Assignment for Wednesday, December 17

Read and annotate ch. 3 of Sandel's What Money Can't Buy. We will discuss it for at least the first half of class. Print out two copies of your exploratory essay. You will peer edit it in the second half of class.

Assignment for Monday, December 15

Have at least three pages of your exploratory essay written, and email them to me at mrmontasmph@gmail.com. Bring a digital copy or laptop to work on it in class. Also, bring What Money Can't Buy. We will continue the discussion about economic thinking, and see how it should or shouldn't apply to everyday decisions.

Assignment for Thursday, December 11

Write one page of the exploratory essay. The handout describing it is posted to the right. Email it to me at mrmontasmph@gmail.com, and bring a digital copy to work on in class. Also, bring What Money Can't Buy.

Assignment for Friday, December 5

Prepare for your poetry recitation on Tuesday, December 9. Also, read and annotate chapter 1 on Sandel's What Money Can't Buy.

Click here for the transcripts of all the interviews in the Park Avenue documentary we viewed in class.

Assignment for Wednesday, December 3

Continue to prepare your poem for the recitation on Tuesday, December 9. Read and annotate the introduction to Michael Sandel's What Money Can't Buy.