For Monday, April 2, read and annotate pp. 1-26 in your abridged edition of The 9/11 Commission Report. Keep in mind that the footnotes for this section are on p. 26. Also, remember to use the Cast of Characters (pp. 27-31) and the Glossary of Acronyms (pp. 32-33) to identify any persons or agencies that are unfamiliar to you.
For Wednesday, April 4, read and annotate pp. 35-65 of The 9/11 Commission Report. Keeping in mind the strategies used by E. B. White in "Once More to the Lake," write at least one page (but not more than two) that describes the events of that day using both your memories and the details you have learned so far from the Report and the links above.
Over the April break, you should finish reading The 9/11 Commission Report. If you don't, you will have to both read it and write several assignments about it at the same time.
Click here for the unabridged 9/11 Commission Report. This link is also posted to the right under Syllabus and Assignments.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Homework for March 29
In 50 Essays, Read and annotate Stephanie Ericsson's "The Ways We Lie," and write one page in response to question 4 at the end of the essay.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Homework for March 19-23
March 19: In 50 Essays, read and annotate Henry David Thoreau's "Where I Have Lived, and What I Have Lived For." Respond to questions 2 and 4 at the end of the essay; write a paragraph for each. In responding to question 4, write it as though you want it published--use humor, indignation, sarcasm, provide telling details, refer to personal experience, and the like.
March 21: In 50 Essays, read and annotate Joan Didion, "On Morality." Respond to questions 2 and 4 at the end of the essay; write a paragraph for each. Be careful with question 4--when a question is posed in a straightforward, even uninteresting, way, the challenge is to find interesting ways to respond to the question. Since question 4 asks for an argumentative response, try to make it an interesting argumentative response.
March 23: In 50 Essays, read and annotate E. B. White, "Once More to the Lake." Respond to questions 2 and 4 at the end of the essay; write a paragraph for each. For question 2, select three, not five, descriptive moments.
March 21: In 50 Essays, read and annotate Joan Didion, "On Morality." Respond to questions 2 and 4 at the end of the essay; write a paragraph for each. Be careful with question 4--when a question is posed in a straightforward, even uninteresting, way, the challenge is to find interesting ways to respond to the question. Since question 4 asks for an argumentative response, try to make it an interesting argumentative response.
March 23: In 50 Essays, read and annotate E. B. White, "Once More to the Lake." Respond to questions 2 and 4 at the end of the essay; write a paragraph for each. For question 2, select three, not five, descriptive moments.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Homework for Thursday, March 15
In 50 Essays, read and annotate Lars Eighner, "On Dumpster Diving." Respond to the following prompt in two well-written paragraphs: Describe Eighner's attitude toward his subject, and explain its rhetorical effect. You may focus on specific sections of the essay (e.g., paragraphs 25-27 and 64-65), and you should consider Eighner's tone, selection of detail, irony, and so on.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Homework for Tuesday, March 13
In 50 Essays, read and annotate Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," and type your responses to the four questions that follow the essay. I strongly recommend that you read the essay twice, pay close attention to what you don't follow in it, and identify the point at which you realize what the essay is really about.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Homework for Monday, March 5, and Wednesday, March 7
For Monday, March 5: In 50 Essays, read and annotate Thomas Jefferson, "The Declaration of Independence," and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions." Respond to the following prompt: Write the introductory paragraph for an essay (strictly hypothetical; you won't write this essay) that accounts for the rhetorical effect of Stanton's revisions to the Jefferson's "Declaration." You may limit your observations to the first two paragraphs of each document.
For Wednesday, March 7: Write 2-3 pages in response to the following prompt:
Given your commitment to being well-educated and working hard, what do you think is fair for you to expect from American society in the future, once you've completed your education and are either established, or trying to be established, in your career or vocation? You can approach this essay as either an argument that draws on points made by John Lanchester's I.O.U. and Judith Shklar's American Citizenship, or an analysis of those books' central points. Regardless of the method you choose, you must make use of both Lanchester's and Shklar's books.
For Wednesday, March 7: Write 2-3 pages in response to the following prompt:
Given your commitment to being well-educated and working hard, what do you think is fair for you to expect from American society in the future, once you've completed your education and are either established, or trying to be established, in your career or vocation? You can approach this essay as either an argument that draws on points made by John Lanchester's I.O.U. and Judith Shklar's American Citizenship, or an analysis of those books' central points. Regardless of the method you choose, you must make use of both Lanchester's and Shklar's books.
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