Link From Class

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/conclusions.html

2.23.09-3.1.09

This week you must:
-complete four blogs
-study for spelling quiz letters A, B, C
-revise essay draft for next Wednesday

How Will I Be Graded I?

Homework 2.17.09-2.25.09

This week you must:
- read Chapters 1-4 of Slaughterhouse Five and complete four reading blogs
- complete your essay draft

Also, if you haven't yet read:http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/hendrikhertzberg/2009/02/fascists-under.html

What is a reading blog?

All of my classes should read this blog before continuing. Post any questions you may have.
Reading to Blog

What’s more important the book or our interpretations of the book? Can there be a book without there being interpretation? We’ll be able to answer some of those questions after we’ve recorded the history of our relationships with our books. In order to preserve paper and promote our communication with the academic world outside of CNG, we’ll be keep blogs about the books we read.You will write you own blogs, and respond to your blogs as prescribed by your weekly homework sheet.You should not approach each blog the same way. With variety comes varied thought; therefore, I propose focusing on different topics and using different approaches in each entry.

Here are some possibilities:

-Respond to the text personallyI never had my house blown down by a wolf, but I did have felt loss. For example, I once abandoned my favorite apartment. I left most of my furniture there, some clothes, even a television!

-Connect text to another book, a film, work of art, a comic or any other creationThe Three Little Pigs reminds me of The Matrix. When the Wolf “huffed and puffed and blew his house down” he acted just as Morpheus did for Reeve’s character. Suddenly, Reeves was without the security he once felt.

-Ask questions to later answerWhat might the grandmother represent?Why would the Wolf want to blow down the houses?How might I write a better ending?I would then maybe answer these questions in later blogs.

You may use any combination of these, or you can write your own type of entries. Let your reading guide your entries.You will be assessed using the a rubric to be posted on my blog. I look forward to reading your responses.

Wayuus in the Inferno

According to Dante's Inferno what happens to the Wayuu when they die? Cite text to support your response.

What is a blog?

For some of you this will be review, but for others, what the heck is a blog? Let's find out.

Read this article:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21013

Now go to wordpress and create your own blogs, which should include your name and a title fitting for what you'll be using this blog for in this course:
www.blogger.com

After creating your own blog, post your answers on the following :
A. What is the difference between a blog and a book?
B. How have blogs changed recently?
C. Why might you read a blog?
D. Is there reason to doubt the objectivity of a blog? Why? Why not?
E. Identify three blogs that mention our summer reading.

Welcome to Exploring the Boundaries

Although the content of this course is much different from last year's, you'll find some similarities in terms of how work is assigned and assessed.

First, we've gone digital. Many of the texts we'll be reading this year will be avaiable on Sharepoint in pdf format. You can put them on blackberry, iTouche, iPhone, etc.

Second, we'll be writing more analytic essays this year.

The grade breakdown will be similar:
Homework 25%
Classwork 25%
Projects/Papers 25%
Tests/Quiz 25%

I look forward to exploring the boundaries of literature with you.