Melissa Wantz: Notes from West Egg

Okay, so which of these assignments would you pick if you could choose:

Write a 1,500-word essay explaining the theme in Animal Farm, using literary elements such as character motives, symbolism and imagery.
Give a 5-minute presentation that relates the theme in Animal Farm to some aspect of society today, making sure to draw clear connections to [...]

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One of the blogs I read is “Reflections from the Trenches“ by a high school English teacher named Julia Osteen from Georgia. The other day she posted a reaction to the widespread practice of students copying and pasting information, remixing it basically, and calling the product their own. She said:
My initial reaction to this article [...]

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Who am I to assert my voice into the blogosphere? That’s the first question that comes to mind as I try to set the scene, try to answer the who-what-why-when-where questions that will help to shape a context by which others can fully understand me. I have not written for an audience in 10 years, and [...]

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