Gents: Today, Quincy and Kyle led class discussion about disability and political correctness. You can locate their notes here (PPT). For homework, complete their blog post, in which you should
- Post the writing that they assigned: Revise and post your in-class writing about your perception of handicapped people and media's effect on the depiction of people with disabilities.
- More Creative Writing: Suppose Dalton Trumbo went to Moeller. Compose a piece written in his style (notice his grammar and punctuation) about thinks that Moeller would not want prospective 8th grade students to know about. Keep appropriate.
- Provide any further comments / commentary on Q / KZ's presentation topic, specifically Trumbo's writing or the sections from World War Z that they had us review.
- Essays over Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead and Hamlet (PDF) are due on Wednesday of next week; we'll discuss the plays on Monday. I'll be screening the film version on Monday night at 6 PM in 249 if you'd like to watch it for clarity; it's also available on Netflix.
- Revised drafts of your research papers are due on Friday, 2/28. We'll have a workshop day on Wednesday.