turnitin.com

Submitting your essay to turnitin.com is a REQUIREMENT for The Stranger essay. If your essay is not turned in to turnitin.com by Sunday morning, even if you turned in the draft in class, you will be using your late pass.

NOTE: If you are using your late pass, your essay should still be turned in by the end of the day on Monday 3/25. If your essay is not turned in by then, you will use your late pass and be ineligible for a re-write.

March 20, 21 and 22

March 20:
We looked at example introductions, revised our rough drafts and looked at the Dystopian baby commie assignment.

March 21:
We analyzed p. 1 of each of the Dystopian texts.

March 22:
Work time for Dystopians.


DUE DATES:
1. Stranger FD due on Friday, March 22nd. Don't forget to turn them in to turnitin.com (under the assignment "Stranger Semester 2".
2. You must email the passage for your baby commentary to Mrs. Manning (amanning@ttsd.k12.or.us) by Sunday (March 24th) evening.
3. Baby Commie Rough Drafts and Part 1 of Dystopian text (read) for April 1 (the Monday we come back from break).
READING ASSIGNMENTS (Part 1)
We: Records 1-15
Handmaid's Tale: Ch. 1-23
1984: All of Part I, Part II through Ch. 3
BNW: Ch. 1-7

Tuesday 3/19

Today in class we did:
1. GRAMMAR: combining sentences :)
2. Combined sentences in our rough drafts
3. Created Dystopian groups
4. Assigned Dystopian Project

Homework:
1. ROUGH DRAFTS DUE TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. Start reading your book, yo.

3/18

Today in class we did the following:
1. Introduce elements of dystopia
2. Sign up for dystopian texts
3. Outline revisions/workshop hand-outs

Homework:
Write the first 2 paragraphs of your essay (introduction, body paragraph 1).

3/13

Today in class we did the following:
1. Outline revision
2. Introduced reflection: example reflection (hand out), essay rubric (hand out), discussed requirements for reflection
3. Work time

Homework:
1. FULL OUTLINES due Monday.
2. Rough draft of reflections due Monday.

Reflections: Remember to include three parts:
1. Your original interpretation of the text (BE SPECIFIC).
2. What you learned about either existentialism/absurdism or racism in Algeria (BE SPECIFIC).
3. How the information in #2 changed your interpretation of the novel (BE SPECIFIC).
**The best reflection will include all three of these, transitioning between points.

3/11

Today in class we did the following:
1. Super(vised) Writing (example HO, HO)
2. Responding to Prompts (HO)
3. Thesis Work

Homework: Thesis, Quotations

Thursday and Friday

**RE-WRITES ARE DUE FRIDAY!!!
Debates are Thursday.


Journal for the weekend:
Answer EACH of the following questions in a well-developed (LONG) paragraph with a topic sentence (that's three total paragraphs):
1. Many consider The Outsiders to be an existential film. Do you think this film promotes an existential philosophy? Defend your argument with specific examples.
2. Just like writers, filmmakers use techniques to portray a central effect. What are some of the techniques the filmmaker uses in this movie? What is the effect of these techniques?
3. Compare and contrast this film and The Stranger. Focus on choices the author/filmmaker makes (don't just talk about existentialism and absurdism). Use specific examples in your analysis.

3/6/13

Today in class we did the following:
1. Debates Preparation

Homework:
Finish your re-writes; practice for tomorrow.

IB

1. Reviewed Ch. 5
2. Assigned debates (HO)
3. Maps

Homework:
1. Rewrites due Thursday
2. Debate Research:
-2 sources
-5 quotes
***TO PROVE YOUR SIDE OF THE RESOLUTION

3/1

Today in class we did the following:
1. Stranger Vocab
2. Fishbowl 3!
3. Fishbowl 4!

Homework:
1. Finish the bookie wook.
2. Journal 5:

How has the pattern you’ve been tabbing changed or developed over the course of the novel? What is the ultimate effect of your pattern? This journal should take the form of a mini-essay and include a thesis, topic sentences for paragraphs and quotations from different parts of the text.