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Conference week activity
March 19, 2008 | | Leave a Comment
due: Wednesday 3/26 in class
Your final paper (essay #3) is going to be a researched essay which develops its thesis out of the thinking you’ve been doing on the theme of your blog throughout this semester. This paper should represent the culmination of that writing and thinking and represent an argument that has begun to emerge from your blogging.
In light of that, I want to you begin reviewing your blog posts and the comments you’ve received.
- 1. Find one comment in your blog that disagrees with something you wrote in your post. Write down a summary of the commenter’s argument alongside a summary of your own perspective/take/stance.
- 2. Find one blog post that you’ve written in which you find yourself either agreeing with or disagreeing with a source you’ve found on the web (or in the newspaper, a magazine, textbook, any outside source…). Describe either the similarities or differences in perspective.
- 3. Find one blog post that either doesn’t have any reponses to it or has no conflicting responses to it, and formulate an objection. Play the role of the “naysayer” and write down (and develop) that opposing argument.
Can you see an argument beginning to emerge? What would you most like to say about your topic? What do you most want readers to know? Begin for formulate a working thesis (this is a tentative thesis). Include this on the bottom or back of the page describing the various discussions taking place on your blog and bring to class on Wednesday. E-mail me with any questions.
