MONDAY
Course Outline
-signature required
Setting up your Journal
Review Journal Entry #1
-pair share
-class reflection on places to improve
TFIOS
-characterization, structure, dialogue
Review Journal Entry Options E, F & H
-opportunity to practice E
-self-grading
HW Signature please. Reading Journal Entry #2 on The Grapes of Wrath (GoW), due WED.
TUESDAY
Rhetorical Analysis Practice Essay Prompt in your Journal, #3.
-timed writing, 45 minutes, 4 paragraphs
-peer reviewed
-self graded
Class reflection
HW Locate and Print a Dorothea Lange photo
Include the url on your print out.
WEDNESDAY
Check Outline signatures
Review OPTIC technique:
-analyze images
- Overview
- Parts
- Title/Words
- InterRelationships
- Conclusion
HW Complete OPTIC to be turned in for grade.
AND, bring GoW tomorrow.
THURSDAY
Get McGraw-Hill Reader
-review format
--glossary, etc.
-review the benefits of marginalia
--annotation
Share Highlights of OPTIC, turn in
HW In McGraw-Hill read "How to Mark a Book" by Mortimer J. Adler and write 3-level questions to share in class.
AND, print a short article (emphasis on SHORT) from the website search.
Tips for finding a good article:
-not more than 3 pages
-has a clear format
-is easy to summarize
-easy to print (do not copy and paste without the url, date of access, etc.)
FRIDAY
IN the NEWS Assignment format
MLA style
-practice annotating article and drafting IN the NEWS annotation
HW Type of PRACTICE IN the NEWS.
AND, JOURNAL #4: define socialism and humanism; find evidence in GoW that supports these two philosophies. Explore how they may have influenced Steinbeck's writing; and, link the language of Jim Casey to either philosophy.
BOTH ITEMS DUE MONDAY
NEXT
In the News Peer Review
Intercalary Chapter Essay prep
