Fast Food Nation

Hello, Friends.

Happy 23 days left in the semester!

 http://jhampton.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/51769044/Fast%20Food%20Nation.pdf

Pages 63 - 70

In the section of the book we read, there is a clear argument presented.

• What is the author's argument?
• How does the author STRUCTURE the argument?
• Is the purpose of the author effectively met?  If so, how?  If not, why not?  What structures aid or hinder the message of the author?  How does the use of language help or hinder the purpose?
•  In what ways is this chapter related to so many other articles we have read and documentaries we have watched?  What factor binds American workers together?
• Where is the hope?????

12 - 15 sentences.  Write well.  Be thoughtful and well-spoken.  Don't let me down.

Response is due on November 20th by 1156pm.

=)

"Animals" by Simon Rich

Hello, Friends!!!

It's been a while.........................you're welcome!

What we are accomplishing in this academic response is really to reinforce the discussions we had in class.

Your response is due on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH BY 9PM.  =)

 http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/animals

Requirements:

• 12 - 15 sentences
• Pay particular attention to the types of prejudices that were presented
• What acts of discrimination did you see and how do you define it?
• Select the FIVE (5) MOST SIGNIFICANT WORDS OR PHRASES;  List them separately and write about them separately.  Consider: How did these words AFFECT the story? What was the author's purpose and how did his word choice help him achieve that purpose? 
• What is the message the author was sending?

 Write well.  Be thoughtful and composed.

Come to the Leo Club Pancake Feed on Tuesday, November 15th......................  =)

"Grace"

"Grace" Seems an interesting title.

In a Christian sense, it is the "free and unmerited favor of God" but I'm not certain that any child in any of these articles found themselves to be a child of "favor."

This week, we are practicing a different skill.

This is reader-response criticism.  You need to acknowledge and analyze the argument presented in the article you chose to read.  Tell me where you found a thesis, what the author's message is, and what readers are to take away from these articles.  Next, you need to respond in a human way.  The connections you make with any part of either of these articles is valid, and it is your job to prove how.  If you have a grandparent much like Paul, if you know someone in Foster-Care, if you have political ideas about how to change or manage the system, if you have facts and figures and research you'd like to share, if you know someone who has dedicated their lives to saving children...........anything of this nature, is valid and worthy, and your job is to write about those connections.

It needs to be a personal, insightful, and well - thought - out piece of writing.  Length?  I don't know, long enough to be clear and precise?  12 - 15 sentences.

Write well.

Be thoughtful. 

Your writing assignment is due on Sunday October 16th by 1156 pm.........  =)

"It's a Third World Country..............."

There are multiple parts to this weeks' assignment.

1)  You need to watch carefully when we view the "Chi-Raq" documentary.  You need to take notes over logistics - how many similarities there are between the two communities, one in Kentucky, the other, Chicago.  Also, there is (are) glaring dissimilarity (ies).  What are those?  Why?

2) Select one issue: drugs, poverty, government, police, working poor, lack of jobs, lack of education, drug laws/drug sentences, logical fallacies, the use of Anecdotal Evidence.......SELECT ONE (or a group of) lines, facts, statistics, anything.  Explain why that particular item struck you so much.  What did it relate to?  Remind you of?  Make you think of?????

3)  The Guardian is a British Newspaper.  What is the First World's view of America?  What in particular was the slant  - the piece of irony, as they saw it - that came out in this piece of writing?  Why?  How would you like for America to be known?  For what reasons?

So......this article is much longer than any other yet this semester, and because of that, Mrs. J and I are giving you until:
SUNDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 2ND AT 1158 PM
to respond fully to this article.

Write well.  Don't let this be a last minute session for you, because your grades suffer from crappy responses.  =)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Stq5OF4To

"Chi-Raq" video link, in case you missed part of Wednesday or Thursday.  =)

Septermber 18th - 24th!

Islam.

Anti-Islamic rhetoric has led to multiple negative experiences and encounters for hundreds of Muslims in the United States. Read both articles provided about Muslim Americans working and learning in our nation's public schools. As you read, consider the intended audiences and the purpose of these articles. Write your response to the questions below in 12-15 sentences.


1. Explain what rhetorical approaches Shah and Sharim use in response to "Islamophobia" (ethos/logos/pathos) and why you think their approaches or rebuttals are effective or ineffective.
2. Explain why you think it is significant to discuss topics like this in a high school classroom.

Make certain you maintain your objectivity while answering the first question, and then you may insert a more conversational tone while answering the second question.

 Think critically, write well.

=)

Mrs. Sudan
and
Mrs. Salinas

It's Never Easy in America

http://www.kvue.com/news/national/tribes-request-to-stop-work-on-pipeline-denied/316179558



Week of SEPTEMBER 11 - 17TH
Assignment due: September 17th by 11:58 pm

This article is truly American: Capitalism, Environmentalism, Native American Land, DAPL, Energy, Safety, water supply.............holy cow...........this article has it all.

Requirements:

• Read CRITICALLY
• Pay close attention to the uses of persuasion (ethos, logos, pathos, fallacies)
• Contemplate both sides of the argument
• Writing:
• 12-15 sentence response that 1st discusses the argument  as it is presented in the article
• Next, you will use an academic tone to define onto which side of this argument you fall.  
• YOU MAY NOT BE A FENCE SITTER; CHOOSE A SIDE.
• You need to focus on ethos and logos in your response, and avoid the use of pathos and logical fallacy.
• Write well.  Be better than last week.  And, hopefully more than 26 of you will remember this week so I don't have to give so many zeros.  Goodness Gracious.

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 6TH - 10TH

Happy Short Week, Students!!!!!!

Since we are just beginning our review of black stereotypes, this is an article full of historical references, and it will be simple for you to jump into the academic world of digital responses.

Here is the article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dear-khloe-cultural-appropriation-of-black-hairstyles_us_57b380cde4b014a587fba07c

Your job:
Respond to the article's audience/topic/purpose.  What did it make you think of, feel, understand, find in a new perspective, etc.?????  Was the argument effective - regardless of how YOU FEEL.......look at it as a student of rhetoric.

The expectation is for you to write 8 - 12 academically sound sentences that answer the previous questions.

Write well.  Your response is due before September 10th at 11:59 pm.

=)

Reading Assignment for the week of August 29th!  Response is due on Saturday, Sept. 3rd.

Thus begins our journey into the study of Rhetoric - the art of persuasion.

As you read this piece by Simon Rich, you will notice the hilarity of the scene, but quite quickly, it becomes much more.

You will have to take notes over and be prepared to discuss:
Speaker, occasion, audience, topic, purpose, tone.

DON'T FREAK OUT.  You can do this.  Begin simply:  look at the adjectives and adverbs used to describe nouns and verbs, look at the comparisons and analogies posed in this piece.

You will write a 2 paragraph response, and it needs to be completed by September 3rd at 10pm.  Remember, everything is time stamped.  If you have difficulty posting, let me know by sending your response attached in an email.  Still due by 10pm on September 2nd.  =)

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/animals

Write well.  This is your first formal assessment. 

Hello!!

Reading assignment for Tuesday, August 23rd!

"Omaha, Nebraska:  The Most Dangerous Place in America to be Black"

http://www.ibtimes.com/omaha-nebraska-most-dangerous-place-america-be-black-1548466

Take notes, be prepared to share thoughts and discuss ideas!!!