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THIS FINAL VERSION SHOULD BE PUT IN A POCKET FOLDER WITH YOUR NAME ON THE OUTSIDE. ALSO IN THIS FOLDER SHOULD BE

[2] THE FINAL COPY OF P1 WITH THE INSTRUCTOR'S EDITS [or -50 points]

[3] THE INSTRUCTOR'S ONE-PAGE CRITIQUE OF P1

[4] A COPY OF YOUR ORIGINAL DRAFT OF P2, THE ONE YOU UPLOADED TO BLACKBOARD;

[5] COPIES OF ALL CRITIQUES YOUR COLLEAGUES MADE OF P2.

[6] A SECOND DRAFT OF P2 WITH ALL THE CHANGES YOU MADE IN RESPONSE TO ALL THE CRITIQUES, INCLUDING THE INSTRUCTOR CRITIQUE OF P1, WITH CHANGES NOW HIGHLIGHTED AND COLOR-CODED TO SHOW WHICH CHANGES WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO WHICH REVIEWER AND WHICH CHANGES WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE CRITIQUE OF P1 BY THE INSTRUCTOR.

Detailed criteria for your print version here (to be turned into the instructor).

TODAY'S GOALS:
CONCERNING WAR HORSE, the movie

[2B] DIGITAL LITERACY: “students will be better able to deal with the technological revolution” by being able to [2B1] recognize the value of multimedia for access to right brain, the whole person [2B2] recognize the power of multimedia to change society, prime example Earthlings [2B3] move from making slide shows to making movies (road map assignment) [2E] WRITING, esp P2 webversion: [2E8] To practice the new multimedia writing which appeals to multiple intelligences, the right as well as the left side of the brain.
[2A2] CONCERNING ETHICS

[2A2] The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: “have experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems.” Our ethics goals are [2A2c] To experience more directly the ethical dilemmas presented by speciesism, especially cruelty to animals. [2A2d] To become aware of real-life ethical choices made daily by all of us involving cruelty to animals. [2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience. [2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.

TODAY'S TOPICS: the uses and abuses of horses

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: Soft Shell Turtle's birthday (11/20) celebration; FEEDBACK, MEDITATION; begin final unit on the use and abuse of horses by watching the start of movie War Horse

TODAY'S REQUIRED READING: the play the making of the play the movie

REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: use and abuse of all animals

LOOKING AHEAD:Black Beauty and War Horse, the novel

“Stress Recess” Stressed by papers? Tests? Relationship issues? For these and other stressors, take a few minutes to check out a new interactive website called “Stress Recess” at http://www.cmhc.utexas.edu/stressrecess, a component of the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center. This site is loaded with videos, animation, video games, body scans, quizzes, clickable charts and graphics and practical information tailored to YOU. Learn what causes stress, signs of stress and—most importantly---what you can do to manage stress in healthy ways!

Nov. 20 P2 due, War Horse

Project Two due:

WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE FOLDER TO BE HANDED IN?

[1] YOUR FINAL COPY OF P2 LABELED "FINAL DRAFT"

FORMAT: DOUBLE-SPACED, WITH A TITLE, PAGE NOS., and FOOTNOTES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGES, using the University of Chicago footnote method (See Faigley).

LAST PAGE SHOULD PROVIDE THE WORD COUNT (both with and without quotes) AND THE U.R.L. OF THE BLOG VERSION.

THIS FINAL VERSION SHOULD BE PUT IN A POCKET FOLDER WITH YOUR NAME ON THE OUTSIDE. ALSO IN THIS FOLDER SHOULD BE

[2] THE FINAL COPY OF P1 WITH THE INSTRUCTOR'S EDITS [or -50 points]

[3] THE INSTRUCTOR'S ONE-PAGE CRITIQUE OF P1

[4] A COPY OF YOUR ORIGINAL DRAFT OF P2, THE ONE YOU UPLOADED TO BLACKBOARD;

[5] COPIES OF ALL CRITIQUES YOUR COLLEAGUES MADE OF P2.

Detailed criteria for your print version here (to be turned into the instructor).

LOOKING AHEAD:Black Beauty and War Horse, the novel

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