Today, our editorial of the day was "Columbine: Who's Fault is it?" by Marilyn Manson (yes, the famous and sometimes creepy shock rocker). This was written in 1999 in the months after the Columbine High School shootings. Since this is the "oldest" piece of writing we've read so far in this unit, to give you a bit of background we first watched a short video clip about the Columbine tragedy and discussed the filmmaker's persuasive strategies in conveying information about it. Marilyn Manson was considered somewhat of a scapegoat for the shootings, and was the target of criticism and censorship attempts by several organizations and parent groups that believed his music played a role in influencing Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris to carry out such a violent act. His editorial, published in Rolling Stone magazine, is his response to this criticism. We read and discussed this article for it's quality of argument, his tone, and his widespread use of the three appeals (logos, ethos, pathos), and recorded our responses on the board in columns. We will be doing more with this article on Tuesday, so please hang on to your copy. You can also download it by clicking the link below. For homework, continue collecting information and start writing your rough draft of your own editorial! Also, make sure you have turned in your article activity from last week...those are graded. Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Modern Lit. - Monday, October 27, 2008
Today, our editorial of the day was "Columbine: Who's Fault is it?" by Marilyn Manson (yes, the famous and sometimes creepy shock rocker). This was written in 1999 in the months after the Columbine High School shootings. Since this is the "oldest" piece of writing we've read so far in this unit, to give you a bit of background we first watched a short video clip about the Columbine tragedy and discussed the filmmaker's persuasive strategies in conveying information about it. Marilyn Manson was considered somewhat of a scapegoat for the shootings, and was the target of criticism and censorship attempts by several organizations and parent groups that believed his music played a role in influencing Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris to carry out such a violent act. His editorial, published in Rolling Stone magazine, is his response to this criticism. We read and discussed this article for it's quality of argument, his tone, and his widespread use of the three appeals (logos, ethos, pathos), and recorded our responses on the board in columns. We will be doing more with this article on Tuesday, so please hang on to your copy. You can also download it by clicking the link below. For homework, continue collecting information and start writing your rough draft of your own editorial! Also, make sure you have turned in your article activity from last week...those are graded. 
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