week 3, Sept 10

In class:

• Roots
• Reading q's
• Share paragraph with partners, choose fave.
• Discuss PIE and sentence variety.
• Intro to essay 1: Racism writing pick one, two, three or four
• Go over THESIS p 336, 470, 522 in DW
• Read aloud: page 250 DW

HOMEWORK for 9/10

II. Art and racism:

1. Visit http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm : read the speech AND watch the video clip. What, in your own words, was King's dream? Write down your answer.

2. Visit Langston Hughes: http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/langston_hughes/poems/16947
What is the connection between the King speech and this poem? Write down your answer.
Honors: find another Hughes poem that you think applies to this theme. Cut and paste it into your homework, and explain why you chose it and how you think it connects. Quote from specific lines when you make your points.

3. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ve_Got_to_Be_Carefully_Taught
When was this song written? Have things changed today? Do you agree that racism is taught? Can it be un-taught? Write down your answers.

4. Go to: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/kipling.html
Answer the two questions at the top of the page after you read the poem.

II. Writing work

1. Read DW 4-8, stopping at essay by Barth at bottom of page. Skip to page 22-25 and read over the ideas for prewriting. Choose one, and prewrite on your essay topic. At the end of your pre-write/freewrite, come up with a thesis statement for your paper. Post your prewrite/freewrite to the blog by 9/13 midnight by adding a comment to the FREEWRITE blog section. Be sure to put your name on your posting if you post anonymously or I won't know who you are.

2. Create an outline for your paper. First though, read about good outlines at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_outlin.html

Post your outline to the blog by 9/16 at 5pm by posting a comment to the OUTLINES, ESSAY 1 section of the blog. Again post your name with your outline.