Thursday, January 31, 2008

Homework Assignment

Reading: For Tuesday's session, please read Atwan03, which can be found on Blackboard.

Writing: For your first blog writing assignment, please write a 300 word response to the quotation you integrated into your blog during Thursday's class period. DUE: Monday, 02.04.08 @ midnight. Example below:

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"It is not only that the essay could be about anything. It usually was. The good health of essay writing depends on writers continuing to address eccentric subjects. In contrast to poetry and fiction, the nature of the essay is diversity--diversity of level, subject, tone, diction. Essays on being old and falling in love and the nature of poetry are still being written. And there are also essay on Rita Hayworth's zipper and Mickey Mouse's ears." -Susan Sontag.

At this juncture, you will write 300 words in response to the quotation you selected. Do not attribute the material you quoted within the word count. Your response can explore what you found interesting, incorrect, important, or curious. When writing, make sure to engage the material directly. Also, make sure that you have at least 2 active hyperlinks within your post that relate to the essayist you selected. PS: Obviously, this is not 300 words. The example is for formatting purposes only.

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Technology: In the "Spring 2008" link list you created during Thursday's session, please add the links of each member of the class to your blog. Make sure the list is alphabetical (Last Name, First Name). DUE: Sunday, 02.03.08 @ midnight.

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