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In-Class Activities: 3 April

Turn in Second Rewrites (on Unit One)
Debrief: Unit Two essays (in general)

• Phenomenal improvement in mechanics and grammar :-)
• Most are summaries :-( or wild forays into a topic only loosely linked to your chosen author (skimming?)
• CLAIMs are multiple and wide-ranging instead of focused and deep (if there even is a claim)
• Transitions (the linchpins of making an argument) are weak or absent (the "point" of each paragraph, and its relation to the claim"
• Evidence (quotations and paraphrasing from your chosen author's text) varies from nonexistent to numerous
• Explanation of the quote/paraphrasing as support for your claim sketchy or by inference
• BONUS! Inclusion of a bibliography! (But check Penguin for proper formatting.)

Skit (performance and analysis)

Peer Analysis Activity

Debrief: Wiki

Homework: due April 5

Read The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (Variations on a theme by William James) by Ursula LeGuin. (You may wish to print a copy to bring with to class on Thursday.) Cut and paste this URL into your browser, and remove the extra space:

If you did not post your homework on de Zengotita (The Numbing of the American Mind: Culture as Anaesthetic), do it. POST IT IN THE ASSIGNED PLACE! Then make A LINK to it from your User Page.