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__IMPORTANT REMINDER__: NOTE CARDS FOR RESEARCH PAPER ARE DUE ON 1/5. WE WILL BE WORKING ON THESE IN CLASS ON 1/3 AND 1/4, SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING NOTE CARDS (4X6 OR LARGER) AND YOUR RESEARCHED INFORMATION TO CLASS. I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A NICE BREAK!

~A place where students collaborate and ideas are shared.

To the right, you will find links to our group blogs. Below, you will see the discussion prompt for you to blog about. Please make sure you copy and paste the discussion prompt to the top of your response before posting it to your group's blog. Remember to put your first name at the bottom of your post.

Discussion Prompts 10/12/11 -Prompt #1: Identify the aspects of culture that you found in each of the 2 poems that you analyzed with your group in class today. How do each of these poems make a larger statement about culture? Howdo they illustrate a like between culture and voice?

10/24/11 -Prompt #2: After reading the small group discussion guidelines website on the "Discussion Tips" page, identify 3 insights/tips that the author makes about effective discussion or small group participants that you found interesting or that you did not know before. Do you agree or disagree with these insights/tips? Also identify and explain what you think contributes to an effective discussion

10/28/11 -Prompt #3: In "The Street of the Canon," give 3 reasons Pepe Gonzalez might have had for leaving the cheese at the party. What do these reasons indicate about his character traits?

11/1/11 -Prompt #4: How is Dee's sense of heritage different from her mother and Maggie's? What is ironic about Dee's accusation that her mother and Maggie do not understand their own heritage?

11/16/11 -Prompt#5: In "Us and Them," how does Sedaris' family influence his perception of others and the world? Why is Halloween important to Sedaris' story?

11/29/11 -Prompt#6: In "An Indian Father's Plea," What do you think are the most powerful or important points that the Robert Lake makes and why? (quote and cite). Discuss how strong his argument is and how convincing it is. Do you agree or disagree with him? Overall, what statement does this piece make about the blending of culture and education? (Be specific and insightful, not "we have to recognize each other's differences." There are several different angles!)

12/12/11 -Prompt#7: In //Antigone// scene 3, Haemon says to Creon, "A city which belongs to just one man is no true city" (p. 308). How does the meaning of this line relate to the major conflict of the play? Also, compare this conversation between Creon and Haemon to Creon's first speech in scene 1 about what makes a good ruler (p. 292) and explain what Creon is failing to realize.