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Project: Writing : Dear Aristotle * 2006 ?

Affiliation: Lyceum Omega, B.A., S.A.
Starts: 9/1/06 Ends:
Leaders: lindblom
Keywords: Harvard, Open Letter, Lyceum Omega, lindblom, humanistic
Participants: 14 (view all)
Description:

lindblom Post-Graduate Online Writing Lab ::: Aristotelian Analysis :::::: Specialized writing ::: The basic concept is a writing course with the creative idea of writing an open letter or a biography. To whom it may concern is a central focus. A strong suggestion is: "Dear Aristotle." If you prefer, you can learn how to write a good biography. Peripheral foci in the course would focus on writing in psychology,law and the psychology of law in terms of the writing used in those areas.

NOTE: Thanks for your participation, Lindblom

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Dear Aristotle!

NOTE: THIS COURSE HAS BEEN SO POPULAR IT IS BEING OFFERED AGAIN AND COULD BE OFFERED AGAIN CONSIDERING THE RESPONSE!

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See Message Boards!

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WHAT TO EXPECT:

Generally, students want to know what to expect from a course (ahead of time).

The process for this course is to use a service such as http://www.bravenet.com to create your own website. Once you have done that, write an open letter to a person of your choice (such as Aristotle). Email the h2o project leader with the URL of your new website. Below, you will find an example of how that is done.

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Course support and example:

http://aristoteliananalysis.bravehost.com

http://deararistotle.bravehost.com

As can be seen, the technique of "Dear Aristotle" is not being created here per se but introduced to a new group of people perhaps. Amazing!

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In weeks to come, the thesis shall develop. Base your open letter or biography on the following highly modified Aristotelian algorhythm.

(Hint: Please don't assume you know the definitions for the following terms. They are technical jargon terms and must be researched. Google is good.)

The Scientific Method:

1. identify researchable problem

2. derive hypothesis

3. literature review of research

4. develop methodology

5. data collection and analysis

6. analysis

7. falsification

8. results & conclusions

9. interpretation
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Course support: http://openletter.bravehost.com (Under De-Construction)

and blackboard.com

For a biography, try this!

http://www.infoplease.com/homework/wsbiography.html

or this!

http://nomination.bravehost.com/7.html

or this!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/biograph/

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Getting Started................

::: See:

for writing in general:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=writing&btnG=Search

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For a specific example of writing, look at:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=642863

and the critique of that paper:

http://volokh.com/posts/1118158420.shtml

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and

for writing a legal brief:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=writing+%22legal+brief%22&btnG=Search

Writing Legal English:

http://www.google.co.uk/
search?hl=en&q=writing+%22legal
+brief%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta
=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

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Learning how to write:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/

http://www.uefap.co.uk/writing/writfram.htm

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0406964025/026-8674502-9406048

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Disclaimers:

The author of this website does not imply either express or implied that there is any affliiation with any other person or organization. The author is not saying he is a psychodramatist or does psychodrama.

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SMITHSONIANEDUCATION.ORG 1

LESSON PLAN

TITLE: (Suggested) From Repeated Story to Reflective Essay

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STANDARDS (National Center for Education and the Economy)

1) The student produces work in at least one literary genre that follows the conventions of the genre.

i) Examples of literary genres include:

(a) A reflective essay.

(b) A memoir.

(d) A short play.

(e) A poem.

(f) A vignette.

2) The student responds to a non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and drama using interpretive, critical, and evaluative

processes; that is, the student:

(a) Evaluates the impact of authors’ decisions regarding word choice, style, content, and

literary elements;

(b) Analyzes the characteristics of literary forms and genres;

reflect the culture that shaped them.

http://smithsonianeducation.org/

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