On Day One, the Palmetto Writers worked in pairs on comparing and contrasting two songs: Adele's Someone Like You and Lady Gaga's You and I.
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The directions were as follows:
Work in pairs and compare and contrast Adele's song "Someone Like You" with Lady Gaga's "You and I."
1. Explain how the title of the song indicates what the song is about. Explain why you think they
2. Explain how the the style and the language in the songs seem particularly suited to what the songwriter has to say.
3. Analyze the visual rhetoric in the two songs. How effective is the video in communicating the message and theme of the song? Use evidence to support your claim.
Be sure and support your three points with examples from the songs.
Submit your comparison/contrast critique as a post and include your names and the title "Adele vs. Lady Gaga Songs".
Here were the directions to the discussion forum on Andrew Sullivan's essay, Why the M Word Matters to Me.
1. Revisit the essay by Andrew Sullivan called Why the M Word Matters to Me.
2. Identify the reasons why Sullivan believes that gays should be allowed to marry.
3. Watch the two videos below.
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http://youtu.be/rN6X0M0rev8
Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN6X0M0rev8
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4. In Paragraph 2 state your opinion and provide at least three reasons why you believe that there should or should not be marriage rights for gay couples.
5. Support your opinion with at least TWO credible sources following the CARS checklist. Your sources must have a credible unbiased author, the facts must be accurate, reasonable, and balanced(no bias).
6. Use in-text citations in your post and properly formatted works cited at the end of your post.
7. Reply to a minimum of two of your peers' posts in which you agree or disagee and mentioning why.
Conner C. - Gay Marriage
Andrew Sullivan is a very brave and heroic man. Over his lifetime he has faced hate, hardship and even the contemplation of suicide. He is a strong and inspirational man who just so happens to be gay. With all of the challenges he had to overcome he is now happily married and has found the perfect lifestyle for himself. He has had a long road of supporting gay marriages and he most definitely has arguments to back it up. He believes that in order for America to be a strong, united country, everybody must make peace and join one another. With so much controversy over who can't get married, more and more hate is circulating. Instead of opposing gay marriages, why not let the people be free and make their own personal decisions?
It's fairly obvious what my opinion on gay marriage is, considering the first paragraph. I believe that since we are able to make such personal decisions as smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol, we should be able to make such decisions about who we want to marry. It's okay for people of a different nationality or a different religion to get married, but people with a different sexual preference are excluded. How does gay marriage affect you in any way; you're not the one involved in the relationship? As Americans, we have the right to be free, to an extent obviously. With these freedoms comes personal choice, and sexuality should definitely fall into this category.
"Demographic information also showed most of the couples were older and better educated than average newlywed couples, with more than 74% over 35 years old and 69 % holding a college degree."
It is said, by use of statistics, that gay married couples on average tend to be of a more mature age and are literally more intelligent and succesfull than that of a heterosexual couple. What could happen with the legalization of gay marriage, besides creating thousands of happier couples?
"Gay Marriage Facts & Statistics - History of Gay Marriage." Gay Marriage Tips - Gay Marriage Jewelry - Gay Marriage Laws - Gay Divorce. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. http://gaymarriage.lifetips.com/cat/64319/gay-marriage-facts-statistics/index.html.
www.youtube.com/watch
www.youtube.com/watch
The directions were as follows:
Work in pairs and compare and contrast Adele's song "Someone Like You" with Lady Gaga's "You and I."
1. Explain how the title of the song indicates what the song is about. Explain why you think they
2. Explain how the the style and the language in the songs seem particularly suited to what the songwriter has to say.
3. Analyze the visual rhetoric in the two songs. How effective is the video in communicating the message and theme of the song? Use evidence to support your claim.
Be sure and support your three points with examples from the songs.
Submit your comparison/contrast critique as a post and include your names and the title "Adele vs. Lady Gaga Songs".
