Friday, April 1, 2016

Join the Presentation on April 7th in the Greenley Library!

Main Entrance to Library
College administration has asked me to do a presentation to faculty on Thursday, April 7, at 3 pm PCM 311,Introduction to Electronic Writing.  My session Is about 15 minutes. I am inviting students who took the online class during the 2016 intersession to come to the presentation and comment on their positive experiences with the online sessions – what you liked, why it was helpful, or any opinions on the topic that you would like to voice. The session will be in the Greenley Library, second floor, in the CTLT room (across from the Distance Education lab).
about the online class you took last intersession,


Please send me an email and let me know if you can make it.


I hope to see you there!

Professor Gold



 

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Henry Goes to High School

"Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere."
Prince Hal speaks to his enemy, Hotspur, on the battlefield. Act 5, scene 4, line 64.

Read Prof Gold's articel on pages 13-16
See my piece,
Henry Goes to
High School
Here is a link to my latest published piece, Henry Goes to High School, in the Spring 2016 edition of the journal "Teaching Shakespeare." It is on the Academia portal (pp. 13-16):
https://www.academia.edu/22286794/Teaching_Shakespeare_9  

If you have difficulty opening that site, you can see an "unofficial" copy posted here
(pp. 13-16):
https://doc.co/cSnbwf 


This is evidence of my belief that everything we write can be re-purposed for profit or accolade. The published version is an extract of a paper I wrote for a graduate-level English course on Shakespeare. That class was taught by Dr. Clifford Huffman at SUNY Stony Brook, and I am thankful for his support during and after that fall semester. The paper was submitted to two other journals before this editor, Sarah Olive, accepted it for publication (after requesting revisions to match the periodical's requirements).


The original paper was in response to a question posed in an open online Internet forum asking, “Why do people hate Shakespeare?” My answer is that the usual plays taught in high school (like Romeo and Juliet) should be replaced with something more likely to grab students’ interest. We know that young readers are interested in trilogies, such as Lord of the Rings. These texts include a buddy-movie relationship, action, comedy, and the personal growth of the central hero. These are the key components of the Henry plays, from Henry IV part I, Henry IV part II, and into HenryV.

Read Prof Gold's articel on pages 13-16
See my piece,
Henry Goes to
HighSo, I p
So, I propose that Henry Goes to High School, in the Spring 2016 edition of the journal "Teaching Shakespeare." It is on the Academia portal (pp. 13-16):
https://www.academia.edu/22286794/Teaching_Shakespeare_9.