Agenda, December 19

• Due January 9, 2019 (?!?!?!): "Letter from Birmingham Jail," by Martin Luther King, Jr.. Bibliographical info coming soon.
• Due January 14, 2019: 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. Argument o' the Week
2. "A Christmas Carol," by Tom Lehrer

Agenda, December 18

• Due Now: How it Feels Essay. Staple your work in this order: Revised copy, completed peer review, first draft with notes from a peer. Your essay is due at the beginning of the period not when you walk in the door. If you are ill, please e-mail your paper to me before the beginning of class.
• Due January 9, 2019 (?!?!?!): "Letter from Birmingham Jail," by Martin Luther King, Jr.. Bibliographical info coming soon.
• Due January 14, 2019: 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. Problems and Thoughts
2. Multiple Choice Practice Discussion
3. Small Group Rhetorical Analysis

Two Articles You Might Like

These are two articles related to the reading we've been doing since winter trimester began. Unlike most articles I share with you, I'm not positive these pieces have impeccable logos or ethos, but they do inform and complement our conversations.

"How Black Professionals of Color Say They Counter Bias at Work," by Christine Hauser

"'I Am the "Good Guy With a Gun"': Black Gun Owners Reject Stereotypes, Demand Respect," by Lela Moore

Agenda, December 17

• Due Tomorrow: How it Feels Essay. 3-5 pages. Typed. MLA. Staple your work in this order: Revised copy, completed peer review, first draft with notes from a peer. Your essay is due at the beginning of the period not when you walk in the door. If you are ill, please e-mail your paper to me before the beginning of class.  
• Next Climbing Session: TODAY!!!!! 4:15, at Tigard. Day passes are free; shoe rentals are $4. Fill out your waiver online in advance! Bring your school ID.

Today's Agenda:

1. Multiple Choice Practice Section
2. Problems and Thoughts
3. Argument o' the Week

Agenda, December 14

• Due Now: "Notes of a Native Speaker," by Eric Liu, from 50 Essays, 1st ed.. 
• Due Now: How it Feels Essay. 3-5 pages. Typed. MLA. Your essay is due at the beginning of the period not when you walk in the door. If you are ill, please e-mail your paper to me before the beginning of class.  
• Next Climbing Session: Monday, 12/17, 4:15, at Tigard. Day passes are free; shoe rentals are $4.

Today's Agenda:

1. Argument o' the Week
2. "Native" Discussion

Agenda, December 13

• Due Now: "Notes of a Native Speaker," by Eric Liu, from 50 Essays, 1st ed.. 
• Due Tomorrow: How it Feels Essay. 3-5 pages. Typed. MLA. Your essay is due at the beginning of the period not when you walk in the door. If you are ill, please e-mail your paper to me before the beginning of class.  
• Next Climbing Session: Monday, 12/17, 4:15, at Tigard. Day passes are free; shoe rentals are $4.

Today's Agenda:

1. Can I? Should I? Do I have to?
2. Index cards
3. How do we begin?
4. "Native" Discussion

Agenda, December 12

• Due Tomorrow: "Notes of a Native Speaker," by Eric Liu, from 50 Essays, 1st ed.. 
• Due Friday: How it Feels Essay. 3-5 pages. Typed. MLA. Your essay is due at the beginning of the period not when you walk in the door. If you are ill, please e-mail your paper to me before the beginning of class.  
• Next Climbing Session: Monday, 12/17, 4:15, at Tigard. Day passes are free; shoe rentals are $4.

Today's Agenda:

1. Can I? Should I? Do I have to?
2. Laptop Time

Agenda, December 11

• Due Tuesday: Parts 1 & 2 of "Notes of a Native Speaker," by Eric Liu, from 50 Essays, 1st ed.. 
• Due Thursday: Parts 3 & 4 of "Notes of a Native Speaker," by Eric Liu, from 50 Essays, 1st ed..
• Due Friday: How it Feels Essay. 3-5 pages. Typed. MLA. Laptops will be here Wednesday.   
• Next Climbing Session: Monday, 12/17, 4:15, at Tigard. Day passes are free; shoe rentals are $4.

