English 1301 with Nikki Slack!

Here’s the problem:
I’m citing from both Maus I and Maus II in my paper, but I don’t know how to distinguish between each volume in my citations!
 Here’s the solution:
Your Maus I citation would look like this if you had not mentioned Spiegelman’s name in the sentence (Spiegelman I: 12).  A quote from Maus II would look [...]

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If you’re still having difficulties formulating a strong thesis for your papers, maybe these online resources about literature theses can help:
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/litthesis/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/618/01/
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/litweb05/writing/33-2.asp  (This one is really good)

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I am incredibly happy to announce that I was wrong in class today when I mentioned that the OneBook contest is only for visual arguments this semester.  In fact, there are two categories:  1) the essay and 2) the visual argument.
 This means that the work you are doing for this class can actually count as [...]

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If today’s class or this unit in general is getting you down, click here for giggles.  (Not related to our class at all.)

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Incredibly short notice:
Tomorrow from 12:00 to 1:30, the committee for the display case will meet in Carlisle room 212, Ms. Davis’s office. Take the elevators to the second floor, turn right, and 212 is in the far back corner.
It is very possible that the committee might get everything done tomorrow. If this is the case, [...]

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This is not a graded discussion question, but if you would like to share your experiences from today’s prejudice activity, you can here!  Tell us what your role was, what you did during the class period, any insightful moments you had, and how the activity overall made you feel.

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If you are interested in serving on the OneBook display case committee (for up to 25 points extra credit!), please fill out this form and return it to me by Thursday, October 11:  Display Case Committee Form

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Hey guys, one of my colleagues emailed me this link today so I thought I would share.  It’s about people who dumpster dive for food even though they can afford to buy food.  If you liked Eighner’s piece, watch it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_L612od8Ng

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