H/I Final Drafts
O/R?
Y= +3 pts
N= -3 pts
Essays back in about a week.
At the end of the quarter, you will have the chance to revise either your first or your second essay for an improved score.
Introduction to TKAM and why it matters today.
Homework: Chapters 1-2 (The reading schedule will be 2 chapters a night until we finish).
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Topic for Second Essay
Essay 2: To Kill a Mockingbird and the Hero's Journey
Explain the steps (the call, the mentors, the threshold etc) in the hero's journey for Scout (or Jem or Atticus).
Consider: What are Scout's Rites of Passage (Separation, Initiation, Return)?
How does she follow the eight steps of the Hero's Journey?
What does she learn about race, class, gender, laws/rules as she "comes of age"?
The challenges of this essay
This is not a physical journey.
You have to be good a reading between the lines.
It's not neatly formulated for archetypal criticism, but it's close.
Evidence is spread out over 300 pages.
Her voice is "naïve" and therefore sometimes hard to read. There's sarcasm and misunderstanding and irony in her accounts and we have to see them from adult eyes.
3-5 pages, double spaced.
Rough Draft due November 1st
Final Draft due November 5th.
Explain the steps (the call, the mentors, the threshold etc) in the hero's journey for Scout (or Jem or Atticus).
Consider: What are Scout's Rites of Passage (Separation, Initiation, Return)?
How does she follow the eight steps of the Hero's Journey?
What does she learn about race, class, gender, laws/rules as she "comes of age"?
The challenges of this essay
This is not a physical journey.
You have to be good a reading between the lines.
It's not neatly formulated for archetypal criticism, but it's close.
Evidence is spread out over 300 pages.
Her voice is "naïve" and therefore sometimes hard to read. There's sarcasm and misunderstanding and irony in her accounts and we have to see them from adult eyes.
3-5 pages, double spaced.
Rough Draft due November 1st
Final Draft due November 5th.
Study Guide 1-11
SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - To Kill A Mockingbird
Chapters 1-3
1. Identify:
Stephanie Crawford,
Walter Cunningham,
Burris Ewell
2. What did Dill dare Jem to do?
3. What was Scout's first "crime" at school?
4. What was Calpurnia's fault?
5. Why did Scout rub Walter Cunningham's nose in the dirt?
6. Scout said, " He ain't company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham." What did she mean by
that, and what was Cal's answer?
7. What two mistakes did Miss Caroline make on the first day of school?
8. Why didn't the Ewells have to go to school?
Chapters 4-7
1. What did Scout and Jem find in the Radleys' tree?
2. Identify Mrs. Dubose.
3. How did Jem get even with Scout for contradicting him about "Hot Steams?"
4. What was the Boo Radley game?
5. Identify Miss Maudie.
6. What does Miss Maudie think of the Radleys?
7. Why do Dill and Jem want to give Boo Radley a note? What does Atticus say when he
finds out about their plan?
8. How did Jem lose his pants? What did he find when he went back for them?
9. What else did Jem and Scout find in the Radleys' tree?
10. Why would there be no more surprises in the tree?
Chapters 8-9
1. What happened to Miss Maudie's house? What was her reaction?
2. Identify Cecil Jacobs.
3. What "disaster" happened at Christmas between Scout and Francis?
4. What did Scout's Uncle Jack learn from Scout and Atticus?
Chapters 10-11
1. What brave thing does Atticus do in Chapter 10? Why are Scout and Jem shocked?
2. What did Jem do when Mrs. Dubose said Atticus "lawed for niggers?"
3. What was Jem's punishment?
4. What did Jem learn from his encounter with Mrs. Dubose and following her death?
Monday, October 11, 2010
Day 15
English 101 Fall 2010 Day 14
Bonus Point opportunity Wednesday at Allied Arts at 7pm. Open Mic Poetry Reading.
Final Drafts Due Monday—Bring essay printed and stapled. Bring copy of your introduction and conclusion.
MLA in text citations—there’s a bit of a tricky part here with the screenplay.
If you are quoting both dialogue and stage directions, use “xxx” to start and end the quote and use ‘xxx’ for dialogue within the quote.
Also, if your ONLY source is the screenplay, you do not need to continue to include Alexie in the parenthesis or the signal phrases (365)
MLA paper format. (404)
Works cited page (406)
1. Works Cited Page
a. Film
i. Smoke Signals
ii. Directed by Chris Eyre
iii. Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard
iv. Miramax
v. 1998
vi. DVD
b. Book (383 in Hacker)
i. The Hero’s Journey: A Guide to Literature and Life
ii. Reg Harris and Susan Thompson
iii. Harris Communication
iv. Napa, California
v. Copyright 2005
c. Book
i. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
ii. Sherman Alexie
iii. HarperPerennial
iv. New York, New York
v. 1993
2. Motion Picture (view detail)
Provide the title of the film, the director, the film's distribution company, and the year of release. Between the title and the distributor you may also list other parties that are relevant to your paper or that will help with identification of the film, including screenwriters, actors, producers, etc.
