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So, first drafts are due today. I want to have a peer edit opportunity and then give you the rest of the time to work. We have A and B due on Jan 8 and C/D on Jan 10th. Our next essay will be persuasive.
Peer Edit: Try to get two editors [...]

We start off with a little quiz today on chapters 1-5. I’ll give you a bit of time.
Then…
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I’d like you to take your own shot at war poetry using some of the same techniques (similes, unexpected uses of words, war terminology, prose rhythms). Use this site and this site to give you [...]

Best Lines: Using the homework that your fellow students completed, I’d like each group to create a slide show (PP or Keynote) of some of the best snippets of movie reviews. Make sure to include context (what is the movie, where was the review, writer’s name) and commentary (what’s good/innovative about the snippets). [...]

No, really.  Out of 8 entries into the Voices of Innovation contest, 6 placed. Wow!

ART CREDIT: John Singer Sargent Gassed (greatwar.nl)
We’ll start with a little quote worksheet that I’d like you to do individually and post onto your blog. Afterwards, we’ll discuss what you had to say.
Next, in small groups imagine that you’ve been asked by the recently formed Peace Initiative to create a proposal for a video [...]