Persausion vs. Information (Nov 6)

Choose one or two facts or quotes from your research Wednesday. Then, write 2 paragraphs:

One paragraph should just present the information (what is it?) as dryly as possible, as if you were just writing an encyclopedia article.

Then write an impassioned paragraph, using the same facts or quote. Pretend like you're standing up in a Town Hall meeting trying to convince everyone of your point.



Word count: 250 words (for two paragraphs)
Responses: at least one
Title: your topic or argument

Hippy Midterms

Answer the following questions:

-How comfortable are you with the class right now?



-Which Richard Light goal are you working on? How is it going?



-What do you want to work on for the rest of the semester?



-What can your study group do to help you?




-What can Ms. Hedengren do to help you?



-What are you most proud of this semester?




Word Count: Min 300
Response: (Check, especially, your study group's responses) Min 2
Time: 15 min
Title: (Your Name) Hippy Midterms

Response Sept 25

Write an impassioned appeal to the mayor of Provo that we need to implement one of these laws:


1. In New York, the penalty for jumping off a building is: Death.
2. In Danville, Pennsylvania, all fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.
3. In Pennsylvania, it’s against the law to tie a dollar bill on a string on the ground and pull it away when someone tries to pick it up.
4. In New York City, it’s illegal for a restaurant to call a sandwich a “corned beef sandwich” if it’s made with white bread and mayonnaise.
5. In California it is illegal to set a mouse trap without a hunting license.
6. In France, it is against the law to sell an “E.T” doll. They have a law forbidding the sale of dolls that do not have human faces.
7. In Massachusetts, it is illegal to go to bed without first having a bath. (However, another law prohibits bathing on Sunday)



Title: Convincing Provo of [law here]
Word Count: Min 200
Responses: N/A

Response Week 2

Finish this sentence, "I like feedback to my work to be...."




Title of Post: "Feedback"
Words: Min 50
Responses: Min 2

response week 1

Two parts to this response:

(a) Recount your own intellectual history. You may choose to answer such questions as: How did you choose your major? What classes did you love in high school? Who were your most influential teachers and why? What habits of the mind did your family teach you?

then...

(b) Make a plan for carrying out one of the Richard Light goals. Ex: if you want to focus on time management, are you going to buy and use a planner? get to bed early? set aside time for weekly planning sessions?
What challenges and rewards might this goal yield?

Label of post: Intellectual History
Word Count: min 300
Responses: min 2

First Assignment...(Due Sept 2)

Your first assignment is to get a gmail or blogger account in order to post on our class blog. Make sure this is a name that your classmates can recognize (ex: Elizabeth Brightman could be "Elizabeth" or "Lizzie Brightman," but "Daddy' s lil Sunshine" would not be okay).



Due: Sept 2

Word count: N/A

Responses: N/A