Week 4: Monday, 9/14 – Friday, 9/18

(Friday– no classes)

By end-of-day Monday, 9/14 

READING:

WRITING:

Micro-Activity #5: Google Doc “Analyzing Douglass”

  • Go to My Post in Week 4 Work under Student Work and do the following activity.

Note: you are not writing a post. I have written a post that is categorized Week 4 Work and which you will find in that drop down.  The title the post is Micro-Activity #5: Google Doc “Analyzing Douglss”

    • Look at the moments indicated below, and pick one bulleted section to address.
    • Then find the appropriate Google Doc for that section and use the Google Doc for that section to  write your response. Explain your ideas in one short paragraph.

       Moments to pick from: 

    • Paragraphs 1-3: Find two or three key phrases Douglass uses to describe himself. Why do you think he presents himself this way to his audience?
    • Paragraph 4: Notice all the times Douglass uses the words “you” or “yours.” To whom does “you” and “your” refer? What do you think is his reason for repeating “you” and “yours” so often?
    • But I fancy…: Why does Douglass say, “But I fancy I hear some one of my audience say… ‘Would you argue more, and denounce less; would you persuade more, and rebuke less; your cause would be much more likely to succeed’”? Who are these audience members he pretends to hear?  How are they different from Douglass? And how does he imagine them seeing him?
By end-of-day Wednesday, 9/16 

READING:

  • Go back into the Google Doc on Analyzing Douglass to see my responses to your work.
  • Mary Wollstonecraft “Dedicatory Letter” to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

WRITING:

Micro-Activity #6: Responding to Wollstonecraft

  • Write a post in which you respond to the following:
    • Why is she writing this letter? What does she want from the recipient of the letter?
    • After reading this letter, how would you identify the DC that Wollstonecraft is a part of? Does the recipient appear to be a part of this DC or outside of it?
    • Find two moments where Wollstonecraft’s writing strategy gets your attention, and think about how you might use these strategies as models for your own writing. (Remember: for Unit 1 Assignment: Investigation a Discourse Community you will be writing your own speech or letter.)

In your response, use the following format:

Quote 1:

Identify the writing strategy you see Wollstonecraft using:

Explain why you find this useful, persuasive, or effective in some other way:

Quote 2:

Identify the writing strategy you see Wollstonecraft using:

Explain why you find this useful, persuasive, or effective in some other way:

  • Before publishing your post, make sure you do the following:
    • Title it “Micro-Activity # 6: Responding to Wollstonecraft”
    • Pick the category “Week 4 Work”