Sunday, June 1, 2008

Plan for Monday, June 2

Revised Calendar Log-in to Yahoo group, and read group members’ introductory paragraphs for the annotated bibliography assignment: (6:00-6:45 p.m.) Claudia Rubio Crist Antolin, Mike Scanlon, Ronald Tsang, Stephanie Perez Darcy Whittaker, Jackson Yu, Jonas Thornander, Rachel Zhang, Zach Blumenfeld Derek Choy, Jeff Shyr, Jerry Chen, Nelson Wong, Shu Shimakawa Michelle Wong, Nick Wang, Siavash Safa, Tiffany Phamvu, Yonkyung Lim Cheryl Tso, Gary Lau, Mylene Cezar, Nigel Ng, Olivia Hung Reply to each group member's post: List three key words the group member uses in her or his introductory paragraph for the annotated bibliography assignment, i.e., words or phrases that are key to the issue of policy that the s/he will be addressing in Essay 3. Are any of these words weak, e.g., unclear, vague, ambiguous, misleading, or a potential source of misunderstanding? (See p. 303, “The Power of Language,” in Becoming a Critical Thinker) Which one(s)? Why? Second half of class (6:45-8:00 p.m.) Each student has two minutes to clarify words or phrases that are key to the issue of policy that s/he will be addressing in Essay 3. Posted by Schultz Mary on 1 June 2008; 1:05:28 PM from the dept. Discuss