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April 2017
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Finish: taking notes exercise (Rothko handouts: 1,2,3,4,5).
Reading: (Two Readings last week!!) Primary/Secondary Sources, Scholarly/Popular, search keywords, Tagcrowd, Yippy/ZapMeta +pdf, questionnaires and interviews.
Evaluation of Electronic Sources: Reading with a Critical Eye (argument, stance, purpose) / Practice exercise
Registration for Fall Semester Begins

Practice Evaluating Sources Here / Here
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Finish Evaluating Sources: Practice exercise
One Draft vs. Multi-Draft

Read “A Dark Brown Dog”
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Finish One Draft vs. Multi-Draft
Plot and Parody / Plot of “A Dark Brown Dog”


Write a short story that imitates or inverts the basic elements of plot found in “A Dark Brown Dog.”  Upload to Quip.  This will be at least a parody.
Work on your Rough Draft
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Examples of Parody: Dark Brown Dog
Narrator, Narratee
Parts of Speech: Second Look

Read Poe  Identify and be prepared to discuss its: Narrator, Narratee, Audience, Direct and Indirect Discourse, and Plot.
InQuizitive:Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers
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Poe-Tell Tale Heart / Plot / Narrator - Motivation of a Murder (1,2) / Irony / Tone / Acrostic (1)

Optional Homework (Replace a missing Quip assignment): Write either an acrostic poem or a parody of the Tell Tale Heart.  Upload to Quip.
Work on your Rough Draft.
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Analysis and Classification (1)

Read “Analyzing Texts”, Norton (94-128).
Read “Classifying and Dividing”, Norton (374-379).
Work on your Rough Draft.
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Reading 1: Analyzing Texts - How texts function // Fashion statement (context, thesis, analysis, conclusion) / Declaration (method of analysis, step-by-step ) / Stupid games (phases analysis with definition of games as a reflection of oneself, walls to choices) // Larger context, Focus // Obama and image craft (thesis, analysis diagram) // Writing an analysis is a mirror of analysis (larger context, focus, thesis, how text functions) + draft + feedback + editing
Reading 2: Classification & Dividing = organization / need for clear categories
Finish Analysis and Classification / Read and Discuss
“Problem Solving” by Albert Upton

InQuizitive:  Feedback / Assignment: Omitted Commas, Unnecessary Commas
Finish reading “Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
Essay 2: Write a 2-3 page analysis  essay about:  What are the most common forms of addiction in the U.S.? Or, why do teenagers rebel against their parents?   Use newspaper headlines and your own experiences to analyze and classify the reasons why.  Include your classification at the end of your essay.  Cite all your sources using MLA.
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Admin: Essay 2
“Problem Solving” by Albert Upton
Connective words / Clause practice
Review: Identifying Paragraph Structure (1,2,3) / Evaluating Sources (Norton, 469), Signal verbs (489), Avoiding Plagiarism (491)
Begin "The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe.

Read "The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. Then, draw an outline of the plot. Bring to class.
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Rough Draft
Plot analysis: “The Cask of Amontillado”
Brainstorm alternative plots in group.  Write a new version together on Quip.

Write a rough draft for Essay 2
Upload your new version of “The Cask of Amontillado”
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Review: Parts of Speech (1,2,3,4,5)
Review: Bibliographic Practice / MLA Style
Apostrophe errors (Jim’s hat, several years’ work, Aztecs' ritual, its vs. it’s, contractions, A’s this semester, their, there,they’re, your, you’re) / Practice (1,2)

InQuizitive:Apostrophe Errors, Words Often Confused
Finish reading Constant Lover (1 or 2)
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Discusss: Constant Lover (1 or 2) by St. John Hankin (1,2,3,4)
Discuss the differences between Drama and Narrative: Direct/Indirect Discourse, Description, Summary of actions/ Plot, Non-verbal/Verbal interaction, Scenery, Lighting.

Write a contemporary parody of the Constant Lover, a new version that speaks to your generation and still maintains the most important elements of the play.  Upload to Quip.
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Library Research Day
Essay 2
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