http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/ 2008-05-08T10:22:53-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/blog_and_participationattendance_grades.php As you know, you're also being graded for your blog postings and for participation and attendance. Here's how I've determined those grades: Blog grade: A: To earn an A on the blog component of the course all assignments must have... pwmartin 2008-05-08T10:22:53-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/final_exam_update_and_course_wrapup.php Just a reminder to finish your blog postings if you have not already done so. Although you will lose some marks for not completing these on schedule, it's well worth your while to complete this assignment. If you missed the... pwmartin 2008-05-04T14:27:21-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/final_exam_format.php As you recall, the exam is divided into two sections. In the first, you will have a choice of three questions and will write an essay that responds to one of them. In that essay, you will talk about three... pwmartin 2008-04-29T07:11:23-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/green_grass_running_water_discussion_2008.php Looking back at Green Grass, Running Water, it is safe to say that it is unlike any book we've read on this course. And yet, it also has some key similarities to the others. How would you describe this book... pwmartin 2008-04-17T13:25:40-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/three_day_road_prompt.php Choose what you think to be a key scene in Joseph Boyden's Three Day Road and explain why you think this scene is so important in the novel. How does it connect with the rest of the book?... pwmartin 2008-04-17T13:22:36-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/second_essay_topics_2008.php 1. In many of the novels and stories that we've looked at, characters' lives are affected and even shaped by violence. Focusing on two novels or stories you've not already written about in your previous essay, compare how one character... pwmartin 2008-04-08T16:03:01-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/monkey_beach_blog_prompt.php So, now that you've finished reading Monkey Beach, what did you think? Which part(s) of the book did you find most interesting? Any questions about the book you'd like us to cover in class? You might also want to check... pwmartin 2008-04-08T09:24:28-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/no_blog_prompt_for_this_week.php Have a great spring break, everyone. There will be no further blog prompts until we start Green Grass, Running Water.... pwmartin 2008-03-07T16:45:01-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/blog_prompt_for_the_week_221.php What do you think is the most important scene in In Search of April Raintree? Explain in detail why you think this scene is a key to understanding the rest of the novel.... discussions pwmartin 2008-02-21T09:10:25-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/essay_topics_for_spring_2008.php 1. Each of the novels we've looked at so far features a pair of siblings, with one child having a different connection to his or her heritage than the other. Focusing on two of these books, compare and contrast the... pwmartin 2008-02-19T12:25:21-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/blog_prompt_for_this_week.php You've now had some time to sit with Kiss of the Fur Queen. What are your reactions to the novel? What surprised or struck you most about Highway's novel? Have your thoughts about the book changed as we've spent more... pwmartin 2008-02-06T20:55:55-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/next_weeks_book_is.php HI everyone, I just went by the bookstore and there are ample supplies of Kiss of the Fur Queen. So, unlike what I just told my morning class, we will proceed with our schedule as planned. For the next two... pwmartin 2008-01-31T14:11:54-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/lee_maracles_ravensong.php This week we read Lee Maracle's 1993 novel Ravensong. What was your reaction to this novel? What intrigued you most about Ravensong? If you had one question you could ask the author about her work, what would that be? Of... pwmartin 2008-01-29T16:21:20-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/language_crusaders_revitalize_dying_tongues.php From the Globe and Mail, January 16, 2008: For a brief time when he was 6, Chief Robert Joseph's schoolteachers rendered him mute. If he dared speak Kwak'wala, his only tongue, even to complain of t'sit'saxsisala (sore feet) or t'ixwa... pwmartin 2008-01-24T09:02:06-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/182/archives/the_truth_about_stories_discussion_prompt_.php What did you think about this book? Which one story do you think will stick with you the most? In what ways has this book changed your perspectives about stories and perhaps about Native peoples?... pwmartin 2008-01-22T16:42:24-05:00