Assignments for Friday, November 1

• Read PA 275-311, 343-49
• Do Exercise 8.2 for one of the three articles
• Continue gathering sources and infomation for your upcoming paper
• Keep good bibliographic info for each source
• Bring your research and notes to class

Assignments for Friday, October 25

• Learn and be able to use these vocabulary words: brandish, collateral, consensual, discordant, euphemism, eviscerate, exacerbate, existential, monotony, mundane, proximity, symptomatic
• Read "The Drug War's Collateral Damage"
• Read "The Trouble With Wikpedia"
• Read PA pp. 241-72

In-class exercise

In one or two sentences each, answer the following questions about Glenn Reynolds's essay, "The Parent Trap."

1. What is the main idea of "The Parent Trap"?

2. Why are children no longer an economic boost to families?

3. Who is Vladamir Putin?

4. What are some of the "social costs" of parenting in the U.S.?

5. What is evidence that parenting has declined in prestige in recent decades?

6. What recommendations does Reynolds suggest to remedy the parent trap?

Reminder

To receive a grade on an essay, you're required to give or send me an electronic copy of that essay. You can do so by sending it to the email address I gave you in class.

Assignments for Friday, October 18, 2013

• Turn in plagiarism essay, if required
• Email electronic copy of first rhetorical analysis
• Review "The Parent Trap" and be prepared for a quiz and class discussion about the essay