Announcement
Please take the online class survey on Manabi on the DWC website.
Check carefully the class name and instructor’s name before you answer.
This survey is anonymous and no personal information is passed to the teaching staff.
You can complete this survey from a pc or smartphone, during class or in your own time.
The deadline is Aug. 8th.
Once submitted, you cannot revise your answers.
The class results can be seen on Manabi after late September.
Homework
Write a 3-paragraph essay (about 500 words) about any story or stories that you have read for this class this semester.
- the main points of the story
- the main idea(s)
- your personal response to the story
- Reference page
Print it out and bring a copy to class, as well as uploading it to Manaba
Today’s class
Read the story “When the desert blooms” (p. 38) and write a 3-paragraph essay
- the main points of the story
- the main idea(s)
- your personal response to the story
Write a paragraph giving an example of someone judging their own experience by some outward sign instead of using their own feeling and judgement, like the old man in the story “The old man’s milk”.