Day 1

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Washington, D.C.

Do Now: Please complete the survey about your senior thesis reading so far.

Today's Learning Target(s):
I will be able to locate important class resources and begin a discussion about how great literature helps us to discover "the reality that underlies appearances" (Lodge 179).
I will know that I have hit the learning target when...
-I can locate the class blog and identify its key features.
-I can discuss how Yusef Komunyakaa's "Facing It" connects to important themes in literature and life.

Agenda:

1. Survey
2. Welcoming Remarks
3. Thesis Introductions
4. Komunyakaa's "Facing It"
5. Setting up the thesis blog
6. Exit ticket: One thing I'll find challenging/fulfilling to face this year is...

Homework: Among the things you carry to school with you Tuesday, please include your copy of The Things They Carried. Please feel free to check out a sample thesis journal entry here: http://pymsamplethesisjournal.blogspot.com/2015/07/ps1-excellent-women-journal-2.html

You will have three entries like this one for each of your primary sources. I will give you the guidelines and rubric next week.