You will write your first blog post after reading the first chunk of your book. My book is: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan The first Chunk from the pages 3-131 For your first blog post, y

You will write your first blog post after reading the first chunk of your book. My book is: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan The first Chunk from the pages 3-131 For your first blog post, you will use a reader response to respond to what you have read so far. It might...

you will go back to the concept of food, and you will explain what makes a particular food hyperreal in the context of Southern California. Your argument will be about some aspect of the fo

you will go back to the concept of food, and you will explain what makes a particular food hyperreal in the context of Southern California. Your argument will be about some aspect of the food that explains some aspect of Southern California’s hyperreality....

You are ready to begin your draft of your portfolio item comparing two poems from different periods. You already have a number of entries in your notebook on “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew

You are ready to begin your draft of your portfolio item comparing two poems from different periods. You already have a number of entries in your notebook on “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell and “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold. As you...

We’re talking this week about the use of evidence and audience. Think about the way you responded to this week’s DQ and the idea of using eyewitness accounts or cases as direct evidence or

We’re talking this week about the use of evidence and audience. Think about the way you responded to this week’s DQ and the idea of using eyewitness accounts or cases as direct evidence or as additional evidence (stories are direct eyewitness accounts from...

Thornton Wilder’s Our Town raises a number of interesting questions about this life and the afterlife. What does Emily learn about life that she has not appreciated or understood while she

Thornton Wilder’s Our Town raises a number of interesting questions about this life and the afterlife. What does Emily learn about life that she has not appreciated or understood while she was growing up? Why is that learning painful? How would you describe the...

Think about a time in your life when you tried to persuade someone to do something. Keep in mind that this situation does not have to be a full-blown argument?it can be something as simple

Think about a time in your life when you tried to persuade someone to do something. Keep in mind that this situation does not have to be a full-blown argument?it can be something as simple as convincing a friend to go to a specific restaurant for lunch?and it does not...