Day 6

English 101 Day 6

Bonus Points?

Information Literacy Workshops in

1. The Writing Process
   
   1. Hacker C1-b Checklist
      
   2. Planning
      
      1. Talking and listening
         
      2. Annotating texts
         
      3. Listing
         
      4. Clustering
         
      5. Freewriting
         
      6. Asking journalists questions
         
   3. Form tentative thesis (C1-c)
      
   4. Sketch a plan (C1-d)
      
   5. Draft (C2)
      
   6. Revisinig (C3)
      
   7. Final Draft
      
   8. Publish/Present (C5)
      

Academic Essays

Analysis of the text—some of this is summary, a lot is reading between the lines

Original/Creative/Unique/"Risky" ideas

Use of sources to support your ideas

Talking with an audience

Eventually, argument and counter argument

What can we assume?

Grammar

MLA?

Some things about organization (Intro, body, conclusion)

Notes from Chapter 6, me.

Promise and Betrayal Notes In groups of five

Ch 5; Ch 7; Ch 8—Foolishness

Warnings,

Hype,

Overconfidence,

Greed

or

Depth of the destruction--stats?

Ch 5; Ch 7; Ch 8—Characters

The human spirit

Self reliance

Community building

Connection to the land

Resilience & Persistence (tough, tough mothers)

Hopes & Dreams

What is the big picture of 1935?

What are the big themes?

We've seen:

Failure to learn from history

Failure to heed warnings

Environmental devastation brought on by

Overconfidence/Hubris/Hype

Greed

Technology/Machines

Exodus(ters)

Indifference to the problem by Feds/Rest of us

And on the plus side:

The human spirit

Self reliance

Community building

Connection to the land

Resilience & Persistence (tough, tough mothers)

Hopes & Dreams

Reading: Tonight 9; Tuesday 12; Wednesday 16; Thursday 17-18; Friday 21; Saturday 23; Sunday Epilogue

Quiz Friday over Sections 1 and 2