Daily Log

Monday, February 22

Prior to students getting their Anti-Nature paragraphs back (tomorrow) we looked at sample papers (some good, some not) under the document camera, focusing especially on the papers' voice in the sense of the appropriateness of their diction to the task at hand, and on the papers' conclusions. Certain papers were faulted for their excessive informality (inf!) and for their failure to conclude by revisiting their theses.

HW due Wednesday:
Read the selections from the “Brute Neighbors” chapter of Walden (pp. 240-43, up to the “Conclusion”) and type one 87-word chunk answering the following question: What meaning or purpose do the Battle of the Ants and the Story of the Loon share? (Or, put differently, what common statement do the two incidents make?) Combine CM and CDs.