Lesson 3
Create a 300-500 word reading response to Barbara Ehrenreich’s Chapter 1: Nickel and Dimed: Serving in Florida . Provide examples of each of the following themes in the essay and provide an analysis of the example you’ve chosen to comment on how those themes speak to broader societal issues
Lesson 4 Discussion Board
Create a 300-500 word reading response to Suzanne Berne’s Where Nothing Says Everything (if the link does not open properly use the following url to read the essay: https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/21/travel/where-nothing-says-everything.html) This reading response will be a rhetorical analysis of Berne’s writing strategies. Review “How to Write a Rhetorical Analysis” to guide you in preparing your reading response.
Lesson 5 Discussion Board
Journal Instructions
Create a 300-500 word reading response to Alan Weissman’s “Earth Without People” What is the purpose of this essay? Who do you imagine Weissman chose as his audience? Does he make a strong case for his arguments? Do you agree or disagree with his arguments and why or why not? What are some ways Weissman could have been more effective or persuasive in presenting his arguments?
You may want to read Weissman’s USA Today interview that followed the publication of this essay in a longer book.
Lesson 6 Discussion Board
Create a 3 0 0 – 5 0 0 word reading response to Johnathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal. ” Address 3 of the following questions:
“A Modest Proposal” is an ironic essay: the author deliberately writes what he does not mean. What is the real thesis? Is there more than one?
A clear difference exists between Swift and the persona who makes this proposal. Characterize the proposer.
Would it be possible to read this essay as a serious proposal?
Consider how the appeals to logic are put in mathematical and economic terms.
Why does Swift use this method to further the “author’s” arguments.
When does the reader begin to realize that the essay is ironic? Before or after the actual proposal is made?
Which groups of people are singled out as special targets for Swifts’ attack?
Are the Irish presented completely as victims, or are they also to blame?
Does the essay only function as a satirical attack? Does Swift ever present any serious proposals for improving conditions? If so, where?
What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
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