We’re going to look at some letters of historical note as well as some ‘letters of note’ from the well-known website and book series edited by Shaun Asher.
Jump to…
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday & Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Weekly Writing
- Commenting / Online Discussions
Monday, October 23
- Weekly writing for Week 8 (epistolary fiction) due by midnight.
- Submit your post URL in Canvas.
Tuesday, October 24
Before Class
- Commenting / Online Discussions
- Refer to the list from last week. You will need to comment on 3 other student’s posts, based on the list below. Due this week, comment on students that are 7, 9, and 11 below you.
- Be sure to use our FYS183 group in Hypothes.is
- Once you’ve commented on your three students, post their names in Canvas.
- Have read the letter you signed up for: Letters of Historical Note and done the 3-2-1 analysis on your letter.
Things to think about:
- Final Project
- Areas of exploration for your final project.
- What aspects of letter-writing or the epistolary format have intrigued you?
- Are there areas of interest we haven’t explored?
In Class
- Share and discuss our 3-2-1 analyses from Letters of Historical Note
- Letters of Note Sign-up
- Final Presentations due November 27 and Project due December 8
- Film Viewing Sign-ups
Thursday, October 26
Before Class
Think about your Letters of Note and what you will want to present to the class. We will be doing a quick presentation style similar to Pecha Kucha in class. You will have about 10 minutes at the beginning of class to prepare your slide(s). You will be limited to 3 minutes and can use no more than 3 slides.
In Class
- Quick round-robin presentation of our Letters of Note
- Turn in Letter #2
Things to think about or do for next week:
- Skim read the book “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” on reserve in the library.
- Do some background research on Lee Israel.
- Skim read the book “84 Charing Cross Road” on reserve in the library.
- Film Viewing Sign-ups
- Continue working on your epistolary short story, due November 2.
- Weekly writing (below)
- Commenting (below)
Weekly Writing
- This weekly writing should focus on any reading/activity/exercise/etc that you found particularly interesting this week.
- Weekly Writings will be due by Monday of each week.
- Submit your post URL in Canvas.
Commenting / Online Discussions
- Commenting / Online Discussions
- We will begin commenting/discussing each other’s posts.
- You will need to comment on 2 other students’ posts, based on the list below. This week you will comment on students who are 1 and 2 below you.
- Molly
- Ezra
- Ella
- Lucinda
- Marc
- Riley
- Adina
- Imala
- Sophia
- Gabrielle
- Kathy
- Michaelah
- Rebecca
- Melina
- Johnny
- Be sure to use our FYS183 group in Hypothes.is
- You should comment before class next Tuesday.
- Once you’ve commented on your three students, post their names in Canvas.
