{"id":1233,"date":"2014-11-21T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T19:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2014-11-21T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T19:07:09","slug":"college-prep-english-for-homeschoolers-class-notes-nov-21-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/class-notes\/college-prep-english-for-homeschoolers-class-notes-nov-21-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"College Prep English for Homeschoolers, class notes Nov. 21, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Homescholars,
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Class Notes November 21, 2014
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This week’s feed again did not work for long as our local computer froze. Some of the feed is there.
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Class event on Google Plus<\/a>
https:\/\/plus.google.com\/events\/c0nqghl4v6bddpj0g4fbcq1q3g4<\/a><\/p>\n

Youtube Page<\/a>
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2imF5rMbsbc<\/a>

<\/b>The<\/b> playlist for our 2014-2015 classes is here: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLExCxI6q5_Xnpxfr0yI8ATzOnU6SmkO2x <\/a><\/b><\/b>
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<\/b>To learn more about the class, please visit: http:\/\/abacus-es.com\/eie\/advancedwriting.html<\/a>, see the links and watch the video.
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The playlist of 2013-2014 classes is also on Youtube:
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLExCxI6q5_XmwbFdBDNpSar91svWKDe9Y<\/a>
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<\/b><\/font>\"Thanksgiving\"Note: No class next week: THANKSGIVING. <\/font><\/p>\n

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Updated Assignments <\/font>
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Essay Study<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Dr.Essays by David Berlinski<\/a>, a remarkably eloquent and incisive American author. Let’s continue with <\/font><\/font><\/a>The Advent of the Algorithm, The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Here are a few more to choose from:
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Where Physics and Politics Meet
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A Scientific Scandal
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What Brings a World into Being?
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Was There a Big Bang?<\/a><\/font>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\"The<\/font><\/b>We concluded our discussion of <\/span><\/b><\/font>Hamlet<\/a> this week and decided to go on to Shakespeare’s <\/b><\/font><\/span> As You Like It<\/span><\/a><\/font><\/b>. This is a delightful comedy set mostly in the Forest of Arden, Warwickshire.
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Updated Assignments<\/font><\/b>

Please continue to submit papers, poems, diatribes, ruminations. <\/font><\/b><\/span>
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<\/font><\/b>Please watch\/read As You Like It<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Let’s read Chapter 7 in the text.
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Language immersion<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b>
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Let’s continue with our ongoing projects:<\/p>\n

Documentary by Jonathan Miller: Madness<\/a> Note that some of this material is rather heavy. Please skip any parts. <\/p>\n

<\/font><\/b>\"StephenDocumentary by Stephen Fry: Planet Word<\/a>
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Older
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The Jonathan Miller documentary: The Body in Question<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font> <\/b><\/font>and The Machine That Made Us<\/a>, documentary on the Gutenberg press by Stephen Fry. <\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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Rowan Atkinson on freedom of speech<\/a><\/p>\n

David Berlinski lecture: The Devil’s Delusion<\/a>
A really rather fascinating lecture. Listen to it specifically for the language. <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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Lower Priority Assignments<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b>
Terry Eagleton on the war on terror<\/a>. Prof. Eagleton is one of the great speakers. <\/p>\n

Please read: Flying High by Christopher Hitchens. http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/fighting_words\/2009\/12\/flying_high.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert Fisk on writing and journalism<\/a>. Fisk is one of the most highly honored journalists in the world. <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Homescholars,Class Notes November 21, 2014This week’s feed again did not work for long as our local computer froze. Some of the feed is there. Class event on Google Plushttps:\/\/plus.google.com\/events\/c0nqghl4v6bddpj0g4fbcq1q3g4 Youtube Pagehttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2imF5rMbsbcThe playlist for our 2014-2015 classes is here: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLExCxI6q5_Xnpxfr0yI8ATzOnU6SmkO2x To learn more about the class, please visit: http:\/\/abacus-es.com\/eie\/advancedwriting.html, see the links and watch the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,33,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-agenda","category-class-notes","category-writing-class"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1234,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions\/1234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}