AP Review

• Review key rhetorical analysis terms
• Second Inaugural Address walk-through
• Student essay sample
• Breaking down an argument prompt - 2011
• How might you approach it?

Break today from Behind the Beautiful Forevers

AP Prep today...
*Review terms 
*look at one rhetorical analysis prompt 
*student response and look at one argument prompt

Friday...We will discuss Chapter 9/have short quiz - 5 to 10 questions 
We will also do more AP prep

Overview of Exam structure
Review of terms
Read the AP prompt (again - think we might have read this one earlier in the year)
Outline a response
Look at a student response to 2nd inaugural
Look at argument response

#21 (choose one of the following and respond to it with thoughtful, well-developed paragraph) 
 4 points

a. Zehrunisa remembers a time when every slumdweller was roughly equal in his or her misery, and competition between neighbors didn’t get so out of hand. Abdul doesn’t know whether or not to believe her account of a gentler past. Do you believe it? Might increased hopes for a better life have a dark as well as a bright side?

b. At one point in the book, Abdul takes to heart the moral of a Hindu myth related by The Master: Allow your flesh to be eaten by the eagles of the world. Suffer nobly, and you’ll be rewarded in the end. What is the connection between suffering and redemption in this book? What connections between suffering and redemption do you see in your own life? Are the sufferers ennobled? Are the good rewarded in the end?

HW: Read and annotate Chapter 9, "Marquee Effect"

1. Shortly before Abdul is sent to juvenile jail, a major newspaper runs a story about the facility headlined: “Dongri Home is a Living Hell.” Abdul’s experience of Dongri is more complex, though. How does being wrenched away from his work responsibilities at Annawadi change his understandings of the hardships of other people? Are terms like liberty and freedom understood differently by people who live in different conditions?

Behind The Beautiful Forevers, chapter 8

In-class and homework: Read and annotate chapter 8, "The Master".  Quiz (40 points) on Tuesday on Chapters 6-8.

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Day of Silence - Behind The Beautiful Forevers

April 21, 2017
Behind The Beautiful Forevers
Day of Silence

In honor of the Day of Silence for LGBTA, we will have silent reading today.

Some thoughts…Many people in this world are not allowed - for one reason or another - to have a voice. Sometimes there voices have been ignored - think about the people represented in the book we are reading - and other times they feel the need to self-censor, to hide certain parts of their being because society still does not fully accept or approve of who they are. Let us remember all of those who have been shunned or silenced for simply being who they are.  I personally believe that we are all children of God, and our tremendous variety is part of this universe's beauty. No matter what you believe, I think that most of us will agree that we should strive treat others with respect and dignity.  Kindness, my friends, is the greatest wisdom. Let's try to remember that today and every day.

Please hand in the paragraphs you wrote yesterday, but first add a paragraph addendum to it, which includes some observations and quotes (with page # - you might have to look those up) from groupmates...we can learn a lot from listening to others.  Also, underline the analytical verbs or compare/contrast keywords that you used in either your original paragraph or your addendum to the paragraph.  Use at least two of verbs and/or compare/contrast words.Underline those words. Also, above your original paragraph, clearly title it as Original and put the question number you responded to and below it, title the briefer follow-up paragraph as Addendum.  The addendum might be just a couple of key sentence and can include a paraphrase and/or a quote that someone in your group shared. (10 points)

In-class and homework: Read and annotate chapter 7, "The Come Apart", for Monday.  Quiz (40 points) on Tuesday on Chapters 6-8.

April 20, 2017 assignment

Write a paragraph response to one of the paragraphs prompts below. Embed two quotes and use two analytical or compare and contrast verbs in your response.

Paragraph 1: Shining a light in the dark...How could Katherine Boo's investigation and award-winning writing perhaps influence how things are done in the slums of India?

Paragraph 2: 

Factual question: Who are some of the international organizations that fund education and child and women's wellness and business programs in Mumbai?

Page # and quote (any chapters):

Critical thinking question: What are some ways that an American might begin to influence education and reduce educational corruption in Mumbai?

Paragraph 3: What makes The One Leg both an example of human depravity/sinfulness and also an example of the human spirit and someone's search for recognition as a human? 

Paragraph 4: Why does Karam Huasain feel Mumbai is a difficult place to raise children? How might his concerns parallel situations for parent sin the inner city of Chicago?

Embed two quotes and use two analytical or compare and contrast verbs in your response.

Paragraph 1: Shining a light in the dark...How could Katherine Boo's investigation and award-winning writing perhaps influence how things are done in the slums of India?

Paragraph 2: 

Factual question: Who are some of the international organizations that fund education and child and women's wellness and business programs in Mumbai?
Page # and quote (any chapters):

Critical thinking question: What are some ways that an American might begin to influence education and reduce educational corruption in Mumbai?


Paragraph 3: What makes The One Leg both an example of human depravity/sinfulness and also an example of the human spirit and someone's search for recognition as a human? 

Paragraph 4: Why does Karam Huasain feel Mumbai is a difficult place to raise children? How might his concerns parallel situations for parent sin the inner city of Chicago?

In Class: Education in Annawadi

HW: Read chapter 5, "Ghost House":