RESPONSE PAPER #3

Due: Wednesday, January 30

1. Read “Northwest Gateway: The Story of the Port of Seattle” by Archie Binns in Reading Seattle (pages 21-30).

2. Read actively. Take notes in the margin, note questions, underline ideas of interest, and look up unfamiliar words and references. (Note that there is an error on page 26: Governor Stevens visited Washington Territory in 1854, not 1894.)

3. Jot down notes in response to the following questions (and be ready to discuss them in class):
· What elements of Seattle’s geography and history does Archie Binns emphasize?
· What is remarkable about the madrona trees on Magnolia Bluff?
· What differences does Chief Seattle draw between white people and Native Americans?
· In The Lure of the Local, Lucy R. Lippard writes about the study of history as a means to reveal “place.” What does “Northwest Gateway” reveal about Seattle as a “place”?

4. Review Chief Seattle’s speech. What grabs you? Which ideas are particularly striking or meaningful? Which images are particularly vivid? Where does the phrasing have particular eloquence or power? Mark three to five quotations from Chief Seattle’s speech that you find striking.

5. Select one quotation that has particular significance or meaning for you as an individual living/studying in the city of Seattle in 2008.

6. Write a paragraph quoting Chief Seattle and explaining the significance of the quotation you selected. Use one of the following forms to incorporate the quotation into your paragraph:
· In Chief Seattle’s famous 1854 address, he said, “Yonder sky that has wept tears of compassion upon my people for centuries untold, and which to us appears changeless and eternal, may change.”
· “Yonder sky that has wept tears of compassion upon my people for centuries untold, and which to us appears changeless and eternal, may change,” said Chief Seattle to Governor Stevens.
· “Yonder sky that has wept tears of compassion upon my people for centuries untold, and which to us appears changeless and eternal,” said Chief Seattle, “may change.”

7. Read what you’ve written and evaluate:
· Have you quoted Chief Seattle accurately?
· Have you clearly explained the significance of the quotation? (Or, does the quotation clearly support the point you’re making?)

8. Revise as needed. Proofread your revised draft. (It may be helpful to exchange papers with a classmate.) Correct errors of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

9. Save a copy of the paper on your computer, and print a copy to bring to class. (Your paper should be double-spaced, with one-inch margins. At the top of the page, please include your name, the date, “Seattle Arts Ecology,” and “Response Paper #3.”)