Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Monday, September 21, 2009

This Week’s Assignments



Monday


Read 30-35 pages of The Burn Journals and write one blog entry.


Tuesday


Read 30-35 pages of The Burn Journals and write one blog entry.


Also, complete one outside reading blog.


Wednesday


Complete your personal essay for peer revision on Friday.


Read 30-35 pages of The Burn Journals and write one blog entry.


Thursday


Read 30-35 pages of The Burn Journals and write one blog entry.


Also, complete one outside reading blog for a TLS article.


Friday


Revise your personal essay based on today's workshop.


Read 30-35 pages of The Burn Journals and write one blog entry.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Cool! Okay, for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Origins_of_English_PieChart.svg

This Week

Monday

Read Chapters 21 and 22. Write one blog entry.
http://www.schoolsdebate.com/docs/notes.asp

Tuesday

Read Chapters 23 and 24. Write one blog entry.



Also, respond to one of David Crystal's blog entries on your blog.



Wednesday
Op-Ed article due (final draft).


Prepare for tomorrow's debate.


Thursday

Write two outside reading blogs. One of them must be a book review from the TLS.





Friday

Read the first fifty pages of The Burn Journals and write a blog entry.






Important Reminders:

Debate (Thursday)

Fallacy Video/Slideshow (Friday)

Monday, September 7, 2009

Google Bootlegging?

I thought you might find this as interesting as I did:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/sep/07/google-library-digitisation-new-zealand

This Week’s Assignments



Monday


Read Chapters 17 and 18 and write one blog entry.


Tuesday


Write one outside reading blog entry.


Wednesday


Revise your op-ed articles for Friday.


Begin research of debate topic.


Thursday


Read Chapter 19 and 20 and write one blog entry.


Friday


Write two outside read blog entries this weekend.




Also, should you be interested in reading it, here is the rest of the Guardian article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/feb/02/comment.colombia