Daily Log

Friday, February 11

We reviewed the various sources students have at their disposal for the Nature essays, characterizing them especially in terms of which of the three quotations on the assignment sheet they most closely align with.

These sources include the "Coyotes" song used at the end of Grizzly Man, the script for which is available online. Students received a handout with the lyrics to "Coyotes" (the flipside of which contains the full text of the article by Matt Patterson that the second quotation was taken from). Other sources include the excerpts from Emerson's Nature and Thoreau's Walden, the handouts on maternity among the animals and on the Nukak Maku tribe, and "The First Morning," the opening chapter of Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire (yesterday's handout).

HW due Monday:
Formal outline of the essay.

HW due Wednesday:
First draft.

HW due next Friday (Feb. 18): Final draft and turnitin.com submission.