ENC1101--9/11 Address to the Nation by President George W. Bush. Posted on September 5, 2024. Due on September 12, 2024.

Cut and paste this speech by President Bush into a Word document, then print it out and annotate it. When annotating refer to the post on this website, "How to Analyze and Evaluate an Argument." (See the Rubrics tab at the top of the website as well as the annotating links at the bottom of this post.)

Also, complete the "Shorter Analysis of a Text Activity": https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analysis-of-text-shorter-version.html. Please type the Shorter Analysis Activity in MLA format as usual.

Always remember to research some biographical facts about the author. Add these findings to your notes.

Link Speech

https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbush911addresstothenation.htm

How to Annotate a Text

http://schoolhabits.com/annotate-text-reading/
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/01/english-i-how-to-take-notes-on-fiction.html#more
https://prezi.com/ctwiszjrqb7h/why-how-to-annotate-a-text/
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/handouts/the-writing-process-1/invention/Annotating-a-Text

Additional Ways to Take Notes

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analyzing-text-paragraph-by-paragraph.html

Taking Notes if the Reading Assignment is Fiction

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/01/analyzing-short-storiesfiction.html

For Ideas on How to Summarize (Useful for Fiction and Nonfiction)

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/01/httplearnonpoint.html

Analysis of "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston, an important voice of the Harlem Renaissance, was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and novelist best known for her work, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Sadly, she died in 1960 after suffering financial and medical difficulties. In 1973, Alice Walker, another famous American writer, "rediscovered" Hurston and promoted her body of work. In the classic essay, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Hurston explores the idea that all of us have multiple selves, depending upon the context and environments in which we find ourselves. Hurston's writing has an ebullience, self-assertiveness, and pride that is particularly evident in this text. She was a flamboyant and dramatic personality, at times clashing with fellow writers from the Harlem Renaissance, who believed that black Americans should use their art to speak out against racial oppression and the white majority. Hurston chose not to align herself with the political ideologies of ot...

All Classes--Analysis Activity for Texts. (Only do when assigned)

You will complete the following tasks.

Class Rules and Expectations

Until we are back on campus in the 2020-21 school year, adhere to the virtual behavior guidelines posted on Canvas. Follow uniform, ID badge, and safety rules. Do not be late for class. When you enter the classroom, copy the Agenda, the Word of the Day, and the Writing/Grammar Point of the Day. Place any homework on the table.

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