Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Starter 9.15:  Watch these EPA videos of the spill and react in writing.  What do you see in the videos?  Does watching this footage do anything to modify your perspective?
 Mark Canfield's edits.


Announcements
1. Honors essay due!
2.  Are you a sound editing expert?  Put your name on the board!
3.. Review dates
  • Seminar: Thursday 17
  • Janae/Chem Lab: Friday 18
  • Essay: Tuesday 22
  • Storycorps Interview deadline extension for those who need it


Synthesis of Friday's reading:  Discuss in groups
One person scribe on a Google doc. Put everyone's name on it and share with me!
1. What is Jeff Snowbarger's bias about the Animas River?  
2. Upon what has he formed that bias?
3. Do you agree with his perspective?
4. What does Snowbarger mean by the following quotation?


  • "This was how a free people behaved. And this is what seems buried in our current disaster, the notion that decisions collectively made in the name of freedom almost always have detrimental consequences for those who follow."


5. What commentary is Snowbarger making about the American West and America herself?  How does he extrapolate what has happened to the Animas onto his larger ideas about America?



WORK TIME TO-DO LIST
1. Seminar and In-class Essay Prep (Let me know if you want to print a hard copy of this!)
2. Schedule your interview (Conference with me for help)
3. Produce your interview if you have already recorded it (see guidelines on page 2 of this document)
4. Conference with me about any and all of these things
5.  If you haven't already done so, please complete Friday's Freewrite, the Silverton trip reflection.