Good afternoon, Thursday class, and morning, Friday class. Over the last several weeks we've focused on using description and direct quotation to present the contents of a book chapter. You were to join in, so to speak, conversation on the topic and ideas addressed, in this case, in P.M. Forni's book chapter "Think the Best," in which he discusses the goodness to come of thinking well of others (essay 4).
The midterm topics I sent by email, with directions to complete the essay (essay 5) and return it to me by email. If you did not receive the email, check the address you have entered at ecompanion, and note that the essay must be completed for credit.
Essay 6 continues with our focus on verb forms and use. As described in last week's post, you are to describe in hypothetical terms a wish or desire or conditional situation that allows you to show use of the subjunctive verb mood and conditional verb tenses, those employing would, could, might, ought, and so on (see last week's post for the full discussion of the assignment). We shall look at those today.
Last week we also discussed a field trip to the Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art and agreed to make the trip week eight. We will talk more of that this week and the kind of essay to come of it. Friday class, we can discuss the trip when we meet. As we have missed substantial class time, it may not be in your interests at this point. But you can decide as we review the course objectives and the time you have to meet them.
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