Thursday, January 31, 2019

Agenda, January 31

  • Due Monday: Division and Classification Packet. These essays are from the anthology called Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition. You only need to cite the three essays.
  • Due Thursday, February 7: King Synthesis Paper
Today's Agenda:
  1. Can I? Should I? Do I have to?
  2. TEP Review
  3. Portfolio Maintenance
  4. Laptop Time

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Agenda, January 30

  • Due Now: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader
  • Due Monday: Division and Classification Packet. These essays are from the anthology called Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition. You only need to cite the three essays.
  • Due Thursday, February 7: King Synthesis Paper
  • Coming Thursday: Laptops for a Lab Day 
Today's Agenda:
  1. Can I? Should I? Do I have to?
  2. "Multiple Choice"
  3. TEP
  4. I want a ...

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Agenda, January 29

  • Due Now: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader
  • Due Monday: Division and Classification Packet. These essays are from the anthology called Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition. You only need to cite the three essays.
  • Due Thursday, February 7: King Synthesis Paper
  • Coming Thursday: Laptops for a Lab Day 
Today's Agenda:
  1. "Multiple Choice"
  2. Some lingering questions
  3. TEP
  4. I want a ...

Sunday, January 27, 2019

Agenda, January 28

  • Due Now: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader
  • Due Thursday, February 7: King Synthesis Paper
  • Coming Thursday: Laptops for a Lab Day 
Today's Agenda:
  1. Where does "The Female Body" begin?
  2. Become a section expert
  3. TEP

Friday, January 25, 2019

Agenda, January 25

  • Due Now: Write an argument OR narrative that responds to the prompt "How can you work against systemic racism to help make our world more healthy and peaceful?" Typed. MLA. No more than 600 words. Put the word count on the first page, directly under the date. Highlight the words you cut on the draft of the essay your brought to class today. Staple the new draft on top of the old draft.
  • Due Now: "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker," from The Language of Composition.
  • Due Friday: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader
  • Due Thursday, February 7: King Synthesis Paper  
Today's Agenda:
  1. Your opinion of Miss Polly
  2. I want a ...
  3. Argument o' the Week Lite OR "The Female Body"

King Synthesis

King Synthesis Essay
Have we achieved Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream?
Due Thursday, February 7th

Task: Considering several of the pieces we have read in this unit, evaluate the progress Americans have made towards realizing the dream expressed in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous speech. Consider not only the lives of African Americans before and after the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, but also the scope of King’s dream: is his dream big enough? Is his dream even worth pursuing? Support your thesis with direct quotations from multiple texts (a minimum of three sources from class, plus two additional credible sources), properly formatted in MLA style.

Typed. Double Spaced. Twelve point. No blank lines between paragraphs, except to indicate a major shift in tone or setting. Four – seven pages. Don’t forget a title.

Required:
·      Underline and label three different rhetorical strategies, each employed with a specific effect in mind
·      Two synthesis paragraphs
·      Three classroom sources plus a minimum of two, credible outside sources
·      Properly formatted Works Cited Page

Suggested: End with a plan of action for the future.

Audience: 1) The editor of a nationally published magazine. 2) The well-educated readers of that magazine. 3) Yourself.

Purpose: 1) To explore contemporary issues of race and gender through the lens of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “Dream.” 2) To evaluate the current state of race and gender relations in America or the world at large. 3) To suggest a plan of action for the future.

How to approach this paper:
·      Develop an opinion on this subject.
·      Gather evidence (from our texts and from research) to support your opinion. This is an argument; therefore, personal experience is valid evidence and first person is an acceptable POV.
·      Create clear, defensible topic sentences.
·      Draft paragraphs with two quotations to support your topic sentences.
·      Draft paragraphs with an eye towards ethos, pathos, and logos.
·      Proofread to ensure your quotations are properly formatted and cited. For this essay, “you will need to include the author’s name in your parenthetical citation” (Kline 1).
·      Create your Works Cited page.

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Agenda, January 24

  • Due Friday : Write an argument OR narrative that responds to the prompt "How can you work against systemic racism to help make our world more healthy and peaceful?" Typed. MLA. No more than 600 words. Put the word count on the first page, directly under the date. Highlight the words you cut on the draft of the essay your brought to class today. Staple the new draft on top of the old draft.
  • Due Now: "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker," from The Language of Composition.
  • Due Friday: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader 
Today's Agenda:
  1. Sentences I just didn't understand
  2. Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
  3. I want a ...

