros, Lagash, characterization Arthur Clarke's "The Star" THEME: Religion versus Science? 25 DAY A HW #7 DUE Educational Movie Poster [If you don't finish in class, please take it home or plan to work on it before next class -- we don't meet Tuesday] 28 RECESS YOM KIPPUR 29 DAY B class does not meet today 30 DAY C Educational Movie Poster Presentations HW #8 DUE Pamela Zoline's "The Heat Death of the Universe" 1 DAY D HW #9 DUE Pamela Zoline's "The Heat Death of the Universe" Trends 21: Time Machine distributed 2 DAY E class does not meet today OCTOBER 2009 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 5 DAY F CLASS CANCELLED :-( THought I'd make it, guys... Trends 19 -- if you can get someone to let you into the classroom, your TIME MACHINE books are on the table and have your name sin them -- please take the right one. 6 DAY A HW #10 DUE Pamela Zoline's "The Heat Death of the Universe" paragraphs 17- Trends 19: Your Time Machine books are on windowsill with your names inscribed in the front cvoer; be sure to pick up the right text! 7 DAY B class does not meet today 8 DAY C HW #11 DUE Pamela Zoline's "The Heat Death of the Universe" Commentary Journal #4 DUE Open School Night 9 DAY D 2001: A Space Odyssey 12 RECESS No SCHOOL! 13 DAY E class does not meet today 14 DAY F 2001: A Space Odyssey 15 DAY A 2001: A Space Odyssey Completion of TIME MACHINE READING DUE!!! There will be a BIG quiz to assess your thorough reading! (Passage IDs) 16 DAY B class does not meet today OMG! Ms. G's Due Date! 19 DAY C 20 DAY D 21 DAY E class does not meet today 22 DAY F 23 DAY A 26 DAY B class does not meet today 27 DAY C 28 DAY D 29 DAY E class does not meet today 30 DAY F HOME | EMAIL V. GOKTURK | STUDENT PORTFOLIOS | COMPOSITION 105 | COMPOSITION 113 | JOURNALISM | TRENDS IN LIT Ms. G: Class of '87 Email Ms. Gokturk! ŠV. Gokturk 2006 This web page is updated almost daily.