Good evening, class. This week we focus on using summary and description and direct quotation to present the contents of a book chapter. You are to join in, so to speak, conversation on the topic and ideas addressed, in this case, in P.M. Forni's book chapter "Speak Kindly," in which he discusses the power our words, tone of voice, attitude, and body language can have, for better or worse (essay 4).
The midterm topics (essay 5) will be returned today.
Essay 6 continues with our focus on verb forms and use. 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 verb conjugations and use today for practice and homework.
Last quarter the class took a field trip to the Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art trip week eight. We will talk more of that this week, if you have ideas for a trip, and the kind of essay to come of it. We can decide as we review the course objectives and the time remaining to meet them.
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