3. Gigli. Screenplay by Martin Brest. Dir. Martin Brest. Perf. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, and Christopher Walken. Columbia, 2003. Film.
Bonus Point opportunity Wednesday at Allied Arts at 7pm. Open Mic Poetry Reading.
Final Drafts Due Monday—Bring essay printed and stapled. Bring copy of your introduction and conclusion.
MLA in text citations—there’s a bit of a tricky part here with the screenplay.
If you are quoting both dialogue and stage directions, use “xxx” to start and end the quote and use ‘xxx’ for dialogue within the quote.
Also, if your ONLY source is the screenplay, you do not need to continue to include Alexie in the parenthesis or the signal phrases (365)
MLA paper format. (404)
Works cited page (406)
1. Works Cited Page
a. Film
i. Smoke Signals
ii. Directed by Chris Eyre
iii. Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard
iv. Miramax
v. 1998
vi. DVD
b. Book (383 in Hacker)
i. The Hero’s Journey: A Guide to Literature and Life
ii. Reg Harris and Susan Thompson
iii. Harris Communication
iv. Napa, California
v. Copyright 2005
c. Book
i. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
ii. Sherman Alexie
iii. HarperPerennial
iv. New York, New York
v. 1993
2. Motion Picture (view detail)
Provide the title of the film, the director, the film's distribution company, and the year of release. Between the title and the distributor you may also list other parties that are relevant to your paper or that will help with identification of the film, including screenwriters, actors, producers, etc.
3. Gigli. Screenplay by Martin Brest. Dir. Martin Brest. Perf. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, and Christopher Walken. Columbia, 2003. Film.
Sample Smoke Signal Essays
View sample-smoke-signals-docx
(This is the best of the bunch)
Here's another:
View smoke-signals-essay-2-docx
And one more:
View smoke-signals-3-doc
(This is the best of the bunch)
Here's another:
View smoke-signals-essay-2-docx
And one more:
View smoke-signals-3-doc
Friday, October 8, 2010
English 101 Fall 2010 Day 14
Bonus Point opportunity tonight in Tieton.
Complete Peer Review.
Peer Review, Review—due Monday with essay.
Introductions and conclusions powerpoint.
MLA in text citations—there’s a bit of a tricky part here with the screenplay.
If you are quoting both dialogue and stage directions, use “xxx” to start and end the quote and use ‘xxx’ for dialogue within the quote.
Also, if your ONLY source is the screenplay, you do not need to continue to include Alexie in the parenthesis or the signal phrases (365)
MLA paper format. (404)
Works cited page (406)
1. Works Cited Page
a. Film
i. Smoke Signals
ii. Directed by Chris Eyre
iii. Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard
iv. Miramax
v. 1998
vi. DVD
b. Book (383 in Hacker)
i. The Hero’s Journey: A Guide to Literature and Life
ii. Reg Harris and Susan Thompson
iii. Harris Communication
iv. Napa, California
v. Copyright 2005
c. Book
i. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
ii. Sherman Alexie
iii. HarperPerennial
iv. New York, New York
v. 1993
2. Motion Picture (view detail)
Provide the title of the film, the director, the film's distribution company, and the year of release. Between the title and the distributor you may also list other parties that are relevant to your paper or that will help with identification of the film, including screenwriters, actors, producers, etc.
3. Gigli. Screenplay by Martin Brest. Dir. Martin Brest. Perf. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, and Christopher Walken. Columbia, 2003. Film.
Final Drafts Due Monday—Bring essay printed and stapled. Bring copy of your introduction and conclusion.
Bonus Point opportunity tonight in Tieton.
Complete Peer Review.
Peer Review, Review—due Monday with essay.
Introductions and conclusions powerpoint.
MLA in text citations—there’s a bit of a tricky part here with the screenplay.
If you are quoting both dialogue and stage directions, use “xxx” to start and end the quote and use ‘xxx’ for dialogue within the quote.
