Lab 9/2: Thesis Statements
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Lab 9/9: MLA Works Cited and In-Text Citations
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Lab 9/23: Writing Introductions Presentation and Practice
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Lab 9/30: Reviewing and Revising Practice
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Sample of a Correctly Revised Paragraph:
One of the most devastating effects of American consumer capitalism is not even one that occurs on US soil: the mistreatment of workers in the export processing zones (EPZs) of emerging nations. As companies look for ways to make more and more money, they have outsourced their manufacturing and contracted that work overseas. As Naomi Klein explains, “The reason for this is simple: building a superbrand is an extraordinarily costly project, needing constant managing, tending, and replenishing” (“Discarded” 196). Companies have shifted their focus from production of products to the creation of brands that sell. Therefore, they hire contractors to make their products in EPZs abroad. Foreign countries have been tricked into allowing the formation of tax-free EPZs based on the lie of the “trickle-down theory” (210). The lie convinces nations that the money that workers make in these EPZs will be spent in the surrounding nation and improve the nation’s overall economy. This is not, however, the reality. Instead the primarily female work force are paid so little and work under such horrendous conditions that there is neither money nor time for the workers to spend outside of the EPZs to improve the nation’s economy. While the invention of EPZs has enabled huge profits for American corporations, the workforce within these zones has suffered under corporate greed.
One of the most devastating effects of American consumer capitalism is not even one that occurs on US soil: the mistreatment of workers in the export processing zones (EPZs) of emerging nations. As companies look for ways to make more and more money, they have outsourced their manufacturing and contracted that work overseas. As Naomi Klein explains, “The reason for this is simple: building a superbrand is an extraordinarily costly project, needing constant managing, tending, and replenishing” (“Discarded” 196). Companies have shifted their focus from production of products to the creation of brands that sell. Therefore, they hire contractors to make their products in EPZs abroad. Foreign countries have been tricked into allowing the formation of tax-free EPZs based on the lie of the “trickle-down theory” (210). The lie convinces nations that the money that workers make in these EPZs will be spent in the surrounding nation and improve the nation’s overall economy. This is not, however, the reality. Instead the primarily female work force are paid so little and work under such horrendous conditions that there is neither money nor time for the workers to spend outside of the EPZs to improve the nation’s economy. While the invention of EPZs has enabled huge profits for American corporations, the workforce within these zones has suffered under corporate greed.
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Lab 10/14 Pronoun Reference Practice
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Lab 11/4: Wall-E Film Questions
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English 80: Wall-E In-class Response Questions
For each question below, refer directly to the film when possible. When using examples from the film, be sure to write descriptively and fully explain the scene or image to which you refer.
For each question below, refer directly to the film when possible. When using examples from the film, be sure to write descriptively and fully explain the scene or image to which you refer.
- What do you believe is the message of Wall-E? Is there more than one? Is it successfully conveyed? Why or why not?
- Who is the film's intended audience? Is the message appropriate to its audience?
- How have our course readings and other films affected your reaction to the film Wall-E? Do you believe that the film's message was enhanced by your current knowledge, or do you think it would have made an equally strong impact without the course's readings?
- Which reading(s) do you think most closely relate to Wall-E and why?
- Which of Leonard's five steps of the materials economy are depicted in the film Wall-E? How are they depicted (give some examples)?
- How does the film Wall-E also comment on concerns expressed in Food Inc. and The Omnivore's Dilemma? How are these commentaries made apparent or depicted (give some examples)?
- How does Wall-E comment on the impacts of technology (both positive and negative)?
- What consequences of consumerism does the film highlight? Give some examples to support your analysis.
- How accurate of a portrayal of the future do you think Wall-E gives us? In other words, do you think it is plausible and likely, or do you think it is an over exaggeration? Why?
- How does Wall-E relate to or comment on our own society? What elements of our society are reflected in the film?