English 4/ERWC (Period 1) Assignments
- Instructor
- Mrs. Grace Lim-Hays
- Term
- Spring 2019
- Department
- English
- Description
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Students will apply strategies for reading, annotating, outlining and evaluating college level texts based on the CSU Expository Reading and Writing Course objectives. They will closely read nonfiction and fiction to analyze how a text works to address the author's purpose and audience. Writing assignments will develop skills for summarizing, evaluating rhetorical strategies, supporting an argument and reflecting on the text’s influence on their views on the topic.
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Final Essay for Final Project due. Please print with turnitin.com receipt. Attach draft and outline.
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Full Draft in MLA format with Works Cited. Please bring a printed copy to class.
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Full Sentence Outline that includes the headings, topic sentences and clear evidence (cite sources). Download the attached file and share with team and me. Print 1 copy to bring to class by Friday 5/3.
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Watch first 35 minutes of "Slavery by Another Name".
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Submit Printed Preliminary Plan for Research Project/Essay.
Identify parts/headings and what each would cover. Assign Jobs.
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Print and bring your Annotated Bibliography for at least 3 sources. See attached format.
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Journal: Race
1. What is race? How is it defined? How is it different from ethnicity?
2. What are the effects of people’s views on race?
3. Give an example of how people are affected. What situations? What events?
1. What is race? How is it defined? How is it different from ethnicity?
2. What are the effects of people’s views on race?
3. Give an example of how people are affected. What situations? What events?
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Prep for Seminar 61-90. Do 4 Open and 1 Core. Submit to turnitin.com, print doc and receipt. Attach draft.
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Explore timely and relevant social issues for your Research Proposal. Please download attached and share with me and your team.
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“Many Ways to be a Girl, One Way to be a Boy”
1. What do girls in the survey report as the most valued traits for girls?
Why are the girls feeling like they get contradictory messages?
2. What do the boys report as the most valued traits?
Why do boys seem to be limited in their choices?
3. How much do the survey results reflect your experiences? Why?
1. What do girls in the survey report as the most valued traits for girls?
Why are the girls feeling like they get contradictory messages?
2. What do the boys report as the most valued traits?
Why do boys seem to be limited in their choices?
3. How much do the survey results reflect your experiences? Why?
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“The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action” by Audre Lorde
As you read, annotate the article for its purpose, audience, thesis, and rhetorical devices. Compare what you annotated with your partner to prepare to answer the questions below.
1. Who is Lorde’s audience? How do you know?
2. What is her purpose?
3. What is Lorde’s central argument or thesis?
4. Discuss 2 rhetorical devices Lorde used (ethos, pathos, or logos). Give examples and discuss how each would affect the audience.
As you read, annotate the article for its purpose, audience, thesis, and rhetorical devices. Compare what you annotated with your partner to prepare to answer the questions below.
1. Who is Lorde’s audience? How do you know?
2. What is her purpose?
3. What is Lorde’s central argument or thesis?
4. Discuss 2 rhetorical devices Lorde used (ethos, pathos, or logos). Give examples and discuss how each would affect the audience.
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Read Letters 77-81
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Crushing Effects of Patriarchy”
1. Define patriarchy:
2. What are the effects of patriarchy?
3. Why would some women support it?
4. What does Real mean that some people split themselves? What does it mean to seek wholeness?
5. What does Real see as the ways we can address this?
1. Define patriarchy:
2. What are the effects of patriarchy?
3. Why would some women support it?
4. What does Real mean that some people split themselves? What does it mean to seek wholeness?
5. What does Real see as the ways we can address this?
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Read Letters 73-77.
Draft for 2 questions - please print and bring to class.
Open Questions for Letters 61-77 (Choose 2):
1. Compare Olinka society with the South. What struggles and limitations, especially about women and culture, affect people in both societies?
2. How has the discovery of the letters affected Celie? Why does knowing her past influence her identity?
4. How do Nettie’s experiences in Africa reflect Walker’s concerns with women in society?
5. What could the roofleaf plant symbolize? Why?
2. How has the discovery of the letters affected Celie? Why does knowing her past influence her identity?
4. How do Nettie’s experiences in Africa reflect Walker’s concerns with women in society?
5. What could the roofleaf plant symbolize? Why?
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Read Letters 70-73
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Read Letters 61-69
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“What is Toxic Maculinity?”
1. What is toxic masculinity? What are its effects?
2. How is toxic masculinity influencing Mr.___ and Harpo?
3. Do you think the Gilette Commercial is an effective way to address this issue? Why?
4. What would be a better way to address this issue?
1. What is toxic masculinity? What are its effects?
2. How is toxic masculinity influencing Mr.___ and Harpo?
3. Do you think the Gilette Commercial is an effective way to address this issue? Why?
4. What would be a better way to address this issue?
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Read Letters 61-69
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“What is Toxic Maculinity?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/toxic-masculinity.html
- What are the effects of toxic masculinity?
