Class Recap and Homework--04/12/21

Class 31

Objectives:

to review summarizing of the DA's argument in "Who Killed Ronald McDonald" 

to go over step 3 of the Ronald McDonald Discussion Journal and a sample of how to answer

Class Notes: April 12

Homework:

-For tomorrow, make sure you have read pages 10-14 of The New Jim Crow as we will be discussing it.

-Complete Step 3 in the "Who Killed Ronald McDonald?" Discussion Journal. Please add this to the same document in which you wrote your summary. You do not need to turn Step 3 in tomorrow. Instead, you are going to turn the whole discussion journal in all together once you're done.

Class Recap and Homework--04/08/21

 Class 30

Objectives:

to think about reading closely and analyzing texts like detectives using "Who Killed Ronald McDonald" 

to prepare to read the text reviewing Supplemental Materials for "Who Killed Ronald McDonald"

to introduce the Ronald McDonald Discussion Journal

Homework:

-For Monday: Complete Steps 1-2 of the Ronald McDonald Discussion Journal
Your summary should be structured like a CATW summary. In the first sentence, tell me the title of the story, whose argument you are about to summarize, and what that argument is (in other words, what is the District Attorney's main idea). Then tell me the DA's three reasons for why he thinks this (all in your own words). If you're not sure how to structure this, you can look at the CATW packet, previous notes from previous classes, or anywhere else where we've outlined how to structure a summary. But you're just writing a normal summary, just like we've been practicing, though this time it is a summary of the DA's argument (you need to summarize the DA's argument, not the story itself).

-For Monday: Dependent Words and Run-ons Practice. 

-For Tuesday: Read pages 10-14 of The New Jim Crow

Class Recap and Homework--3/25/21

Class 26

Objectives:

to go over some takeaways of The Communist Manifesto

to discuss returned CATW 1s and go over the process of revising them also looking at some grammar issues common in CATW 1 and how to fix them

to go over how to summarize a CATW article, paraphrasing the main idea of each paragraph

to go over how to formulate a main idea statement for the whole article

Class Notes: March 25

Homework:

Due Monday, April 5: your second draft (revision) of your "What Are Friends For?" CATW is due. Please copy and paste your first draft into a new document, make the revisions that were suggested, and then turn this new draft in. 

Due Tuesday, April 6: read The New Jim Crow p.1-5 for Tuesday. We will discuss it in class on Tuesday. This is in the Literature folder. It's called "The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander - excerpt." Read up to "The Death of Slavery" on page 5. 

Due Thursday, April 8: your first draft of your "How to Do One Thing at a Time" CATW is due. This should be a full, 4-paragraph essay (Intro, Body, Body, Conclusion). You can use the summary that we wrote tonight in class, but you need to write your own thesis, body paragraphs, and conclusion. 

Class Recap and Homework--03/09/21

Class 18

Objectives:

to discuss strategies of analysis in our CATW writing

to go over the parts of the Personal Example Paragraph

Class Notes: March 9th

Homework:

For Thursday, please complete CATW 1, turning in the 4 paragraphs [paragraph 1 (intro), paragraph 2 (body - quote), paragraph 3 (body - example), paragraph 4 (conclusion)] in one document with your name on it. 

Class Recap and Homework--03/04/21

Class 16

Objectives:

to discuss how to formulate a thesis

to review the CATW Structure

to analyze a Model Essay to understand more deeply the CATW Structure [page 2 (the fourth page) of the CATW Packet] 

to go over what is a summary

to introduce CATW summary format and how to use notes on the reading to populate the format

Class Notes: March 4th

Homework:

1. For Tuesday, add a thesis to the end of your Intro paragraph (right after your summary). Make sure you follow the format of significant idea sentence + argument sentence (see class notes).

2. AND Write Paragraph #2. Make sure your paragraph has an opening sentence, a quote, a paraphrase, and an analysis (this outline is also in the notes, as well as the CATW packet. It's recommended that you use the Body Paragraph planner on page 3 (the fifth page of the CATW Packet] 

3. Complete the My Word Analysis and Integration assignment for Monday

Class Recap and Homework--03/03/21

Class 15

Objectives:

to discuss the CATW 1 article, "What Are Friends For" on page 1 (the third page) of the CATW Packet 

to go over what is a summary

to introduce CATW summary format and how to use notes on the reading to populate the format

Class Notes: March 3rd

Homework:

1. Complete the CATW summary using the Class Notes

2. Complete the Drown Figurative Language Analysis assignment for tomorrow

3. Complete the My Word Analysis and Integration assignment for Monday

Class Recap and Homework--02/18/21

Class 8

Objectives:

to discuss what is an essay and the purpose of writing an essay, what is a paragraph, and to think about general essay structure

to begin work on the CATW through the CATW Packet, analyzing the Writing directions (pg. 1), introducing the CUNY Start CATW structure (pg. 2)

Class Notes: February 18th

Homework:

1. Finishing the Academic Language Free-write from two weeks ago - this is due Monday

2. The Assata Shakur Comprehension Questions #3 and #5 - this is due Monday

3. Read and annotate "Drown" - this is "due" Tuesday (we will discuss it in class on Tuesday)

Please note that the Guided Reading assignments for "Drown" that follow are OPTIONAL, but highly recommended.