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Purpose: We are expanding on the idea of interconnectedness introduced last week. Think about our interconnections through the “eco” way of thinking about the natural world around us. We are in our environment, not apart from it. Dillard, Heat-Moon, and Hutto have different and unique lessons for you on this interconnectedness with the ecosystems in which they experienced.
Your goal is to discover the common theme that these two authors and the film show us on our interconnectedness. Specifically, how does Dillard’s idea that “it’s all about keeping your eyes open” in the natural world help you focus on the message in all three sources?
Assignment Details: In about 400 words (create a fully developed paragraph), create ONE academic paragraph in the sandwich pattern (shown below) with a clear topic sentence and quotes from the two readings and the short film answering the following prompt:
Using Dillard’s “Seeing,” Heat-Moon’s “A List of Nothing in Particular,” and Hutto’s My Life as a Turkey, develop the central idea in a paragraph that we are all interconnected and about Annie Dillard’s idea that “It’s all about keeping your eyes open.”
1. Annie Dillard’s “Seeing” (9 pages): https://aimeeknight.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/seeing.pdfLinks to an external site.
2. William Heat-Moon’s “A List of Nothing in Particular” (1 page): http://college.cengage.com/devenglish/brandon/self_source/1e/shared/list.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
3. Watch biologist Joe Hutto’s one-hour documentary “My Life as a Turkey”:
Hutto’s Film is here (58:51 min): https://vimeo.com/82069929
Sandwich Pattern for Writing Strong Paragraphs:
1. Topic sentence that clearly states your main idea in the paragraph (without “I”)
2. Another sentence that develops your idea in the topic sentence
3. Bring in your quote correctly cited (author) or (author page). You must have evidence to support your ideas.
4. Discussion/commentary on your quote in one or two sentences. Tell us how your quote supports your main idea in the topic sentence.
5. Bring in your second quote correctly cited (author page)
6. Discussion/commentary on your quote in one or two sentences.
*In this assignment you have three sources to work with (Dillard, Heat-Moon, and Hutto), so you will need to bring in a third quote and commentary. You can always bring in more quotes and commentary, even when you have one or two sources to work with in your Discussion Post assignment.
7. Don’t forget to wrap up your main idea in the last sentence or two. Don’t forget to drive your main point home with a wrap up or echo of the main idea in the topic sentence.
