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The Second Essay!
Here it is! The student emailed it to me this evening, with apologies about the delay.
(Note: Yes, there are serious formatting problems with the essay. We’ll talk about that in class. The printed version didn’t look like this, but it turned out this way on my computer, for specific reasons. This problem is easy to solve! We’ll talk about it in class.)
Workshop Essay
So far I only have received one essay for Thursday’s Workshop. Here it is. Please check back later, maybe the other one will arrive. (I haven’t received it as of 3am on Wednesday morning.)
First Workshop Piece for Nov. 1st
Midterm MP3s
Tuesday, October 23rd:
- LiShan & SunMi
- GiJin & MiJun
- Shi-hui & SangHoon & JungEun
- JaeWon & YuJie
- SangHyuk & TianTian
- Shingo & JinHui
Apologies to anyone whose name was misspelled to spelled in a way you don’t usually spell it!For anyone who needs another copy of the self-evaluation form, here it is: Conversation Midterm Self-Evaluation.
The self-evaluation should be handed in on Tuesday, October 30th.
Midterm Exam MP3s
Here are the MP3s from your midterm exams. Right click and “save as” to download the files.
Tuesday, October 23rd:
- HyeYoung & EunSuk
- HanSol & HaKyoung
- JiYoung & Sookjung
- SooHyun&ChangMo
- JangMi & EuiChul
- JiYi & YoungKyu
- KwanYong & WonGi
- SangWoong & ChoHee
- EunKyung & SeungMi
- SunJun & Kun
Thursday, October 25th:
- MinKyung & HyungHo
- SungJoon & SunHwa
- YouJung & MinJoo
- MinYoung & JiSun
- JongHwan & SooYoung
- SaeHo & KyungSun
- SungJin & DaeRyong
- Miji & BoMi
Apologies to anyone whose name was misspelled to spelled in a way you don’t usually spell it!
For anyone who needs another copy of the self-evaluation form, here it is: Conversation Midterm Self-Evaluation.
The self-evaluation should be handed in on Tuesday, October 30th.
If you would like me to erase the link to your MP3, please email me AFTER both partners have a copy of the file.
MP3s coming…
The MP3s, as you can see, are not yet up. I thought I’d manage to upload them, but didn’t get a chance. I will do so tomorrow, either after the exams or late at night. (I have evening plans, so it’s before 6pm, or after midnight.)
In any case, you should be able to download your MP3 by Friday. If you’d like me to delete the MP3 soon, let me know after you and your partner have a copy and I’ll do that for you.
Good luck on your other exams!
More Poems to Choose From
Aside from the poems we didn’t discuss in your readings package, here are some more to choose from for your midterm project:
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
How Do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
this poem by e.e. cummings
A Day in Bed by Katherine Mansfield
In a Station of the Metro, by Ezra Pound (very short but very, very hard!)
Death Be Not Proud by John Donne
Black Petal by Li-Young Lee
Red Slippers by Amy Lowell
Daffodils by William Wordsworth
A Myth of Devotion by Louise Gluck
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
This untitled poem by Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for death by Emily Dickinson
Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley
A Winter Night by Sara Teasdale
any one of Shakespeare’s sonnets, but choose carefully!
Remember, your written project should basically treat the poem in a way similar to how we treat them during presentations or class discussions: consider their contents, structure, meaning, and so on.
The due date is Wednesday, October 31st, at 6:00pm in my mailbox, which is in room #205, 다솔관. Good luck!
Rebuttal sheet Exercise
Here’s a two-page explanation and example of the rebuttal sheet I asked you to prepare. Two sheets (one pro, one con) will be due from each group. Work as a group when you prepare these things, okay?
See you next week!
Debates
Long time, no update.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been discussing:
How to build a position for a debate:
A position is a strong opinion on the subject of a debate. Because it is an opinion, it involves something subjective, such as an ethical opinion (is wrong, is right, is unacceptable) or an opinion on policy (we should, the government should not, everyone must). It’s good to be specific about your terms in your position.
Strong positions:
- Teachers should not give more than two hours of homework a week.
- Governments that tax over 20% of income are unacceptable because of their effect on the lower and middle classes.
Weak Positions:
- Teachers shouldn’t give too much homework.
- Big tax is unacceptable.
How to prepare arguments to support your debate
In debaters’ arguments, people look for the following:
- Logic — you want to be logical and reasonable. Avoid fallacies like the strawman, ad hominem attacks, appeals to tradition, or hasty generalizations. Consider the connections between your different arguments and present them logically.
- Evidence — you want it to be credible. Avoid using anecdotal evidence, as it is weak, and rely on examples and on statistical information. Be wary of skewed statistics, or incredible (unbelievable) interpretations of statistics (ie. lies, damned lies, and statistics).
- Emotion — you want to be sympathetic: appeal to your listeners on an emotional level, but don’t overdo it, or you’ll slip into melodrama and your opponent can use it against you.
How to respond to and make rebuttals to others’ arguments, and prepare for both sides of a debate
You can attack your opponents arguments by:
- pointing out logical flaws in his or her argument, such as a strawman, ad hominem attacks, appeals to tradition, or hasty generalizations.
- providing contrary evidence that contradicts the evidence your opponent offers: counterexamples, or different interpretations of statistics
- engaging in a counter-appeal for your audience’s sympathies, and/or criticizing the emotionality of your opponent’s argument and calling for reasoned discussion
We also discussed how to prepare for a major debate by exploring all of the possible arguments and rebuttals (and rebuttals to the rebuttals), and preparing a chart of those rebuttals for quick reference during a debate. Your homework was to prepare a page containing short summaries of all the arguments and rebuttals you could imagine for the debate topic that your group was assigned.
That brings us to this week.
Read and Critique
Here is the first piece of writing for our class critique. (One more piece of writing will be added, so please check back soon!)
Our critique session will be moved to Tuesday, October 16th because of the Presentation Contest Discussion which will be held during our class on October 11th. So please have your editing and critique ideas ready for October 16th.
Homework Update:
You currently have two pieces of homework due:
- Your writing development plan, for today (October 9th)
- Your essay on the first lines of three books, for October 24th