Learning Target: Don't fight the funk. I can identify what moves me and why.

Desert Island Mix-Tape: Ten songs, one to three sentence comments on each choice (and maybe a visual decal for you creative types)

One of my top ten songs...
Papa Was A Rolling Stone 
by The Temptations

Reading Time

Tonight: Finish the book, including the Author's note, and read the The Let Down of Behind the Beautiful Forevers (the link is provided below). Tomorrow, you will take a two-part quiz which will consist of 1) 10 questions covering chapters 15-17 and the Author's Note and 2) a 10 point essay in response to the "Letdown or Masterpiece" AP-style prompt below.

Also, have your mix tape list with commentary finished for Friday.

The Letdown of "Behind The Beautiful Forevers"

English 4AP Rhetoric of Lang. & Comp.

Boo’s purpose

Letdown or Masterpiece?

Critics call Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers a “tour de force of social justice reportage.”  People magazine said Boo shows us how “people in the most desperate circumstances can find the resilience to hang onto their humanity.  Just as importantly, she makes us care.”

In an interview, Katherine Boo said she wanted to write about the people of India because she generally finds “issues of poverty, opportunity, and global development to be over-theorized and under-reported.”

In Paul Beckett’s review you just read, he faults the text saying it is “not an authoritative book, which is disappointing given the extraordinary detail in it.”

In a well developed response, consider whether Boo accomplishes her task of reporting about social justice. Do you, the reader, leave with a better understanding or awareness? Use specific examples from the text(s) to support your claim.

Another simple Read Chapters 15 and 16 for tomorrow

Quiz today on chptrs 12-14 too

A little bit of American Terrorist

In-class and Homework: Read Chapter 14 in BBF and review chapters 12 through 14 for a 10 question, 20 point quiz tomorrow.

In-class: Read for 35-40 minutes and then watch American Terrorist
American Terrorist Frontline

Learning Target:I can assess my own writing, reading for a sense of flow and coherence as well as noticing details which need to be addressed.

Activity 1:  Peer reviews for those needing them on either the 1st or 2nd draft/self-reviews for those who are preparing their final draft. (15 mins)

Activity 2: (chapter 12) With a partner...one-full page. What does Meena's situation, and her means of resolving it, reveal about the lack of options for most young women in Mumbai?  Write a page which contains a mix of 1) paraphrase and two to three short embedded quotes summarizing Meena's dilemma and her decision, and 2) your analysis of what Meena's situation - and that of other women in poor, tradition-rooted families - suggests about the constraints on most women in this society.  In your analysis of the overall situation facing women in Annawadi, also identify the one or two primary forms of oppression  they face, briefly explaining why, according to the Five Faces of Oppression, they fall into these categories of oppression. Use proper MLA internal citations. (20-25 mins & 5 points)  

Activity 3: Sharing/discussing your activity 2 writing with another group.

Tomorrow:

Research Essay is due: hard copy to me and digital copy to turnitin.com

Discuss Chapter 13 and Sunil

Looking at possible solutions...What might be done to improve the situation women face in Annawadi?

Mumbai 2008...An American Terrorist (PBS Frontline)...Addresses the attack alluded to in Chapter 13. 

HW: Make sure that you have completed chapter 13 of Behind The Beautiful Forevers (BBF).  Bring  BBF and a printed copy of your most recent version of your research essay as I will give you some time to read it closeley and make notes/edits to your paper.  We will also have some in-class discussion of Chapter 13 of BBF and some time to read from chapter 14 of BBF.

Example Research Paper for heading, internal citations, and works cited.


Hand out this letter and the AP Exam schedule:

Dear AP student and parent,

Here are some final logistical reminders regarding your upcoming AP exams:

·         The attached document lists where each AP exam will be administered.

·         For exams with a large number of test-takers, the group has been divided by last name.

·         Report to A.M. exams no later than 7:45 a.m.

·         Report to P.M. exams no later than 12:10 p.m.

·         Remember to bring to each exam:

·         your photo ID

·         a supply of sharpened #2 NON-mechanical pencils

·         a black or dark blue pen

·         an eraser

·         an approved calculator for the Biology, Chemistry, Calculus, Physics and Statistics exam

·         a back-up calculator or batteries, in case your calculator malfunctions

·         Do NOT bring your cell phone to your AP exams.  If you are seen with a cell phone at any time during the exam period, your test will be voided and you will be dismissed.

·         Remember to eat a good breakfast or lunch before taking your AP exam.

·         If you are taking an afternoon AP exam AND are regularly scheduled for a 7^th or 8^th period lunch, you should report to 6^th period lunch on the day of your exam.

·         If you are taking a morning AP exam that extends in to 4^th or 5^th period, causing you to miss your regular lunch, you will report to lunch immediately following the exam and then report to your afternoon classes.

If you have any questions regarding AP exams, please contact Nancy Kalkowski (nkalkowski@lths.net or 708-579-6762).

Best of luck on your AP exams!

Sincerely,

Katherine T. Smith

Coordinator of Assessment and Research

Learning Target: I can effectively use signal words to introduce and provide context for paraphrases and direct quotes.

Review Signal Words handout

Reading chapter 13 in Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Peer Reviews for those who did not get them yesterday

Regarding 1st and 3rd person.  Although these essays should be primarily in the 3rd person, some of you may have personal experiences/examples that would be appropriate and informative either in the intro or even in the body of the essay.  In such cases, you may use "I", but then switch back to 3rd person once you have completed using that anecdote. Sometimes we call this shifting from 1st back to third, the "I say/they say" point of view switch.

What about “I”?

Many students wonder whether they should use the pronoun “I” (that is, the first person) or not.  This can vary from instructor to instructor and your best bet is to check with the professor.  However, you will want to know that there are many ways to state your own opinion without actually using the pronoun “I.”  Here are some examples:

X is right that the US economy is transferring more and more of its wealth to the upper class.

The evidence shows that ______________________.

Y’s assertion that the new health care plan is a “government take over of health care” is at odds with the key provisions of the new legislation.

Anyone familiar with the traffic problems of LA should agree that _________________.

All of these templates—and many more—allow you to make a clear statement of your point of view without using “I.”  Even if your professor allows the use of the first person, it’s a good idea to use a mix of these templates and the first person to avoid the monotony of repeating over and over “I think,” “I believe,” etc.

The information in this handout was borrowed, adapted and greatly condensed from They Say, I Say: the Moves that Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, W. W. Norton, 2010.  This is an excellent textbook for anyone writing at the college level in any course and the Writing Center heartily recommends it. 

Homework: If you did not finish BBF chapter 13, finish it. Also, complete and print 2nd draft for tomorrow (we will be in the classroom). We will do peer reviews in class tomorrow.