Week 10: Ending Unit 2 & Starting Unit 3
Class Info
- Dates: Wednesday, 4/3, Monday, 4/8 (Solar Eclipse!)
- Meeting Info: 11:30am-12:45pm in room N602A
Objectives
- To review quotation and citation practices; to present our work and offer each other feedback, critique, and support; to finalize the Op-Ed/Opinion Essay and all related work; to write a reflection about the Op-Ed/Opinion Essay
- To complete any unfinished work, especially Project 1: Discourse Communities and make a plan for its revision.
For Wednesday, 4/3
Reading
- Research for Project 2: read several resources that you can consider referring to in your opinion essay.
- Reading/Writing resource: βHandout: Quoting Others (Purdue OWL).
- Reading/Writing resource: βThe Quote Sandwichβ (Washoe School District).
- Reading/Writing resource: “Introducing the Quote Sandwich” by Carrie Hall.
- Writing resource for opinion essays: βTips for Aspiring Op-Ed Writersβ by Bret Stephens
Writing
- Finish a full draft for Project 2.
In Class Wednesday, 4/3
- Thesis statements
- what were the thesis statements of the op-eds we read? how did each guide our reading of the op-ed?
- NYT Op-Ed: βWhat We Are Not Teaching Boys About Being Humanβ by Ruth Whippman.
- NYT video Op-Ed: βGreta Thunberg Has Given Up on Politiciansβ
- NYT Opinion Essay: “TV’s Battle of the Binge: Why the Wait Can Be Worth It” by James Poniewozik
- Indiana Daily Student Op-Ed “OPINION: Weekly episodes are better than binge watching” by Olivia Franklin
- review: what we said a thesis statement is
- what are our thesis statements? how can we ensure they are effective for our op-ed essays?
- Write for 5 minutes: what is the opinion you want to convey in your op-ed? Do you capture this in a thesis statement?
- examples:
- Reviewing the other features of the op-ed
- how have we incorporated these features in our essays?
- drafting outlines of the op-eds already written OR to be written
- sharing features of our op-eds
- how do we incorporate research? what do we want research to do?
- what examples of ethos, pathos, and logos do we find in our own writing?
- What are your next steps?
- Works Cited
- Reading/Writing resource: βCitation and Formatting Guide.β (City Tech Library).
- Reading/Writing resource: βMLA Sample Works Cited Page (Purdue OWL).
- Project 2 (The Op-Ed/Opinion Essay) due: Friday, 4/5. Please be in touch if you have any concerns!
For Monday, 4/8
Reading
- Novel: Passing by Nella Larsen
Writing
- If you haven’t finished Project 2, continue writing
- If you have finished Project 2, consider beginning your Project 1 revision
- It’s National Poetry Month–so consider writing another poem!
In Class 4/8
- Project 2 Reflection: Now that you have finished your opinion essay, write a letter to me in which you reflect on your work by considering the following questions in any order that works for you:
- What did you write about in Project 2?
- What did you learn from completing this project, both about your topic and about yourself as a writer/researcher/reader/collaborator?
- What are you proud of in your opinion essay?
- What would you like help or support with as you revise this project?
- What grade do you think your essay has earned, based on the Project 2 grading criteria?
- Is there anything else I should know about?
- Introducing Project 3
- What is a multimodal text? A text that includes multiple modes: writing, audio, sound, image, video
- Examples: social media eg instagram, tiktok; graphic novel or non-fiction; podcasts; documentary, film, video; newpapers, also online versions and the multimodal texts they can showcase; advertisements; posters; zines
Photo Credit
“sparkler writing” by Virginia (Ginny) Sanderson via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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