Today in class we paraphrased a section from The Tempest in conversational English then shared. Jay and Maxx shared for their groups. Both were well done. They maintained the intent of the original while making the text more contemporary.

The freewrite today was to look at how Takaki uses or compares Shakespeare's characters to explain or offer reasoning, certainly not justification, (Takaki's not English), of early colonizer's philosophy regarding empire expansion and New World conquest: 3 paragraphs with citations as examples.

The short essay response is due tomorrow. Email it to yourself, so you'll have it. Remember, we meet in A-232.

I also handed out a new sheet: What's Kickin' with Professor Sabir. Let me know if you'd like to join me at anything mentioned there.