Mr. Sisk Argues

A rhetorical blogging adventure for English 101 at the University of Tennessee.

101 Writers

"Words...Words"

What does Gutterson mean when he says "Green Valley is as much a verb as a noun"? Point to specific places where he discusses the ways in which city laws p...
17 years ago
Amanda's Blog!!

1.When Gutterson writes, "Green Valley is as much a verb as it is a noun", he means that Green valley is growing and moving just as much as it is a place. ...
17 years ago
Bloggy Blog Blog

Home is where, you feel at home Home is where you go to stress home is where you go to feel your best home is a place with open arms Home can is in a tiny ro...
17 years ago
Blogspace by Ayub

I grew up 18 years in the same house on the same street. My neighborhood does not have a community name or CC&Rs (covenants, conditions, and restrictions) ...
17 years ago
B's Blog
Carl's English 101 Blog

1.When Gutterson says "Green Valley is as much a verb as a noun" he means Green Vally is just as much alive as it is a place. It refers that the community ...
17 years ago
Carly's Blog

Personally, I did not grow up in a gated community like David Guterson talks about. None of the houses looked the exact same, none of them were painted the...
17 years ago
Cause' Liam Said So

I come from a small county. Although, it is growing slowly but surely. There are two towns in the county, me being from the northernmost city. Dayton, whic...
17 years ago
Cody's Blog

David Guterson says the suburb of Green Valley, Nevada had houses that were basically the mirror image of one another; however, in the town that I grew up ...
17 years ago
Daniel Lorance's Blog

David Guterson describes in detail the traits and characteristics of an up and coming suburban neighborhood in Nevada. Guterson speaks about the men lining...
17 years ago
Eng101Blog
English 101

David Guterson describes a large suburban neighborhood that is restricted by certain limitations placed on it by a corporate enitity in his essay "No Place...
17 years ago
English 101

Gutterson said that Green Valley is like a verb and a noun because all the things one has to do to be accustomed to the rules of the community. The communi...
17 years ago
First Blog

Gutterson's piece was disturbing. I grew up in a traditional neighborhood, too old to have all the restricting laws. All the houses in my suburb were diffe...
17 years ago
Grace's Blog

The primary difference between the suburbs described in the story and where I grew up is huge--I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere in Owensville, ...
17 years ago
guitarhead500

After you have your pedal board, you are now ready to place your pedals onto it. But wait! You realize that you don’t really know what should go where and...
16 years ago
Jesstine's Brain on a Blog

When Guterson says Green Valley is as much a verb as a noun, i think he is referring to the fact that not only is Green Valley a place, or home to many peo...
17 years ago
Jonathans Blog

Guterson mentions how boulevards in Green Valley are lined with developments and golf courses, in my home town our main road is lined with stores and very ...
17 years ago
Just do it
Kasey's Blog

1) David Guterson says "Green Valley is as much a verb as it is a noun. He means that while Green Valley is a place (noun), it is also active and full of...
17 years ago
Kristin's Blog

As Guterson describes, the reason Green Valley is as much a verb as a noun is because it is "a place in the process of becoming what it purports to be" (pg...
17 years ago
Life in the Mind of Matt: The Pimp Chronicles

when i think of home....I remember one thing in particular...MY BED... After being away in college i find myself sleeping in places and on beds that my body...
17 years ago
Michael

The slogan of Tullahoma, Tennessee is "A City as Unique As Its Name" because there is no other town with the name Tullahoma in the world. Tullahoma has man...
17 years ago
My blog

i live in a church county we have atleast on of each church. i dont live in a big place its a really small town everyone knows each other. in my county we ...
17 years ago
My thoughts
new stuff

What he means by this is simple. He is saying that Green Valley is a place where certain actions are encouraged or prohibited. it brings to mind these acti...
17 years ago
Nick's UT Blog

My home is vastly different than the community described in this story. The author talks about a thriving community with homes constantly being built in an...
17 years ago
Play on Jake, play on..

If I had to pick five things that were cherished memories of my home, I'd have to say it'd be the scenic location, the lake in my back yard, the view, the ...
17 years ago
Quentin's Blog

Cordova is a suburb of Memphis, TN. I've lived there for five years and its okay.
17 years ago
Ryan's Blog

Green Valley is as much a noun as it is a verb because it is unique in the way that it operates. All of the housing developments have standards that have t...
17 years ago
Sara Taylor

Guterson makes the statement, "On weekday mornings, familiar yellow buses amble through Green Valley toward public schools built on acreage set aside in 19...
17 years ago
See to Write, Write to See

playing basketball at night with my mom, my brother, and his friends trying to rollerblade down my driveway going to national club conventions and telling ev...
17 years ago
Spazz-n-out

@ I really want to go home. I wonder if i'll be doing band next year. Thanksgiving is coming up soon. @ Finding more scholarshp oppurtunities would really b...
17 years ago
Stacy

1) When Gutterson says “Green Valley is as much a verb as a noun,” he is referring to the community Green Valley as being an active place. He describes var...
17 years ago
The College Life

What does Gutterson mean when he says "Green Valley is as much a verb as a noun"? Point to specific places where he discusses the ways in which city laws p...
17 years ago
The D-Spot

In this story the author talks about how he went to visit a corporate master-planned community called Green Valley. In this community, everything is the sa...
17 years ago
The King

In the second video the message of what drugs to do to a person mind is brought out more abruptly. In contrast to the first video were they only target an ...
17 years ago
Tyler's Blog

In the second paragraph, Guterson states "Green Valley is as much a verb as a noun", he is referring to the always under construction and constantly trying...
17 years ago
vincent's blog

where i grew up was far from the suburbs or any "master-planned community." I grew up right smack in the middle of Memphis, probably not, actually definate...
17 years ago
What's up?

When I think about my house, I don't think about the bricks or the windows. I don't think about the kitchen or the living room. I don't even think about my...
17 years ago

Mr. Sisk Argues

Friday, September 19, 2008

What Do You Have to Know to Understand This Video?

About Me

101 Writers

Blog Archive