Housekeeping:

Reading Quiz

SA #1 will be returned today. Please pay close attention not just to overall feedback but line-level comments in the document. If you received a “1” revisions are optional but encouraged to maintain the default grade contract (B). Revisions will always be due within 2 weeks of receiving feedback and must use track changes (or “suggesting” on Google Docs). Use the same upload link as before.

SA #2 due Sunday: we’re practicing psychoanalysis theory — more on that later today!

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Discussion Leaders!

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Thesis Statement Practice

For Short Analysis #2 we will continue to focus on Chopin. As a pre-drafting exercise, let’s consider what a good thesis statement does…

• Pick one key term from Chapter 4 and do some free writing on your ideas about how it relates to the narrative.
• Then, re-read your notes and circle some words you think stand out as potential arguments
• Later, you may want to go back to the text to find some examples of lines that you think would support that reading
• Pair up with a peer to compare your exercises and offer each other suggestions. Discuss which ideas may be suitable/strong enough to develop n argument.