Responding to Rodó

As a citizen of the Americans, respond to Jose Enrique Rodó´s Ariel in a video blog. Cite any words you don´t understand or aren´t sure of, then do the research to discuss them and their role in the text. Be sure to talk about The Tempest as an ALLEGORY.

Feedback (Feedback)

For our next class, listen to my audio feedback. Write or record a brief response in which you discuss or explain some of the points I make in my commentary.

Date for Our Peformances

After the poll, and given some other exams that week, we've decided to perform your scenes from  The Tempest on Thursday May 15th and Friday, May 16th. This will take place in class.

For Friday or Monday

Read Gabriel García Márquez´s Nobel acceptance speech. In preparation for our timed writing next week (Question 2), analyze his speech rhetorically. Do not simply note pathos and ethos, etc. but spend more time on devices he uses, diction he employs and the audience he is addressing. Draw a rhetorical triangle as well. You can also use your study guide.

So we'll have our last multiple choice exam on Monday.

Then on Wednesday April 30th, we'll have our last timed writing exercise. It will be the rhetorical analysis.

These will both be summative.

For Wednesday

Write a blog entry in response to an excerpt of this article about The Tempest. In your response discuss the role you believe Colombia might play in this writer's theory.

I should warn you this is difficult; however, it is representative of the kinds of text you'll find confronting you May 9th. 

For our papers, in Turnitin.com you must join my class.

Here is the number 7922862

And the p-word is Rhetoric.

How to Write Your References?

For our paper due Friday, here are some tips on creating your page of references.

Caliban in Latin American History

In class I mentioned a few anecdotal examples of The Tempest in Latin America. There are for sure many more, but I wanted to share the links with you for consideration.

For Writer's Workshop

Have your sources available for our Writers Workshop this week.

Rubric for Final Draft

Here's our working rubric so far. Please contribute.

Feedback Time

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Counterargument

Here´s a brief guide to counterargument from Harvard.

Next week´s final draft should include one counterargument.