Links

=Awesome Sites Where You Can Find Some Things to Read= There are two sites that I like to use to find some cool stuff to read. If you are not the "real book" type you might be interested. People anonymously post stories that are either original ideas ([|Fiction Press]) or takling an existing form of literature, books, movies, plays, TV shows, etc. and change it, predict what will happen next, or take an existing part and put a spin on it. ([|Fan Fiction])

You can actually subscribe to stories, authors generally post chapter by chapter. Everytime the author updates you will recieve an email notification and it contains a link to the new chapter. If you have some stories that you want to post it is really easy to do so. All you need to do is create a "pen name" and upload either a Word Document or Google Document. Users are allowed to review fellow peopls's stories and leave suggestions or share what they like.

Also, there are users called "betas" that act as editors that can review your work before you post. There is a directory where you can search for betas that fit criteria that you construct. They can help you keep an update schedule and check your grammar. They basically act as a second pair of eyes to catch any slip ups.

Have fun and go at it!

Laura Kohner I will happily answer any questions you might have about these two sites. You can contact me by using Facebook or emailing oboist22@gmail.com.

=Something interesting I found on Visual Documentation.= =(from Paula Scher--"big deal" in design)= []

=Rhetorical Precis= This is the same page we used in class just in case anyone wants to review. []

=**Malcolm Gladwell** archives from the //New Yorker:// [|http://www.malcolmgladwell.com]= If you read any of these (or others) let us know. Tell us what it would be useful (certain types of argument, model of a good synthesis, good info that you could use on an argument essay). I recommend: Spies: "Pandora's Briefcase" Dog fighting and football: "Offensive Play" Success: "The Uses of Adversity" Big Ideas: "In the Air" Def'n of Plagiarism: "Something Borrowed" About tests the College Board makes (SAT, PSAT, your AP Eng Lang exam): "Examined Life" and lots more-- about race, shopping, being smart, getting a job, and many other useful topics.

=**Radio Lab**= Some great episodes:







===Girl Talk **(we listened to as example of synthesis). Ask your parents. Not sure if can access from school: [|Girl Talk albums] ** ===

=Programs Seen in Class:=

Merchants of Cool The Persuaders Art 21: Consumption

Here's some you may be interested in and/or are helpful: =**Ads:**= [|Ads of the World]

[|Advertising Age] (trade magazine for the advertising business)

=**About thinking:**= [|Less Wrong] (there's a definite point of view here-- so evaluate the site carefully)

A great comprehensive, but also complex page: [|Dan Kurland's Strategies for Critical Reading and Writing]

=**News:**= [|ProPublica] (one of the Internet's only independent, investigative news sites)

[|Pew Research Center]

[|Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting] (FAIR) (advocacy/watchdog media group)

[|Columbia Journalism Review] (from the Columbia University School of Journalism)

=**Don't "Reinvent the Wheel"** (helpful courses on rhetoric or AP Lang) with links, assignments, readings, advice:= [|Rhetoric course] with assignments, examples, readings, and a lot more from Armstrong Atlantic State University

[|AP Lang course] with incredibly valuable units, often with readings linked

And many other possibilities. Give me feedback if you would like sites of a certain type. But consider: research resources, blogs about language, rhetoric, writing, etc., materials from the College Board. Edit so that the list doesn't become chaotic, but there are tons of things online that you can compile here. ~Ms. C