Announcement/Opportunity: I really botched things today by not including time for a thesis workshop in class. Unfortunately I've also canceled my afternoon office hours. So let me offer you the following opportunity... if you post a provisional thesis to the blog comments here by Friday afternoon (or email me, for secretive types)... I will give thorough commentary, criticisms, suggestions, encouragement etc. as necessary. Expect to hear back very late on Friday night. This is optional but might be a smart idea. Be sure to indicate whether it's an Article Analysis thesis or Scene Analysis thesis.
Great Link for Procrastinating: You may remember me suggesting to use Google Streetview to search for set locations used on The Wire. Apparently someone made a virtual tour with Streetview. Thanks to Megan for finding this.
Reminder: Finish The Wire! Or at least don't get mad at me if I talk about the ending(s) on Monday. Oh, and it turns out that 5.10 is a bit longer like 4.13, so be warned.
Reminder: Read the Viti article about lawyers and the Beliveau article about teachers. Our discussion on Monday will focus more on the style than the content because we will be revisiting the question of disciplinary-specific writing rules & practices.
The following schedule is for first drafts. If you're still not sure at this point whether you're supposed to be writing an article analysis or a scene analysis, god help you. As usual submission by Docs or email is fine, but don't expect a confirmation... I'll let you know if I didn't get it.
Essays Due Tuesday 2pm: Schwartz, Toder, Holmes, Powers, Barney, Regier, Semenov, Baldino, Stevens, Laudiero, Symons, Velazquez, Kim, Garney, Abed, Mailey, Musgrave, Elam
Essays Due Wednesday at the start of class: Moyers, Stockmann, Klein, Annatone, Hagos, Wright, Shahidi, Johnson, Cohen, Ambrosio, Werner, Price, Foreman, Brahim, Taweechaisuntis, Fogg
Essays Due Thursday 2pm: Lawrence, Liggett, Perez, Guevara, Yorgen, Pollack, Peji, Brown, Thacker, Spencer, Bowman
Recommendation: Take a look at the sample essays in the next post.
Recommendation: Looks for a document titled "Essay #2 Prompt & Advice" in your Docs inbox. PDF copy here.
Recommendation: I will try to save some class time on Monday for an introduction workshop, so do yourself a favor and write a full introduction paragraph before class, if you do nothing else.
Recommendation: Even those with the Thursday deadline ought to get started early, because we are going to do various in-class workshops on Wednesday that would work better if your draft was at least semi-complete. Since we are focusing on transitions and meta-comments, try to work out what goes in each paragraph/section.
Proposition: I still have that brand new, never taken out of the box printer/scanner, and I'm so lazy that I don't even feel like photographing it and putting it on Craigslist. $20.
My thesis statement (or rough idea of one): city and town governments focus on immediate and cosmetic problems instead of long term and structural problems.
ReplyDeleteDanya, I take it that's an article analysis and possibly a response to Alff? Definitely clear as a thesis but it does leave me wondering what kind of evidence you will introduce.
ReplyDeleteI will take that printer/scanner off your hands for $20!
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