Research Prompts for September 25

Research Prompt, No. 1

Bleak House, Basic Overview

Create a chart with the following information:

1. Give a brief summary (50 words) of each chapter in today's reading assignment.
2. What are the additional main figures, or, who are the new characters in the text?
3. Create a diagram that maps the different plot lines for these chapters.

Email a digital copy of this chart to the instructor before the start of class: rtbarnha@ic.sunysb.edu

Research Prompt, No. 2

Contingency, Irony, Solidarity, Chapter 4

Create a chart with the following information:

1. Make a list of ten key points from this chapter.
2. Make a list of twenty or so terms that you are unfamiliar with from this chapter. (Every time you see a word you don't know, write it down.)
3. Write a rough draft summary of the chapter.

Email a digital copy of this chart to the instructor before the start of class: rtbarnha@ic.sunysb.edu

Research Prompt, No. 3

Bleak House, Critical Language

Create a chart with the following information:

1. Create a list of five questions about the plot that you would like to better understand from the assigned reading.
2. Bring up two quotes that you think are interesting or confusing.
3. Find definitions for the basic elements of fiction. Present them in class. Reference your sources in the presentation.

Email a digital copy of this chart to the instructor before the start of class: rtbarnha@ic.sunysb.edu