revelations course suggestions

i've been reading through a lot of the blogs and putting comments on some of them as well. i'm not going to be able to get to all 87 students before june 2.

this is additional reason to do what i've been suggesting all year - help each other.

also, please look at the suggestions i've made on other peoples' blogs - most people have the same weaknesses so its likely that the suggestions i would put on your paper i've already put on other peoples'. these suggestions can be seen down on the right hand margin of this blog, under cocomment.

you're trying to figure out an aspect of the world - and figure out one of the main ways we figure out the world. its a big deal.

i would also suggest that you each use subheadings in the main text of the big essay like, "Description, Compare & Contrast, Analysis, Deconstruction, Evaluation."

and that you try to weave the arguments so it is more compare and contrast and analysis and less a clunky sequence of summaries.

once you've got a good big essay pick 1-2 texts (excerpts from big esssay, RLP essay, etc) and really work it for possible inclusion in the book.

good luck.