Page and the Stage Prompts

English 2223: From the Page to the Stage
The Prompts

The current prompts:

Prompt #1 February 6: how this will all work
Prompt #2 February 6: getting started
Prompt #3 February 8: early stages
Prompt #4 February 8: generating and circulating some questions
Prompt #5 February 11: sorting, selecting, and answering some questions
Prompt #6 February 13: sharing the answers to some questions
Prompt #7 February 13: ready to do some research
Prompt #8 February 15: going public
Prompt #9 February 20: sharing what we know
Prompt #10 February 22: sharing a bit more of what we know, and some of what we've learned
Prompt #11 February 27: some focused reflecting
Prompt #12 February 29: staying focused on specifics
Prompt #13 March 12: considering some remains
Prompt #14 March 14: what others have had to say; working toward a schedule
Prompt #15 March 19: quotable remarks about The Hostage; clarifying the schedule
Prompt #16 March 26: research on The Rover
Prompt #17 March 28: toward a Playgoer's Guide for The Rover

(These are written as needed, and may be revised up until the moment they're distributed at the beginning of a class meeting)

Summary of current assignments as of March 27:

Before 8:30 Friday morning, March 28: post a file named research2.htm with a report on your two selected questions (as per Prompt #16)
Before 2 am Monday Morning, March 31, post a substantial learning journal entry
Before the end of the day Monday, March 31, read and post on the Forum on Check, Please by Jonathan Rand and The Philadelphia by David Ives
Before the end of the day Wednesday, April 2, read and post on the Forum on The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes Me Cry by Carole Real and Ferris Wheel by Mary Miller

Play reading deadlines:

Please note: I try to keep these up to date, but the final authority is what's in the prompts. This is for quick reference only.

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