Agenda, May 31

Due Now: "Education" by Emerson (handout)
Due Now: Nothing much.

Please return your texts to the libratory pronto.  

 

Here's your future:

Friday: Charity / Group Selection

Monday: Laptops for research

Wednesday: Speech o' Justice 

1. Pomp and Circumstance
2. Charity Nomination and Group Selection
3. Emerson's Problems: still relevant?

Agenda, May 30

Due Now: "Education" by Emerson (handout)

Due Friday, 5/31: "What is Justice?" Synthesis Essay

Please return your texts to the libratory pronto.  

 

Here's your future:

Friday: Charity / Group Selection

Monday: Laptops for research

Wednesday: Speech o' Justice 

1. Questions about revisions / peer reviews. If your partner didn't give you any constructive feedback, get another peer review.
2. "Education" structure, whole class
3. Defintion v. Argument of proposal

Agenda, May 29

Due Now: "Education" by Emerson (handout)

Due Friday, 5/31: "What is Justice?" Synthesis Essay

Please return your texts to the libratory pronto. 

1. Questions about revisions / peer reviews. If your partner didn't give you any constructive feedback, get another peer review.
2. "Education" open discussion
3. Defintion v. Argument of proposal

Agenda, May 28

Due Now: Reread "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell, in 50 Essays 

Due Now: Complete rough draft, typed, double spaced, ready for peer review
Due Tomorrow: "Education" by Emerson (handout)

War Essays Revisions will be handled on a case by case basis. It is far more important to move forward on your Justice Essay than look back to your War Essay.

Due Friday, 5/31: "What is Justice?" Synthesis Essay

1. Argument o' the Week
2. Questions about resources, search terms, structures, or outlines
3. Peer Review
4. "Shooting an Elephant"

Agenda, May 23

Due Tuesday: Reread "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell, in 50 Essays 

Due Tuesday: Complete rough draft, typed, double spaced, ready for peer review
Due Wednesday: "Education" by Emerson (handout)

War Essays Revisions will be handled on a case by case basis. It is far more important to move forward on your Justice Essay than look back to your War Essay.

Due Friday, 5/31: "What is Justice?" Synthesis Essay

1. Questions about resources, search terms, structures, or outlines
2. Write an analogy
3. "Shooting an Elephant"

Agenda, May 22

Due Now: "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell, in 50 Essays 

Due Tomorrow: Works Cited for Justice Paper.

War Essays Revisions will be handled on a case by case basis. It is far more important to move forward on your Justice Essay than look back to your War Essay.

Due Friday, 5/31: "What is Justice?" Synthesis Essay

1. It doesn't matter which ocean you find - just set sail.
2. Do I contradict myself?
3. Questions about resources, search terms, structures, or outlines
4. Show, don't tell.
5. Tighten up!
6. "Shooting an Elephant"

Agenda, May 21

Due Now: "The Insufficiency of Honesty," by Stephen L. Carter 

Due Wednesday: "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell, in 50 Essays 

Due Thursday: Works Cited for Justice Paper.

War Essays Revisions will be handled on a case by case basis.

Due Friday, 5/31: "What is Justice?" Synthesis Essay

1. Questions about resources, search terms, structures, or outlines
2. Tighten up!
3. "The Insufficiency of Honesty", "The Ways We Lie", and "The Age of the Essay"

Agenda, May 20

Due Now: Outline for Synthesis Paper. I should know the path your river's going to follow to the sea. 

Due Now: "The Insufficiency of Honesty," by Stephen L. Carter 

Due Thursday: Works Cited for Justice Paper.

Due Wednesday: "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell, in 50 Essays  

Due Friday, 5/31: "What is Justice?" Synthesis Essay

1. Questions about resources, search terms, structures, or outlines
2. Tighten up!
3. "The Insufficiency of Honesty"

Agenda, May 17

Due Now: Annotated Bibliography with 27 entries only (the 27 works your classmates presented).  Your citations should be double spaced and your annotations should be single spaced. Your annotations should include a 1-2 sentence summary of the piece, the major purpose or purposes of the piece, and three significant rhetorical strategies. The content of your annotations is not limited to what your classmates presented.

Due Now: "The Ways We Lie," by Stephanie Ericsson, in 50 Essays

Due Monday: Outline for Synthesis Paper. I should know the path your river's going to follow to the sea. 

Due Monday (?): "The Insufficiency of Honesty," by Stephen L. Carter (handout & 50 Essays, 2nd Edition) 

Due Friday, 5/31: "What is Justice?" Synthesis Essay 

1. Stack them Bibliographies
2. Questions about resources, search terms, structures, or outlines
3. "The Ways We Lie"
4. Tighten up!

Agenda, May 16

Due Friday: Annotated Bibliography with 27 entries only (the 27 works your classmates presented).  Your citations should be double spaced and your annotations should be single spaced. Your annotations should include a 1-2 sentence summary of the piece, the major purpose or purposes of the piece, and three significant rhetorical strategies. The content of your annotations is not limited to what your classmates presented.

Due Friday: "The Ways We Lie," by Stephanie Ericsson, in 50 Essays

Due Monday: Outline for Synthesis Paper. I should know the path your river's going to follow to the sea. 

Due Monday (?): "The Insufficiency of Honesty," by Stephen L. Carter (handout & 50 Essays, 2nd Edition) 

Due Friday, 5/31: "What is Justice?" Synthesis Essay 

1. Fairness v. Justice
2. Lab Time: Research, Bibliography, Outline, Compose. Do what you need to do.