English 10:
Literature and Culture of Information
Forum Response
Guidelines & Dates
 
Forum Response Guidelines

Argument
Your argument should show original thought and should be at least one longish paragraph. It should show engagement with the themes and topics discussed in class or should address some area of interest that was neglected in class. Properly cited quotations are always a plus. Don’t just rehash the class itself. And, as always make an observation, assert a hypothesis, and offer significance. Try to end with an assertion that can be challenged or a direct question.

Response
Responses should be at least a paragraph and should either disagree with the posted argument and present a counter argument, or agree and offer elaboration. Again, quotations are always more than welcome.

Posting Discipline
Arguments should be posted within 24 hours of the assigned class (by 5:00 the next day) and responses must be up by 12:00 the day of the next class.

Please post your argument directly to the forum by clicking on the little pencil on the forum info page (you must be logged in and a member of the forum to do this)

Responses should be posted just that way by clicking on the link under the argument.

While there are people assigned to argue and respond each day, everyone is welcome to participate for course credit.
Forum Response Dates

Tues January 18 – Frankenstein, Volume III
Argument:dizzy14
Response: dee31

Thurs January 20 – Patchwork Girl & “Cyborg Manifesto”
Argument: dee31
Response: dizzy14

Argument: curlyq1318
Response: dansaholic4life

Tues January 25 – Short Stories
Argument: DCJunkie02
Response: chapada

Argument: emin3m55
Response: DCJunkie02

Thurs January 27 – Poetry
Argument: cocoakissr

Argument: locals42
Response: smuckers03

Tues February 1 – Poetry
Argument: capem86
Response: sugarmagnolia66

Tues February 8 – War of the Worlds
Argument: wwj69
Response: curlyq1318

Argument: lightsout2
Response: nerdcore19

Thurs February 10 – Watchmen
Argument: monkeytrash
Response: wwj69

Argument: nodinxvb6
Response: emin3m55

Tues February 15 – Watchmen
Argument: nerdcore19
Response: cocoakissr

Argument: h2opolo14
Response: lightsout2


 

Thurs February 17 –Feed, parts 1 and 2
“Politics and the English Language”
Argument: Kazestar
Response: pinklady85

Argument: lipvenom48
Response: h2opolo14

Tues February 22 – Feed. Part 3
“The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”
Argument: dansaholic4life
Response: iseeorange88

Argument: smoothopr8tor
Response: Kazestar

Thurs February 24 – Feed, Part 4
“The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception”
Argument: chapada
Response: lipvenom48


Argument: pinklady85
Response: smoothopr8tor

Tues March 1 – The Thirteenth Floor
“A Rape in Cyberspace”
Argument: smuckers03
Response: capem86

Argument: sugarmagnolia66
Response: monkeytrash

Thurs March 3 – Television
“Encoding/Decoding”

Argument: iseeorange88
Response:nodinxvb6
Response: locals42