06 August 2012

The 1200-Word Final



INSTRUCTIONS: You have to write a total of 1200 words. You also have to answer each of these seven questions. That means you can give short answers on some and long answers on others, until you reach the word count. (And remember the Ninja Method, grasshopper.)

  1. What was the coolest moment of the semester? (Doesn’t have to be related to our class.) 
  2. What do you think I think is the most important thing I’ve taught you this semester? 
  3. What is the most important thing you’ve learned this semester?
  4. What new bits of technology did you learn? What did you learn about the role of technology in communication?
  5. What’s something you learned from Lynn Truss in Eats, Shoots and Leaves?
  6. In The Anatomy of Peace, Yusuf and Avi taught us about acting on the feelings that tell us to treat others as people. What action did reading the book encourage you to take? What relationship did it make you think about? 
  7. If you were running the show, what would you have changed to make this class better?

EXTRA CREDIT: Explain how a specific scene in Nacho Libre teaches an important principle of writing (describe the scene too).

P.S. Did your changes to the Wikipedia entry stick? Explain. (But you don’t have to copy and paste all that stuff I told you to do.)



NOTE: Make sure you label your answers (you could copy and paste the questions above into a Word document). Also, when you EMAIL IT TO ME, rename the file with your name and give the “essay” a  clever title—like we always do. This is due Wednesday at 5:00pm.