Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

Tuesday, December 03, 2013

NOTES AND JOURNALS DUE FRIDAY 12/6 @ 3:00PM

Class notes for this five week section are:
11/4 American Exceptionalism Position Statement
11/8 Nation on the Hill Packet of sources
11/13 Syllogisms and Toumlin
11/15 Ranking Timed Responses
11/19 Sythesis Pre-Work Handout and Citation Handout
11/25 Ranking Museum essays and revise plan
12/2 Multitasking 200-250 word response
12/4 Ranking Chesterfield essays and revise plan


Reading Journals should have 10 of the following entries, without duplication, per five weeks:
 A 400 word imitation of the author's style 
 A 400 word retelling of one scene in the book from a different point of view
 A 400 word discussion of the author's tone
 A 400 word discussion of one the the three Appeals
 A 400 word discussion of a recurring rhetorical device
 A 400 word discussion which connects the novel to another piece we have read in class
A 200 word argument response regarding a premise in the novel
A 200 word character sketch  
A 200 word response which discusses one instance of a rhetorical device
A 200 word response to a quote from the text.
A 200 word discussion on the diction on one page of the novel
A 200 word discussion on the speaker 
A 100 word statement of the author's purpose
A 100 word statement of the author's intended audience
An Annotation of a two-page excerpt
Instead of a non-fiction book, students will select 8 essays of at least 3500 words from the following magazines:
The New Yorker,The Atlantic Monthly,  Harper’s Magazine,  Ebony, Mother Jones
This requires less reading, offers greater variety , and provides more convenient access as all the articles are on-line.
Full text from back issues of these magazines can be found using the library’s website:
http://greenfieldhslibrary.wikispaces.com/Garland