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Agenda, January 23

  • Due Friday : Write an argument OR narrative that responds to the prompt "How can you work against systemic racism to help make our world more healthy and peaceful?" Typed. MLA. 600 words. Put the word count on the first page, directly under the date. Highlight the words you cut on the draft of the essay your brought to class today. Staple the new draft on top of the old draft.
  • Due Now: "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker," from The Language of Composition.
  • Due Friday: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader 
Today's Agenda:
  1. Multiple Choice-ish Discussion
  2. Sentences I just didn't understand
  3. The structure of the "Speech"

Agenda, January 22

  • Due Now : Write an argument OR narrative that responds to the prompt "How can you work against systemic racism to help make our world more healthy and peaceful?" Typed. MLA. 700-800 words. Put the word count on the first page, directly under the date. This link might make your life easier. Your audience is the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility.
  • Due Tomorrow: "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker," from The Language of Composition.
  • Due Friday: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood, from The Prentice Hall Reader 
Today's Agenda:
  1. Multiple Choice-ish
  2. How to write concisely

Friday, January 18, 2019

Good News for MLK Day!

This article might cast some new light on Friday's question. Enjoy!

Agenda, January 18

  • Due Tuesday: Write an argument OR narrative that responds to the prompt "How can you work against systemic racism to help make our world more healthy and peaceful?" Typed. MLA. 700-800 words. Put the word count on the first page, directly under the date. This link might make your life easier. Your audience is the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility.
  • Due Wednesday: "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker," from The Language of Composition.
Today's Agenda:
  1. Can I? Should I? Do I have to?
  2. Why do you get to sleep in on Monday?
  3. Argument o' the Week

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Agenda, January 17

  • Due Tuesday: Write an argument OR narrative that responds to the prompt "How can you work against systemic racism to help make our world more healthy and peaceful?" Typed. MLA. 700-800 words. Put the word count on the first page, directly under the date. This link might make your life easier. Your audience is the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility.
  • Due Wednesday: "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker," from The Language of Composition.
Today's Agenda:
  1. Can I? Should I? Do I have to?
  2. Step 1: What can you do to solve the problem?
  3. Step 2: How will the world be better because of it?
  4. Step 3: Pick a mode. Do you want to explain what you can do and how you know it will work OR do you want to show what you can do? One, two, three organization v. beginning, middle, end organization.
  5. Step 4: Type like the wind.
  6. Slow Group Disco
  7. "I Want a ..."

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Agenda, January 16

  • Due Now: "Lost in the Kitchen," by Dave Barry, from 50 Essays, 1st Edition
  • Due Now: Optional Revision of How it Feels Essay. Highlight changes in new draft a paper clip on top of previous drafts. Some A papers can be "revised" with a conversation. If you choose not to revise, return your paper to me to put in your portfolio.
  • Due Tuesday: Write an argument OR narrative that responds to the prompt "How can you work against systemic racism to help make our world more healthy and peaceful?" Typed. MLA. 700-800 words. Put the word count on the first page, directly under the date. This link might make your life easier. Laptops will be here on Thursday. Your audience is the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Today's Agenda:
  1. Can I? Should I? Do I have to?
  2. Quick Open Disco
  3. Slow Group Disco
  4. "I Want a ..."

Monday, January 14, 2019

Agenda, January 15

  • Due Now: "I Want a Wife," by Judy Brady, from 100 Great Essays.
  • Due Tomorrow: "Lost in the Kitchen," by Dave Barry, from 50 Essays, 1st Edition
  • Due Tomorrow: Optional Revision of How it Feels Essay. Highlight changes in new draft a paper clip on top of previous drafts. Some A papers can be "revised" with a conversation. If you choose not to revise, return your paper to me to put in your portfolio.
  • Due Tuesday: Write an argument OR narrative that responds to the prompt "How can you work against systemic racism to help make our world more healthy and peaceful?" Typed. MLA. 700-800 words. Put the word count on the first page, directly under the date. This link might make your life easier. Laptops will be here on Thursday. Your audience is the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Today's Agenda:

  1. MC Answers
  2. The middle section
  3. "I Want a ..."

Sunday, January 13, 2019

Agenda, January 14

  • Due Now: "I Want a Wife," by Judy Brady, from 100 Great Essays.
  • Due Now: 8 entries in your curiosity journal. Each entry should include a question, an occasion (what sparked the question), and the beginnings of an answer. Sometimes the occasion will precede the question.
  • Due Wednesday: "Lost in the Kitchen," by Dave Barry, from 50 Essays, 2nd Edition
  • Due Wednesday: Optional Revision of How it Feels Essay. Highlight changes in new draft a paper clip on top of previous drafts. Some A papers can be "revised" with a conversation. If you choose not to revise, return your paper to me to put in your portfolio.
Today's Agenda:
  1. Does anyone remember Colin Kaepernick?
  2. A curiosity
  3. MC Practice
  4. Who wouldn't want to discuss "I Want a Wife"?
  5. Says / Does x2

Friday, January 11, 2019

Agenda, January 11

  • Due Now: "Letter from Birmingham Jail," by Martin Luther King, Jr.. Notice the two periods.
  • Due Monday: "I Want a Wife," by Judy Brady, from 100 Great Essays.
  • Due Monday: 8 entries in your curiosity journal. Each entry should include a question, an occasion (what sparked the question), and the beginnings of an answer. Sometimes the occasion will precede the question.
  • Due Wednesday: Optional Revision of How it Feels Essay. Highlight changes in new draft a paper clip on top of previous drafts. Some A papers can be "revised" with a conversation. If you choose not to revise, return your paper to me to put in your portfolio.
  • Today at The Circuit: $5 Friday; wear your pj's and get a day pass for $5 (shoe rentals are $4). I'll be climbing at the SW Location (6050 SW Macadam Ave).
Today's Agenda:
  1. Argument o' the Week
  2. Says / Does x2
  3. Does anyone remember Colin Kaepernick?

