Read Chapter 6 From They Say/I Say “Skeptics May Object” (p 78- 90) Listen to the audio, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmXq-nXaVm0. Or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO3n4ICzs_o Blog #10: For this blog, we are going to practice reading against the grain. Imagine that you think teaching the arts lumped in with science, engineering, and math is an inefficient and/or unrealistic idea, and you are writing … [Read more…]
Print, read, and annotate “Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education” By Yo Yo Ma (Please bring to class on Thursday) Revisit your notes on active reading and understanding context and do your best to describe each of the three contexts we’ve discussed in class. 1) What is the surrounding context for this essay? Where and when was … [Read more…]
Read They Say/I Say “The Art of Quoting” pages 42-50. Return to your paper in progress and revise at least two quotes based on the advice in They Say/ I Say on how to frame every quotation. Add, swap, or alter your existing quotes so that your choice citation is more relevant and powerful in the context of your argument. Post your changes below.
Part 1: After reading Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” (est. time: 15 minutes), take a minute to compare and contrast your own first draft (and the experience of writing it) with Lamott’s descriptions. What did you notice? Did anything surprise you about this short essay? Did anything offend you? Part 2: At the … [Read more…]
Blog #7: Read W-4 (Developing Paragraphs) in Little Seagull pages 17-29. This section presents strategies for (a) tightening an unfocused paragraph, (b) developing a claim and overall argument, and (c) smoothing out choppy or incoherent sentences. Please revise (or completely rewrite) two paragraphs based on your reading. Please document and share these changes along with the sections in … [Read more…]
Blog #5 (50 words): As counter-intuitive as it may seem, it’s possible to receive a large amount of insight into your own work as you read and attempt to improve on the work of others. Please write some sentences (around 50 words) about something you learned from this first very important stage of peer review.
There is a distinct difference between “suspense” and “surprise,” and yet many pictures continually confuse the two. I’ll explain what I mean. We are now having a very innocent little chat. Let’s suppose that there is a bomb underneath this table between us. Nothing happens, and then all of a sudden, “Boom!” There is … [Read more…]
Free write (30 minutes): What are the limits of the art discussed in your choice TED talk? What is the power of the art discussed in your TED talk?
Blog #4: Using one of the strategies discussed in your reading (Emerging), begin to brainstorm the connections between your choice TED talk and Rhys Southan’s “Is Art a Waste of Time?” Remember, this can be messy. That’s okay! Feel free to doodle, scratch things out, write upside down. Post an image of your brainstorming session into your blog. … [Read more…]
Before rereading Southan’s essay, visit the Effective Altruism website: https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ and spend some time looking around. Notice how you react to the website. Think: does this visit influence how you think about Southan’s essay? How? Now, reread Southan’s essay. Use a different color pen or pencil to layer your active reading notes, one on the other. For … [Read more…]
