In addition, all readings require a TSR journal with 2 entries for each section of the novel read and 2 substantive questions you have about the content of the novel. (Please see info below)
- · Pages 1-40 March 13th (Class 13)
- · Pages 41-65 March 20th (Class 15)
- · Pages 66-97 March 27th (Class 17)
- · Pages 97-112 April 1st (Class 19)
All readings need to be completed on schedule to ensure that you are prepared for the discussion that the class and assignments are based on.
In addition to reading the novel and your TSR Journal, you will be forming 2 substantive questions about each week's readings to be asked in class during discussion of that reading. These should be legitimate questions about something you did not understand while reading or be a question you think would produce some insight for our class discussion.
Questions should be prepared ahead of time and be typed and suitable for submission as a for-credit assignment.
Here is an example of a substantive/insightful question about the novel Night:
- "Why did people not believe that they were in danger and act, when there was a pattern of violence forming again the Jewish people and the other the Nazis marked as "'undesirables?'"
Here is another legitimate question that one might ask:
- "How did Elie's father view the Kabbalh and why was he against Elie studying it?"
Questions that are not appropriate are ones that are posed merely for the sake of completing the assignment. These are examples of questions that are not appropriate for the assignment.
- "What is the main character's name?
- "What was happened when the German soldiers came to Sighet?"
If you have legitimately simple questions such as these, I encourage you to ask them. Please make a note of them and ask them during our discussion, but form more substantive ones as your assignment.