Scott and Ursula's Response
1. In Lady Gaga’s song, “You and I” she returns to town and wants to rekindle a relationship with a past lover. In Adele’s song, “Someone Like You” she feels that instead of going back to her ex lover, she is moving on just like he did. Gaga chose that title for that song because it’s in the present where as Adele’s is drawing the line in the sand and making a new future for herself.
2. In the music video, “Someone Like You” the whole video is in black and white which gives a more powerful meaning already. They show close ups of her face which expresses regret, because things didn’t turn out the way she wanted. The song is slow and methodical. It’s a bittersweet video of lingering piano and a powerful voice. She has been left behind by an ex lover and ponders why she couldn’t live up to his expectations and has gained the strength to make the decision to move on. Lady Gaga says, “It’s been a long time since I came around, Been a long time but I’m back in town. You taste like whiskey when you kiss me, Oh I’d give anything to be your baby doll. This time I’m not leaving without you.” Her powerful voice is very loud and her style is contemporary rock n roll.
3. One visual reference in Adele’s video, is being in black in white and she’s walking along the a river in Paris, France, making this very bittersweet but stating that she’s resolved her problem and moved on, whereas Gaga paints her picture with her words, for example, when she says, “Sit back down where you belong in my corner of my bar with your high heels on.”
Here were the directions to the discussion forum on Andrew Sullivan's essay, Why the M Word Matters to Me.
1. Revisit the essay by Andrew Sullivan called Why the M Word Matters to Me.
2. Identify the reasons why Sullivan believes that gays should be allowed to marry.
3. Watch the two videos below.
www.youtube.com/watch
http://youtu.be/rN6X0M0rev8
Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN6X0M0rev8
www.youtube.com/watch
4. In Paragraph 2 state your opinion and provide at least three reasons why you believe that there should or should not be marriage rights for gay couples.
5. Support your opinion with at least TWO credible sources following the CARS checklist. Your sources must have a credible unbiased author, the facts must be accurate, reasonable, and balanced(no bias).
6. Use in-text citations in your post and properly formatted works cited at the end of your post.
7. Reply to a minimum of two of your peers' posts in which you agree or disagee and mentioning why.
Conner C. - Gay Marriage
Andrew Sullivan is a very brave and heroic man. Over his lifetime he has faced hate, hardship and even the contemplation of suicide. He is a strong and inspirational man who just so happens to be gay. With all of the challenges he had to overcome he is now happily married and has found the perfect lifestyle for himself. He has had a long road of supporting gay marriages and he most definitely has arguments to back it up. He believes that in order for America to be a strong, united country, everybody must make peace and join one another. With so much controversy over who can't get married, more and more hate is circulating. Instead of opposing gay marriages, why not let the people be free and make their own personal decisions?
It's fairly obvious what my opinion on gay marriage is, considering the first paragraph. I believe that since we are able to make such personal decisions as smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol, we should be able to make such decisions about who we want to marry. It's okay for people of a different nationality or a different religion to get married, but people with a different sexual preference are excluded. How does gay marriage affect you in any way; you're not the one involved in the relationship? As Americans, we have the right to be free, to an extent obviously. With these freedoms comes personal choice, and sexuality should definitely fall into this category.
"Demographic information also showed most of the couples were older and better educated than average newlywed couples, with more than 74% over 35 years old and 69 % holding a college degree."
It is said, by use of statistics, that gay married couples on average tend to be of a more mature age and are literally more intelligent and succesfull than that of a heterosexual couple. What could happen with the legalization of gay marriage, besides creating thousands of happier couples?
"Gay Marriage Facts & Statistics - History of Gay Marriage." Gay Marriage Tips - Gay Marriage Jewelry - Gay Marriage Laws - Gay Divorce. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. http://gaymarriage.lifetips.com/cat/64319/gay-marriage-facts-statistics/index.html.
"11 Facts About Gay Rights." Do Something. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-gay-rights.
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