- How is toxic masculinity influencing Mr.___ and Harpo?
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Prep for Seminar Color Purple (1-60) due. Submit to turnitin.com, print doc. with receipt. Attach drafts.
3 Open + 2 Core required.
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Read Letters 48-60 by Monday 3/18/19
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“Serena’s Not Alone”
a. What situation prompted the article? What is the writer responding to?
b. What claim does she form from the situation?
c. How does she prove this claim? What kind of evidence?
d. Reflection: Why do we need to be able to feel and express anger? What happens when we are unable to? How can we express anger constructively?
a. What situation prompted the article? What is the writer responding to?
b. What claim does she form from the situation?
c. How does she prove this claim? What kind of evidence?
d. Reflection: Why do we need to be able to feel and express anger? What happens when we are unable to? How can we express anger constructively?
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“Taking Back Hysterical”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whpJ19RJ4JY
1. What is the purpose of the Nike ad? How did it affect you or make you think?
2. How does the use of hysterical and crazy to describe women showing emotion reflect gender bias? How did this come about?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whpJ19RJ4JY
1. What is the purpose of the Nike ad? How did it affect you or make you think?
2. How does the use of hysterical and crazy to describe women showing emotion reflect gender bias? How did this come about?
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Letters 23-48: (Choose 1)
1. How is Squeak characterized? How is she a foil to Sofia? How do her experiences transform her?
2. How does Sofia reject both social norms of the Jim Crow South and gender norms? How does this affect herself? Her relationship to Harpo? Her family?
3. How does Celie view God? Why does she write to God? How does this affect her character?
4. How has Shug affected Celie’s sexuality? How has it transformed Celie and her view of life?
5. What could be ironic about Nettie’s view of Africa and her purpose for going there with the missionaries?
1. How is Squeak characterized? How is she a foil to Sofia? How do her experiences transform her?
2. How does Sofia reject both social norms of the Jim Crow South and gender norms? How does this affect herself? Her relationship to Harpo? Her family?
3. How does Celie view God? Why does she write to God? How does this affect her character?
4. How has Shug affected Celie’s sexuality? How has it transformed Celie and her view of life?
5. What could be ironic about Nettie’s view of Africa and her purpose for going there with the missionaries?
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Phylosophe by Judith Butler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLnv322X4tY
After some discussion with your team, write thoughtfully about the following.
1. Why would someone be killed for the way he walks? How can rigid gender norms lead to abuse?
After some discussion with your team, write thoughtfully about the following.
1. Why would someone be killed for the way he walks? How can rigid gender norms lead to abuse?
2. How are 2 characters in The Color Purple affected by gender norms?
a. Who complies with gender norms? How so? How is he/she affected?
b. Who rejects gender norms? How so? How is he/she affected?
a. Who complies with gender norms? How so? How is he/she affected?
b. Who rejects gender norms? How so? How is he/she affected?
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Letters 1—22 (Choose 1)
1. Compare and contrast Mr.____ and Celie’s relationship with Harpo and Sofia’s.
How has Mr._______ influenced Harpo and his relationship with Sofia?
2. Compare and contrast Celie and Sofia’s characters. How do they affect each other? How are they foils? What do they have in common?
3. How are Shug and Sofia similar? How do they influence Celie? Why would Celie collect pieces of Shug’s hair and keep it? Why do Sofia and Celie create a quilt together?
4. Why does Celie refer to her husband as Mr.____________, instead of Albert? What does this imply about his character? Role?
1. Compare and contrast Mr.____ and Celie’s relationship with Harpo and Sofia’s.
How has Mr._______ influenced Harpo and his relationship with Sofia?
2. Compare and contrast Celie and Sofia’s characters. How do they affect each other? How are they foils? What do they have in common?
3. How are Shug and Sofia similar? How do they influence Celie? Why would Celie collect pieces of Shug’s hair and keep it? Why do Sofia and Celie create a quilt together?
4. Why does Celie refer to her husband as Mr.____________, instead of Albert? What does this imply about his character? Role?
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Gender Identity and Sex
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- Judith Butler: Your Behavior Creates Your Gender
- Judith Butler Theory of Gender Performativity
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoFs0ws82SM
- Macat Analyis Judith Butler's Gender Trouble
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piF4YOiIYS0
- Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
- https://study.com/academy/lesson/gender-trouble-by-judith-butler-summary-lesson-quiz.html
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Read Ch. 22-27
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Read Letters 13-22 (p.22-46)
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Alice Walker Interview:
1. What aspects of Walker’s life are reflected in The Color Purple? (Discuss 2)
1. What aspects of Walker’s life are reflected in The Color Purple? (Discuss 2)
2. Why did some other African-Americans criticize Walker’s novel?
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Read Color Purple Letters 1-12
Audiobook link for part of the selection.