Today's Agenda:

1. Two different ways to show
2. MC Practice Section Answers
3. "Notes of a Native Speaker"

Agenda, December 10

• Due Now: "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space," by Brent Staples, from 50 Essays, 3rd ed.. Do I need to tell you what to do with this?
• Late?: Revised Timed Write Paragraph. Pick your weakest body paragraph and make it stronger. If you scored a 6, 7, or 8, you may revise your introduction OR a body paragraph. Typed. MLA. Stapled on top of Timed Write.
• Due Tuesday: Parts 1 & 2 of "Notes of a Native Speaker," by Eric Liu, from 50 Essays, 1st ed..   
• Do Tonight: Spend a little time finding better answers on the MC section
• Next Klimbing Session: Monday, 12/17, 4:15, at Tigard.

Today's Agenda:

1. Can I? Should I? Do I have to?
2. MC Practice Section
3. "Just Walk on By" Open Discussion
4. Things you liked

How it Feels to be _____ Me Essay Prompt

How it Feels to be ___________ Me

Due Friday, December 14

Purpose: 1) To explore one of your avowed or ascribed identities with a depth that surprises yourself and your reader. 2) To use this exploration to make a comment about society in general.

Excellent topics include identities that are unique to you, identities about which you are uncertain, and identities that are commonly misunderstood. This is a public document, however, so speak with me if you are unsure about sharing your essay with your classmates.

MLA format: Typed. Double Spaced. Twelve point. No blank lines between paragraphs, except to indicate a major shift in tone or setting. Include a header with your name and the page number on each page (except page one). Often, you will need to add a blank line above your name or it prints too high.

Three – five pages. Don’t forget a title.

Required: Include three rhetorical strategies of your choice, underlined and labeled.

Suggested: Close your essay with a powerful analogy.

Audience: 1) A reader who does not know you well. 2) A reader who is familiar with the personalities teens bring to the classroom. 3) Yourself.

Agenda, December 7

• Due Now: "How it Feels to be Colored Me," by Zora Neale Hurston, from 50 Essays, 2nd Edition (add it to your Bibliography). Do you remember how to take good newts?
• Due Now: "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space," by Brent Staples, from 50 Essays, 3rd ed.. Do I need to tell you what to do with this?
• Due Now: Revised Timed Write Paragraph. Pick your weakest body paragraph and make it stronger. If you scored a 6, 7, or 8, you may revise your introduction OR a body paragraph. Typed. MLA. Stapled on top of Timed Write.
• Due Tuesday: Parts 1 & 2 of "Notes of a Native Speaker," by Eric Liu, from 50 Essays, 1st ed..   
• Do Tonight and Saturday: Go see The Drowsy Chaperone

Today's Agenda:

1. What did I miss yesterday?
2. Avowed v. Ascribed Identities
3. RD Search and Destroy 
4. "Just Walk on By" Open Discussion

Agenda, December 6

• Due Now: "How it Feels to be Colored Me," by Zora Neale Hurston, from 50 Essays, 2nd Edition (add it to your Bibliography). Do you remember how to take good newts?
• Due Friday: "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space," by Brent Staples, from 50 Essays, 3rd ed.. Do I need to tell you what to do with this?
• Due Friday: Revised Timed Write Paragraph. Pick your weakest body paragraph and make it stronger. If you scored a 6, 7, or 8, you may revise your introduction OR a body paragraph. Typed. MLA. Stapled on top of Timed Write.  
• Do Tonight, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: Go see The Drowsy Chaperone

Today's Agenda:

1. "How it Feels" to have a whole class discussion: questions, confusions, and words.
2. RD Search and Destroy 
3. Open Disco

Agenda, December 5

• Due Now: "How it Feels to be Colored Me," by Zora Neale Hurston, from 50 Essays, 2nd Edition (add it to your Bibliography). Do you remember how to take good newts?
• Due Friday: "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space," by Brent Staples, from 50 Essays, 3rd ed.. Do I need to tell you what to do with this?
• Due Friday: Revised Timed Write Paragraph. Pick your weakest body paragraph and make it stronger. If you scored a 6, 7, or 8, you may revise your introduction OR a body paragraph. Typed. MLA. Stapled on top of Timed Write.  
• Do Tonight, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: Go see The Drowsy Chaperone

Today's Agenda:

1. Debatable questions
2. "How it Feels" to have a whole class discussion: questions, confusions, and words.
3. RD Search and Destroy

Agenda, December 3

• Due Now: "How it Feels to be Colored Me," by Zora Neale Hurston, from 50 Essays, 2nd Edition (add it to your Bibliography). Do you remember how to take good newts?
• Due Thursday: "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space," by Brent Staples, from 50 Essays, 3rd ed.. Do I need to tell you what to do with this?
• Due Friday: Revised Timed Write Paragraph. Typed. MLA. Stapled on top of Timed Write.  
• Do Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: Go see The Drowsy Chaperone

Today's Agenda:

1. Become a section expert
2. A handful of models ...
3. "How it Feels" to have a whole class discussion: questions, confusions, and words.

