january 22

{MINUTE OF MINDFULNESS}

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega w/ DNA; "Breakfast in America" by Supertramp]

Are "secret ingredients" ever a good thing, or just a cynical ploy that entices us to eat cheaply manufactured nastiness?

1. Journal
2. Postscript: Misery, hope, and ways of writing about both
3. Anatomy of an argument
4. Genre at the beginning of the 20th century: naturalism, realism, and modernism

POST:
1. What is a syllogism?  Using your Big Question, create a syllogism with a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion (title: ARGUE THIS)

2. What is a genre?  What is the difference between naturalism, realism, and modernism?  (title: LAST CENTURY'S WRITING STYLES)

REMEMBER:
Tomorrow you will need to come to class prepared with THE Big Question you intend to research this semester.  I am available today at lunch and online to help you if you need it.  Tomorrow and Friday you will be working on your Ignite Talk (the 30 second speech) for next week.