Last Week for Tutorials

If you want to discuss the book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven prior to writing your essay, if you want feedback on a rough draft, if you want to check your vocabulary work, then come to the last two tutorials, tomorrow and Wednesday. I don't think I will be available in December because I am scheduled for jury duty in the beginning of the month and I'm going to Oregon in the second half of the month.

Oops!

I didn't realize it was a school holiday. I thought Veteran's Day was one of those bank/post office holidays. I waited in the quad for 20 minutes, but no one showed up (since you knew better). Anyway, we will discuss those four stories, and take notes on the significant moments on WEDNESDAY. Be sure to take a look at the discussion questions at the back of the book. We may only have five more meetings, so if you think it would be helpful in writing your essay, please come between 9 and 11 a.m.

Tutorial # 3

There were three of us at the last meeting, until Briseida got called away by a classmate who got lost after getting off the bus on Hollywood Boulevard. We hope Briseida was able to rescue her. We only got as far as discussing and taking notes on the first two short stories. So, on Monday we will cover the next four stories, from pgs. 24-58. If you've done any vocabulary work, bring it and I can check the answer key and tell you if you are right. I don't know if I will be able to meet with you in December, so you may want to take advantage of the November tutorials.

Tutorials Continue

Hi Scholars! So I guess most of you are still catching up on your sleep. During our first tutorial today we read and discussed the epigram, the introduction, and the questions at the back of the book pertaining to those pages of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie. On Wednesday, we will discuss the first three short stories, so please come having read those already. We will also do a little vocabulary work, so please bring that book as well. We will meet from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. for those of you have intersession at 10 and from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. for those who have intersession until 10 a.m. Meet in the faculty lounge. If you get there before I do, wait at the picnic tables outside (behind the wall in the quad).

Off-Track Tutorials

Our first tutorial session meets Monday, Nov. 5 at 9 a.m. in the faculty lounge. If you get there before I do, wait outside on the picnic tables, or someone may ask you what you are doing there. If anyone does ask, tell them you are waiting for me. If you arrive after 9 a.m., just come in and join us. I expect we will be sitting on the couches. Bring the Sherman Alexie book and we will discuss. I will also show you how to access The Bedford Reader website, which has quizzes on the stories in the book, as well as grammar exercises. I hope you are enjoying our well-deserved break and I look forward to seeing you.