4/11: The Web and Privacy

Essential Question:  How has the current version of the World Wide Web changed our relationship with the establishment, particularly in terms of personal information?

Class

1. Report on George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four. 

• See the definition of Panopticon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon 
• Watch Orwell's Warning from George Orwell: A Life in Pictures (BBC documentary): https://youtu.be/s6txpumkY5I?t=1h25m8s

2. Writing lesson: The Whys and Hows of Modern Language Association style. Here are some guides to help you:

• https://library.laguardia.edu/files/pdf/MLA8completedsample_printable.pdf
• https://library.laguardia.edu/files/pdf/MLA8highlightedindexedrev12122016.pdf

3. Essay 2 Workshop, continued

Check that the essay is properly formatted. The essay

• has a header, heading, and title
• the title of the essay and the title of the Works Cited page are centered
• the entries of the Works Cited page are formatted using hanging indent
• is in 12 size font 
• is double spaced
• first line of its paragraphs is indented

Complete the Exit Questions: https://goo.gl/forms/cgcyno5ErSrpvlWb2

For next class

Read: Andrews, “George Orwell...Meet Mark Zuckerberg”
Write: Journal 6 on Andrews, checking on vocabulary and using the 7Ws

If you plan to turn in Essay 2,  turn in

• Draft 1 
• Reader Feedback (2 reader reports)
• Draft 2
• Essay Checklist
• Any slips proving you have visited the Writing Center (B200) or SGA Tutoring