The following is the topic for Great Books Seminar #1 (Due date- 11/17, 18):
Read MLK, Jr’s “Nonviolent Resistance” found in your Prose Models textbook. Compare and contrast MLK’s civil rights ideas with those of Malcolm X. Note how they use the same rhetorical strategies, such as diction, tone, and appeals, but communicate such different messages. Discussion Panel members will be responsible for conducting a dialogue concerning the topic. These students are responsible for answering all questions posed to them and responding to other panel members’ comments. Panel members must provide cited support for their answers. Answers without specific support from the text being discussed will be considered unsubstantiated and, therefore, insufficient. Audience members are responsible for providing five (5) questions for discussion and for taking accurate notes of the seminar. The grades for the audience members are based on their questioning and note-taking skill. If you are absent for a seminar and you were to have been on the discussion panel, you owe me a four-page typed response to the seminar topic. If you were to have been an audience member, you owe me a two-page typed response to the topic. You must submit your typed responsed upon your return to class. You may not return to class and ask me to extend the due date for this makeup assignment.
The following is the topic for Great Books Seminar #2 (Due date- 11/30; 12/1):
Read Ghandi's "Quit India" speech (there is a link on my website). Compare and contrast Gandhi's approach to racial injustice with those of Malcolm X. Note how they use similar rhetorical strategies, such as diction, tone, and appeals, but communicate such different messages. Discussion Panel members will be responsible for conducting a dialogue concerning the topic. These students are responsible for answering all questions posed to them and responding to other panel members’ comments. Panel members must provide cited support for their answers. Answers without specific support from the text being discussed will be considered unsubstantiated and, therefore, insufficient. Audience members are responsible for providing five (5) questions for discussion and for taking accurate notes of the seminar. The grades for the audience members are based on their questioning and note-taking skill. If you are absent for a seminar and you were to have been on the discussion panel, you owe me a four-page typed response to the seminar topic. If you were to have been an audience member, you owe me a two-page typed response to the topic. You must submit your typed responsed upon your return to class. You may not return to class and ask me to extend the due date for this makeup assignment.
http://www.wordpower.ws/speeches/gandhi-quit-india.html
The following is the topic for Great Books Seminar #3 (Due date- 12/8,9):
Read two of Malcolm X’s speeches: “God’s Judgment of White America” and “After the Bombing/Speech at Ford Auditorium.” Note any comparisons and contrasts in Malcolm X’s two speeches. The first was given while he was still a member of the Nation of Islam and the second was given after he had traveled to Mecca and embraced the traditional teachings of Islam. Note how he uses various rhetorical strategies, such as diction, tone, and appeals, and note whether those stylistic elements produce similar or different messages. Discussion Panel members will be responsible for conducting a dialogue concerning the topic. These students are responsible for answering all questions posed to them and responding to other panel members’ comments. Panel members must provide cited support for their answers. Answers without specific support from the text being discussed will be considered unsubstantiated and, therefore, insufficient. Audience members are responsible for providing five (5) questions for discussion and for taking accurate notes of the seminar. The grades for the audience members are based on their questioning and note-taking skill. If you are absent for a seminar and you were to have been on the discussion panel, you owe me a four-page typed response to the seminar topic. If you were to have been an audience member, you owe me a two-page typed response to the topic. You must submit your typed responsed upon your return to class. You may not return to class and ask me to extend the due date for this makeup assignment.
http://www.malcolm-x.org/speeches/spc_021465.htm X after Mecca pilgrimage
http://www.malcolm-x.org/speeches/spc_120463.htm X with Nation of Islam
The following is the topic for Great Books Seminar #1 (Due date- 11/17, 18):
Read MLK, Jr’s “Ndonviolent Resistance” found in your Prose Models textbook. Compare and contrast MLK’s civil rights ideas with those of Malcolm X. Note how they use the same rhetorical strategies, such as diction, tone, and appeals, but communicate such different messages. Discussion Panel members will be responsible for conducting a dialogue concerning the topic. These students are responsible for answering all questions posed to them and responding to other panel members’ comments. Panel members must provide cited support for their answers. Answers without specific support from the text being discussed will be considered unsubstantiated and, therefore, insufficient. Audience members are responsible for providing five (5) questions for discussion and for taking accurate notes of the seminar. The grades for the audience members are based on their questioning and note-taking skill. If you are absent for a seminar and you were to have been on the discussion panel, you owe me a four-page typed response to the seminar topic. If you were to have been an audience member, you owe me a two-page typed response to the topic. You must submit your typed responsed upon your return to class. You may not return to class and ask me to extend the due date for this makeup assignment.
