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Something that might interest some of you here: a shot of Obama looking over a speech that he’s edited. I don’t know who to credit with “writing” the speech, since he has speechwriters and participates in that process himself. But … Continue reading →

Swift’s full text is available through Project Gutenberg, which is a great site that has 30,000 titles for free. If you’re ever looking for pre-20th Century works, check this place out. Also, despite being dead for a long time, Jon … Continue reading →

The guidelines, and some suggestions on how to make the essay really good, are here.

When is the portfolio due? Tuesday, March 2. What should I do with the old portfolio? Keep it in the same binder, and put the new portfolio materials on top. Can I put the fall term writing and winter term … Continue reading →

The requirements are here. Note that the general purpose of this portfolio is to compare and contrast between the work you did first term, and the work you did second term. Both fall and winter portfolios belong in the SAME … Continue reading →

Here are the presentation schedules for 0 Hour and 2nd Hour.

Here it is.

Sean helpfully e-mailed me this link to Monsanto’s website, on which they rebut some of the charges leveled at them in Food, Inc. It’s pretty interesting to see what they respond to and what they don’t, and to see their own … Continue reading →

Today you can work on your blogs. We’ll continue to talk about essays connected to food when I return this week. Along those lines, if you’re interested in using this as a prompt for one of your blog posts this … Continue reading →