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 ..."

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 ..."

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 ..."

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

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?

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?

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?

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.

Author.	King, Martin Luther, Jr.
“Title of source.”	Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963) [Abridged]
Title of container,	TeachingAmericanHistory.org
Other contributors,
Version,
Number,
Publisher,	Ashland University
Publication date,	2006 - 2019
Location.	https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretexts/_files/resources/ texts/1963_MLK_Letter_Abridged.pdf
Date of Access. (for websites only)	Accessed on 18 Dec. 2018

Author.	Gordon Monson
“Title of source.”	Monson: If NFL players want to protest, they should, just not during the anthem, that’s company time
Title of container,	Sltrib.com
Other contributors,
Version,
Number,
Publisher,	The Salt Lake Tribune
Publication date,	May 24, 2018
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/
Date of Access. (for websites only)	Accessed on 7 Jan. 2019