Spring is sprung...

Spring is always a crazy time of year, I'm busy, you guys are busy, and then we all get distracted by a smattering of gorgeous days. But here we are at semesters end, and I hope it has been a productive one for all of you.
It has been great to see the leaps and bounds many of you have made this semester in terms of your writing progress. I have learned a lot this semester from you guys as an 1102 class. Some things that worked and others that fell flat. In that spirit, now seems like as good a time as any to reflect where we have succeeded this semester and where we have failed. Part of learning and growing as students and writers is thinking about how we can learn from those failures.
So for this last blog assignment I would like you to evaluate yourself. I'd like you to write an entry of no fewer than 250 words evaluating yourself as a writer. How have you grown and changed this semester? In what ways were you successful in this class and which areas might need some fine tuning? This is due before class begins Thursday April 23rd
It's been a pleasure working with you all this semester and I look forward to seeing you Thursday
~Dionne

Questions

Think of a recent experience in your life that has generated questions for you—for example, reading a book or magazine, watching a film or TV show, participating in a class discussion, or observing an incident in the dorms. Briefly describe the experience and them, based on your ponderings pose several questions arising from the experience that you think are problematic, significant and interesting.
This is due before class begins on Thursday April 9th

Everything's an argument

If everything's an argument, that includes newspaper headlines. For each of the following online newspapers, choose three different headlines (along with their brief accompanying teasers) and state what exactly those headlines are aruging.

• The Wall Street Journal
• The Onion
• Atlanta Journal Constitution
  
• USA Today

On your blog include bot the headline, what it's arguing and a link to the article. This is due before class begins Thursday April 2nd.

Is it great?

Hi all,
I hope you all had a restful spring break. For this week's blog you will actually respond AFTER class on Thursday. On Thursday we will watch part of The Great Gatsby in class. Once we have, on you blog I'd like you discuss the way the American Dream is portrayed in the film and what that portrayal says about the dream.
Due by 9am Friday March 13th

You are what you eat

I'm a totally foodie. Living in Providence for 5 years I got the chance to eat at some of the best restaurants in the country, many of which were fairly inexpensive. Since moving to Atlanta I've discovered in many ways you get what you pay for! But I did have a lovely meal the other night at Craft. Using what we talked about in terms of creating an evaluative argument (reread Chapter 9 in Everything's an Argument if you don't know what this means) make a case for me for your favorite Atlanta restaurant. Please make sure to write at least 250 words. This is due Thursday February 26th.

More Piano Lessons

For Thursday write about whatever you would like, just make sure it is at least 250 words.
Due before class Thursday Feb. 19th

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