We continue on our journey to California with the Joads in Grapes of Wrath, and we've completed a brief narrative writing unit. We'll revisit the narrative essay towards the end of the year when we work on college essays. Argument writing will be our next type of essay; I look forward to a fun and challenging unit!
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Intro to argument unit, intro to rhetoric. Logos, ethos, pathos definitions and a variety of examples/passages: Judith Oritz Cofer, George Will, speech by Richard Nixon, Alice Waters, and the latest presidential debate. Grapes of Wrath reading Chapter 14, How I Came to Be in California presentations.
Due: Narrative essay, uploaded to Turnitin.com by:
5th/6th - Sunday night, October 4 at 11:00 p.m.
1st/2nd - Monday night, October 5 at 11:00 p.m.
Homework:
Finish reading Grapes, Chapter 15, study for quiz on Thursday/Friday.
WEDNESDAY: (5th/6th only) Current events/issue day - Should college athletes be paid? Read and annotate two articles with opposing viewpoints, watch brief Crossfire debate, discuss and debate, written response.
Due: Journals, please leave them in class for credit.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: (First 20 minutes - fill out PSAT forms for next week. Also, class shortened due to drill.) Journal warm-up. Vocab/grammar/Grapes quiz. Receive next week's list. Begin casting known actors for the characters in Grapes with textual evidence.
Due: (periods 1 and 2 only) Journals, please leave them in class for credit.
Homework: read Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 16. Be prepared to discuss the question,"How have small groups of people been able to initiate massive change?" Come to class with one historical example and one current example of a small group trying to bring about change.
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