Friday, October 14, 2011

Day 20

English 101 Day 20 Fall 11


Chapters 2 and 4. Find quotes to show the following.

a) Tom Joad’s appearance and actions.

b) Tom Joad’s thoughts and speech.

c) The reaction of others to Tom Joad—what they say and think about him.


d) Jim Casey’s appearance and actions.

e) Jim Casey’s thoughts and speech.

f) The reaction of others to Jim Casey—what they say and think about him.


Interchapters

They’re a lot like an essay: Topic sentences for the Joad family experience.

Let’s look at chapter 5.

What’s the answer?

Can somebody give us a background on what you know about our current crisis?

When did it start?

Who do we blame? Who’s at fault?

What have we done about it?

What should we do about it?

Does it upset you? Does your age matter? Does your income level matter?

What effect has the crisis had on you?

For starters: Tuition is up 50% at UW in three years. Don’t pay tuition?

76 classes cut at YVCC this year. YVCC has lost a third of the budget.

“With the increase, full-time YVCC students will pay 13 percent more in tuition -- or $407 more than the $3,850 they paid for the 2010-2011 academic year. Part-time students will pay an additional 11 percent.

Next spring, the board will decide whether to approve another 12 percent increase for the 2012-13 school year. The rate reflects the maximum allowed by the Legislature in the 2011-13 operating budget.

The budget also includes a two-year, 3 percent pay cut for staff.” YHR online

What else? Jobs? Housing?

Homework: Chapters 7-10 in GoW. Read looking for connections to essay topics.
Do some quick googling on essay three topics to see a broad overview of what's out there. Start prewriting on Essay 2.

6 comments:

Anna Diaz said...

At first I was confused about the chapters because every other chapter talks about Tom Joad and Jim Casey but now knowing about the inter chapters helps me understand the concept.

Anonymous said...

@Anna... yes! I agree! I was always confused as to why Steinbeck would tell the story then pause and mention something (I had previously thought was) random... but talking a baou tinterchapters in class made everything make more sense! :)

Bug79 said...

Once I read the chapters and then went back to understood them better, I figured it out that way. Also talking about it all in class was VERY helpful.

Betty Boop said...

I agree with my classmates, it was a bit confusing .. but going back and reading it makes more sense..

kwilso73 said...

I agree. it kinda bounces around but then again it is a book. But ya I do understand it.

JIH said...

It was a bit confusing in the beginning, but it was easier to understand after I went back and reviewed it.