SHS TVLTTSA II-1

W/S 4:30-6:30PM

Assignment #1
Research about Virginia Woolf, her life, her contribution to the world of literature, and any
important details about her. We’ll have a quiz on this next meeting.

Assignment #2:
In Virginia Woolf’s How Should One Read A Book? from The Common Reader Second Series:
1. What, in her opinion, is the only advice a person can give about reading?
2. What is the most important quality a reader can possess? Explain why.
3. Give your interpretation of this paradox: But to enjoy freedom, we have to control ourselves.
(plus points for those who can define paradox accurately!)
4. According to Virginia Woolf, how should one begin reading a book or any literary piece?
5. Do we read novels, poetry, short stories, memoirs and biographies with the same aim?
Explain why.
6. Why is it important to also read ‘unartsy’ literary pieces like biographies and memoirs?
7. Name the aims we should have when reading that Woolf enumerated in the essay.
8. Name the process of reading that Woolf enumerated in the essay.
9. What else did you learn from Virginia Woolf’s essay?
10. What is reading now for you?
Bonus question: Recommend to me a book that you’ve read before and tell me why I should
read it :)

Note: I want these typewritten on a short bond paper, with a Segoe UI font, in font size 11.
Separate both assignments. Just staple them, no need to put in a folder. To be submitted on
the next meeting.

SHS TVLTTSA II-2

W/S 6:30-8:30PM

Seatwork #1 (take-home)
If you have read and understood Harold Bloom’s Why Read? you would have noticed that he
implied we should read because things will have a different meaning when we dig deeper into
the context of the writing. Take for example the phrase “I’m okay.” At first reading, it would
just seem the speaker of this phrase is just saying he’s okay, but if one will further read into it,
it could begin to mean other things (i.e. he’s not really okay; he’s asking for you to implore
more on his condition; he wants you to go away, etc.). All of this ‘readings’ stem from the
context that we have, the experiences he had in the past with the phrase “I’m okay” so that
when we read it in a book or an article or even in a text message, we have different
interpretations of it. That’s the beauty of reading, everybody!

So for your seatwork, give your interpretation of this phrase: Our dawn is hotter than day
Write your reading on a 1/2 sheet of yellow paper with your name, year and section, and the
date January 30, 2019. This will serve both as your attendance and seatwork for this meeting,
so make sure to do it :) This needs to be passed on our next meeting.

Assignment #1
Research about Virginia Woolf, her life, her contribution to the world of literature, and any
important details about her. We’ll have a quiz on this next meeting.

Assignment #2:
In Virginia Woolf’s How Should One Read A Book? from The Common Reader Second Series:
1. What, in her opinion, is the only advice a person can give about reading?
2. What is the most important quality a reader can possess? Explain why.
3. Give your interpretation of this paradox: But to enjoy freedom, we have to control ourselves.
(plus points for those who can define paradox accurately!)
4. According to Virginia Woolf, how should one begin reading a book or any literary piece?
5. Do we read novels, poetry, short stories, memoirs and biographies with the same aim?
Explain why.
6. Why is it important to also read ‘unartsy’ literary pieces like biographies and memoirs?
7. Name the aims we should have when reading that Woolf enumerated in the essay.
8. Name the process of reading that Woolf enumerated in the essay.
9. What else did you learn from Virginia Woolf’s essay?
10. What is reading now for you?
Bonus question: Recommend to me a book that you’ve read before and tell me why I should
read it :)

Note: I want these typewritten on a short bond paper, with a Segoe UI font, in font size 11.
Separate both assignments. Just staple them, no need to put in a folder. To be submitted on
the next meeting.