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Martin Luther King Day
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Is the Declaration of Independence an example of good writing? (1, 2, semantic field)
Description Exercise: Portrait-Self Portrait / Pair-Pair / Outside Writer
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Other similar texts ( George Mason and Thomas Paine, Rousseau, Montesquieu)
Narrative paragraph versus narrative in the novel / Dialogue (indirect vs. direct discourse) / Concise writing and the Paramedic Method (1,2)
Constructive Criticism of Narrative Paragraph (1,2,3,4)
Ekphrastic Description: Urn (2) / “Ode on a Grecian Urn” - Keats / Turner’s Slave Ship / Ruskin / Hazlitt
Last Day to Add/Drop
Then, read: “Cezanne's Ports” and look at “Three for the Mona Lisa”
Review the paragraphs written by your group members and provide constructive suggestions/editing.
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Admin: Thesis Statement moved to next week
Review the Paramedic Method: Practice
Review student ekphrastic descriptions using the Paramedic Method.
Journalistic Writing and the Writer / Group Discussion.
Write a short article (a paragraph or two) that should be included in the Flashlight. Place it on Quip..
Review the paragraphs written by your group members and provide constructive suggestions/editing.
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Group Selfies
What underlying structure does Pulitzer Prize Winner Les Zaitz use in “Dealer next door”?
1) Complete one of the following options and place it on Quip.:
Option 1: Find two paragraphs that serve as examples of two different types of paragraph organization, according to Nash. Copy and paste them into Quip clearly identifying what type of organization they represent.
Option 2: Select one of the following themes and write two different paragraphs about it. Each paragraph should demonstrate a different type of paragraph organization, according to Nash. Make sure to identify the organization structure you have chosen in Quip.
A. A Shark’s Swim
B. Life in the Dorm
C. Tarzan
ENG 1112-07