Lesson Plan for Week 9: General Thoughts and Notes

Patrick Mooney, TA
Eng 10, Prof. Waid
29 May 2013

Major topics:

1. Thought for the day:

   I caught glimpses of the great, the rich, the fortunate ones of all the earth living supinely upon the very best of everything and taking the very best for granted as their right. I saw them enjoying a special privilege which had been theirs so long that it had become a vested interest: they seemed to think it was a law ordained by nature that they should be forever life’s favorite sons. At the same time I began to be conscious of the submerged and forgotten Helots down below, who with their toil and sweat and blood and suffering unutterable supported and nourished the mighty princelings at the top.

   — Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again, ch. 46

2. Administrative Issues:
   • Remember that thesis statement #5 is due before midnight on Tuesday.
   • The rough draft of your research paper is due via email by 11:59 pm tonight; the hard copy is due tomorrow in lecture.
   • About the final exam …
   • Any questions?
3. Group work, based loosely on this article. (You may find it helpful to log into the UCSB Library Proxy Server before clicking on that link.)
   • For those who have asked, the musical selections played during the exercise were:
     • Cake - Meanwhile, Rick James…
     • Ollano - Partir Revenir
     • Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
     • Shivaree - Goodnight Moon
     • Miike Snow - Cult Logic
     • Beck - O Maria
     • Portishead - Sour Times