English
1006T
Prompt #6
2 October 2003
Discussing Niven, moving on
In Class Today
You should have brought with you a page with a couple of sentences which represent your best shot at
answering each of these questions :
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Read the statement headed "Objective" first. What does Niven say he's doing?
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Read the first paragraph and skim the rest of the first section.
What does it seem to you Niven wants readers to believe and understand
here?
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Read the "Methods" section, paying particular attention to the first and
last paragraphs. What's the tone here? How does Niven want to sound?
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Read the first and last paragraphs of the "Results" section. What does
Niven himself think important here? How can you tell?
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Read the "Conclusion." How does it relate to the "Objective" Niven outlined
at the beginning?
Take a minute, right now, to write at the bottom of your page,
under the heading "we should talk about," your suggestion for the main
thing we should discuss in connection with this article.
We'll arrange for everybody to read a half dozen other people's
responses, and then we'll put our chairs in a circle and talk about it.
For Tuesday
I'll pass out copies of the two articles we decided we'd look at
next. For Tuesday, read Robert Bork's "Civil Liberties after
9/11." Choose three passages of a sentence or two that you think
it would be worth talking about. For each, copy the passage at
the top of a sheet of paper, fold it in half, and write the reason you
think it would be worth talking about it below the fold. Bring the
three sheets to class next Tuesday.
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