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Kline Makes Your Life Easier!

Friday's Argument o' the Week will be easier for you if you read one or two of the following. No need to read closely or take notes - just familiarize yourself with a few of the arguments.

Enjoy!

Race, Racism, and Health

What's the connection between racism and health?

Why Discrimination is a Health Issue

Racism is Literally Bad For Your Health

Scientists Start to Tease Out the Subtler Ways Racism Hurts Health

Racism and Health

How Mass Incarceration Harms U.S. Health, in 5 Charts

10 Ways Youth Can Engage in Activism


Agenda, January 10

  • Due Now: "Letter from Birmingham Jail," by Martin Luther King, Jr.. Notice the two periods.
  • Due Monday: "I Want a Wife," by Judy Brady, from 100 Great Essays.
  • Due Monday: 8 entries in your curiosity journal. Each entry should include a question, an occasion (what sparked the question), and the beginnings of an answer. Sometimes the occasion will precede the question.
  • Due Wednesday: Optional Revision of How it Feels Essay. Highlight changes in new draft a paper clip on top of previous drafts. Some A papers can be "revised" with a conversation. If you choose not to revise, return your paper to me to put in your portfolio.
  • Friday at The Circuit: $5 Friday; wear your pj's and get a day pass for $5 (shoe rentals are $4). I'll be climbing at the SW Location (6050 SW Macadam Ave).
Today's Agenda:
  1. General Thoughts on "Letter"
  2. Says / Does x2
  3. Does anyone remember Colin Kaepernick?

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Agenda, January 8

  • Due Now: "Letter from Birmingham Jail," by Martin Luther King, Jr.. Notice the two periods.
  • Due Monday: "I Want a Wife," by Judy Brady, from 100 Great Essays.
  • Due Monday: 8 entries in your curiosity journal. Each entry should include a question, an occasion (what sparked the question), and the beginnings of an answer. Sometimes the occasion will precede the question.
  • Due Wednesday: Optional Revision of How it Feels Essay. Highlight changes in new draft a paper clip on top of previous drafts. Some A papers can be "revised" with a conversation. If you choose not to revise, return your paper to me to put in your portfolio.
  • Friday at The Circuit: $5 Friday; wear your pj's and get a day pass for $5 (shoe rentals are $4). I'll be climbing at the SW Location (6050 SW Macadam Ave).
Today's Agenda:

  1. MC Practice Answers
  2. General Thoughts on "Letter"
  3. Does anyone remember Colin Kaepernick?

Monday, January 7, 2019

Agenda, January 8

  • Due Tomorrow: "Letter from Birmingham Jail," by Martin Luther King, Jr.. Notice the two periods.
  • Due Monday: "I Want a Wife," by Judy Brady, from 100 Great Essays.
  • Due Monday: 8 entries in your curiosity journal. Each entry should include a question, an occasion (what sparked the question), and the beginnings of an answer. Sometimes the occasion will precede the question.
Today's Agenda:
  1. Winter Break: How did it feel?
  2. MC Practice Section
  3. A few moments with some highlighters and your conventions
  4. Does anyone remember Colin Kaepernick?

For Your Bibliographical Pleasure!

Here is the information you need to cite both "Letter From Birmingham Jail" and the article we'll read in class on Tuesday.

Please visit the Bibliography Notes Page before adding these citations. Some of the information in the tables is formatted correctly and some isn't. Your job isn't to copy exactly what I do; your job is to know how to cite sources.

If you have a friend who has fallen behind and asks for help, please review How to Help Your Friend Without Committing Plagiarism.


  1. Author.
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
  1. “Title of source.”
Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963) [Abridged]
  1. Title of container,
TeachingAmericanHistory.org
  1. Other contributors,

  1. Version,

  1. Number,

  1. Publisher,
Ashland University
  1. Publication date,
2006 - 2019
  1. Location.
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretexts/_files/resources/
texts/1963_MLK_Letter_Abridged.pdf
  1. Date of Access. (for websites only)
Accessed on 18 Dec. 2018

  1. Author.
Gordon Monson
  1. “Title of source.”
Monson: If NFL players want to protest, they should, just not during the anthem, that’s company time
  1. Title of container,
Sltrib.com
  1. Other contributors,

  1. Version,

  1. Number,

  1. Publisher,
The Salt Lake Tribune
  1. Publication date,
May 24, 2018
  1. Location.
https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2018/05/24/monson-if-nfl-players-want-to-protest-they-should-just-not-during-the-anthem-thats-company-time/
  1. Date of Access. (for websites only)
Accessed on 7 Jan. 2019