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Homework for 4/28 Write 500+ word response that explores the ways Obama’s Peace Prize speech and the documentary //Soldiers of Conscience intersect// with and diverge from each other. Cite specific portions of each text to support your discussion.

Here's a glossary of terms you might use or run into, especially on the multiple choice section:


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=Research Project=

For 2/8 - select a topic, choose one source to annotate and write up using the double-sided form; .pdf below if you need to print new copies. Feel free to type directly on .pdf and submit electronically if you want. Here's the questions from the Research synthesis source notes in a Pages document:

Schedule:
For 2/16: Source 4 and names/contact information for three potential interview sources For 2/18: Source 5 For 3/1: Source 6 For 3/3: Source 7 For 3/7: Source 8

Reading for 1/11
“Making College Relevant” by Kate Zernike, (//New York Times// 12/29/09) [] =COURSE EVALUATION= Fill out the survey at this link to provide course evaluation for the past semester's worth of study.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&pli=1&formkey=dERab0htbTdmV1luT24yY2ZFaWlGM2c6MA#gid=0

Choose a recent event of national or international significance.
[wikileaks, hurricane in Haiti, midterm elections, tensions in South/North Korea, release of Aung San Suu Kyi, US foreclosures, rebound of the economy....whatever interests you)

Search using Google Images for keywords associated with the event. Choose a variety of visual sources (4+) that comment on this event; select images with details you can understand and discuss. (Photographs, editorial cartoons, maps, graphs, advertisements...).

How can PROXIMITY, ALIGNMENT, REPETITION, CONTRAST, and FOCUS be used to understand the composition of individual images / understand the cluster of images as a group? How does accompanying text contextualize the images? How do the SPEAKER, AUDIENCE, and CONTENT reveal the PURPOSE of individual/collective images? How do these images make an argument?

Copy and paste the images along with associated captions into a word processed document that analyzes the composition of the image, and how elements of the image (as well as any accompanying text) provide commentary on the event.

Focus on organization through synthesis - based on ideas, not sources. (//e.g.// comparisons among vantage points, clothing, repeated gestures, use of color/contrast, influence of captions)

Browse Pulitzer Prize winners in Feature Photography at the following address. []
Choose a photograph from the collection of Pulitzer Prize winning Feature Photography from 1995-present

Browse based on personal interest and find out more by clicking "More Details."

Click on "Works" tab to view the series of thumbnails; double-click for larger versions. Browse images, selecting one with details you can understand and discuss in depth. Read the caption that explains the photo and consider ways that the caption shapes your understanding of the situation being photographed.

How can PROXIMITY, ALIGNMENT, REPETITION, CONTRAST, and FOCUS be used to understand the composition of the image? How do the SPEAKER, AUDIENCE, and CONTENT reveal the PURPOSE of the image? __How does this image make an argument?__

Copy and paste this image along with its caption into a word processed document that analyzes the composition of the image, and how elements of the image (as well as the information of the caption) affect the purpose of the photo.

Norton Reader Discussion series
When approaching the task of preparing to be discussion leader and writing the 2+ page analytical response to your essay, consider my sample document over The Death of the Moth, including discussion questions stemming from the major points raised in the analysis. Be sure to anchor your discussion firmly on contemplation of the essay's language and structure.