t/Th 2:15 Class -- Tues 2/16

1.Free-Writing: (and sign up for conferences)

Apply this quote from the writer Eckhart Tolle to Baghdad Burning:

War is a mind-set, and all action that comes out of such a mind-set will either strengthen the enemy, the perceived evil, or, if the war is won, will create a new enemy, a new evil equal to and often worse than the one that was defeated. There is a deep interrelatedness between your state of consciousness and external reality. When you are in the grip of a mind-set such as "war," your perceptions become extremely selective as well as distorted. In other words, you will see only what you want to see and then misinterpret it.

ECKHART TOLLE, A New Earth

 

or, this idea (paraphrased from St Thomas Aquinas:

Evil is the product of two contrary goods.

 2. Discuss Reflection Papers, View Sample Reflection Paper

3. Sample Thesis Statements

4. The "Ingredients of the Unit 1: Baghdad Burning essay 

HOMEWORK:

For Thurs/Fri:
1. Complete initial draft due at conference time

 For Thursday 2/24 in class:
1. Have Complete Revised Draft of Essay
2. Turn in two summaries of sources you are using in your paper. The summary must be in your own words, and you must address how you will use the source to support your Thesis Statement

REVISED CALENDAR

Thurs 2/17 and Fri 2/18: Group Conferences
Mon 2/21: President's Day Holiday
Tues 2/22: Monday Schedule
Thurs 2/24: Revised draft and article summaries due (Reflection Paper)
Tues 3/01: Final Version Unit 1 Essay due (Reflection Paper)

* Next we will read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius*