Response to Course Material 3

In class, we watched the Death of a Salesman instead of reading it, like The American Dream. I think this was a good choice, because the American Dream is much easier to envision by just reading, unlike Death of a Salesman. DOS involves ghosts and hallucinations, and several scene changes that I wouldn't have understood by just solely reading the play. Like earlier with the American Dream, I don't really understand what's happening yet, so I hope the class discussions next week can help me out.

Also, we had the terms test re-take, but I didn't feel like studying, so I just took the first grade that I got. Probably an early case of senioritis.

For the blog posts, the more we do, the less I have to talk about. For instance, with the open prompts, I am actually running out of literature to reference. I have a very limited number of books to choose from, which is a problem. Half the books I've read aren't even applicable to the prompts, and the other half is pop fiction, which is apparently not ok to use anymore. In middle school, I remember reading a new book every night, but ever since high school started, all I've wanted to do after doing homework for hours is sleep. I guess I miss reading for fun, but who has the time? So next open prompts for the rest of the year are going to be a struggle.

Besides the blog posts and the movie, we've also held student-led exercises that help us with DIDLS. These discussions are a fun way to implement what we've learned about the rhetoric. I think that interactive class activities help engage students in the learning process.