Monday, September 4, 2017

Leading up to Week 3

For those trying to add the class, I have already given away all the spots that are available. I regret to say that if you did not receive an add code last week, there is no more room to add.
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I have made a new prompt for Option 1 of Essay #1. If you are in the Tuesday class and already began work on the original Option 1 and/or want to stick with the original Option 1, that's fine. You can alternatively use the prompt I am about to describe. If you are in the Wednesday class, you need to use the prompt below instead of the original Option 1. Both classes are also free to write on Option 2 (search/spyders) or Option 3 (uber/airbnb) instead.

NEW OPTION 1 FOR ESSAY 1
Guy travels to a home in the middle of the night believing that he will find there a fifteen-year-old child who contacted him online for sexual relations. In fact, the child does not exist and the invitation came from an undercover police officer who arrests Guy when he arrives. He's charged with Attempted Sexual Assault.

Salle, an otherwise mentally competent adult woman, sincerely believes that she can kill her neighbor by lining the threshold of her doorway with salt. Hating her, Salle lines the threshold of her doorway with salt. A police officer discovers her intentions and she is charged with Attempted Murder.

Write an essay in which you formulate a definition of an Attempt crime. Use your definition to argue that one of the above individuals is guilty while the other is not. If your definition is too broad, it will catch both Guy and Salle. If it's too narrow it will catch neither.

In addition, present two other cases of attempted crimes to use as comparison points to help argue why Guy or Salle is guilty and the other not. These other cases can be from the news, a researched court case, or a fictional case from literature, film, or television. Cite all sources.
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Remember to bring the textbook, Elements of Argument, 11th edition, to class next week and every week for the rest of the semester. You will not be able to successfully participate without the book.

For the upcoming class, print, read, and bring the online short story, "A Flock of Lawn Flamingos."

Remember also that you must create your turnitin account if you did not already do so. Make sure you can upload a "fake essay" to the Sample assignment before the due date for Essay 1 comes around, so that you will not be caught off guard by inability to upload when the essay is due. Directions are in the syllabus.

Essay 1 must be turned in on time to www.turnitin.com (no hard copy required). There are only two kinds of essays: on-time and not on-time. The circumstances (emergencies, technical problems, absence, confusion) do not change this outcome.

See the syllabus for other requirements regarding the essay. See below for a link to a transcript of Minority Report which you can use if you like to help you with facts for your essay.

For those who missed class
We watched a portion of the film Minority Report. You can view the film either by a) streaming it on Amazon Instant Video (about $4 to rent); b) borrowing the DVD from a public library; or c) employing some other method.

As a very last resort, use a transcript of the movie from the Internet. The scenes we watched are the opening scene (roughly the first 14 minutes, in the transcript from the beginning to "[he finally goes limp]." and the scene where Spyders are used to search a building (for about 10 minutes starting at 1:17:00 in the film, in the transcript starting with "[As Evanna, unaware that Anderton is in the building]" and ending with "[All eight spyders come under the bottom of Anderton's door and start back down the hallway.]"). You can use CTRL-F to find those phrases and know where to stop/start.

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