Day 5
M-Tu Jan. 24-25
Creating tension: “Orange Crush” and “Southern Summers”
Share objects
About grading
Homework
➤ Begin Essay 2: Essay on an Object
I’d recommend you get started writing soon! For your due date, you have a choice of deadlines: either one week from today or two weeks from today, depending on whether you want to submit before or after Chinese New Year break. (Those who submit before will get feedback earlier.)
Be sure to read the instructions carefully before beginning. A word of advice: Objects that tend to produce the most meaningful essays tend to be ones that are meaningful not just to you personally but also to a group or community of people beyond yourself. (Beloved childhood toys, stuffed animals, etc, tend not work so well because their meaning is highly individual; they don’t mean much to people other than the child who owned them.)
➤ Read “The Mwiko”
This piece is not on the website; it’s available either in the course reader or in our SharePoint folder.
As you read, ask yourself:
What does the mwiko (and making ugali) represent for the different characters (the father, the narrator, the sister)? For each of the characters find one sentence that reflects this and come to class ready to share it.
Where does the tension come from in this story?
In addition, please think of a new ending in which a character does something (a physical action) with the mwiko. Be ready to share your idea with us next class.
➤ Read classmates’ poem titles
Read your classmates’ poem titles in our SharePoint folder, and come to next class ready to share one that you think adds an element of tension to the poem, and explain why you think that.
➤ Read handouts explaining grading and the Literary Atlas
Today I will share with you a private shared folder that contains my comments on your written work. For a detailed explanation of how grading in this class will work, read the handout “WOC190 - Going Forward.”
One thing I’d like to highlight here is you may submit revisions of your work to me for feedback any time, as many times as you wish. I encourage you to do this! Generally people who get started revising early see a greater improvement in their work over the course of the session.
Also, click the link below for more information about Meridian: A Literary Atlas of DKU. Work produced in this class will automatically be considered for publication in Meridian!
Meridian
a literary atlas of DKU
