Assertions on the Omnipresent Box
Carefully read the short passage below:
“The omnipresent box sitting somewhere in our homes, workplaces, and just about everywhere else has a much greater hold on our lives than we think.” – Corbett Trubey from The Argument Against TV
For the quote above, you must provide a clear explanation of the writer’s assertion, then defend, challenge, or qualify it, noting the complexity of the issue and acknowledging any possible objections to your point of view.
Limit: 300-400 words
Due: Blog for Tuesday April 1st (this is NOT an April Fool’s joke)
As we begin our papers this week, I recommend that you also read pages 129-173 in the Everything’s an Argument packets I gave you a couple of weeks ago. It will help you think more clearly about how you craft and structure your argument. This does not need to be completed tonight, but it might help you to do it before the weekend.
Ode to the Television — 2nd Period, don’t forget your permission slips!
Oh sweet box of tubes
Oh dulcet LCDs
Bring to me entertainment smooth
and lots and lots of essays to read!
Your lovely homework for this weekend is to read articles 2-5 in the Popular Culture Conversation section beginning on page 777 and running until 787. A mere ten pages. But wait, there’s more! Do the questions that go with the essays. It’s kind of a lot. You can do them on paper so you have them for our discussion. DO NOT do the Entering the Conversation questions on page 787, but do the questions that pertain directly to each essay. We’ll discuss as much of those questions as we can on Monday.
Second period, thank you so much for helping Carrie with her project. She really appreciated it and Charlie had fun flirting with all the ladies (we’re going to have to keep an eye on him!). Also, I totally forgot to give you back your timed writes. There was definitely improvement! There were mostly 4’s and 5’s with a couple of 6’s and a couple that fell below this range. Check the email to see what you got: 65=4; 75=5; and 82=6. I’ll return them on Monday and we’ll talk about them a bit then.
Also, don’t forget to put the synthesis reminders up on your blog if you volunteered to do that. Oh, and 2nd period please bring your picture permission slips on Monday! Here’s the file if you lost yours: Picture Permission Slip
Have a great weekend!!!!
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Ode to the Television — 2nd Period, don’t forget your permission slips!
Oh sweet box of tubes
Oh dulcet LCDs
Bring to me entertainment smooth
and lots and lots of essays to read!
Your lovely homework for this weekend is to read articles 2-5 in the Popular Culture Conversation section beginning on page 777 and running until 787. A mere ten pages. But wait, there’s more! Do the questions that go with the essays. It’s kind of a lot. You can do them on paper so you have them for our discussion. DO NOT do the Entering the Conversation questions on page 787, but do the questions that pertain directly to each essay. We’ll discuss as much of those questions as we can on Monday.
Second period, thank you so much for helping Carrie with her project. She really appreciated it and Charlie had fun flirting with all the ladies (we’re going to have to keep an eye on him!). Also, I totally forgot to give you back your timed writes. There was definitely improvement! There were mostly 4’s and 5’s with a couple of 6’s and a couple that fell below this range. Check the email to see what you got: 65=4; 75=5; and 82=6. I’ll return them on Monday and we’ll talk about them a bit then.
Also, don’t forget to put the synthesis reminders up on your blog if you volunteered to do that. Oh, and 2nd period please bring your picture permission slips on Monday! Here’s the file if you lost yours: Picture Permission Slip
Have a great weekend!!!!
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Ode to the Television — 2nd Period, don’t forget your permission slips!
Oh sweet box of tubes
Oh dulcet LCDs
Bring to me entertainment smooth
and lots and lots of essays to read!
Your lovely homework for this weekend is to read articles 2-5 in the Popular Culture Conversation section beginning on page 777 and running until 787. A mere ten pages. But wait, there’s more! Do the questions that go with the essays. It’s kind of a lot. You can do them on paper so you have them for our discussion. DO NOT do the Entering the Conversation questions on page 787, but do the questions that pertain directly to each essay. We’ll discuss as much of those questions as we can on Monday.
