Monday, March 17, 2008

Today in class we read James Baldwin's second essay, Down at the Cross. I find it kind of appropriate considering the season--Easter and the third anniversary of the war. We read and discussed the essay. Your midterm question, which I haven't developed yet, will be taken from this reading. You'll have a number of choices. I'll give you the question Wednesday. Homework is to read up to page 62. We'll practice summarizing certain sections tomorrow after I show you the argumentation video. Read below for a recap of the rest of the week.

The 9-10 class completed the Womanism vs. Feminism 4-part essay. Please post the paragraphs here along with the names of the students who were in the group for credit. Please identify your argument. I was pleased with the second reading, especially the thesis and antithesis revisions. The introductory paragraph and conclusion were great from the start. The conclusion had to be adjusted to fit the revised antithesis, but the group did well.

Also, post your groups' thesis. It was a freewrite. Some of the Walker essays are still out. Get them in. I plan to give you your grades on these essays with comments by Thursday, if not sooner. If there is need for revision you can turn in the revised essay and a narrative explaining what you did, by Wednesday when you return. We'll begin reading, The Color Purple when you return. We will also talk about the research essay. See below for topics.

Announcements
Tomorrow Playback Theatre is in D-237 from 1-3 p.m. They'll be looking at the theme "diversity." Our very own, Rudy is one of the company members. If you attend and write about it, you can get extra credit. Post your response here.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Aiko Nillo, Mike Decoron, Dung Lee, Faraj Fayad
Eng 1A
9-10

Antithesis

There was no need to create the word womanism. The teerm feminism fit fine during that time. It counted all women in the world struggling for identification in a man's world. By the creation of womanism, it just created another rift between races. Which shouldn't be because women during that time should have been fighting the men for equal opportunities in all places. Having created womanism is just picking another fight against the whites.

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