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The following is the topic for Great Books Seminar #2 (Due date- 11/30; 12/1):
Read Ghandi's "Quit India" speech (there is a link on my website). Compare and contrast Gandhi's approach to racial injustice with those of Malcolm X. Note how they use similar rhetorical strategies, such as diction, tone, and appeals, but communicate such different messages. Discussion Panel members will be responsible for conducting a dialogue concerning the topic. These students are responsible for answering all questions posed to them and responding to other panel members’ comments. Panel members must provide cited support for their answers. Answers without specific support from the text being discussed will be considered unsubstantiated and, therefore, insufficient. Audience members are responsible for providing five (5) questions for discussion and for taking accurate notes of the seminar. The grades for the audience members are based on their questioning and note-taking skill. If you are absent for a seminar and you were to have been on the discussion panel, you owe me a four-page typed response to the seminar topic. If you were to have been an audience member, you owe me a two-page typed response to the topic. You must submit your typed responsed upon your return to class. You may not return to class and ask me to extend the due date for this makeup assignment.
http://www.wordpower.ws/speeches/gandhi-quit-india.html
11/30; 12/1
Read Ghandi's "Quit India" speech (there is a link on my website). Compare and contrast Gandhi's approach to racial injustice with those of Malcolm X. Note how they use similar rhetorical strategies, such as diction, tone, and appeals, but communicate such different messages. Discussion Panel members will be responsible for conducting a dialogue concerning the topic. These students are responsible for answering all questions posed to them and responding to other panel members’ comments. Panel members must provide cited support for their answers. Answers without specific support from the text being discussed will be considered unsubstantiated and, therefore, insufficient. Audience members are responsible for providing five (5) questions for discussion and for taking accurate notes of the seminar. The grades for the audience members are based on their questioning and note-taking skill. If you are absent for a seminar and you were to have been on the discussion panel, you owe me a four-page typed response to the seminar topic. If you were to have been an audience member, you owe me a two-page typed response to the topic. You must submit your typed responsed upon your return to class. You may not return to class and ask me to extend the due date for this makeup assignment.
Read two of Malcolm X’s speeches: “God’s Judgment of White America” and “After the Bombing/Speech at Ford Auditorium.” Note any comparisons and contrasts in Malcolm X’s two speeches. The first was given while he was still a member of the Nation of Islam and the second was given after he had traveled to Mecca and embraced the traditional teachings of Islam. Note how he uses various rhetorical strategies, such as diction, tone, and appeals, and note whether those stylistic elements produce similar or different messages. Discussion Panel members will be responsible for conducting a dialogue concerning the topic. These students are responsible for answering all questions posed to them and responding to other panel members’ comments. Panel members must provide cited support for their answers. Answers without specific support from the text being discussed will be considered unsubstantiated and, therefore, insufficient. Audience members are responsible for providing five (5) questions for discussion and for taking accurate notes of the seminar. The grades for the audience members are based on their questioning and note-taking skill. If you are absent for a seminar and you were to have been on the discussion panel, you owe me a four-page typed response to the seminar topic. If you were to have been an audience member, you owe me a two-page typed response to the topic. You must submit your typed responsed upon your return to class. You may not return to class and ask me to extend the due date for this makeup assignment.
http://www.malcolm-x.org/speeches/spc_021465.htm X after Mecca pilgrimage
http://www.malcolm-x.org/speeches/spc_120463.htm X with Nation of Islam
12/10, 11 AP Language Terms Test #2
12/14, 15 Research Paper Test--Parenthetical Citations, Bibliography Format, and Quotations
The Scarlet Letter is due 1/25, 26 (HINT: DO NOT READ "THE CUSTOM HOUSE" INTRODUCTION).
12/8, 9
Read two of Malcolm X’s speeches: “God’s Judgment of White America” and “After the Bombing/Speech at Ford Auditorium.” Note any comparisons and contrasts in Malcolm X’s two speeches. The first was given while he was still a member of the Nation of Islam and the second was given after he had traveled to Mecca and embraced the traditional teachings of Islam. Note how he uses various rhetorical strategies, such as diction, tone, and appeals, and note whether those stylistic elements produce similar or different messages. Discussion Panel members will be responsible for conducting a dialogue concerning the topic. These students are responsible for answering all questions posed to them and responding to other panel members’ comments. Panel members must provide cited support for their answers. Answers without specific support from the text being discussed will be considered unsubstantiated and, therefore, insufficient. Audience members are responsible for providing five (5) questions for discussion and for taking accurate notes of the seminar. The grades for the audience members are based on their questioning and note-taking skill. If you are absent for a seminar and you were to have been on the discussion panel, you owe me a four-page typed response to the seminar topic. If you were to have been an audience member, you owe me a two-page typed response to the topic. You must submit your typed responsed upon your return to class. You may not return to class and ask me to extend the due date for this makeup assignment.
http://www.malcolm-x.org/speeches/spc_021465.htm X after Mecca pilgrimage
http://www.malcolm-x.org/speeches/spc_120463.htm X with Nation of Islam
12/10, 11 AP Language Terms Test #2
12/14, 15 Research Paper Test--Parenthetical Citations, Bibliography Format, and Quotations
The Scarlet Letter is due 1/25, 26 (HINT: DO NOT READ "THE CUSTOM HOUSE" INTRODUCTION).