Sunday, December 2, 2012

Response to Course Material #4

I enjoyed reading Death of a Salesman, but I'm glad we've moved on. I felt that we spent a lot of time on one topic and we wasted some time. The commentaries of Salesman were very interesting and very informing. I thought the commentaries cleared up a lot of questions I had. Although some were long and exhausting, they helped me fully understand what Holmes is talking about. After reading, I could connect the meaning behind the important parts of the play that Holmes had mentioned. Our most current read is Hamlet, which is definitely not my favorite. I'm struggling with it because I'm unfamiliar with Shakespeare's style, but I'm slowly becoming able to understand his language on my own. Annotating helps me break down the parts I may have missed in class, which helps me actually understand what I just read on my own.
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  1. UnknownJanuary 12, 2013 at 11:56 AM

    We really did spend a lot of time on Death of a Salesman...but I say it was kind of worth it, because of all the discussion and the commentaries I was able to better understand the play as well as some of the ideas hidden within. I'm with you when it comes to understanding Shakespeare, I honestly have no idea what he's trying to say half of the time. Annotating really helps me too, I'm able to go through and figure everything out at my own pace.

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  2. Tori M.January 12, 2013 at 2:01 PM

    I personally did not like DOS and am thrilled we have moved on! the discussins did help a lot though, I agree. I have read a lot of Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet, Merchant of Venice, and Julius Caesar) and I think this is by far the best one I have read! I have a 'No fear' version and it helps me a lot with understanding Shakespeares language and meaning.

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  3. Ms. HolmesFebruary 3, 2013 at 6:05 PM

    It's great that you guys offer one another positive reinforcement, but you also need to challenge one another to work to capacity. Where are the connections to other course material, other courses, the world outside our classrooms, etc.? I just don't see the synthesis that this assignment is primarily about.

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