English 370 Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Melissa Gunby Get your food and get comfy. We’ll probably be out early today, but we do have a few things we need to accomplish. It’s still class, even with a holiday weekend coming up.

Warm Up  What are your plans for the 4 th of July?

Today’s Agenda  The Princess Bride  Peer Review: Essay 2

The Princess Bride Buttercup and Humperdink, from the film

Quiz!  Answer these questions on your own paper  Who is “the princess bride” of the story?  Who is “the groom?”  Where has the story taken place so far?  How many levels are there in the Zoo of Death?  What is the queen’s name?

Discussion  What would you guys like to talk about today?

 The story mentions several feuds between Florin and Guilder: The Olive War, the Tuna Fish Discrepancy, the Roman Rift, and the Discord of Emeralds.  Do these sound like they could be serious, or is it something Goldman leaves in to poke fun at these societies?  What do you imagine these conflicts were actually about?

 The queen describes everything as “-ish.” What does this tell us about her personality or the way she sees the world?

 Goldman breaks into the narrative in Chapter 3 to tell us what the queen does. Is this more or less effective than just weaving it into the narrative? Why or why not?

 We’ve kind of talked about how this story mimics the traditional trope of a fairy tale. How does Buttercup, being a milk maid, help to reinforce that trope or idea?

 Given the exchange between the Prince and Buttercup at the end of the chapter: “I’ll never love you.” “I wouldn’t want it if I had it.” “Then by all means let us marry.”  What do you think are their chances of success as a couple?

 Anything else you want to talk about?

Peer Review

Instructions  Find a partner.  Give your partner one copy of your rough draft. Keep one copy for yourself.  Read your draft to your partner.  Partner, take notes as you read along silently. Mark anything that catches your eye.  When you’re finished, address the questions on the next slide. You can write on the back of the draft, or take notes on a separate sheet of paper.  Then, switch roles.

Questions  Does the thesis statement tell you in one sentence what the essay will be about? Does it feel like a one-sentences summary of the essay?  Is the writer’s definition of free speech clearly presented somewhere in the essay?  Does the writer defend their definition with specific examples?  If yes, mark them on the draft  If no, provide some feedback as to where they might be able to make this part stronger  Are there three quotes used in the essay?  Does the writer’s conclusion answer the question of “so what?”

Homework  Have a great holiday. Stay out of trouble, and don’t burn anything down.  “Black Friday…Grey Thursday”  “On Sale at Old Navy: Cool Clothes for Identical Zombies”  “Consumerism is Eating the Future”  The Princess Bride chapters 5 and 6