Homework for Wednesday Sep 8

Read the first article of the semester, Daniel Wideman's "Free Papers." Come to class prepared to discuss the issues discussed in the article, for example, consider the following ideas:

Argument: WHAT is the thesis of the piece? Where does it appear in the article?

Audience: WHO is the intended audience of the article? How can you tell?

Method: HOW does the author prove their thesis? What rhetorical methods and strategies does the author employ to affect/convince the reader?

Objective: WHY did the author write the piece? What is the goal or objective of the article? what are they trying to do?

Assumptions:  WHERE is the author "coming from"? What are the assumptions in the article?

Of course, in order to analyze a piece of writing you must understand all the words that are found within, s consult or contribute the CSP19 Vocabulary corpus.

Other homework assignment: accept the invitation to become a contributor to the #CSP19 blog AND participate online in some way: write a blog post, a tweet or blog comment.

Bring Laptops to class today!

Don't forget to bring laptops to school today. We're going to try and get everyone set up on Twitter and Blogger by the end of class. Then the blogging and tweeting can begin!

Homework for Friday Sep 3

Just complete Survey #1 before 9am on Friday Sep 3, and bring a laptop to class if you have one. If you already have a Twitter or Blogger account, bring those names with you to class as well, and attempt to follow the CSP19 blog.

If you like you could add your online account names to Survey #2 as well.

Welcome to CSP 19 Fall 2010!

This is the course website and course blog for CSP 19: LGBT Rights in the Era of Obama and Google at Occidental College.