Peer review worksheet for Paper 3

On Monday, 16 October, you will need to bring your draft of Paper 3 to class for peer review. It may be helpful to bring multiple copies so that each reviewer can have a clean copy to mark. At least two classmates should review your paper; you will turn in your draft, along with each reviewers answers to the worksheet questions, when you submit your final paper on 23 October.

Download the peer review worksheet for Paper 3 here.

Assignment sheet for Paper 3

Download the assignment sheet (pdf) for Paper 3 here.

Bring a draft of Paper 3 to class with you on Monday, 16 October, so that you can workshop your paper with classmates. Bringing multiple copies of your paper, while not required, may make it easier to process comments and markings by several reviewers. A peer review worksheet will be available for download here no later than Wednesday, 11 October.

When you turn your paper in on 23 October, please include the worshopped draft(s), along with the peer review worksheets from your classmates. You may attach these to your (stapled) paper with a paper clip.

Changes to Course Calendar, 10/6

I’ve made changes to the Course Calendar (pdf), the most important of which is to the due dates for Paper 3. Your DRAFT of Paper 3 is now due Monday, 16 October; your final version is now due Monday, 23 October.

Reading for Friday, 9/22

Please download, print and read Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” This translation of Plato’s text (taken from in Book VII of his Republic) is from the following source (pp 605-609):

Stumpf, Samuel Enoch. Philosophy: History and Problems. New York: McGraw Hill, 1988.

Changes to the Course Calendar

Please be sure that you are working from the lastest version of the Course Calendar. I distributed copies of the revised calendar in class on Monday (9/18). If you didn’t get a printed copy in class, you can download a pdf here.

Assignment sheet for Paper 2

Download the assignment sheet for Paper 2 here. A first draft of Paper 2 is due Wednesday, 27 September 2006. Please bring three copies of your draft to class and be prepared to participate in peer review workshop. We will devote two class meetings to workshopping drafts.

Paper 2 is due on Wednesday, 4 October 2006.

Readings for Wednesday, 9/20

Please download, print and read these essays from Harper’s Magazine; bring your printed copies to class so you can refer to them during class discussion. When you read the essays, pay special attention to the writers’ “angle of vision” (for more on “angle of vision,” see Chapter 4 in Allyn & Bacon). These essays were published together under the heading “On the uses of a liberal education.” So that you understand what is meant by “liberal education” (hint: we’re not talking about a political bent here), I suggest you read this short piece by Mortimer Adler, entitled “What is a Liberal Education,” before reading the Harper’s essays.

Edmundson, Mark. “As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students.” Harper’s Magazine Sep. 1997: 39+.

Shorris, Earl. “As a Weapon in the Hands of the Restless Poor.” Harper’s Magazine Sep. 1997: 50+.

Wendell Berry essay for Friday, 9/15

Please download, print and read this essay by Wendell Berry. Pay close attention to how Berry explains both the problem he sees and the solution(s) he proposes. Please bring your print-out to class so you can refer to it during our discussion.

“Conserving Communities“ by Wendell Berry

Changes to Course Calendar

I have made some changes to the Course Calendar. You can download an updated PDF here; the updated information is also available on the Course Calendar page.

Outside readings for Monday, 9/11

Please download and print the following articles. You should have read them by class time on Monday; bring your print-outs to class. These articles were written for different publications by the same author, Diane Roberts.

“Evangelicals warming up to scientists’ warnings” (St. Petersburg Times)
“The Pleasure Domes of Florida” (The Oxford American)
“A Precarious Pedestal: The Confederate Woman in Faulkner’s Unvanquised“ (Journal of American Studies)