Day One: Introduction to English II
Marhaban! Chaire! Huan yin! Wäljkiimen! Whether in Arabic, Ancient Greek, Chinese, or German, welcome to this class! Today, we will be going over the basic guidelines and principles of this class.
Supplies for class: Please purchase a small three-prong portfolio. You can get these at Wal-Mart for less than 50 cents. Come to class every day with a pen/pencil and paper. That's all you need.
Daily Activities: Every day, you will have an assignment to complete at the beginning of class. The assignment will be posted on the side board, under the "short essay" column. You will complete these activities in your portfolio, which will be turned in periodically (every 2-4 weeks).
Syllabus: We will be covering a broad range of topics, starting with ancient mythology and archetypes. From there, we will move on to Africa and Egypt, then Ancient Greece, then China and Japan, then the Middle Ages of Europe, then the Holocaust, and we'll wrap up with Magic Realism/Surrealism and South America. Trust me, it will be a lot of fun, and a lot of information! And don't worry--if you don't like the culture/literature we're studying now, we switch it up about every 3 weeks or so.
