Week 4: Teaching the Novel and Creative Nonfiction

In Class

• Teaching demos:
  • The Novel: Cassidy Queen
    • Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (in shared folder) and (here)
  • Creative Nonfiction: Zoe Benfield
    • “The Act of Vanishing” by Megan Falley
    • “Little Boy Blue Navy Blazer” from Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (in shared folder)
    • “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris
• Additional teaching goals with the assigned materials.
• Discussion of pedagogical readings:
  • Showalter, Teaching Literature (in shared folder):
    • Chapter 3: Methods of Teaching Literature
    • Chapter 6: Teaching Fiction (review)
  • Kay, Matthew R. Not light, but fire: How to lead meaningful race conversations in the classroom. (link to ebook) - Introduction

Assignment

• Readings (available in shared folder):
  • "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell
  • "Sure Thing" by David Ives
  • "Dutchman" by Amiri Baraka
  • Showalter Teaching Literature "Chapter 5: Drama"
  • Kay, Matthew R. Not light, but fire: How to lead meaningful race conversations in the classroom. (link to ebook) - Chapters 1 & 2
• Write a 1-2 page discussion on what literary and rhetorical concepts you would focus on when teaching any of the assigned short plays referencing Fletcher, Showalter, and Kay. Post in Google Classroom before class next week.