Wednesday, January 12, 2011

A Catalogue of Swindles and Perversions

Today you:
  • reviewed Orwell's essay, Politics and the English Language. There was a journal assignment. For those of you who missed it, (Questions for Discussion #1 and #4.) Only Taylor, who is always so keen and relaxed, did question #6 as well! Great work, T.T.!
  • observed a presentation to review Orwell's "catalogue of swindles and perversions", hallmarks of the decline of English usage, and we listened to a podcast reflecting on Orwell's writing as a political journalist.
  • received the handout for Grad Write-Ups, also known as G.W.U's. Please plan to write them in class next day.

For homework: Vocabulary Test on Unit 5 using acronyms; finish rhetorical analysis chart on Thoreau's essay. FYI: I'll be checking homework for quality and completion!

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