RR#3: Ch. 10 & “The Management of Grief”

Post your reading response to readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. This special Reading Response is due by midnight on Wednesdays, no exceptions.

Week 3 Agenda [Tentative]

Friday, January 31st

• Discussion Leader/s: Natasha Zarate
• Ch. 3
• “What is the Objective Correlative?”
• “Understanding the Objective Correlative”
• O’Brien, “The Things They Carried”
• Workshop #0: Dr. Moreira
• Homework
• Prepare for Workshop #1: Megan Cavazos & Marc Fuentes
• Print/read/bring the following to class for discussion next Friday:
• Chapter 10
• Mukherjee, “The Management of Grief” (353-365)
• Complete RR#3 by midnight on Wednesday

RR#2: “What is the Objective Correlative?”; “Understanding the Objective Correlative”; Ch. 3; & “The Things They Carried”

Post your reading response to readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. This special Reading Response is due by midnight on Wednesdays, no exceptions.

Week 2 Agenda [Tentative]

Friday, January 24

• Syllabus Questions, RR#1, & Google Drive
• Discussion Leader: Dr. Moreira
• Diaz, "Becoming a Writer"
• Lamott, "Shitty First Drafts"
• Tuch, “The Submitter’s Dilemma”
• Barret, “What Editors Want”
• Laplante, Ch. 13
• Carver, “The Bath” & “A Small, Good Thing” (458-480)
• Intro to New Pages, Journal List, Story Ideas List & New Yorker Fiction Podcasts
• Preparing for Workshop #0
• Homework
• Prepare for Workshop #0: Dr. Moreira
• Start drafting your Journal List and Story Ideas List in your Google Drive folder:
• name your Google Docs like this:
• JournalList-YourFullName
• Ideas-YourFullName
• Print/read/bring the following to class for discussion next Friday:
• “What is the Objective Correlative?” (available under READINGS)
• “Understanding the Objective Correlative” (available under READINGS)
• Ch. 3
• O’Brien, “The Things They Carried” (79-92)
• Complete RR#2 by midnight on Wednesday

RR#1: "Becoming a Writer"; "Shitty First Drafts"; "The Submitter's Dilemma"; "What Editors Want"; Ch. 13; "The Bath"; and "A Small Good Thing"

Post your reading response to readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. This special Reading Response is due by midnight on Wednesdays, no exceptions.