June 7: Final Exam

In Class

Final Exam

For next meeting 

• Complete the last journal: Reflection
• Learn Macbeth's soliloquy by heart

June 5: Presenting a Play in 8 Minutes or Less

Tabitha: King Lear
Anis: The Tempest
Dara: Julius Caesar
Angelika: Anthony and Cleopatra
Jocelyn: The Winter's Tale
Phillip: Henry IV, Part 1
Deanna: Titus Andronicus
Arlinda: Romeo and Juliet
Camilo: Richard III

Form to vote on each presentation's performance: https://goo.gl/forms/EXMg2eBPTIVIteaE2

Wednesday, May 31

NO CLASS--Prepare Presentations! Study for the Final! 

Technically True: News and Research in the Digital Age

May 30, 11am-2:30pm

Little Theater

Is everything you read fake?! If the current media environment has you concerned, join a conversation with students, scholars, and journalists about media and the news. This half-day conference will include a panel discussion, group activities, and a keynote address. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss and think critically about a variety of topics: 

·         The 21st Century news cycle in contrast with past models 

·         Mainstream media’s relationship to alternative media outlets

·         The role of social media and responsible information sharing

·         General strategies for identifying clickbait and evaluating news online

·         Strengths and weaknesses of crowdsourced knowledge services like Wikipedia

Please RSVP using this form if you intend to bring a class or attend as an individual

Conference Schedule

11am - 12pm, Panel Discussion

Seraphin Santiago, journalism student, LaGuardia Community College

Dr. Cheri Carr, Professor, LaGuardia Community College 

Matthew Chayes, Reporter at Newsday

Barbara Gray, Chief Librarian, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism 

12:15pm - 1:15pm, Breakout Sessions led by LaGuardia faculty (lunch will be served)

1:30pm - 2:30pm, Keynote Speaker

Dr. Alexandra Juhasz, Chair, Film Department, Brooklyn College, CUNY

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Reviewing First Drafts

Class

1. Elements of a successful first draft

2. Workshop

For the writer of the draft:

• Print your paper
• Underline your thesis (if your thesis is implicit, please make it explicit by writing it on the top of the first page)
• Number your paragraph

For the evaluator of the draft: You will write a short report of a classmate’s draft to share with the writer and with me.

1. Create a header with

Your name
The writer’s name
Paper title

2. Start the report by stating your evaluation:

• The draft is acceptable in its current form.
• The draft needs minor modifications.
• The draft needs substantial modifications.

3.  Write the report in five paragraphs. For each paragraph, report on

-what is being done correctly
               and then
-what is not being done correctly or is missing

a) One paragraph for the opening paragraph(s)/introduction. See page 62, #4 of the class packet for the things the introduction should be doing. If the introduction uses a “hook,” comment on how interesting and relevant its ideas are.

b) One paragraph for the effectiveness of the body paragraphs. See pages 9-11 of the class packet for the elements of an effective paragraph. Use paragraphs numbers to make clear to what ideas you are referring. Be especially attentive for paragraphs that do not have a topic sentence or contain argument based on little no evidence.

c) One paragraph for the use of the text(s): Is the evidence summarized, paraphrased, and quoted when appropriate, or is there heavy quoting, especially of long passages? Is the evidence explained thoroughly or just mentioned? Are passages properly introduced by saying who said them, to whom, and what's the situation? aAre sources cited in the body of the draft using the format explained on pages 62-63 of the packet? Does the draft contain a Works Cited page?

d) One paragraph for the conclusion. If the writer is only summarizing her ideas, suggest something else she could do to close the paper.

e) Your specific recommendations for next steps based on the general assessment you conducted separately. Please especially mention any gaps in the information presented.

• Fill out this form telling me what other Shakespeare play you intend to present on towards the end of the semester: https://goo.gl/forms/q9DnbI6bQpWwwSUC2 
• Responses HERE: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ivVvw5P46w72LElpTK5kI22yKiFcaSOVSQVYOPXUO88/edit?usp=sharing

Looking Back at Macbeth

Class

• Macbeth's Soliloquy Unraveled by Ian McKellen: https://youtu.be/zGbZCgHQ9m8?t=44s 
• The Macbeth Quote Game
• Macbeth in 32 seconds

For next class

• The Language of Macbeth (56-58)
• Bring a print copy of the first draft of your paper

Macbeth, Acts IV-V

Class

In which we trace how Shakespeare dramatizes Macbeth's fear and guilt further, and how The Weird Sisters' equivocation helps undo Macbeth in this last part of the play.












For next class

Journal 11: Lady Macbeth’s Sleepwalking