Agenda, December 3

• Due Tomorrow: "How it Feels to be Colored Me," by Zora Neale Hurston, from 50 Essays, 2nd Edition (add it to your Bibliography). Do you remember how to take good newts?
• Do Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: Go see The Drowsy Chaperone

Today's Agenda:

1. A Very Large Vocabulary Test

Agenda, November 29

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-289
• Due Monday: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur
• Due Tuesday: "How it Feels to be Colored Me," by Zora Neale Hurston, from 50 Essays, 2nd Edition (add it to your Bibliography). Do you remember how to take good newts?

Today's Agenda:

1. Fun with timed writes ...
2. When you're done, remove your sticky notes

Bibliographical Information for The Color Purple

Author.	Alice Walker
“Title of source.”
Title of container,	The Color Purple
Other contributors,
Version,
Number,
Publisher,	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co.
Publication date,	2003
Location.
Date of Access. (for websites only)

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Color Purple Discussion Questions, Day 2

The Color Purple

Discussion Questions

All of the questions below should be answered with specific examples and direct quotations from the book. You may note those locations with sticky notes in your book. For ease in writing, you may want to remove sticky notes that don’t address those questions.

Your timed write question will most likely not be one of these questions, though the evidence you find will help you write your essay.

Answer questions one and two first, briefly. Revisit these questions again after you have considered the rest of the questions.

1.    What is Alice Walker’s purpose in writing The Color Purple? What does she want readers to do when they’ve finished the novel? How do you know?

2.    What is Alice Walker’s definition of justice? What behaviors are rewarded and punished in this book?

3.    Alice Walker’s novel, The Color Purple, explores a variety of attitudes towards religion. Locate moments where characters are discussing or practicing their faith. What conclusions can you draw about Walker’s attitude towards religion from these examples?

4.    While in Africa, Nettie witnesses the impact of white colonialism on the Olinka tribe. How do Nettie’s experiences in Africa contrast or reinforce Celie’s experiences in America?

5.    The Color Purple is a widely banned book, frequently appearing in the top 20 amongst lists of books that have been banned or challenged in an academic setting. What examples of language and content have caused this book to be so controversial? How does the inclusion of this content help (or hinder) Walker’s argument?

Agenda, November 27

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-289
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur

Today's Agenda:

1. How to Write a Timed Write
2. About the Vocab ...
3. Small Group Disco
4. One last question ...

Need help cramming?

Thanks for the Quizlet, Sydney!

Color Purple Discussion Questions, Day 1

All of the questions below should be answered with specific examples and direct quotations from the book. You may note those locations with sticky notes in your book. For ease in writing, you may want to remove sticky notes that don’t address those questions.

Your timed write question will most likely not be one of these questions, though the evidence you find will help you write your essay.

Answer questions one and two first, briefly. Revisit these questions again after you have considered the rest of the questions.

1.    What is Alice Walker’s purpose in writing The Color Purple? What does she want readers to do when they’ve finished the novel? How do you know?

2.    Is Alice Walker’s 1982 novel, The Color Purple, a novel about race? gender? poverty? religion? something else? How do you know?

3.    Some of the characters in the novel could be characterized as submissive and some stand up for themselves. Over the course of the novel, identify moments of submission and moments when characters stand up for themselves? What are the consequences of these actions? What can we infer from these moments?

 

4.    In the early chapters of Alice Walker’s novel, The Color Purple, Celie meets a variety of characters who have an impact on the development of her identity. As the novel progresses, however, Celie begins to impact and shape other characters.  Looking at these incidents, what conclusions can we draw about Alice Walker’s beliefs about the way people develop their sense of self?

5.    How many families are there in the novel? How are they formed and how are they split? What makes families strong? Weak? Genuine? Artificial? What can we learn about families in the African American community from this novel? What can we learn about families in white society from this novel?

