To start, I must apologize for being like Gregory House in the above photo before the exam. Sorry I did not write to you - that was a missed opportunity, and I do feel badly, Stephanie and others who missed my encouragement. Anyway, I was super happy to hear how well it went for you, and it was nice to see smiles on your faces today. I gauge a class as successful when no one cries! (Well, maybe there are a few other criteria!) On the other hand, I should have emulated House,as above, in today's class. Sorry, Aidan! To be honest, it would never occur to me you would watch anything I would watch - I imagine you all watching much more exciting forms of entertainment. Sorry for the spoiler!
Anyway, on to the next exam. To that end, after we read the article about the growing concern over aliteracy, we looked over the outline and terms for the English 12 Exam today. I think it should be fairly manageable for most of you, but you will need to remember to write a more formal, five paragraph essay for the synthesis question and a more personal essay for the other essay. Terms-wise, I think you know most of the terms, but again, you are well-advised to review the terms. You did a great job of studying for the AP exam - a lot of you told me about your studying - so keep up the effort for this exam too.
We also discussed the beginning of The Things They Carried today, and you discussed some of the questions in your groups. I'll give you more notes and we'll talk about it again next day.
For homework, I assigned a journal based on the two essays you were to have read for today: "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" and "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor." Homework: The journal topic due next day is:
Consider the Singer and Hardin essays. With clear reference to the texts (I want to see your specific understanding), take a position and agree / disagree / qualify the arguments being made.
This requires discussion of both texts in a synthesis-like manner, much as is required on the English 12 exam.
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