HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
DUE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010
You have four assignments to complete before our next class on January 27th. It will probably take between 30-60 minutes to complete each assignment. Each assignment requires that you write a response paper. For guidelines for response papers, you can check your syllabus, or go to this link for an online copy of the syllabus:
http://english101wcc02.blogspot.com/2010/01/syllabus-first-response-papers.html
and/or go to this link to download the power point used in class on January 20th:
http://www.slideshare.net/Roberts1156/english-101-spring-2010-week-1
If you have any questions about the homework, you can e-mail Professor Roberts at english101wcc@gmail.com.
Enjoy your assignments!
Assignment One:
Read the New York Times article "Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls in Church; Riots Flare; 2 Boys Slain" (Birmingham, Alabama; September 15, 1963) (pages 15-17)
Look at the article as it appeared on the front page of the "New York Times" on Monday, September 16, 1963: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0915.html
Prepare a first response to the newspaper article
First Response: Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls
Assignment Two:
Read the poem "Ballad of Birmingham," by Dudley Randall (pages 17-18)
Prepare a first response to the poem
First Response: Ballad of Birmingham
Assignment Three:
Read the lyrics to the song "Birmingham Sunday," and watch the video of the song performed by Joan Baez:
Lyrics: http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/j/joanbaez2038/birminghamsunday96500.html
Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shgSLKb-onA
Write a first response to the lyrics/song
First Response: Birmingham Sunday
Assignment Four:
Read "Oral History: Claude Sitton" Interview: http://civilrightsandthepress.syr.edu/pdfs/Claude%20Sitton.pdf
Write a first response to the interview
First Response: Claude Sitton Interview
You have four assignments to complete before our next class on January 27th. It will probably take between 30-60 minutes to complete each assignment. Each assignment requires that you write a response paper. For guidelines for response papers, you can check your syllabus, or go to this link for an online copy of the syllabus:
http://english101wcc02.blogspot.com/2010/01/syllabus-first-response-papers.html
and/or go to this link to download the power point used in class on January 20th:
http://www.slideshare.net/Roberts1156/english-101-spring-2010-week-1
If you have any questions about the homework, you can e-mail Professor Roberts at english101wcc@gmail.com.
Enjoy your assignments!
Assignment One:
Read the New York Times article "Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls in Church; Riots Flare; 2 Boys Slain" (Birmingham, Alabama; September 15, 1963) (pages 15-17)
Look at the article as it appeared on the front page of the "New York Times" on Monday, September 16, 1963: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0915.html
Prepare a first response to the newspaper article
First Response: Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls
Assignment Two:
Read the poem "Ballad of Birmingham," by Dudley Randall (pages 17-18)
Prepare a first response to the poem
First Response: Ballad of Birmingham
Assignment Three:
Read the lyrics to the song "Birmingham Sunday," and watch the video of the song performed by Joan Baez:
Lyrics: http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/j/joanbaez2038/birminghamsunday96500.html
Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shgSLKb-onA
Write a first response to the lyrics/song
First Response: Birmingham Sunday
Assignment Four:
Read "Oral History: Claude Sitton" Interview: http://civilrightsandthepress.syr.edu/pdfs/Claude%20Sitton.pdf
Write a first response to the interview
First Response: Claude Sitton Interview
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