Grapes of Wrath Reading Schedule, Part 2

Monday, 12/1: Chapters 14-18 (104)
Wednesday, 12/3: Chapters 19-20 (65)
Friday, 12/5: Chapters 21-22 (55)

Monday, 12/8: Chapters 23-25 (32)
Wednesday, 12/10: Chapter 26 (68)
Thursday: 12/11: Chapters 27-28 (appx 30)
Friday: 12/12: Chapters 29-30 (appx 30)

Agenda, November 24-5

Due on Finals Day: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 11-13
Due on Finals Day: A complete portfolio  
Due on Finals Day: A clean copy of your Works Cited Page   
Due Monday, December 1: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 14-18
Due on Thursday, December 4: Complete Bibliography, including "Politics and the English Language" and The Grapes of Wrath.
Due on Monday, December 8: Focused revision of MLK Synthesis: pick two specific areas to revise (you could focus on an entire section, such as organization, OR you can focus on a single bullet point, but you need to pick two areas of focus). Highlight your changes. Clip revised draft on top of previous draft.

1. Finally, it's time for finals!

Agenda, November 21

Due Now: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 9-10      Due on Finals Day: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 11-13
Due on Finals Day: A complete portfolio
Due on Finals Day: A clean copy of your Works Cited Page 
Due Monday, December 1: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 14-18 

1. Argument o' the Week
2. Urgent Questions
3. Steinbeck's Claims
4. Who are these people? (Personality / Physical Details)

Agenda, November 20

Due Now: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 7-8     
Due Tomorrow: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 9-10

1. 7/8 Urgent Questions
2. Steinbeck's Claims / Chapters 3 and 5
3. Gallery Walk

Agenda, November 19

Due Now: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 6   
Due Tomorrow: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 7-8

1. Steinbeck's Claims
2. Ch. 6 in 5 minutes
3. If I asked you to write a rhetorical analysis ...
4. Chapters 3 and 5

Agenda, November 18

Due Now: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 3-5  
Due Tomorrow: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 6

1. While I was reading, I noticed / wondered...
2. What's underlined?
3. Whole class disco
4. American Literature Timeline

Agenda, November 17

Due Now: MLK Synthesis Paper
Due Now: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 1 and 2
Due Tomorrow: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 3-5

1. Self-evaluation
2. While I was reading, I noticed ...
3. American Literature Timeline

Grapes of Wrath Reading Schedule, Part 1

-->Please have the assigned pages read when you enter the classroom.

Monday, 11/17: Chapters 1 & 2

Tuesday, 11/18: Chapters 3-5

Wednesday, 11/19: Chapter 6 (28 pages)

Thursday, 11/20: Chapters 7-8 (32 pages)

Friday, 11/21: Chapters 9-10 (38 pages)

Monday or Tuesday: Chapters 11-13 (42 pages)

 

Take your book home with you every night so that if you are absent, you will be able to keep up with the reading.

The Synthesis Checklist

The Grapes of Wrath schedule will be posted tomorrow night. Chapters 3-5 will be due on Tuesday if you're the type of person who likes to get ahead.

Here's the checklist you're looking for:

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?

Are the non-synthesis paragraphs as thoroughly developed as the synthesis paragraphs?

Is it well organized?

Do the ideas come in the best order?

Are the transitions between ideas smooth and logical?

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

Are paragraphs fully developed with thoroughly analyzed examples?

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 include a sufficient amount of showing?

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?

Keep Checking ...

I'll post The Grapes of Wrath reading schedule and the synthesis paper checklist soon.

Meanwhile ...

Take the student survey!

Agenda, November 13

Due Now: "Politics and the English Language," by George Orwell in The Language of Composition. Add it to your Bibliography.
Due Monday: MLK Synthesis Paper
Due Monday: The Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 1 and 2   

1. To the library!
2. Essay Questions?
3. Fix it
4. The Big Question

Agenda, November 12

Due Wednesday 11/12 (or sooner): Optional Revision of Injustice Narrative. Paper clip your new draft on top of your previous drafts. Highlight the changes to your new draft. Highlight the changes before you come to class. If you choose not to revise your essay, please return it to me to put into your file.  
Due Now: "Politics and the English Language," by George Orwell in The Language of Composition. Add it to your Bibliography.
 Due Monday: MLK Synthesis Paper  
"I Have a Dream"  
"Learning to Read and Write"  
"The End of Men"

1. Bibliography Clarifications and Questions
2. Purpose, Opinion, and Big Question
3. Colon Pre-test
4. Colon Notes
5. Take the student survey!

How to Help Your Guy With a Bibliography Without Committing Plagiarism

When a classmate asks you for help with his or her Bibliography, you should ...

