Leaving on a Jet Plane
Mood:  lucky
Now Playing: Jet - Look what you've done
Topic: Announcements
Well, it's official. I will not be at NBCA next year. Instead I'll be living in beautiful South Carolina (I know, I'm a bit hesitant too). I got into the PHD program in Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design at Clemson University (Go Tigers!). If you're curious about what exactly that means, you'll find more information at the following links:


Program homepage
Syllabus for second semester class
CV for the head of the department

I'll be teaching there as well and I would like to thank you all for the training you've giving me, both as a scholar and as a teacher. I will always cherish my first year students. Good luck on college and God bless.
-Mr. H

Wasted
Mood:  lyrical
Now Playing: Youth - Collective Soul
Topic: Announcements
Holy cow! I just found a fairly incredible site dedicated to the waste land. I suggest you guys czech it out:
here

Welcome Back
Now Playing: The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Black Mask
Topic: Announcements
Hey everybody, hope your break was as unproductive as mine. Didja get everything yoyu wanted? I asked for peace on earth, but all I got was cold, hard cash. K sirah sirah. Well, here's the homework outline for the rest of the term.

1/4 PL 9.1-412
1/5 PL 9.412-833
1/6 PL 9.833-1104

1/9 WT Act 1; Term Paper Ideas
1/10 WT Act 1 questions
1/11 WT Act 2
1/12 WT Act 2 questions
1/13 WT Act 3

1/17 WT Act 3 questions, Sin Boldly ch. 8 quiz
1/18 WT Act 4.1-4.300
1/19 WT Act 4.300-830
1/20 WT Act 5

1/23 WT Article (Riverside)
1/24 Term Paper due (re-write of Term paper 1 or 2; 8-10 pp.)
1/25 WT Article (G. Wilson Knight)

Final Exam:
Turn in final version of term paper.
Answer multiple choice exam covering all three terms.
Answer essay prompt.

All right! Any questions? Call or email me.
-Mr. H

HomeWork
Now Playing: Sunday Morning Coming Down -Cash
Topic: Announcements
Sorry I missed this week's homework update. I'll try to keep up with it a little better from now on. Tommorrow we have a quiz on Sin Boldly Chapter 4 so read up. Afterwards we'll discuss writing strategies and have an in class write. Your reading over the weekend is LONG so don't save it all till sunday night.

For Monday: Read ALL of "Benito Cereno" (In your supplemental readings) and answer questions to be posted here (I'll post on Friday).
For Tuesday: Read it again answering study questions.
For Wednesday: Read Pynchon Ch. 1 and intro
For Thursday: Read Pynchon Ch. 2
NO CLASS FRIDAY
For Monday (11-14):Read Pynchon Ch. 3

HomeWork
Topic: Announcements
Alright, here's the homework for the week:
Monday: Rd. Marquez 86-131
Tuesday: Rd. Marquez 132-174
Wednesday: Rd. Marquez 175-218
Thursday: Rd. Marquez 219-262 and Sin Boldly Ch. 3 (prepare for a test on Friday)
Over Weekend: Rd. Marquez 263-313

Also, here is a list of when everybody's presentation is:

Oct 25: Kelley
Nov 1: Allie
Nov 3: Boyle
Nov 8: Lloyd
Nov 10: Kelsey
Nov 15: Stephanie
Nov 17: Elizabeth
Nov 29: Louisa

You should all have written down what section you are teaching.

HomeWork
Mood:  incredulous
Now Playing: Police-Don't Stand So Close to Me
Topic: Announcements
Hope everyone had a great weekend. We're finally in the home-stretch (for the term at least). For tomorrow (Wednesday) read Nabokov. It's a tough little assignment, so read it twice, maybe thrice. Also post on it here tonight:
Choose a quote from "Lance" and post it here with you analysis/explanation of why you chose it.

Also due: all late work/corrections by tomorrow!!!
Read Sin Boldly Chapter 2 by Thursday (we'll have a quiz).
-Mr. H

HomeWork
Now Playing: The Mars Volta
Topic: Announcements
Alright folks, the homework for tonight: read the Masque of the Red Death for tomorrow. In fact read it a couple of times. Also, you need to read Sin Boldly Ch. 2 by next Thursday (there will be a brief set of questions). PS. Here's a helpful link for all things AP.

HomeWork
Now Playing: Do You Realize??? by The Flaming Lips
Topic: Announcements
At the request of certain parents, I've decided to put all assignments on this blog. If it's not here, it's not due. That said, the first thing I would like to add as due is all items on the syllabus which already have due dates. For instance, your first book analysis, due next Friday.

Now on to the real day to day assignments:
1. I announced today that ALL LATE WORK IS DUE WEDNESDAY THE 12TH. If I don't have it by then, it's an automatic zero. Also, if you'd like to get a rough draft of your book analysis to me, that would be the due date as well.

2. Sin Boldly: read chapter 2 by Friday.

3. Edit Write #1 and turn it in by Tuesday.

4. Read Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" by tomorrow.

5. Tomorrow there will be an in-class write on Hemingway's "Clean Well-Lighted Place."

THE BLOG
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Nada pues Nada (no speakers on my desk)
Topic: Announcements
Hey all,
Well it looks like you found your way here ok. During the next couple of days I'll post three seperate posts on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance right here. The first will cover Chapters 1-3, the second, 4-6, and the third, 7-9. We will discuss 10-12 on thursday when you come into class.
So what are the requirements?
First off, give me a good size post--150 words or so should do it.
Second, it can be a response to either my post or someone else's. It does NOT have to attempt to answer specfic questions raised by me or another student, but it does need to react to it.
Third, sign your name at the bottom.
If you would like to go beyond the requirements and add more to other students responses, feel free. Just keep it respectful and avoid anonymity.
The post below should give you a fairly clear example.
That's it. Have a great time on college tour.
-Mr. Helms

PS if you left your copy of Zen at home, or would like to cut and paste a large section of it, here's a link to the full text of the novel.

or down here