wk11 - IGofBeasts - Sum/Para/Quote - PART I

Writing Prompt:  One SUMMARY; One PARAPHRASE; One QUOTE:

1)                  Using paragraphing and apt quotations, summarize Part I.

2)                  Paraphrase a significant passage from Part I and in a brief paragraph explain to your reader why the passage is significant to the text as a whole.

3)                  Find a significant quote from Part I, and in a brief, well-developed paragraph, explain to your reader why the quote is significant to the text as a whole.

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wk10 - in-class paragraph - MATRIX - writing prompt

·         “What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” – Youtube video

·         “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” – The Atlantic – July/August 2008 issue

·         The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains – Nicholas Carr

WRITING PROMPT: Revision:

Using the language of Nicholas Carr in The Shallows and your They Say / I Say writing strategies, create a topic-driven, well-developed in which you explain to your reader the significant difference between watching a four minute Youtube clip, reading a ten page magazine article, and reading a book that requires the “patience for long, drawn-out, nuanced arguments” (8).

just for fun: FREE YOUR MIND: link:

https://youtu.be/yFaflPipmTM



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wk10 - CARR – why it matters

In The Shallows, Carr consistently explains why it matters. That is one of the many reasons why he’s a good writer. Find two or three examples where Carr answers the question: “So what?” In a topic-driven paragraph, explain how Carr uses this rhetorical strategy to make his case that an uncritical use of our new technologies will produce dire consequences.


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wk10 - Exercise #1: Planting a Naysayer - PARAGRAPH

Writing Prompt:               They Say / I Say:               Exercise: #1 (pp. 90-91)

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wk9 - Dr. Daniel T. Willingham - CONNECTION

In a topic-driven, well-developed paragraph, explain the CONNECTION between Willingham’s research findings and the researched opinions we have read and summarized about the effect that certain types of new technology are having on our brains. In your paragraph response, use summary, paraphrase, and quotations—from several sources, including Willingham’s essay.

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wk8 - The World Is Too Much With Us - CONNECTION

The World Is Too Much With Us

BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

1807

The world is too much with us; late and soon,

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—

Little we see in Nature that is ours;

We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!

This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;

The winds that will be howling at all hours,

And are upgathered

now like sleeping flowers;

For this, for everything, we are out of tune;

It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be

A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;

So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,

Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;

Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.

NOTE:

"The World Is Too Much with Us" is a sonnet by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth. In it, Wordsworth criticizes the world of the First Industrial Revolution for being absorbed in materialism and distancing itself from nature.

“In-Class” Writing Prompt: Monday, October 12^th:

In a topic-driven, well-developed paragraph, make a connection between the “glass half empty” critics of the technology that has birthed social media and Wordsworth’s concerns about the human cost of the First Industrial Revolution. Be specific. Reference Carr and at least one other critic in your response.

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wk8 - PANOPTICON - CONNECTION

In a topic-driven, well-developed paragraph, explain the CONNECTION between Ulrich’s “Panopticon” drawing (with the accompanying Wikipedia entry) and the researched opinions we have read and summarized about technology. In your paragraph response, use summary, paraphrase, and quotations—from each source.

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wk8 - THURBER - CONNECTION

In a topic-driven, well-developed paragraph, explain the CONNECTION between the theme of Thurber’s (1933) short fiction and Carr, Turkle, and Franzen’s expressed “fear” about technology. HINT: How might Thurber’s general cautionary tale be applied specifically to the dangers inherent to our technological future

Be specific. Use examples from the text in your response. In your paragraph response, use summary, paraphrase, and quotations.

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wk8 - TEN – quotation sandwich

From The Shallows, chapter “Ten: A Thing like Me,” create a “quotation sandwich”: locate a pertinent quote, build a “frame” around it, and “blend” the author’s words with your own. While being fair and accurate, use the quote, but bend it to your purpose; use it for your “I say”—yes / no / okay, but.

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wk8 - TEN – summary

In a topic-driven, well-developed paragraph, SUMMARIZE Chapter “Ten: A Thing like Me.” Clearly identify Carr’s thesis and supporting arguments. Be specific. Use examples from the text in your response.

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