Today, and all due dates.

Today:
Finishing as much work as possible on Annotated Bibliographies, due Sunday night by 11:59 pm.

When finished, continue work on essay 3, where you choose a side and prove your argument based on your exploratory essay research. Essay 3 Due: May 22 (Sunday) at 11:59pm.

Classical Argument Form:

Intro (Stylized and dazzling)
Background (historical context)
Argument (probably 2 paragraphs)
Counter-argument (a nod to the other side)
Rebuttal (Counter the counter argument)
Conclusion (Stylized and dazzling)

The Kite Runner Essays Due Tuesday May 31 by 11:59pm.

Class notes on Citations

Wed:
Meet in Room M-125 for exciting researching. 
Sandwich your quotes.
Don’t start or end paragraphs with a quote!!
Sandwich: lead into the quote, use the quote (cite), respond to the quote.
Here’s my point, here’s quote that supports my point, here’s why this quote is significant.

Here is some brilliant writing, brilliant sentences, dazzling prose, and a verb here and there. Here is some brilliant writing, brilliant sentences, dazzling prose, and a verb here and there. Here is some brilliant writing, brilliant sentences, dazzling prose, and a verb here and there. Here’s an interesting fact “This may be because it is applied broadly to any art form—in any media—that mocks or sniggers at convention” (Colletta 1).

Here is some brilliant writing, brilliant sentences, dazzling prose, and a verb here and there. Here is some brilliant writing, brilliant sentences, dazzling prose, and a verb here and there. Here is some brilliant writing, brilliant sentences, dazzling prose, and a verb here and there. More interesting facts from Colletta, “This may be because it is applied broadly to any art form—in any media—that mocks or sniggers at convention” (1).

Here is some brilliant writing, brilliant sentences, dazzling prose, and a verb here and there. Here is some brilliant writing, brilliant sentences, dazzling prose, and a verb here and there. Here is some brilliant writing, brilliant sentences, dazzling prose, and a verb here and there. Colletta implies that media that mocks the news is considered satire (1).

Here is some brilliant writing, brilliant sentences, dazzling prose, and a verb here and there. There are implications that media that mocks the news is considered satire (Colletta 1).

Information from an internet source, says “the embattled singer is participating in an out-patient treatment program for substance abuse” (“Whitney”).

“How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. eHow, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

“Whitney Houston Checks into Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program.” EW.com. Entertainment Weekly, May 9,2011. Web. 9 May 2011.

Whete, Brad. “Whitney Houston Checks into Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program.” EW.com. Entertainment Weekly, May 9,2011. Web. 9 May 2011.

Don't forget hanging text! :)

Monday and Beyond

Ok, For Monday: (Not in Lab)
We’ll finally finish discussing The Kite Runner

Feel free to be working on our last few projects during homework time.

1.) Annotated Bibliography. 15 sources. Due Sunday 5/15 by 11:59pm to my email box.

How to Annotated Bib:
1.) Find source.
2.) Put all of the source's info in MLA format.
(for example: Wheelis, Mark. "Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention." Emerging Infectious Diseases 6.6 (2000): 595-600. Web. 8 Feb. 2009.)
Don't forget to make the text hanging.

Also see the Owl at Purdue for help. here

3.) Summarize the article in one solid paragraph (see handout).
4.) Discuss whether this essay will be helpful to Essay 3, your classical argument, or not, and why.

5.) Move on to Source #2.

Also:
Essay 3 due Sunday 5/29. Classical Argument format:
1.) Stylized Introduction (review those handouts)
2.) Background
3.) Argument
4.) Counter-argument
5.) Rebuttal (counter the counter)
6.) Awesome, dazzling, stylized conclusion

The Kite Runner Essay (Final)
Topic of your choice.
You should have emailed this idea to me after Spring Break. If you don't hear back, assume your topic is fine. I do need to see topics, though.

You can discuss anything in relation to The Kite Runner:
Politics in Afghanistan
Islam in Afghanistan
Relationships between characters
The idea of the redemption story, who needs it, who gets it?
Role of homophobia in the story, or Islam, or both.
Etc.

In the Lab!

Hey, guys!

I'll post something in the room, but, we got the lab!

We'll be in room M 125 all Wednesdays in May (the 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th), so if you read this, report there.

And still bring pencils. :)

For Wed

Also, please bring a pencil to class, if possible.

For Wed:
Finishing The Kite Runner
Handout.
And we’ll discuss “essay” 2.

Consider what you've learned about Afghanistan from our reading. Is this a country that needs "nation building"? If so, are we the ones to do it?

Yeehaw.

For Mon 5/2

For Mon:
1.) Kite Runner to the end!!!

Work for Mon and Wed

For MON: Work INDEPENDENTLY (not in class) on a topic you want to investigate from The Kite Runner. Email me your topic ideas by 2:50 Monday afternoon.

For Wed 4/27: Be prepared to discuss The Kite Runner up to CH 22, and “Countering” from the Rewriting text I handed out last week.