Weeks+3+&+4

__ Reading Nature     __
Fall 2008 Weeks 3 & 4

Monday 9/8
·  Assign discussion leaders ·  Discuss narrator and the opening of //Ishmael// HW- Read & text mark pp. 39-75 & be prepared to discuss the terms “culture” “myth” and “enact.”
 * For all the readings in this book, please come to class with a passage you particularly appreciated, something you don’t understand, or a connection to something else related to the ideas of the novel.  **

Tuesday 9/9
·  Defining terms in //Ishmael// ·  Biblical allusions HW- Read pp. 79-122

Wednesday 9/10
 ·   Discuss study questions HW- Read pp 125-148

HW- Read pp . 151-184 in //Ishmael// + handout from //The Idea of Wilderness //
= Monday 9/15 =  ·   Discuss Biblical reinterpretation of novel & excerpt. HW- Read pp. 187-229 and write a brief nicenet response to one idea in the passage. ·  Discuss //Ishmael’s// conclusions HW- Finish novel pp. 233-263  ·   Introduce ethos, pathos & logos and assess the arguments of //Ishmael// HW- Read “Guns, Germs & Steel” handout & answer questions.  ·  Discuss “Guns, Germs & Steel”  ·  Assign //Ishmael// essay HW- //Ishmael// paper rough draft
 * Tuesday 9/16 **
 * Wednesday 9/17 **
 * Thursday 9/18 **