Week 7 syllabus abbreviated: October 7 and 8

THIS SHORTENED WEEK WE’LL use to tie up some loose ends, including work on “The Machine Stops” and “The Neighborhood.”

MONDAY

• Finishing the film clips from Chaplin’s Modern Times, and reading a bit more from “Chelkash.”

• HW: Writing your machine poem, due tomorrow.

TUESDAY

• In class discussion of “The Neighborhood”

• HW: Read all of “Chelkash.” While reading, annotate for an answer to this question: “What makes a person good or bad in a society?”

WEDNESDAY

• No school for Fall Break.

• HW: Read “Chelkash”

THURSDAY

• No school for Fall Break.

• HW: Read “Chelkash”

FRIDAY

• No school for Fall Break.

• HW: Read “Chelkash”