Also, if your ONLY source is the screenplay, you do not need to continue to include Alexie in the parenthesis or the signal phrases (365)
MLA paper format. (404)
Works cited page (406)
1. Works Cited Page
a. Film
i. Smoke Signals
ii. Directed by Chris Eyre
iii. Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard
iv. Miramax
v. 1998
vi. DVD
b. Book (383 in Hacker)
i. The Hero’s Journey: A Guide to Literature and Life
ii. Reg Harris and Susan Thompson
iii. Harris Communication
iv. Napa, California
v. Copyright 2005
c. Book
i. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
ii. Sherman Alexie
iii. HarperPerennial
iv. New York, New York
v. 1993
2. Motion Picture (view detail)
Provide the title of the film, the director, the film's distribution company, and the year of release. Between the title and the distributor you may also list other parties that are relevant to your paper or that will help with identification of the film, including screenwriters, actors, producers, etc.
3. Gigli. Screenplay by Martin Brest. Dir. Martin Brest. Perf. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, and Christopher Walken. Columbia, 2003. Film.
Final Drafts Due Monday—Bring essay printed and stapled. Bring copy of your introduction and conclusion.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Day 12
English 101 Fall 2010 Day 12
1. The peer review concept
a. You remember more when you teach the material to others.
b. You learn differently from peers than from instructors.
c. Thick skin.
d. Kind honesty.
2. The peer review process
a. In groups of four. (working in pairs)
b. Number paragraphs on your essays.
c. Write a question you’d like to have answered about your essay on the top of each copy.
d. Exchange essays with another person in your group.
i. Apologize.
ii. Give them permission to tear your paper apart.
e. Read silently with a pen in your hand and mark it as you go.
f. Complete the peer review worksheet.
g. Discuss worksheet and author’s question with author.
h. Then, they discuss your essay with you.
i. Switch partners and repeat until you’ve had your essay read by the entire group.
j. If there’s no time for the third reader, it’s homework.
k. Please complete one of the peer review forms for your own essay, too
3. Peer Review, Review
Meet tomorrow in the lab.
1. The peer review concept
a. You remember more when you teach the material to others.
b. You learn differently from peers than from instructors.
c. Thick skin.
d. Kind honesty.
2. The peer review process
a. In groups of four. (working in pairs)
b. Number paragraphs on your essays.
c. Write a question you’d like to have answered about your essay on the top of each copy.
d. Exchange essays with another person in your group.
i. Apologize.
ii. Give them permission to tear your paper apart.
e. Read silently with a pen in your hand and mark it as you go.
f. Complete the peer review worksheet.
g. Discuss worksheet and author’s question with author.
h. Then, they discuss your essay with you.
i. Switch partners and repeat until you’ve had your essay read by the entire group.
j. If there’s no time for the third reader, it’s homework.
k. Please complete one of the peer review forms for your own essay, too
3. Peer Review, Review
Meet tomorrow in the lab.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Day 11
English 101 Fall 2010 Day 10
1. Essay One
a. Rough Draft Due—October 6th
b. Final Draft Due— October 11th
c. Planning
i. Assess the situation.
ii. Exploring ideas
iii. Formulating a tentative thesis.
iv. Sketching a plan.
d. Drafting
i. Introductions and thesis (Powerpoint)
ii. Body
iii. Conclusion
e. Thesis statements on the board.
i. Quick votes. A=Great; B=Good; C=Not quite there; D=Needs Work
1. Essay One
a. Rough Draft Due—October 6th
b. Final Draft Due— October 11th
c. Planning
i. Assess the situation.
ii. Exploring ideas
iii. Formulating a tentative thesis.
iv. Sketching a plan.
d. Drafting
i. Introductions and thesis (Powerpoint)
ii. Body
iii. Conclusion
e. Thesis statements on the board.
i. Quick votes. A=Great; B=Good; C=Not quite there; D=Needs Work
Friday, October 1, 2010
Day 10
English 101 Fall 2010 Day 10
No class on Monday (English Department Retreat)
Keep notes until Wednesday.
Homework for Tuesday: A Thesis statement and a "scratch outline"--that is: Topic sentences for each paragraph you intend to write.
1. Essay One
a. Rough Draft Due—October 6th
b. Final Draft Due— October 11th
Planning
i. Assess the situation.
ii. Exploring ideas
iii. Formulating a tentative thesis.
iv. Sketching a plan.
Drafting (On Tuesday)
i. Introductions and thesis
ii. Body
iii. Conclusion
No class on Monday (English Department Retreat)
Keep notes until Wednesday.
Homework for Tuesday: A Thesis statement and a "scratch outline"--that is: Topic sentences for each paragraph you intend to write.
1. Essay One
a. Rough Draft Due—October 6th
b. Final Draft Due— October 11th
Planning
i. Assess the situation.
ii. Exploring ideas
iii. Formulating a tentative thesis.
iv. Sketching a plan.
