Read and annotate pp. 89-132 of Gladwell's The Tipping Point. As you continue reading The Tipping Point, think about how these theories could apply to MPH. If something needed to happen here, who are our connectors, mavens, and salespeople who could make it happen? How does the stickiness factor apply? How does the power of our context affect the ways members of our community behave within it?
Also, the first block class will complete the multiple-choice section of an AP practice exam.
Here's the upcoming schedule of readings and assignments:
Thursday, March 14 (Day 2): Read and annotate The Tipping Point, pp. 133-192. The first block class will complete the multiple-choice section of an AP practice exam.
Monday, March 18 (Day 4): Read and annotate The Tipping Point, pp.193-259.
Wednesday, March 20 (Day 6): Read and annotate The Tipping Point, pp. 260-280.
Friday, March 22 (Day 2): You will write two in-class essays about The Tipping Point. One will require you to write a rhetorical analysis of a passage, the other will require you to make an argument in response to The Tipping Point.
Tuesday, March 26 (Day 4): Read the sources for the take-home synthesis essay on The Tipping Point. (This assignment is similar to, but briefer than, the Two Trains Running essay.) The assignment is posted to the right.
Thursday, March 28 (Day 6): Take-home synthesis essay on The Tipping Point is due.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Assignment for Thursday, March 7
Bring both your original Two Trains Running essay and the revised version of the essay. I want to see how the essay has changed since Tuesday morning. Also, bring your copy of The Tipping Point.
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