This week we have read Colson Whitehead's article and have obtained many ways to explain our good and bad writing habits. We have also seen that there is probably not one golden rule that will work for everybody. Choose two of Whitehead's suggestions and tell us why you think they will help you as a writer. Explain with your own experience. Not sure where to start? Here's my example (NO STEALING OF MY EXAMPLE ALLOWED!) The first rule that works for me is Revise. Revise. Revise. because as a student I learned to put my work away when I was distracted or tired--then when I went back to it the next day I would easily find errors that I had been overlooking. As Whitehead tells us, every edit contributes to a new draft. Think of a blank page on a new day as a new start and you will not be as stressed next time you click on MS WORD.

What does the author see as the main cause for why students don’t really see shakespeare as a real, flawed human being? we shouldn’t shy away from discussing our literary heroes’ flaws. if nothing else, the knowledge of their failures us appreciate what success and greatness these authors did achieve. often our hero-worship keeps us from truly seeing the complexity of a great author. thus, i would argue, nothing would be better for high school students than to take shakespeare down a peg or two. a) the fact that students never learn enough about shakespeares biography b) the fact that students only read shakespeare’s comedies while in school c) the fact that students are never assigned to read any shakespeare while in high school d) the fact that students only read shakespeare’s greatest works in school and thus never see his weaknesses

Must read story will give if ! in “perseverance,” which theme is reflected in the lines, “life’s field will yield as we make it / a harvest of thorns or of flowers”? a: life is a field in which flowers and thorns will grow. b: accept what you are given, because you cannot change it. c: your life is the result of the work you put into it. d: working together people achieve their goals in life.

Do eilinor and marianne each end up with the best husband possible? give reasons for your answer.