Week 01 - Journals and Homework

Monday: Rules, Procedures, and Grading Policies

HW: CMC pages 1-7

Tuesday: Class Expectations: Write down your expectations for this class. Be specific. Talk about what activities you would like to do and how they would help to further your understanding of class themes and information. Discuss what you believe your role should be as an active participant in your own education. Describe your responsibilities to yourself, your class, and your teacher. Express what you believe your teacher's duties are to you and your class, and how you see them being best met and fulfilled.

HW: CMC pages 7-17

Wednesday: Novel Reading: At this point, you should begin to have an understanding of what the central theme of this novel is. Briefly describe the setting of the novel and the characters you've met so far. Identify a central theme and talk about how the young man, Dantes, relates to it.

HW: CMC pages 17-35

Thursday: Quote: "False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." --Plato (427 BC-347 BC), Dialogues, Phaedo. Discuss how the quote relates to Dantes's experiences and beliefs about life. In what way will Dantes become corrupted by the deceits of his betrayers?

HW: CMC pages 35-48

Friday: Free Write