Letsallwrite’s Weblog

No matter what your major is, throughout your university career you’ll be asked to look closely at and analyze texts.  But a “text” can take on many forms.  It can be a book or an article; it can be a film or a photograph.  For this assignment, your text will be an item, an inanimate object that has some relationship to your topic—for example, a microphone, a sailboat, a football jersey, a TV set, a stethoscope, a diploma, a pair of dancing shoes.  Look closely at the item you choose and find insights about the connection between it and your topic while you write about your role as a participator, a consumer, or simply an appreciator of your theme.  Precise descriptions, original thoughts, and perceptive insights will be prized. 

This assignment is in three parts: you will write a goal for your blog, an entry for it (at least 10 paragraphs), and you will post comments on at least three other blog entries.