Agenda, November 26

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-289
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur

Today's Agenda:

1. The Color Purple is about ...
2. Two Index Cards
3. Quick Whole Class Disco
4. Small Group Disco

Agenda, November 20

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-243
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 244-289
• Due Now: Required revision of synthesis paper. Fix the five numbered issues (and more, if you'd like). Highlight your changes on the new draft. Clip new draft on top of old.
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur

Today's Agenda:

1. The Color Purple is about ...
2. Everyone leaves for Thanksgiving

Agenda, November 19

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-225
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 226-243
• Due Tomorrow (or sooner): Required revision of synthesis paper. Fix the five numbered issues (and more, if you'd like). Highlight your changes on the new draft. Clip new draft on top of old.
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur

Today's Agenda:

1. Per 4: Argument o' the Week, quick review
2. Chapter Titles
3. You get one quote
4. Whole class disco

Agenda, November 16

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-191
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 192-225.
• Due Tuesday (or sooner): Required revision of synthesis paper. Fix the five numbered issues (and more, if you'd like). Highlight your changes on the new draft. Clip new draft on top of old.
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur

Today's Agenda:

1. Argument o' the Week, written portion
2. Argument o' the Week, discussion

Agenda, November 15

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-173
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 174-191
• Due Tuesday (or sooner): Required revision of synthesis paper. Fix the five numbered issues (and more, if you'd like). Highlight your changes on the new draft. Clip new draft on top of old.
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur

Today's Agenda:

1. Miss Celie's Blues
2. While I was reading, I noticed ...
3. More big ideas?

Agenda, November 14

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-147
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 148-173
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur

Today's Agenda:

1. Three urgent thoughts / questions
2. Who is Bessie?
3. Miss Celie's Blues

Agenda, November 13

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-116
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 117-147
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur

Today's Agenda:

1. Three Group Tasks: Chapter Titles, Big Ideas, A Purpose Statement
2. Who is Bessie?
3. Miss Celie's Blues

Agenda, November 9

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-83
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 84-116 
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur

Today's Agenda:

1. Reading Strategies
2. Make a Dialect Quiz
3. Pages 58-68: connections to big ideas
4. Pages 69-83: connections to big ideas
5. Who is Bessie?

Agenda, November 8

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-68
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 69-83 
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur

Today's Agenda:

1. What did you see today?
2. Pages 58-68: connections to big ideas
3. Make a dialect quiz

Agenda, November 7

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-57
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 58-68 
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur
• Do Thursday: pay attention to the rhetoric at the Veteran's Day Assembly

Today's Agenda:

1. Three (or four) things
2. Whole Class Disco
3. Make a dialect quiz

Agenda, November 6

• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 27-42
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 43-57
• NaNoWriMo is here ... 
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur
• Do Thursday: pay attention to the rhetoric at the Veteran's Day Assembly

Today's Agenda:

1. Characters Continued
2. While I was reading, I noticed ...
3. Whole Class Disco
4. A model TEP

Agenda, November 5

• Due Now: Vocab Ate 
• Due Now: The Color Purple, pp. 1-26
• Due Next: The Color Purple, pp. 27-42
• NaNoWriMo is here ... 
• Do for finals: Memorize Vocab Won - Fur

Today's Agenda:

1. I'm not exactly impressed with your control of litotes. Your understanding of its definition and uses is, shall we say, not precisely razor sharp. True understanding, of course, will not happen at the speed of light.
2. Vocab Ate
3. While I was reading, I noticed ...
4. Whole Class Disco
5. A model TEP

Agenda, November 2

• Due Monday: Vocab Ate 
• Due Monday: The Color Purple, pp. 1-26
• Due Tuesday: The Color Purple, pp. 27-42
• NaNoWriMo is here ... 
• Due Now: Education Synthesis. Be sure to label your rhetorical devices. If you are ill, an electronic copy is due in my inbox by the beginning of class and a hard copy is due when you return.

Today's Agenda:

1. Your best rhetorical device
2. Effect and purpose in groups
3. Effect and purpose solo
4. Effect and purpose sharing

The Color Purple Reading Schedule

Date	We will be discussing pages	Total pages to read
11/5	1-26	25
11/6	27-42	15
11/7	43-57	14
11/8 (Veteran’s Day Assembly)	58-68	10
11/9	69-83	14
11/13	84-99 100-106 107-116	15 6 9	32
11/14	117-147	30
11/15	148-173	25
11/16	174-191	17
11/19	192-207 208-225	15	32
		17
11/20	226-243	17
11/26	244-255 256-276 277-289	11 20 12	45
11/27	Review
11/28	Finals
11/29	Finals