Edward Abbey and Emotional Appeal Analysis Presentations

*** Please Bring Your American Earth Readers to Class for Discussion***

Edward Abbey


Emotional Appeal Analysis Presentations

Sandwich Critique: One constructive positive statement of what the group did well, one constructive statement about how to improve, followed by another constructive statement about what the group did well.

Homework:
By 2/14

1) Read Edward Abbey: “Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks”

American Earth p.413-433. Please Bring your American Earth Readers to class for discussion.

By 2/16

1) Watch Ted Lecture on Learning Google: TED Lectures. When you reach the TED lecture homepage type into the search field Tom Chatfield: Seven Ways Games Reward the Brain

Or use the link below:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/tom_chatfield_7_ways_games_reward_the_brain.html

2) Everything’s an Argument p. 52-67 

3) Start Assignment 3, due March 8th posted to Blackboard by end of day. Come with questions about the assignment to class.

By 2/21

Henry David Thoreau: From Walden; or, Life in the Woods, American Earth p. 9-25

By 2/23

Everything’s an Argument p.69-91 by 2/23

Week of February 27th- March 2nd: 

Conferences. You will be meeting with me individually in my office instead of meeting as a whole class  this week. You will need to bring either a draft of assignment 3 or an outline to the conference, along with specific questions you have about the assignment. Your conference will count for two days of attendance that week. You will have only one chance to reschedule if you miss an appointment. To sign up for a conference, use the sign up sheet linked here.