This week, you have three posts and two comments. Look below for details:

• Free post
• Follow all three of the timeline links below to get an idea of literature through time. Two are specific to British Literature, one is not. In a blog post, analyze the timelines. What trends do you notice? What conclusions can you draw? Try to predict what class could look like this year if we attended to major movements and authors.

Timeline of British Literature

British Literature through Time

Literature Timeline

• View this video on TED.com in which Julian Treasure claims that in this busy world “we are losing our listening” and gives ways to recapture those listening skills. Choose one of his ways, practice it for at least two days, and then write a blog post reflecting on both Mr. Treasure’s ideas and your own experience practicing one of his strategies.
• Two comments

Notice that these assignments require more than one step. While we are not doing much work outside of class, blog posts might be a bit more complex. It is important that you read the assignment carefully and do all of the steps, as this outside work in blogging will be applied in class.