Course Recap for January 16

Gubar's "Innocence"
We began class today by breaking into small groups; in your small groups, I asked you to write down some of the most important points of Gubar's essay. After your group agreed upon the most important points, I asked you to craft two quiz questions and answer them. We then spent some time talking about the questions you came up with and how they might be answered. I handed out the reading quiz for Gubar's essay that I created, and you were given 10-15 minutes to complete this quiz, using your essay to assist you.

Little Red Riding Hood Variants and Innocence
After you completed your quiz, I asked you to break into small groups and answer questions about innocence in one of the Little Red Riding Hood variants we read this week. (Questions: How does this author approach innocence? How does the moral of this tale relate to innocence? How does LRRH's level of volition relate to innocence in this tale?) I also asked you to think about the significant passages in each of the primary texts, as well as the key points in the secondary text. We then had a large group discussion.

Blog Posts
At the end of class, I handed around a sign up sheet for blog posts. I will post this completed document with all students' assigned days on the right hand side of the blog under Course Documents. Please see the sample blog post on Little Red Riding Hood posted early this week.

Homework

• Read "Henny Penny," "The Princess and the Pea," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Frog King," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Cinderella," "Rumpelstiltskin," and "The Gingerbread Man" (All linked on the right hand side of the course blog)
• Read Scieszka's The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales