Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Tuesday, April 16th

Today's Topic:  Elements of Nature Writing and Abbey!

Objectives
1. Understand the 5 elements of nature writing

2.  Critique writing by Edward Abbey in his description of sense of place, perception of the 

relationship between man/technology and nature and his environmental ethics. 

Starter

Read the handout on elements of nature writing (page 1 and 2 only for online version) and answer the questions on the backside at the bottom of page #2.


Agenda

1. Introduction to Edward Abbey and overview of reading/annotation reqs

* Scroll down on this website to listen to a  short reading by Abbey from his essay "Freedom and Wilderness, Wilderness and Freedom"


Links to the Two Abbey Readings:
1. Desert Solitaire pdf: ·         https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2QC-culCKvHc05NaF9VOFNQOVk&usp=sharing

2. "Freedom and Wilderness": https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2QC-culCKvHc05NaF9VOFNQOVk&usp=sharing

Announcements
Homework:
Inspiration Journal Assignments (Due Monday 4/22)

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