Tuesday, September 9 2008

Today’s Agenda

For today, you were to:

Part 2) Write a two page essay in which you describe your “culture”. Be prepared to present this next time. The definition of this “culture” is up to you. It is your description and should include everything that you think is relevant.This is meant to be pre-writing for a later stage of writing and should be considered as such. Do take into account the kinds of things Albom mentions, for instance on page 42, but speak to the contemporary (current) issues.

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We will begin today with a presentation of our essays. Each presenter will have approximately five minutes. If not everyone gets a chance to read today, we will complete our presentations on Thursday.

If time permits, we will discuss the other writing you wrote for today:

Answer this question in a full-page essay in your journal: Why is the second chapter called “The Syllabus”?

I will collect your journals at the end of class today.

Homework:

Write a two page essay in which you give your interpretation, at this early point in the book, of Morrie’s statement: “we’re teaching the wrong things” (35). The essay should be a thoughtful examination of Morrie’s statement and not a sermon on what should be offered instead (there’s time later to examine alternatives). This is not an evaluation of whether he is right or wrong at this point, but your attempt to put in writing what it is you think he means. You may quote from the author’s account of himself if it helps you. Please do use personal experiences or that of others you know as examples to help explain your interpretation if you can. You can and should utilize the ideas from your previous writing. Incorporate your ideas, for example, of “culture” and what you might think needs to be different or changed (again, not a rant or preachy), or what you believe to be right about yours.

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