Expository Reading and Writing Assignments
- Instructor
- Stephanie DeGraffenreid
- Term
- Spring 2016
- Department
- English
- Description
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Created by the California State University system, ERWC is focused on essay writing and rhetorical analysis. We study, in depth, current civic and political issues in order to gain a better understanding of the world. Then we write. This class is focused on grammar, organization, clarity and content.
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Tuesday's Agenda:
Start the group essay. Each member must have 10 sentences with a quote. You may do the assignment on your own, but then you'd have to write a full 5 paragraph essay, MLA format with textual evidence and a works cited page. The prompt is at the end of the Gun Control module.
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Monday's Agenda: Continue Watching "Bowling for Columbine".
See reflection document below for the assignment due Wednesday.
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Finish watching "Bowling for Columbine"
Reflection due tomorrow (see yesterday's agenda for the prompts).
Read "NRA Rallies Members..." and "Senate Blocks Drive for Gun Control"
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Wednesday's Agenda:
Read the articles (Act.6) and complete the graphic organizers.
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Thursday's Agenda:
Continue reading and continue Act. 6.
Tomorrow's binder check:
4 warm ups
Activities 1-6
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Tuesday's Agenda:
Activities 3,4,5.
The module and all articles were uploaded yesterday.
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Monday's Agenda:
Gun Control Module introduction. Please do Activities 1-3. The module and readings are below.
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Thursday's Agenda:
Start your essay
Essay Prompts and Articles for water module essay are below.
Links for "Rethink What You Drink" and "Water usage and privatization:
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Wednesday's Agenda:
Finish "Plastic Paradise" and write the reflection below:
- Respond to the following questions to write your reflection:
- Why is plastic such a problem in our world?
- Where does most of the plastic end up? Why does it go there?
- How is plastic harmful to our bodies?
- How is plastic harmful to marine life?
- What can we do about it?
- 2-3 paragraphs required. Please staple your reflection and your worksheet together and put them in the tray.
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Tuesday's Agenda:
Reflection for "Blue Gold" (see yesterday's agenda)
Watch "Plastic Paradise"
Complete worksheet (attached)
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Monday's Agenda:
Finish "Blue Gold"
Reflection: In 2-3 paragraphs, discuss what you learned from the documentary. What is privatization? How does the World Bank keep developing countries from becoming rich? What are water wars? What can we do about this situation?
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Tuesday's Agenda:
Flint Michigan Water Crisis
Read the article and do activities 5,6,7.
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Monday's Agenda:
Finish watching "Tapped".
Respond to the following prompt:
After seeing this documentary, use your worksheet to write a quick summary and then tell me what you learned from watching. How did this impact you? Explain.
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THESE ARE THE ARTICLES!!!
RETHINK WHAT YOU DRINK
WATER USAGE AND PRIVATIZATION
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FRIDAY'S AGENDA:
TURN IN BINDER
WATCH "Tapped" the documentary.
Complete the worksheet as far as we viewed.
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Monday'a Agenda:
Clean out binders
PERIOD ONE- ACT. 1-3 (we stopped on number 3 in ACT. 3)
PERIOD TWO- Act. 1 is all we got done today.
PERIOD SIX- ACT. 1 and 2
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TUESDAY'S AGENDA:
PERIOD 1- Finish ACT. 3 and complete ACT. 4 and 5 (we will finish 5 tomorrow)
PERIOD 2- ACT. 3 and 4 (set up ACT. 5)
PERIOD 6- ACT. 3 and 4 (set up ACT. 5)
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WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA FOR ALL CLASSES:
-Complete ACT. 5
-Read "Bullying in Schools" by Ron Banks
-Complete ACT. 6
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THURSDAY'S AGENDA:
Activity 6 needs to be done with the following articles: "Students' Perspectives on Cyber Bullying" by et.al. Agaston, "Bullying in Schools" by Ron Banks and "A Profile of Bullying at School" by Dan Olweus. Annotate each article according to the directions from number 3 on ACT. 6.
Complete ACT. 7
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MONDAY and MOST of TUESDAY:
LANGUAGE, GENDER and CULTURE INFOGRAPHIC
Requirements:
Title: Language, Gender and Culture
-A brief explanation of how all 3 concepts work together.
- THREE quotes (FROM OUR ARTICLES) that reflect the themes of this novel.
ONE quote that reflects how LANGUAGE shapes our behaviors and/or biases. ONE quote that reflects how CULTURE shapes our behaviors and/or our biases.
ONE quote that reflects how GENDER shapes our behavior and/or biases.
YOU MUST HAVE THREE DIFFERENT QUOTES!
MAKE SURE YOU CITE THEM PROPERLY! (author's name)
-Your explanation of each quote. BE SURE TO WRITE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!
-3 images or one domination image.
-YOUR NAME
DUE TOMORROW!
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MONDAY'S AGENDA:
Read "Prelude to The Barbershop" by Vershawn Young.
Annotate the vocabulary (Act. 13).
Annotate (Act. 14)
Watch a clip of "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes" and respond to the following prompt: How do the video and the text connect?
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TUESDAY'S AGENDA:
Annotate the vocabulary for Audre Lorde's article (Act. 13)
Read "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action".
Activity 19
Activity 20 (precis)
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WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA:
Read "Ashley Judd Slaps Media in the Face..."
Answer the analysis questions 1-8.
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THURSDAY'S AGENDA:
Read "Rape Culture is Real" by Zerlina Maxwell
Read "Rejecting the Idea of Rape Culture" by Caroline Kitchens
Write a 3-4 paragraph essay that answers the question: Is Rape Culture real? formatted the following way:
Paragraph 1- introduce the topic of rape culture, explain what it is and then give your opinion on whether or not you think it exists (thesis).
Paragraph 2-3- defend your position with evidence from BOTH texts. This means you will have a counter argument in your essay.
Paragraph 3- conclude your essay by restating your opinion in different words than you used before. DO NOT START YOUR CONCLUSION WITH "In conclusion".
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Activities 6-8.
Read "Honor Code" by David Brooks. Annotate the article with vocabulary from Act. 7 and the annotation guidelines from Act. 8.
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Tuesday- Read and annotate Deborah Tannen's "His Politeness is Her Powerlessness".
Act. 9-11
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Grammar Quiz
-Finish Norms in advertising.
Activity 12
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Wednesday- Norms in advertising assignment.