Objectives

In this lesson we will consider the various ways that students can use writing to help themselves understand and recall literature and their responses to it. Clearly an on-line class is an excellent place to develop your ability to express yourself well about what you read. The power to represent texts and your understanding of them to yourself and to others may be the most valuable skill with an immediate benefit you will achieve this quarter.

This lesson also begins to show you how to think about writing your more formal papers the this class. We will assume you have a basic understanding of how to write a coherent, focused essay with a thesis. From there we will go on to look at the different ways one can approach writing about literature whether in essay form or other genres.