1. never share your Bibliography or Works Cited with a classmate.
2. never give a classmate a complete citation.
3. remind him or her that the Bibliography Notes page exists. This page contains all the advice, models, and source information a person could ask for.
4. give him or her the following information only, in this order: 

• The title of the essay
• The title of the anthology / source
• The author of the essay
• The page numbers of the essay

Remember, if you let a classmate copy your work - either intentionally or inadvertently - you are also guilty of plagiarism. The penalty for both the borrower and the lender is a 0 on the assignment and a referral.

Agenda, November 7

Due Wednesday 11/12 (or sooner): Optional Revision of Injustice Narrative. Paper clip your new draft on top of your previous drafts. Highlight the changes to your new draft. Highlight the changes before you come to class. If you choose not to revise your essay, please return it to me to put into your file.
Due Wednesday: "Politics and the English Language," by George Orwell in The Language of Composition. Add it to your Bibliography.
"I Have a Dream"
"Learning to Read and Write"
"The End of Men"

1. A couple of notes about Synthesis Paragraphs
2. Bibliography notes
3. Work time
4. Take the student survey!

Agenda, November 6

Due Tomorrow: Bring a hard copy of a political ad for a candidate or a ballot measure. The ad could come from the web, from a magazine or newspaper, or from your mailbox.      
Due Wednesday 11/12 (or sooner): Optional Revision of Injustice Narrative. Paper clip your new draft on top of your previous drafts. Highlight the changes to your new draft. Highlight the changes before you come to class. If you choose not to revise your essay, please return it to me to put into your file.

1. Ten minutes of brainstorming
2. Two things you might not know about google
3. Research time

Agenda, November 5

Due Now: "Rhetorical Analysis of Visual Texts" (pages 21-23, including the Activity) AND "Close Reading a Visual Text" (pages 65-68, including the Activity) in The Language of Composition    
Due Now: Bring a hard copy of a political ad for a candidate or a ballot measure. The ad could come from the web, from a magazine or newspaper, or from your mailbox.    
Due Wednesday 11/12 (or sooner): Optional Revision of Injustice Narrative. Paper clip your new draft on top of your previous drafts. Highlight the changes to your new draft. Highlight the changes before you come to class. If you choose not to revise your essay, please return it to me to put into your file.

1. How does this all fit together? What's her purpose? How does the ending fit?
2. How do you analyze visual rhetoric?
3. Let's get political

MLK Synthesis Essay

Due Monday, November 17^th

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 one additional source from independent research), 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. Include the appropriate header on every page. Four – seven pages. Don’t forget a title.

Required:

·      Include at least one sentence that employs a colon, used to create a specific effect. Underline your sentence with a colon  .

·      A minimum of two synthesis paragraphs

·      A minimum of three classroom sources

·      A minimum of one additional source from independent research

·      Properly formatted Works Cited Page

Suggested: End with a plan of action for the future. Employ anaphora in your conclusion.

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 or examples 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.

·      Create your Works Cited page.

Agenda, Election Day!

Due Now: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood. Use whatever notetaking strategy works best for you. Be prepared to write one question per section on the board.  
Due Wednesday: "Rhetorical Analysis of Visual Texts" (pages 21-23, including the Activity) AND "Close Reading a Visual Text" (pages 65-68, including the Activity) in The Language of Composition  
Due Wednesday: Bring a hard copy of a political ad for a candidate or a ballot measure. The ad could come from the web, from a magazine or newspaper, or from your mailbox.  
Due Monday (or sooner): Optional Revision of Injustice Narrative. Paper clip your new draft on top of your previous drafts. Highlight the changes to your new draft. Highlight the changes before you come to class. If you choose not to revise your essay, please return it to me to put into your file.

1. Says/Does/Because
2. Everybody solves Section 6
3. How does it work as a whole?
4. King's Dream Synthesis

Agenda, November 3

Due Now: Optional Revision of Object Essay. 
Due Now: "The Female Body," by Margaret Atwood. Use whatever notetaking strategy works best for you. Be prepared to write one question per section on the board. Due Wednesday: "Rhetorical Analysis of Visual Texts" (pages 21-23, including the Activity) AND "Close Reading a Visual Text" (pages 65-68, including the Activity) in The Language of Composition
Due Wednesday: Bring a hard copy of a political ad for a candidate or a ballot measure. The ad could come from the web, from a magazine or newspaper, or from your mailbox.
Due Monday (or sooner): Optional Revision of Injustice Narrative. Paper clip your new draft on top of your previous drafts. Highlight the changes to your new draft. Highlight the changes before you come to class. If you choose not to revise your essay, please return it to me to put into your file.   

1. MLK's got style
2. You have a dream
3. Questions about "The Female Body"