PLEASE COMPLETE ALL DISCUSSION POSTS Seperately.
No plagarizing
Discussion Prompt 1:
What’s one thing you agree with in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s essay, “The Gift of Strawberries”?
What’s one thing you disagree with or are skeptical about?
Bonus: If you could add or change something in her argument, what would it be?
Here’s a template that might help:
I agree with Robin Wall Kimmerer that _____________. However, I disagree with / I am skeptical about her claim that _______________. If I could modify her argument, I would argue instead that _____________.
Your answer can, of course, be more than three sentences, but use this basic structure to help setup your argument. Try not to write more than 250 words.
Discussion Prompt 2:
Last week we discussed two essays:
Michelle Alexander’s Introduction to The New Jim Crow
Michael Littman’s “‘Rise of the Machines’ Is Not a Likely Future”
Which one did you find more fascinating and why? Answer the question using transitions words and phrases like “as a result,” “in addition,” “for example,” and “therefore.” Try to incorporate at least one qualifying transition like “however.” Try to write between 100 and 250 words.
Discussion Prompt 3:
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
Which of the above stories did you find more interesting and why? For this post, you can make evaluation claims, i.e., claims about whether you find the work good or bad, enjoyable or unenjoyable. But in the process of explaining why you like the work, you should advance some interpretive claims as well.
Try to use some big transition words like “however, “therefore,” “thus, “as a result,” “yet,” and so on. Your post should be between roughly 150 – 500 words.
