Welcome back. Thursday class today meets at the NSU Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, at 3:30 p.m., as discussed and decided upon (Friday class will meet at 10 a.m. at the adjacent Broward Main Library, on the second floor circulation area or by the elevator). I will take attendance there and tour the exhibit Kahlo, Rivera + Mexican Modernists with you.
The Address and Phone:
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale 1 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 |
Essay (extra-credit, alternate, or makeup): In 350-500 words address an idea that you hold as an article of faith or philosophical belief, using narrative or descriptive examples to support and flesh out the basis of that belief. Examples can be found (some 125,000)at thisibelieve.org. There you can explore topics and examples going all the way back to the 1950s, when the project itself first began.The site supports an international forum of sorts on core values, and offers opportunity to upload your essay for publication.
The guidelines for writing the essay are much like those we have been following in class, keeping to 350-500 words in a voice that is personal and original. The following URL within the site describes in detail what the editors want in terms of style and development: http://thisibelieve.org/guidelines/. You may summarize and quote from any one of the published essays as a lead-in to your piece, though neither summary nor response is a required element of the essay. The topic you address should reflect your particular experience and corresponding beliefs or concerns–whether of religion, money, virtue, vice, growing up, growing old, love, death, sickness, health, the meaning of life, the nature of existence, the human condition, pleasure, pain, the fate of life on this planet, etcetera. Your statement of belief should be articulated in a sentence or two.
The final is week 1, and will be an essay assignment to be done in class, with no use of the Internet allowed. Any rewrites should be submitted by the end of week 10.
I have posted grades at ecompanion. Please check the grades posted at ecompanion to see what you may be missing and that my record is consistent with yours.
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I have posted below material from an earlier post to allow for review of English syntax and basic punctuation principles. I also include the following link to an article featuring discussion and review of the use of commas: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/the-most-comma-mistakes/
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