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Nonfiction: American Nerd: The Story of My People by Benjamin Nugent
Novel: Howards End by E. M. Forster
Novella: Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel
Novel: Right Ho, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse
Comedy sketches: "The Nerds" from Saturday Night Live
Nonfiction: Nerds: How Dorks, Dweebs, Techies, and Trekkies Can Save America and Why They Might Be Our Last Hope by David Anderegg
Film: Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Television episode: "The Diary" from Freaks and Geeks
Music video: "White & Nerdy" by "Weird Al" Yankovich
Television episide: "Words Hurt" from Family Matters
Wikipedia: Nerd
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Each blog post is a separate bundle, and you will need to pick one of these bundles for your assignment. Remember that when you pick a bundle, you are obliged to use all the works included in that bundle.
Under these notes, you will find links to local libraries, online sources of texts, a Wikipedia search box, the assignment instructions, and other useful things as I think to add them.
If you find any errors within a bundle, please leave a comment on that post. Remember, finding a teacher error is worth five extra credit points, so please help me clean things up.
You can reach me at j e p s o n [dot] m r [at] g m a i l [dot] c o m if you have any questions about what you are supposed to do. But remember, this is something you will be doing all on your own and a major part of this assignment is just finding the works yourself. Talk to librarians, search the web, look, but I won't be telling you how or where to find things. You have the capacity and the tools; now it's up to you.
Have fun!
Under these notes, you will find links to local libraries, online sources of texts, a Wikipedia search box, the assignment instructions, and other useful things as I think to add them.
If you find any errors within a bundle, please leave a comment on that post. Remember, finding a teacher error is worth five extra credit points, so please help me clean things up.
You can reach me at j e p s o n [dot] m r [at] g m a i l [dot] c o m if you have any questions about what you are supposed to do. But remember, this is something you will be doing all on your own and a major part of this assignment is just finding the works yourself. Talk to librarians, search the web, look, but I won't be telling you how or where to find things. You have the capacity and the tools; now it's up to you.
Have fun!
Important documents
California Content Standards
Nearby libraries
Some online sources for books
A note on movies
While, in the past, most people have rented their movies from a video store or used a library or simply purchased them, many films, especially older ones, are available online for free. And keep in mind that Netflix will give you a month free. So long as you remember to cancel in time, this is an excellent way to gain free access to nearly every film you might want.
A note on buying
Part of this assignment's value is in learning how to use the resources available in libraries. These are skills you will find to be of great help in college.
However, if you decide to purchase some of your books (or films, etc) rather than find them all through libraries, you will find some advantages, such as being able to mark them up and not having to worry about needing to return them before being quite done with them.
If you do make the buying decision, I recommend calling around to the zillions of used-book stores in the East Bay before purchasing new. If you decide to buy online, I recommend starting at this website.
After you've finished with your books (films, etc), if you do not want to keep them, consider donating them to my in-class library to ease the search load for a future student.
Thanks.
(Note: You may find that some items must be purchased. If you are unwilling to purchase, be sure not to pick a bundle with such an item.)
However, if you decide to purchase some of your books (or films, etc) rather than find them all through libraries, you will find some advantages, such as being able to mark them up and not having to worry about needing to return them before being quite done with them.
If you do make the buying decision, I recommend calling around to the zillions of used-book stores in the East Bay before purchasing new. If you decide to buy online, I recommend starting at this website.
After you've finished with your books (films, etc), if you do not want to keep them, consider donating them to my in-class library to ease the search load for a future student.
Thanks.
(Note: You may find that some items must be purchased. If you are unwilling to purchase, be sure not to pick a bundle with such an item.)
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Acknowledgment
Much of this assignment was adapted from the TIES assignments created by Mr. Campbell and Mr. Hannigan of James Logan High School in Union City.
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