English Lit. WorkshopProf. Jorge Comte

About me

Expectations

Yours:Mine:

To get you to read

To get you to like literature, especially poetry

To get you to discuss critically

The Course

You'll read at home

We discuss and do activities in class

3 tests (25% each)

Preparation and class participation (25%)

Reading Ice-Breaker

Walter Wykes' Family 2.0

Intro toWilliam Shakespeare

What do you know?

Have you read any of his works?

Do you like him?

Assignment for next class

Read Shakespeare's Romeo and juliet http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/

Prologue + Acts 1-3