A Discussion of ¨I Know A Man¨

This weekend I´d like you to listen to this twenty minute discussion of the poem we talked about in class. This might give you some other perspectives on it.

POE MMMMMMMMMMMMM

Throughout this week write a total of three reading blogs. I´d like you to start one reading blog using some one else´s blog entry. Stuck for ideas. Why not link this short (and easy) poem to a text?

Also this Writers Workshop we´ll be working on our poems. Bring what we spoke about last week - namely the raw material with which we will construct wonderful poesies.

Cormac on Being McCarthy

Write three reading blogs in the next week. In one of these blog entries, be sure to incorporate this interview with the author.

On Wednesday or Thursday bring in your FINAL draft of your synthetic essays.

Register Exercise

Register Exercise

For each of the following excerpts identify the register (familiar, informal, formal, ceremonial). Circle four words that helped you reach your conclusion.

1. His sir sorry for not attending your class last week but I was very sick. I arrived today from a trip I was for the puente. I wanted to let you know that all my blogs are completed until last week. Furthermore I will talk to you tomorrow for anything else i am missing. Please take a look at them so you can grade them.

thanks,

2. And tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11. I know that it has, at times, frayed. Yet today’s achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people. The cause of securing our country is not complete, but tonight we are once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history. Whether it’s the pursuit of prosperity for our people or the struggle for equality for all our citizens, our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place.

3. OMG! I love lit. Holy mole, I want to be a poet, yo. J

4. In Brooklyn days, I wanted to be Carlos Ortiz, lightweight champion
of the world from Ponce, Puerto Rico. I gazed at the radiance
of the black and white television till it spoke to me in tongues,
a boy spellbound by the grainy spirits who stalked each other in the ring.

5. I pointed out that his force had overthrown the government that issued visas. But, in this kind of a stalemate, the guy with the gun wins. And that was Ayman.

Eventually, he came up with a solution. I would give him a ride to his hometown, Zawarah, and the visa requirement would disappear. I gritted my teeth and told him to jump in.

That incident points to a fear that many Americans have of the Libyan rebels. Are they just goons who will create their own tyranny or chaos?

Particularly after we embraced Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan, only to see him engulfed by corruption, it’s fair to ask whether the Libyan rebels will do any better. The uncertainties are real. But, after my recent visit to Libya, I’m guardedly optimistic.

A Million Visions and Revisions

Be sure to bring in your revised essays this week, either Wednesday or Thursday.

In addition, over the course of this week write two reading blogs. Respond to any two other reading blogs.

And That Has Made All the Difference

For next Monday, have completed three reading blogs in response to The Road. You must focus in one of those blogs on vocabulary. We´ll be discussing those words in Writers Workshop.

Also, bring in your revised drafts of the synthetic essay on Wednesday or Thursday depending on your section.

What is a reading blog?

Reading to Blog

What's more important the book or our interpretations of the book? Can there be a book without there being interpretation? We'll be able to answer some of those questions after we've recorded the history of our relationships with our books.

In order to preserve paper, as well as to promote our communication with the academic world outside of CNG, we'll be keeping blogs about the books we read.

You will write your own blogs, and respond to your blogs as prescribed by your weekly homework blog entry. You should not approach each blog the same way. With variety comes varied thought; therefore, I hope you focus on different topics and take different approaches in each entry.

Here are some possibilities:

-Respond to the text personally:
I never had my house blown down by a wolf, but I have felt loss. For example, I once abandoned my favorite apartment. I left most of my furniture there, some clothes, even a television!

-Connect text to another book, a film, work of art, a comic or any other creation:
The Three Little Pigs reminds me of The Matrix. When the Wolf "huffed and puffed and blew his house down" he acted just as Morpheus did for Reeve's character. Suddenly, Reeves was without the security he once felt.

-Ask questions to later answer:

What might the grandmother represent? Why would the Wolf want to blow down the houses? How might I write a better ending? I would then maybe answer these questions in later blogs.

-Visual Vocabulary

Select the words you think it was important to define in the text. Match a picture to it on your blog post.

-Hyperlink

You might want to use the 21^st century's answer to footnotes when you're talking about something that is not common knowledge. We'll do a demo of how to insert a hyperlink in class.

You may use any combination of these, or you can write your own type of entries. Let your reading guide your entries. Check StandardScore weekly for your reading blog grades starting next Friday.