JANUARY READING

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JANUARY READING

I have found an online version of the book that I would like you to read over the break. The book is On Writing by Stephen King. Go to this site: http://msgranado.com/summerreading.cfm and scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see a pdf file. You must read and annotate. If you are using the pdf file you can keep an electronic file of notes. Now that you are more experienced writers, make notes on how his writing process differs from your own and what ideas from King that you can incorporate into your own writing process. C. If you would like to order your own copy, it is available on amazon in a print version and a kindle version. http://msgranado.com/summerreading.cfm

1- Study of the Day: Those Who Love One Another, Yawn Together

This article by Hans Villarica is divided in 4 categories: Problem, Methodology, Results, and Conclusion. The problem is the phenomenon of contagious yawning. Which is something widely known but little understood. Studies have suggested that there is a link between the yawn reciprocation and human empathy. But there is no human behavior that ever proved that. The methodology used was that they tasted the effect of several variables, such as, country of origin, sex, social bonding, and yawn characteristics, on the spread of yawning. The result obtained said that contagion was highest in response to family and the conclusion is that we are more likely to reciprocate yawns that came from people we are the closest with.

The author uses informal language and proves his point of the study, he perfectly succeeded in informing his audience, who are curious readers. The tone the author uses in this essay is informative.

HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 5-9

FOR MONDAY: In Class Read and Annotate and do Qs for Peter Singer, “The Singer Solution to World Poverty," Statistics about Worldwide Need and How to Help, Student: “Lowering the Cost,” Literature: “Dulce et Decorum Est," Critical: “Top Five Reasons,”
Visual: Uncle Sam
FOR TUESDAY: Group Work on World Poverty
FOR WEDNESDAY: Semester Vocabulary Test
FOR THURSDAY: FINAL EXAM ESSAY (RHETORICAL)
FOR FRIDAY: FINAL EXAM ESSAY (ARGUMENTATIVE)