This week we will finish our reading of Economy, which will prepare us for our first full length essay of the year--a very important and involved undertaking which will require focused and disciplined attention to the details of each step of the process.
There are three sections left in "Economy:" namely: Education, Money and Work, and The Fallacy of Philanthropy--all sections and themes that are full of thought-provoking (and controversial) ideas. We will read and discuss each section, and you will be required to write three more reading responses, and you will be required to "show" active reading (including annotations) for each section in your ibooks texts.
The essay will be titled: "A Response to Thoreau: The Major Themes and Assertions in "Economy." The essay will include personal narrative paragraphs which can (and should) draw on the work already in your reading journals, as well as detailed literary analysis paragraphs created using my rubric of the same name. We will begin our essay after our trip to Walden Pond on Tuesday, October 28.
Each class has four meetings this week:
Class One: Read, annotate and discuss "Education"
Homework: Read and annotate "Money and Work."
Class Two: Work on reading journal response to "Education" and "Money & Work". This can be a single post.
Class Three: Read, annotate and discuss "The Fallacy of Philanthropy."
Class Four: Write final reading journal response.
Journaling: Create one independent entry of any sort. Comment at least twice on classmate's blogs.
There are three sections left in "Economy:" namely: Education, Money and Work, and The Fallacy of Philanthropy--all sections and themes that are full of thought-provoking (and controversial) ideas. We will read and discuss each section, and you will be required to write three more reading responses, and you will be required to "show" active reading (including annotations) for each section in your ibooks texts.
The essay will be titled: "A Response to Thoreau: The Major Themes and Assertions in "Economy." The essay will include personal narrative paragraphs which can (and should) draw on the work already in your reading journals, as well as detailed literary analysis paragraphs created using my rubric of the same name. We will begin our essay after our trip to Walden Pond on Tuesday, October 28.
Each class has four meetings this week:
Class One: Read, annotate and discuss "Education"
Homework: Read and annotate "Money and Work."
Class Two: Work on reading journal response to "Education" and "Money & Work". This can be a single post.
- Include block quotes, sentence quotes, and insertion quotes (words or phrases) in each reading journal post.
- Homework: Finish and post reading journal responses. Comment on classmate's work.
Class Three: Read, annotate and discuss "The Fallacy of Philanthropy."
- Homework: Research and cite academic responses and critiques of "Economy" using Citelighter.
Class Four: Write final reading journal response.
- Include block quotes, sentence quotes, and insertion quotes (words or phrases)--as well as at least two "cited" sources in the reading journal post.
- Weekend Homework: Collate your reading journals for "Economy" into a single Pages document. Proofread and edit. Save and share with me via Schoology as a Notability pdf.
- Update and edit your reading journal posts as needed.
Journaling: Create one independent entry of any sort. Comment at least twice on classmate's blogs.
- Post before 6:00 PM on Monday