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Read and annotate "How Your Brain Tricks You into Believing Fake News". Complete attached Descriptive Outline and Responses.
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CDC Banned Words
The Trump administration has banned the use of specific words by the CDC in its budget reports. These include “fetus,” “transgender”, “diversity,” “evidence-based” and “science-based”.
The Trump administration has banned the use of specific words by the CDC in its budget reports. These include “fetus,” “transgender”, “diversity,” “evidence-based” and “science-based”.
a. What is the mission of the CDC? (Look it up on their website)
b. Why would banning these words go against the mission of the CDC?
c. Discuss the significance and impact of each of these terms on people’s health and care.
d. Why is this word ban an Orwellian and related to Doublethink and Newspeak?
CDC: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Read up to Ch. 3 of 1984 Pt. III.
What is the purpose of Winston's torture? What is foreshadowed about his fate?
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3. a.What did you learn about the psychological effects of torture from the related article?
b. What evidence supported these conclusions?
b. What evidence supported these conclusions?
4. Has your position changed? Why or why not? What evidence influenced you? What do you question? What would you like to know more about?
5. Compare the description of torture in the article with Winston's in the Ministry of Love. How similar in their goals and effects?
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Read Ch. 1 Pt. III 1984
Torture:
- Should the US use torture to gather intelligence from suspected terrorists? Why/Why not? Would the intel be reliable? Would it be ethical? Would the ends justify the means?
- What did you learn about torture from the PBS Interviews? What were the arguments and evidence of the 2 speakers?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/torture-can-affect-brain-leaving-long-term-psychological-scars
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Prep for Seminar 1984 Pt. II
Do 4 Open Questions, 2 Core. Upload to turnitin.com, print doc and receipt.
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Prep for Seminar 1984 II. Do 4 Open, 2 Core. Submit to turnitin,com , print doc and receipt.
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“In Front of Your Nose”
- What is Orwell’s thesis?
- Describe 2 examples he provides?
- What does he recommend to prevent this problem?
- Find 2 examples of this phenomenon in our present day society.
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- TED: How We Seek the Truth in the Era of Fake News (Amanpour)
1. Why was Amanpour accused of lacking journalistic objectivity during her coverage of the Balkan Wars?
2. How does she challenge this accusation? How does she define objectivity?
3. What are her concerns about Pres. Trump’s attacks on journalists?
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TED: How Fake News Does Real Harm (Busari)
https://www.ted.com/talks/stephanie_busari_how_fake_news_does_real_harm
- How did the fake news affect the Chibok girls’ fate?
- What does Busari suggest we can do to deter the spread of fake news? What questions does she want us to ask ourselves?
- To what extent do you agree or disagree with her view that we are all responsible for promoting the truth? How so?
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“Death of Truth: When Propaganda and Alternative Facts First Gripped the World”
- How was propaganda used during the Depression? What was its purpose?
- How did British use propaganda against Germany in WWI? What effect did this have?
- How did Hitler use propaganda to seize power? Give example.
- How did Stalin assault reality? Explain with examples.
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Prep for Seminar 1984 Pt. I due. Submit to turnitin.com, print doc and receipt.
(4 Open questions, 2 Core Questions)
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“The Commander of Fear” by Charles Blow
- What is Blow’s thesis? (Complex sentence, circle conjunction)
- How does he prove it? Describe 3 evidence.
- How did this article affect you? To what extent do you agree or not with him? How could it relate to 1984?
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“Fake News”
- How is the term "fake news" used? What kinds of news are labeled fake news? Why?
- According to the NPR article, what are the effects of describing media as “fake news” despite the news being verifiably true? Support with textual evidence. Identify experts and job titles.
- Reaction: To what extent do you agree/disagree? Why? Give examples. How relevant to 1984?
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Vocabulary 1984 Pt. I due. Highlight subordinating conjunctions of complex sentences. Use a variety of conjunctions and provide context.
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Presentation Orwell Research
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Read Ch. 2
CH. 2 Starts at 35:01
Edit slides and rehearse for presentations for Thursday.
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Work on Slides for Orwell Presentation. Cite sources. Use at least 30 pt. Font. Balance your bullet points to cover key ideas without being wordy. Add visual interest and a consistent color scheme that unifies the presentation. Include a Works Cited page.
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Orwell Research: Find and reserve a valid article that is relevant to your team's research topic (at least 3 pages without pictures--12 pt font.)
Print, annotate and take notes by Friday 1/11/2019.
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"Across the Globe..." Summary and Reaction due. Submit to turnitin.com and print document with receipt. Attach outline and annotated article.
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George Orwell’s Letter on Why He Wrote 1984
- Why did Orwell believe that totalitarianism was on the rise? What did he observe about the kind of leaders gaining strength? (2)
- What were signs that even in England there was a pull towards fascism? (2)
- How do Orwell’s observations of his time period relate to Foa and Mounk’s recent findings about the state of democracy?