It's great to be back at CHAT. British Literature is one of my favorite classes to teach, and I've got a great group of students to teach this semester. We have a small class, only 4 students, but I know we'll have great discussions in this class.
We started the class with a look at the syllabus. We'll be reading Beowulf, Much Ado about Nothing, Great Expectations, Romantic poetry, Victorian poetry, Pygmalion, and The 39 Steps. As I told the students, the bulk of the work of this class will reading, with very little writing. Each week, students are to read the assigned portion and to bring discussion questions for the class.
We also took some time at the white board brainstorming about what makes a novel a good book. We had the categories of Characters, Setting, Plot, and Meaning. We also listed our favorite books and discussed how they qualified as "good books."
Finally, we started into Beowulf, reading the first 2 short sections.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read p. 1 - 30 of Beowulf
-- Write 3 Discussion Questions
-- Read sections I and II of the History of British Literature
Links for this week:
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard
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