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Unit 1 Agendas

Week 7: 10/17-10/20

Du Bois VS Washington : Du Bois

Week 7 Summary

Dates: 10/17-10/20

Purpose

This week we draft our essays using our Learning maps as a guide. You will practice planning an essay in full before writing.

We will then read a short story by Zora Neale Hurston and evaluate her use of dialect. You will practice using graphic tools to keep track of characters & events in a novel.

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Guiding Questions

What makes a good essay? How do we plan and execute a well written essay?

What is dialect? Who is Zora Neale Hurston?

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Texts & Handouts

Day 1:

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_Unit 1 Module 2 Washington VS Du Bois .pdf

1.1 MB

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GET HARD COPY FROM TEACHER

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Essay Process Example

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Unit 1 Essay Resources⁠

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Day 2:

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Spunk Activity.pdf

635 kB

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Lessons

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Unit 2 Lesson 1

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Announcements

ESSAY DUE 10/20

5 extra points available for those who visit Writing Center!

Assignments

Washington Annotations & Analysis

Du Bois Annotations & Analysis

Essay Due 10/20

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Tuesday 10/17

Essay Draft WORK SESSION

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Agenda

Prompt: What are the biggest challenges we face when writing?

Independent work:

Drafting Essay/Peer Editing

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Homework: Complete Essay

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Thursday 10/19

Spunk- Zora Neale Hurston

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Do Now:

Where Y’all From? Quiz⁠

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Mini Lesson:

Dialect in Literature⁠

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Group Work: “Spunk” Translation activity

Debrief

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Friday