Agenda: Week 10

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: “Handout: Quoting Others (Purdue OWL).
• Reading/Writing resource: “The Quote Sandwich” (Washoe School District).
• Reading/Writing resource: “Introducing the Quote Sandwich” by Carrie Hall.
• Writing resource for opinion essays: “Tips for Aspiring Op-Ed Writers” 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: “What We Are Not Teaching Boys About Being Human” by Ruth Whippman.
  • NYT video Op-Ed: “Greta Thunberg Has Given Up on Politicians”
  • 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: “Citation and Formatting Guide.” (City Tech Library).
  • Reading/Writing resource: “MLA 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