Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Weeks 10-11: October 9 - 18

Over the next week and a half, we will finish reading the texts for our Social Justice unit, take two vocab quizzes, then begin working on our Literary Analysis paper (focused on issues of culture [Native Americans], race [African Americans], or gender [women]). More info to follow on the paper.

Upcoming dates and assignments to note:

  • Th 10/10 at midnight: The "Race and Social (In)justice" Google Drive document is due (just have it completed; no need to print it)
  • Th 10/10 - M 10/14: Read three pieces of fiction related to gender issues: Kincaid's "Girl," Piercey's "Barbie" (both poems), and Chopin's "Desiree's Baby" (a short story). Students will receive a class handout which they should complete during/after reading
  • Th 10/10: Last day to submit Native American handout for 10% off; beginning F 10/11, it's 50% off ("discounts" in education, unlike the marketplace, are not good...)
  • F 10/11: Unit 2 vocab quiz
  • M 10/14 - F 10/18: Discuss the literary analysis paper, students select one of three focuses (culture, race, or gender), and begin preliminary steps of scaffolding, modeling, organizing, and conceptualizing the paper
    • See the first 10 pages of the handout for help with the preliminary planning/organizing process
    • Also, remember that when beginning to organize your thoughts, don't just consider what inequality is presented in the texts, but consider how the inequality impacts one of the following areas/elements of a person's life:
      • emotions
      • sense of hope and possibility (economic, goals, life to be better)
      • relationships, view of others
      • moral (does the world's morality--sense of right and wrong--seem fair or just?)
      • psychological/mental state
      • sense of identity
      • sense of belonging
    • Here are some good terms to keep in mind as well:
      • prejudice, discrimination, oppression, rejection, alienation, stereotypes, gender roles, exclusion, invisibility 
    • Click here for a modeled version of the organizational chart on page 7 of the packet. The first page of the doc is a simplified, phrasal version of the full chart on the second page. 
    • Click here for a blank version of the chart on page 7 in case you want to type your responses.
  • F 10/18: Unit 3 vocab quiz
Here are all of the texts for the unit, separated by focus/group:

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