Write a substantial paragraph describing your site so that someone who's never been there can picture it.
Post your paragraphs by MONDAY 11/24 BY 5PM ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD
Post your paragraphs by MONDAY 11/24 BY 5PM ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD
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Write a substantial paragraph describing your site so that someone who's never been there can picture it.
Post your paragraphs by MONDAY 11/24 BY 5PM ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD
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Please read Kelly Lo's essay "Chinatown: A Guide to the Mysteries of a Lost World"
Also, read Jhumpa Lahiri, “Rhode Island” and E.B. White “Once More to the Lake” Write a one paragraph response to something in either Lahiri’s or White's essay that interested, intrigued, infuriated, or provoked some other emotion in you. HOMEWORK DUE THURSDAY 11/20 BY 5PM 1) Read Thomas Friedman, "America's Real Dream Team" (NR 327); Brent Staples, "Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A's" (NR 329); Jack Hitt, "The Battle of the Binge" (NR 340); and Maureen Dowd, "Lady Psychopaths Welcome" which can be accessed via this link: http://nyti.ms/1sykZto (if you cannot access it, please let me know).
After reading Friedman, Staples, Hitt, and Dowd, think about what these four editorials share and how each differs from the others. Write a paragraph in which you compare and contrast at least TWO of these editorials (you DO NOT have to tackle all four). Some questions to consider: Which one(s) do you find the most effective? Why? What is the larger issue that they tackle? How do they use particular examples or a particular scenario to address a larger social issue? Think about the list of formal characteristics of an op-ed, which you have already generated. How do these texts respond to that list? Do they add any new formal characteristics? Do they defy any formal characteristics? Your paragraph should include at least TWO specific references to TWO different editorials. Read James Baldwin's "Stranger in the Village" (NR 304), and track Baldwin’s use of the word “stranger.” What does it mean? How and why does the meaning shift? Pick one especially interesting use of the word “stranger” and write a paragraph in which you discuss the nuances of this key term. Include a sentence or two on how being a stranger helps Baldwin bear witness to injustice. Please post your response by Monday 11/8 at 3PM.
Read the MLK / Malcolm X handout and argue an alternate position in a brief paragraph. Do not chose one side or the other; instead, add new insight into the conversation (introduce a third claim). While you should not merely agree with Martin Luther King Jr’s or Malcolm X’s position, you may draw from either or both authors’ arguments when making your own claim.
Please post your response by Monday, 11/3 at 3PM. |