Agenda, November 17

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 148-173
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 174-191
• Due Monday, 11/21: Optional revision of synthesis essay Works Cited Page. Staple new version on top of old. Highlighting is not necessary.
• Due Wednesday, 11/23: Optional revision of synthesis essay. If you have a B or lower and submit a revision without adding a body paragraph, you're probably wasting our time. Highlight changes on NEW draft. Clip new draft on top of old draft. 

Agenda:

1. Bibliography Notes
2. What do you need to talk about?
3. Let's talk about context ...
4. The Color Purple is about ...

Agenda, November 16

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 117-147
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 148-173
• Due Wednesday, 11/23: Optional revision of synthesis essay. If you have a B or lower and submit a revision without adding a body paragraph, you're probably wasting our time. Highlight changes on NEW draft. Clip new draft on top of old draft. 

Agenda:

1. A couple of models
2. What the @#?^!!!
3. What did we accomplish yesterday?
4. Let's talk about context ...
5. The Color Purple is about ...

The Color Purple is about ...

Period 4 thinks The Color Purple is about …

·      women’s struggles

·      black women’s struggles

·      black struggles

·      class struggles

·      pain

·      personal growth

·      recognizing self-value

·      loving what life gives you

·      interpersonal challenges

·      fighting for respect / not letting people roll over you

·      the impact of our environment and our life on our characters / perspective

·      the building of strength

·      knowing what you deserve

·      changing tradition

·      showing kindness and compassion

·      freeing your emotions / being emotionally expressive / emotional freedom

·      thinking for yourself

·      hiding weakness

·      emotional relativism

Period 5 thinks The Color Purple is about …

·      self-identity

·      love

·      self-discovery

·      self-image

·      getting angry

·      relationships

·      oppression

·      strong women / weak women

·      communication

·      learning

·      breaking stereotypical roles in life

·      emotions

·      victims

·      fear

·      confidence

·      strength

·      violence

·      beauty

·      secrets

·      control

Agenda, November 10

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 69-83
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 84-116

Agenda:

1. Let's clear up confusions: words, phrases, plot points, relationships
2. Complete Character Share
3. The "What did you highlight?" game!
4. What is this book about?
5. Chapter Titles, 1-83

Agenda, November 9

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 43-68
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 69-83

Agenda:

1. Let's clear up confusions: words, phrases, plot points, relationships
2. Character brainstorm
3. Character facts and quotes
4. The "What did you highlight?" game!

Happy Election Day!

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 27-42
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 43-68

Agenda:

1. "If I should need to name ..."
2. How does the novel begin?
3. The "What did you highlight?" game!
4. Per 4: Time keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking ...
5. While I was reading ...
6. Chapter Titles
7. Characters

Agenda, 11/7

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-26
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 27-42
• Due Now: Fear Synthesis.
  

Agenda:

1. Fear Synthesis Claims & Rhetorical Devices
2. While I was reading ...
3. Whole Class Discussion
4. Teach this poem ...

The Color Purple Reading Schedule

Date Due	Pages to be read
11/7	1-26
11/8	27-42
11/9	43-57 58-68
11/10	69-83
11/15	84-99 100-106 107-116
11/16	117-147
11/17	148-173
11/18	174-191
11/21	192-207
11/21	208-225
11/22	226-243
11/23 (Band gone)	244-255 256-276
11/28
11/29
11/30	Finals
12/1	Finals

Agenda, November 4

• Due Now: All copies of your narratives back to me, revised or unrevised.
• Due Monday: The Color Purple, pp. 1-26
• Due Monday: Fear Synthesis.
  

Agenda:

1. Fear Synthesis Guidlelines
2. Synthesis Checklist
3. Analogies
4. Says / Does / ...?
5. Argument o' the Week

Kline's Synthesis Checklist

Is it an argument?

·    Does it have a clear, complex claim?

·    Is the claim supported by logical reasons?

·    Are the reasons supported by convincing, sophisticated evidence?

·    Does the evidence come from an effective variety of sources?

·    Does the evidence come from college level resources?

·    Does it explore the subject thoroughly and draw reasonable conclusions?

Is the synthesis effective?

·    Do the synthesis paragraphs support the author’s opinion with direct quotations from two different sources?

·    Are the sources clearly established (author and author’s ethos, title, date of publication, purpose of source text, context of quotation)?

·    Are the quotations properly punctuated?

·    Is the analysis longer than the quotation?

·    Does the author avoid plagiarism, both intentional and accidental?

Is it well organized?

·    Do the ideas come in the best order?

·    Are the transitions between ideas smooth and logical?

·    Are all paragraphs fully developed with thoroughly analyzed examples?

·    Does the body of the paragraph support the topic sentence?

·    Is the opening precise, specific, and engaging? Is it the intro that only this author can write?

·    Does the closing effectively emphasize, elaborate, or illuminate the author’s claim?

Is the language interesting?

·    Does the writer make precise, powerful diction choices?

·    Does the writer employ rhetorical strategies that engage the reader and emphasize the purpose?

·    Are appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos balanced, effective, and appropriate for audience and purpose?

·    Does the writer take risks?

Does this look like a college paper?

·   Does it follow MLA format?

·   Does it display a college-level control of spelling, grammar, and punctuation?

·   Did the writer meet the requirements of the assignment, including the nit-picky details?