Schedule and Assignment for Thursday

Here is the plan for the next few classes:

Today 9/8: Rhetorical situation activity.
Thursday 9/10: Discuss paragraph focus and essay focus with speed-reading article.
Tuesday 9/15: Manuscript preparation and mechanics.
Thursday 9/17: Essays due.

Here is the link to the article for Thursday. The title is "Big Question: Is Speed Reading Actually Possible?" and it appears in Wired magazine. Be sure to read the article carefully, print it out, and be prepared for a quiz.

It might help to check out the site of the Spritz speed-reading service before reading the article.