Friday, October 12, 2012

Final Project Abstracts

Dear Gladiators:
Please write a 150 to 200 word abstract for your final project.  This is a slightly longer version of the abstract writing you did for your Love paper.   When you have finished, please post it as a comment here and email me that it is up. 
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Monday, October 8, 2012

Post-Symposium Abstracts

As a response to/ comment on this post, please share your abstract here.

Your abstract should be 75 to 100 words in length.  Summarize your take on Love thoroughly yet concisely.


Friday, October 5, 2012

Assignment updates and prompts

Dear Students,

Today, we will finish a close reading of the last speeches of The Symposium.  This weekend, you should write (and finish) writing your own speech about Love.  Please make it a minimum of one double-spaced page.

Following the screening of Quantum of Solace, you should be preparing your explanation of how the film uses familiar issues of conflict and greed (i.e.: monopolization of oil resources) to communicate to the viewer the gravity of the bad guys' pursuit of the freshwater resources of Bolivia.  Why do they want to own water?  How is this going to give them power?  Is this humane?

Beginning Monday, we will be working both on rewriting past assignments and preparing final projects.  All drafts can be checked in class and rewritten without penalty.  Please take the opportunity to do so.

Should you have any questions, please let me know in class or by email:  n.brooksdevita@hccs.edu