Homework Review: (Suggested: 5 Minutes)
For today, you were to read the first 10 pages of Stephen Crane’s “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” and annotate for details that relate to “work” and “professionalism.”
Initial Reaction: What are we making of this story, so far? Why?
Journal Entry: (Suggested 5-7 Minutes)
Talk about the first difficult (notice that I did not say best or worst) job you held. What was it about that job that you liked the most and least? Once you have done that, come up with a statement that identifies which income bracket that job might be associated with, and whether or not you would have considered yourself a professional in the workforce while you were working on this job.
Group Discussion: (Suggested: 5-7 Minutes)
Class Discussion: (Suggested: 5-7 Minutes)
Journal: (Suggested: 10 Minutes)
Do you set up barriers between your work life and your non-work life? Why do we have these barriers, and why are they useful? What does it mean for someone to identify the “real world” as the work world? Where does that leave their “real life?”
Homework: Read and annotate the next ten pages of Stephen Crane’s Maggie: A Girl of the Street for work and professionalism. Annotate the first ten pages for setting and play.