Drafting (On Tuesday)
i. Introductions and thesis
ii. Body
iii. Conclusion
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Smoke Signals Study Guide
1. The first time we see Arnold Joseph, he says he's magic. What kind of magic is he talking about?
2. Why does Arlene Joseph make Victor promise he'll come back?
3. What are Victor's 3 conditions for accepting Thomas's money for the trip?
4. Thomas tells a story about Arnold Joseph as a way of payment to Velma and Lucy. What does the story tell us about Arnold?
5. Victor tells Thomas, Just remember…You can't trust anybody. Why does he say this?
6. Thomas tells Victor a story about a dream that told him to go to Spokane Falls. He says he was waiting for a vision. What was that vision and what does it tell us about Arnold Joseph?
7. Why does Arnold Joseph go?
8. Why doesn't he explain this to Victor?
9. Arlene Joseph says Arnold is magic, too. What does she mean by this?
10. According to Victor, what does it mean to be a "real Indian"?
11. What does Thomas's monologue about traveling have to do with the lesson Victor needs to learn?
12. What is the significance of Victor's refusal to take his father's ashes from Susy when they arrive.
13. Thomas says Arlene was magic, too. What biblical story is adapted by Thomas to demonstrate her magic? What kind of magic does Arlene have?
14. Why did Susy Song come to Arizona?
15. Why did Arnold come to Arizona?
16. What's the most evil thing Arnold Joseph ever done?
17. What does Arnold's basketball story tell us about him?
18. Susy says Arnold was a magician. What does she mean?
19. What attracted Susy to Arnold?
20. What secrets does Susy keep?
21. Why does Victor cut his hair?
22. What are the two kinds of people in the world, according to Susy Song?
23. What evidence do we see of Victor's transformation after the photo is found?
24. What evidence do we see that he has not completed his transformation?
25. Who's fault is the accident?
26. During his race for help, Victor has a vision. Describe that vision:
27. What were the "two wrecks last night"?
28. What was Thomas right about?
29. What is his mother's reaction?
30. Is the ceremony at the river like a salmon or like cleaning out the attic?
31. What does it mean to say Phoenix, Arizona?
2. Why does Arlene Joseph make Victor promise he'll come back?
3. What are Victor's 3 conditions for accepting Thomas's money for the trip?
4. Thomas tells a story about Arnold Joseph as a way of payment to Velma and Lucy. What does the story tell us about Arnold?
5. Victor tells Thomas, Just remember…You can't trust anybody. Why does he say this?
6. Thomas tells Victor a story about a dream that told him to go to Spokane Falls. He says he was waiting for a vision. What was that vision and what does it tell us about Arnold Joseph?
7. Why does Arnold Joseph go?
8. Why doesn't he explain this to Victor?
9. Arlene Joseph says Arnold is magic, too. What does she mean by this?
10. According to Victor, what does it mean to be a "real Indian"?
11. What does Thomas's monologue about traveling have to do with the lesson Victor needs to learn?
12. What is the significance of Victor's refusal to take his father's ashes from Susy when they arrive.
13. Thomas says Arlene was magic, too. What biblical story is adapted by Thomas to demonstrate her magic? What kind of magic does Arlene have?
14. Why did Susy Song come to Arizona?
15. Why did Arnold come to Arizona?
16. What's the most evil thing Arnold Joseph ever done?
17. What does Arnold's basketball story tell us about him?
18. Susy says Arnold was a magician. What does she mean?
19. What attracted Susy to Arnold?
20. What secrets does Susy keep?
21. Why does Victor cut his hair?
22. What are the two kinds of people in the world, according to Susy Song?
23. What evidence do we see of Victor's transformation after the photo is found?
24. What evidence do we see that he has not completed his transformation?
25. Who's fault is the accident?
26. During his race for help, Victor has a vision. Describe that vision:
27. What were the "two wrecks last night"?
28. What was Thomas right about?
29. What is his mother's reaction?
30. Is the ceremony at the river like a salmon or like cleaning out the attic?
31. What does it mean to say Phoenix, Arizona?
Day 6
English 101 Fall 2010 Day 6
1. Essay One
a. Rough Draft Due—October 5th
b. Final Draft Due— October 11th
2. Warming Up: Exploring Ideas
a. Talking and Listening
b. Annotating Texts
c. Listing
d. Clustering
e. Freewriting
f. Asking Journalist's Questions
g. Read/Research
3. Smoke Signals part one, with study guide.
1. Essay One
a. Rough Draft Due—October 5th
b. Final Draft Due— October 11th
2. Warming Up: Exploring Ideas
a. Talking and Listening
b. Annotating Texts
c. Listing
d. Clustering
e. Freewriting
f. Asking Journalist's Questions
g. Read/Research
3. Smoke Signals part one, with study guide.
Friday, September 24, 2010
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