Wednesday, September 29, 2010
English 201 1-3 Recap
We had a good class today. Students who completed their SPHE Essay 2: Pronoun Agreement were able to get a peer review and have time to revise their essays and turn them in. I read most of the second-third drafts of Essay 1, Sentence Punctuation. Students who were not able to revise their essay two this afternoon can turn them in on Monday, October 4.
We didn't get to do the Pronoun Agreement Quiz. We will complete it on Monday. Homework was to continue in SPHE. Start doing the exercises in the next section. We will write the Synthetica essay in class next week. Students will bring the templates to class where they will write the introduction and conclusion.
Topical Invention
We also reviewed Topical Invention (handout). The topic is the CA Justice System:
Here is what we composed:
Definition asks the question: What is it/what was it:
The California justice system sometimes nicknamed "the injustice system" or the "just-us club" is guilty of rushing an execution to save taxpayers' money.
Analogy asks the question: What is it like/unlike:
Analogy: Animal control and the prison system in California have a lot in common, both maintain stability on city streets.
Analogy: The California justice system houses people the way the SPCA houses animals.
Analogy: Merle Haggard and Albert Greenwood Brown were both convicted of felony charges, yet Haggard walked and was recently inducted into the California Hall of Fame by the same Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who wants to speed up AGB's execution (LA Weekly). Where's the justice?
Consequence asks the question: What caused it/Did it call/Will it cause:
U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel gave Albert Greenwood Brown the opportunity to literally chose his poison, lethal injection in two doses or three; however a federal court asked for an examination of California's "new execution laws California's new execution laws comply with U.S. Supreme Court guidelines"-- which means AGB got a stay (LA Weekly).
Testimony asks the question: What does an authority say about it:
Testimony: "The appeals court said that Fogel was wrong in asking [Albert Greenwood] Brown to choose between fatal doses of the anesthetic drug sodium thiopental or taking a three-drug cocktail" because [a]ccording to the appeals court, the option was 'not consistent with California state law[,]' where "[a]n inmate can choose to die either through lethal injection or the gas chamber" (LA Weekly).
Topical Invention Homework
Homework is to develop four thesis sentences using Topical Invention. The topic should come from The Known World Chapter 8. Bring the sentences to class and post them at the link next week below.
We didn't get to do the Pronoun Agreement Quiz. We will complete it on Monday. Homework was to continue in SPHE. Start doing the exercises in the next section. We will write the Synthetica essay in class next week. Students will bring the templates to class where they will write the introduction and conclusion.
Topical Invention
We also reviewed Topical Invention (handout). The topic is the CA Justice System:
Here is what we composed:
Definition asks the question: What is it/what was it:
The California justice system sometimes nicknamed "the injustice system" or the "just-us club" is guilty of rushing an execution to save taxpayers' money.
Analogy asks the question: What is it like/unlike:
Analogy: Animal control and the prison system in California have a lot in common, both maintain stability on city streets.
Analogy: The California justice system houses people the way the SPCA houses animals.
Analogy: Merle Haggard and Albert Greenwood Brown were both convicted of felony charges, yet Haggard walked and was recently inducted into the California Hall of Fame by the same Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who wants to speed up AGB's execution (LA Weekly). Where's the justice?
Consequence asks the question: What caused it/Did it call/Will it cause:
U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel gave Albert Greenwood Brown the opportunity to literally chose his poison, lethal injection in two doses or three; however a federal court asked for an examination of California's "new execution laws California's new execution laws comply with U.S. Supreme Court guidelines"-- which means AGB got a stay (LA Weekly).
Testimony asks the question: What does an authority say about it:
Testimony: "The appeals court said that Fogel was wrong in asking [Albert Greenwood] Brown to choose between fatal doses of the anesthetic drug sodium thiopental or taking a three-drug cocktail" because [a]ccording to the appeals court, the option was 'not consistent with California state law[,]' where "[a]n inmate can choose to die either through lethal injection or the gas chamber" (LA Weekly).
Topical Invention Homework
Homework is to develop four thesis sentences using Topical Invention. The topic should come from The Known World Chapter 8. Bring the sentences to class and post them at the link next week below.
