Gents: Today, Michael, Paul, and Henry dazzled us with their presentation on survivalism, providing us with another opportunity to add to our zombie narratives. Here are their notes (PPT).
Here's an example of a research paper for this unit (PDF); remember that you submit your first draft of this paper on the class period following your presentation.
For next class:
Also...
Here's an example of a research paper for this unit (PDF); remember that you submit your first draft of this paper on the class period following your presentation.
For next class:
- Write a seminar blog post that includes (1) your narrative from the presentation today (2) An explanation of the elements of satire / style that you demonstrate in your writing (3) A final paragraph in which you expand upon new ideas about satire, World War Z, A Walk in the Woods, or any related discussion topics that you'd like to write about in greater detail.
- In preparation for the Schumacher, Kunkel, Reed, Rumsey Propaganda presentation, read the Roy Elliot chapter from World War Z and the "Guide to Propaganda Detection" essay in the Language section of The Language of Composition.
Also...
- I've rescheduled our field trip to February 19th. Permission slip on the way...
- Let me know if you'd be willing to present at the February 27th symposium on a topic related to my class; if you're already presenting, let me know, and we can adapt your ideas to fit what we've discussed in class.