HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 15

-BLOG POST AND TWO COMMENTS
-READ AND ANNOTATE PAGES 64-81(TOP)

BLOG GROUPS

GROUP 1: ARIEL, HALLIE, SALLY
GROUP 2: JENNY, CRYSTAL, THIERRY
GROUP 3: ALEXANDRA, LILLIAN, JULIO
GROUP 4: JUDY, FIONA, MIN CHAI
GROUP 5: DEBORA, YE NA, RODOLPHO
GROUP 6: MICHELLE, ALYSSA, NATHAN
GROUP 7: STEPHANIE F., YUMMY, STEPHANIE B., JILL

MORE options for those who have been unable to find other titles:

unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation by Brooks Jackson & Kathleen Hall Jamieson

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World after September 11 by Thomas Friedman

Steven D. Levitt and Stephen
J. Dubner’s Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything,

Another Book Choice

If you are unable to find The Things They Carried and do not want to go to PACA and get a copy, you may read What Color Is Your Parachute.

SUMMER READING

You need to read The Things They Carried and one of the books on the other list. Read and Annotate.

Break Reading Options

In addition to what Mrs. Carpenter has given you, you will need to choose one of the following books. We'll talk more about what you need to do with it later. They are all nonfiction, but very different in content and style. Do a little research before you decide which one is for you.

Pilgrim at Tinker
Creek Annie Dillard

This House of Sky:
Landscapes of a Western Mind by Ivan Doig

Seabiscuit: An
American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

Endurance:
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Under the Banner of
Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer

BLOG ASSIGNMENT

Current Events-Summer Assignment
Please read two current event articles from the following websites and for each write a two paragraph rhetorical analysis evaluating the way the author uses language to communicate his/her message. Was he/she effective? What devices did he/she use? (Think SOAPS and DIDLS)

THESE SITES WILL BE ACCEPTABLE:
http://www.salon.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.economist.com/
http://www.theatlantic.com/
http://harpers.org/
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/
http://www.newyorker.com/
http://www.slate.com/