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CLASS #12

NEXT CLASS: BRING YOUR LAPTOP & COURSE PACK

The AI activity next class will be conducted with students who have completed the preliminary analysis (see below) of the story "The Street that Got Mislaid." Make sure to bring to class your annotated printed copy of the text.


1) SELF-REFLECTION ON PROCESS: PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO ANSWER THREE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS.

The goal of this survey is to bring you to reflect on your writing and learning process -- to identify which steps are the most rewarding to you!

Click HERE to access the survey.
 

2) CHATGPT ACCESS: CREATE YOUR OPENAI ACCOUNT TO ACCESS CHATGPT IN CLASS.

Here the link to ChatGPT: https://auth.openai.com/create-account

3) SETTING: READ CLOSELY & COPY THESE NOTES ON THE USE OF SETTINGS IN SHORT STORIES.

4) READING: READ CLOSELY THE SHORT STORY "THE STREET THE GOT MISLAID" BY PATRICK WADDINGTON (pp. 27-32 in the course pack).

AS YOU READ, HIGHLIGHT OR UNDERLINE AT LEAST TEN SMALL DETAILS regarding the two contrasting settings: Montreal vs. Green Bottle Street. Each setting is associated with a specific ideology, lifestyle or value system. Which one?

More specifically, focus on physical details regarding the city of Montreal and the Green Bottle Street (the streets, their shapes, the buildings, the environmental sound/noise, etc.) .

Setting also relates to the cultural environment where the characters live, that is, the main societal trends, language and values that influence the people who live in this community.


COMPLETE ONE ONLY OF THE TWO FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: 5A or 5B


5A) FORUM: CONTRIBUTE TO THE MOODLE FORUM ON "THE STREET THAT GOT MISLAID."

IN AT LEAST FOUR THOUGHTFUL SENTENCES, IDENTIFY & ANALYZE ONE SPECIFIC DETAIL ABOUT ONE OF THE TWO MAIN SETTINGS (Montreal or Green Bottle Street).

More specifically, describe and fully analyze this detail.. to examine the ideology, lifestyle or value system associated with this setting.

INSERT ONE THOUGHT-PROVOKING IMAGE TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR ANALYSIS.

Make sure to indicate the source of your image, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, etc. 

You can insert images into a forum post by clicking on "Advanced" (in the lower-right corner of the post window) and, then, on the 'Insert image' icon to select the image file (by clicking on BROWSE REPOSITORIES).

REPLY TO AT LEAST ONE OF YOUR PEERS BY OFFERING THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK IN AT LEAST FOUR WELL-DEVELOPED SENTENCES.

5B) WORKSHEET: DOWNLOAD, FILL UP & SUBMIT TO LEA THIS WORKSHEET ON CONTRASTING SETTINGS (.doc) IN "THE STREET THAT GOT MISLAID."

CHOOSE ONLY DETAILS THAT RELATE TO THE SETTINGS, THAT IS, WHERE THE CHARACTERS LIVE, PHYSICALLY AS WELL AS CULTURALLY.

More specifically, focus on physical details regarding the city of Montreal and the Green Bottle Street (the streets, the buildings, the environmental sound/noise, etc.) .

Setting also relates to the cultural environment where the characters live, that is, main societal trends, language and values that influence the people who live in this community.

TAKE CARE.