I had students think about the relationship between thinking and writing and how thinking is "writing made visible."
I forgot to put a link on the blog for you to post your reflections (oops). Here is is now (smile).
It has been a long week, today is my Friday. The plan for the semester is to run though the textbook quickly. I went by the bookstore and the manager told me he could not get the sixth edition.
I found these used copies on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0072YO8MS/ref=sr_1_4_up_1_main_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359658590&sr=1-4&condition=used
Use expedited shipping.
Today we will look at Baldwin and how he uses the personal to shape the present. We will also note how he brings in history to support his argument and show a pattern he would like to interrupt.
How does Baldwin's essay illustrate a positive use for anger?
We will read the essay and then in groups identify arguments and their support. How many do you find? Where is the eveidence placed? Is it easy or hard to find Baldwin's reasoning for his claims? Do you agree or disagree? Are there questions you'd like to ask him? What would you think if you were his nephew?
50 years later, has much changed in this country for the better or worse re: the Big James's? If so, what?
Here are the essays: http://ww2.valdosta.edu/~cawalker/baldwin.htm
I didn't find The Fire Next Time.
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Not exactly sure, but my assumption would be based on the early times
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as a form of communication, starting from ideas developed through a
common sense of meaning and common experiences which are expressed as a
symbol that indicates the mental, physical, and verbal connection of
an idea amongst individuals. Symbols representing multiple ideas are
duplicated and combined to symbolize and recreate an idea that
translates mentally and made visible and vice-versa which are agreed
upon as a way of communicating the idea.