Also, a clue to the Essay #1 Prompt:

This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.


- Hamlet, Act 1, scene 3 

Anyone wanna take a gander at the prompt? 

A relevant article in two ways:

1) It relates to the topic we were talking about in the beginning of class. 

2) This article is also a very well-written SATIRE, though it does get its message across.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/let-me-explain-why-miley-cyrus-vma-performance-was,33632/

For those interested, the website, theonion.com, is a very good source of satirical article that contan a lot of relevant news... sometimes more relevant than even CNN and other things like that since they say stuff that other networks are afraid to say.  

Good News everyone:

the Signs of Life book are now available at the Student Bookstore. 

There are also a lot of copies of the Great Gatsby (Scribner Ver) if you have not gotten them yet.  The SCribner edition is very helpful because you can follow along the actual pages, but if you have a different edition and you can follow along based on the chapter and paragraphs, you may also do that... though i will say that way is a tad harder to do.

Only book not at the bookstore is the Little Seagull Handbook, which I will keep scanning until we get aa good delivery of them at the bookstore.... or until after Labor Day, at which time you should have the books anyway even if it's from an online store.

Scans Complete.  Read and Bring on Monday:

Little Seagull Scan:

Signs of Life Page24:

 

Page 29

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                                                                       Page 30:

 Pagw 31:

 Page 32

Here's a link to Swift's "A Modest Proposal."  Just copy and paste on a word document and print. Then BRING TO CLASS ON MONDAY!

Click Here

or copy and paste this address:
http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html

This is an update on the Syllabus for what is happening next week and the week after.    Print it out if you can, but not necessary.  I will discuss it in class.

Week 2 – Primarily Prewriting, Preparing, and a Proposal

26 August –

            - Reading for this class: -  Jonathan Swift: “A Modest Proposal.” (available on class blog)

- “Writing Contexts” Little Seagull Handbook, p 2-3)

- “Active Reading Questions” (Signs of Life, p 24 also available on class blog)

- “Questions for Conducting a Semiotic Analysis” (Signs of Life, p 30 also available on class blog)

            - Warm-Up : Reaction to the Reading

- Discussion:   About the reading, about CONTEXT, and other things to think about when getting started.

- Writing: Describe an event, a celebration, or a hobby in detail to someone who might not otherwise know about such an event. 

           

28 August –

            Discussion:  Writing Prompts: Discuss, Describe, Analyze

            Essay #1 Prewriting:  Clustering, and freewriting

                        Subject:

Essay #1: Due September 4

Week 3 – Assaying and Essay

2 September – NO CLASS! LABOR DAY!

4 September –

- Due: Essay #1, BRING TWO COPIES.

            - Peer Essay Review: By Groups

            - Readings: To Be Determined

            - Writing Activity: To Be Determined (or incorporated into the Peer Essay Review)

 

Hello Everyone,

Here's the FULL VERSION  of the article in a more condensed state.  Please PRINT IT and BRING TO CLASS on Wednesday. 

CLICK HERE

Or if the link above does not work, you can cut and pate the web address below:
http://blogs.ausd.net/users/riversandstars2012/uploads/riversandstars2012/CreatingtheMyth.pdf

Here's the first page of the reading for Wednesday. I will put the rest up later this afternoon. 

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