Second period, thank you so much for helping Carrie with her project. She really appreciated it and Charlie had fun flirting with all the ladies (we’re going to have to keep an eye on him!). Also, I totally forgot to give you back your timed writes. There was definitely improvement! There were mostly 4’s and 5’s with a couple of 6’s and a couple that fell below this range. Check the email to see what you got: 65=4; 75=5; and 82=6. I’ll return them on Monday and we’ll talk about them a bit then.
Also, don’t forget to put the synthesis reminders up on your blog if you volunteered to do that. Oh, and 2nd period please bring your picture permission slips on Monday! Here’s the file if you lost yours: Picture Permission Slip
Have a great weekend!!!!
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| Click for pictures! |
Ode to the Television
Oh sweet box of tubes
Oh dulcet LCDs
Bring to me entertainment smooth
and lots and lots of essays to read!
Your lovely homework for this weekend is to read articles 2-5 in the Popular Culture Conversation section beginning on page 777 and running until 787. A mere ten pages. But wait, there’s more! Do the questions that go with the essays. It’s kind of a lot. You can do them on paper so you have them for our discussion. DO NOT do the Entering the Conversation questions on page 787, but do the questions that pertain directly to each essay. We’ll discuss as much of those questions as we can on Monday.
Second period, thank you so much for helping Carrie with her project. She really appreciated it and Charlie had fun flirting with all the ladies (we’re going to have to keep an eye on him!). Also, I totally forgot to give you back your timed writes. There was definitely improvement! There were mostly 4’s and 5’s with a couple of 6’s and a couple that fell below this range. Check the email to see what you got: 65=4; 75=5; and 82=6. I’ll return them on Monday and we’ll talk about them a bit then.
Also, don’t forget to put the synthesis reminders up on your blog if you volunteered to do that. Oh, and 2nd period please bring your picture permission slips on Monday! Here’s the file if you lost yours: Picture Permission Slip
Have a great weekend!!!!
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Watching TV makes you smarter?
Your homework is to read the Steven Johnson article Watching TV Makes You Smarter on page 766 in your books and do the questions at the end.
In other news, my wife is going to come to school tomorrow with Charlie (we’ll try to keep him from biting anyone). I’m not sure yet exactly what time. She’s like some help with a mock ad campaign she’s doing for the 30 Hour Famine. She would like to take a few pictures and will bring forms for you to sign if you’d like to participate. This is NOT in ANY way required, nor will it be published.
Interested in Idioms?
Idiom Shortage Leaves Nation All Sewed Up In Horse Pies
WASHINGTON—Authorities expect the shortage to subside by April, but until then, urge citizens to skip shy the rickshaw until the flypaper marigolds can waterfall.
Must Read!
Plus, mocking of email forwards for your satiric pleasure!
Synthesizing what they want
Tonight simply read this Synthesis Question. We’ll be doing some group work with it in class tomorrow.
Easing into Synthesis
- Read pages 69-74 in your books tonight.
- Also, looking at the types of support section that begins on page 62, I’d like you to blog examples of two types of support. Comb the newspaper, slate.com, etc for examples of the different types of support noted in our text. Post two examples that you find, citing where you found each one. For each example, explain what type of source use it is and how the source is being used in the text and to what effect.
Among other things in class tomorrow, we will do the assignment in the book that runs from page 66-68. This is important, as we said in class, because the AP test will have some questions concerning the meaning and use of footnotes and I’d like you to think about them.
Discussion and sources
First, reread the Sanctuary/Harry Potter article and think through what you are going to add to our understanding of the text. Make a list of three observations so if someone else uses your best idea, you have a couple more to fall back on.
Then, in your textbook, read pages 61-66. Make sure you understand the examples. If not, jot down questions.
See you tomorrow and come prepared to add to our discussion of the Harry Potter essay.
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