Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Summer Reading
You need to read The
Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and On Writing by Stephan King.
Where to get the books:
Buy The Things They Carried or borrow a copy from PACA. If you borrow a copy you must write your annotations on post its.
On Writing- If you would like to order your own copy, it is available on amazon in a print version and a kindle version. http://msgranado.com/summerreading.cfm or go to this site: http://msgranado.com/summerreading.cfm and scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see a pdf file. You must read and annotate. If you are using the pdf file you can keep an electronic file of notes. Now that you are more experienced writers, make notes on how his writing process differs from your own and what ideas from King that you can incorporate into your own writing process.
Where to get the books:
Buy The Things They Carried or borrow a copy from PACA. If you borrow a copy you must write your annotations on post its.
On Writing- If you would like to order your own copy, it is available on amazon in a print version and a kindle version. http://msgranado.com/summerreading.cfm or go to this site: http://msgranado.com/summerreading.cfm and scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see a pdf file. You must read and annotate. If you are using the pdf file you can keep an electronic file of notes. Now that you are more experienced writers, make notes on how his writing process differs from your own and what ideas from King that you can incorporate into your own writing process.
Blog Assignment
Current Events-Summer Assignment
Please read two current event articles from the following websites and for each write a two paragraph rhetorical analysis evaluating the way the author uses language to communicate his/her message. Was he/she effective? What devices did he/she use? (Think SOAPS and DIDLS)
THESE SITES WILL BE ACCEPTABLE:
http://www.salon.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.economist.com/
http://www.theatlantic.com/
http://harpers.org/
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/
http://www.newyorker.com/
http://www.slate.com/
Please read two current event articles from the following websites and for each write a two paragraph rhetorical analysis evaluating the way the author uses language to communicate his/her message. Was he/she effective? What devices did he/she use? (Think SOAPS and DIDLS)
THESE SITES WILL BE ACCEPTABLE:
http://www.salon.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.economist.com/
http://www.theatlantic.com/
http://harpers.org/
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/
http://www.newyorker.com/
http://www.slate.com/
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