English 505

This week we've been going over the RUG chapter on identity. It's been tieing in really well with the portrait playlist assignment, since their working on a 3 page narrative about themselves for that. Monday's discussion went well in spite of my terrible nervousness during observation -- it was almost as bad as the first day, for some reason. But we had a lot of fun on Wednesday. I first had a short discussion about the "three divisions of identity," and then I had them create a character sketch on the board in terms of the three concepts we were discussing. They came up with a very pathetic sort of character with many quirks and problems, and it became a bit tricky by the time we got to "the constructed;" but the class became very lively, and I think it helped them digest the material. I ended class with a worksheet to help them think about their identity in these terms in preparation for the narrative they have to write for Friday.