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”

  • Write in an assigned Google Doc (not on this website) in which you do the following:
    • Look at the paragraphs in Douglass indicated below, and pick two bulleted sections to address. In your email, find your assigned Google Doc group and use the Google Doc designated for your group to  write your responses. Explain your ideas in two or three short paragraphs (approx. 300-350 words). Be sure to identify yourself for participation points!
      • 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?
      • 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?
      • If you had to name Douglass’s discourse community (DC) what would you call it? (Use both the text and your imagination!)  Likewise, if you had to give his audience’s DC a name, what would you call it? (Again, use the text and your imagination!)

By end-of-day Wednesday, 9/16 

READING:

  • Mary Wollstonecraft “Dedicatory Letter” to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

WRITING:

Quick Comment

  • Read through the Google Docs where you responded to Douglass, and provide at least one comment to each member of your Google group. You can agree or disagree and explain why, or add to something they’ve noticed. Be sure to identify yourself in order to receive participation points!

Micro-Activity #6: Responding to Wollstonecraft

  • Write a post under Student Work: Unit 1 Work (be sure to title it with your full name and Micro-Activity #6) in which you respond to the following:
    1. Why is she writing this letter? What does she want from the recipient of the letter?
    2. 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? (Really think about this!)
    3. Find two moments (either a sentence or a paragraph) 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 for #3, 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: