Dear oib class,

Well, we're still in Autumn, but that's ok.  We were exploring the topic of love and we want to lay the groundwork on how that's related to beauty and power, so let's talk about the ugliness of the Breedloves tomorrow.  I'd also like to think about the difference between the Macteers and the Breedloves, but I think we'll wait until Winter to do that.
I'm hoping to do Winter and some of Spring on Wednesday, work some more on Spring on Thursday and start moving to Summer, and hopefully finish our discussion the following Monday.

In the meantime, you should be:

--working on a possible essay topic for your free topic essay.  You can choose either Bluest Eye or Poisonwood Bible or both...You can focus it on passage work, but if you do that, remember that you must have an argument that you're hoping to work out through the selected passages.  I'd like an essay topic by THURSDAY.  That essay will be due the week before vacation (possible Thursday the 14th)

--your rewrites are due on the 7th