http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/ A blog for Dr. Paul Martin's sections of English 086 at the University of Vermont. Copyright 2005 Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:57:29 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Imagine that you have been asked to write an article on Jacques Poulin’s Volkswagen Blues for an academic journal. What are some of the critical approaches you might apply to this text and what aspects of Poulin’s novel specifically... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/term_paper_topic.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/term_paper_topic.php assignments Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:57:29 -0500 As I mentioned in class, I am offering those of you who want to improve on your midterm mark an opportunity to do an additional assignment that we will post online on this blog, as I think what you... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/makeup_assignment_summer_2005.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/makeup_assignment_summer_2005.php assignments Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:30:31 -0500 Graded essays are all waiting outside my office door (321 Old Mill) in the mailbox on the wall, not to be confused with the massive pile of essays awaiting pickup in the cardboard box outside my door.... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/grading_update.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/grading_update.php news Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:07:18 -0500 Click on the Assignments tab above... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/to_find_the_response_assignment.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/to_find_the_response_assignment.php news Tue, 31 May 2005 21:19:06 -0500 RESPONSE PAPERS ENGLISH 086 Assignment: Choose one of the articles we have read so far from Falling Into Theory and write a response to it taking some or all of the following questions into consideration. What are the most... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/response_assignment_summer_05.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/response_assignment_summer_05.php assignments Tue, 31 May 2005 15:41:27 -0500 Great job in class today, everyone. Great to hear you all talking so much and so articulately about the readings. I'm looking forward already to meeting up on Tuesday to hear your thoughts on the next readings. Our discussion... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/education_andvs_schooling.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/education_andvs_schooling.php news Thu, 26 May 2005 19:22:27 -0500 "Was Canada Too Good to be True?" from the New York Times talks in an interesting way about what is at stake in the Liberal Party's portrayal of Canada as a "singularly virtuous country that adheres more than most... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/lest_i_ever_paint_canada_as_a_land_with_no_problems.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/lest_i_ever_paint_canada_as_a_land_with_no_problems.php news Thu, 26 May 2005 16:17:16 -0500 Great discussion today, everyone. As I was saying to Kristie after class, these are all concepts that take some time to think about and more time perhaps even to decide where you stand on them. Here's the link to... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/why_and_how_do_we_read.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/why_and_how_do_we_read.php discussions Tue, 24 May 2005 17:57:45 -0500 Hi everyone, Final grades are in to the Registrar's office and any essays due to be returned are outside my office door. Many are not in order and are not in envelopes (completely ran out of those), but all... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/final_grades_are_in.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/final_grades_are_in.php news Thu, 19 May 2005 10:56:31 -0500 BBC NEWS | Americas | Free Quixotes big pull in Caracas: People in the Venezuelan capital Caracas have been queuing around the block to collect free copies of the Spanish masterpiece Don Quixote. The Venezuelan government is handing out... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/venezuelan_govt_hands_out_one_million_copies_of_don_quixote.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/venezuelan_govt_hands_out_one_million_copies_of_don_quixote.php news Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:35:31 -0500 "Reading at Risk," a study released in the summer of 2004 by the National Endowment for the Arts, yielded some interesting responses in the media. What do you think about these latest statistics? The release last summer of "Reading... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/one_final_topic_for_discussion_reading_at_risk.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/one_final_topic_for_discussion_reading_at_risk.php discussions Mon, 25 Apr 2005 03:13:44 -0500 Wow! Well, later that night after our wonderful outdoor class I got hit with a terrible stomach bug and had to cancel nearly all of my classes for the rest of the week. I'm just now getting back to... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/catchup_heres_the_extra_credit_assignment.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/catchup_heres_the_extra_credit_assignment.php assignments Mon, 25 Apr 2005 02:23:40 -0500 Imagine that you have been asked to write an article on Jacques Poulin’s Volkswagen Blues for an academic journal. What are some of the critical approaches you might apply to this text and what aspects of Poulin’s novel specifically... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/second_essay_topics_for_086_z1_spring_2005.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/second_essay_topics_for_086_z1_spring_2005.php assignments Wed, 13 Apr 2005 23:30:30 -0500 Aside from the three articles on In the Skin of a Lion, please have read the articles by Harris and Achebe from Falling into Theory.... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/readings_for_next_class.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/readings_for_next_class.php assignments Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:58:48 -0500 This link will take you directly to my earlier posting on this blog about websites that will give you further information about Michael Ondaatje and In the Skin of a Lion. If you've found any other sources online that... http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/ondaatje_links.php http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/086/archives/ondaatje_links.php news Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:28:06 -0500