due Friday 12/18

Read "Can Anybody Make Movie for Women?" by Daphne Merkin in the NYT.

Three journal entries this week. One may be written Friday.

due Thursday 12/17

Form a claim based on the "positive and negative" interpretations of the 9/11 statements. Base it on at least two articles. Then write a paragraph discussing that claim. Include, in a separate section, the "positive and negative" interpretations that pertain to your discussion.

due Wed. 12/16

A positive interpretation of Bush's first 9/11 response, and a critical-spirited response (at least one complete sentence each);

A positive interpretation of Bush's second 9/11 response, and a critical-spirited response (at least one complete sentence each;

A positive interpretation of Susan Sontag's response, and a critical-spirited response (at least one complete sentence each); YOU HAVE THESE ALREADY

A positive interpretation of the open letter to Susan Sontag, and a critical-spirited response (at least one complete sentence each).

due Tuesday December 15

1. Read "Obama's Condolence Problem" by Paul Steinberg in he New York Times.

2. Please write three old-fashioned journal entries (entries about community, inspired by something you've read or experienced) during the course of this week.

due Monday 12/14

Final copy of your discussion of Orwell's values as illustrated by 1984; include all pre-writing, including a list of five pieces of evidence.

Continue to bring in your 9/11 materials.

due Thursday 12/10

A. Be ready to hand in

1. Your claim about Orwell's implied value(s)

2. A list of five quotations that could be used to support your claim

3. A discussion you write within twenty-five minutes in which you explore/demonstrate your claim, using however many of your examples you find appropriate.

B. Read the NYT

C. Bring your materials related to 9/11 please

due Wed. 12/9

In honor of The Nutcracker, no homework.

due Wed. 12/9

In honor of The Nutcracker, no homework.

due Tuesday 12/8

1. Read "The Analytic Mind" by David Brooks in the New York Times. You'll probably have to search for it.

2. Write a sentence describing what you see as Orwell's value concerning TWO of the following total two sentences):

power

ends v. means

understanding, knowledge

sanity

freedom

pleasure/pain

or some other topic concerning what the author seems to feel strongly about.

3. Research your assigned chapter, finding passages that bear on each of the subjects you addressed in your two sentences.

1. Read 1984, 287-312

2. art project

3. NY Times article: "A Generation in the Balance" by Ross Douthat

due Friday 12/4

1. 1984 pp. 274-287

2. Read in the NY Times "In Month of Giving, a Healthy Reward" by Tara Parker Pope. You will need to search for it.

due Thursday 12/3

1. Please read to pages 260-274 in 1984.

2. Please read in the New York Times an article about the contagiousness of loneliness. The link is http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/why-loneliness-can-be-contagious/?scp=1&sq=loneliness%20contagious&st=cse , or you can use the search box at the Times' site, or you can go to http://well.blogs.nytimes.com and look for it.

3. keep working on your art project. Bring to class what you'll need to work on it tomorrow.