Barry Multiple Choice Exam

Today, we began using a second Dave Barry piece "Lost in the Kitchen" (read if you were absent)  to create a multiple choice exam.

Use the following sentence stems to help you write quality questions. (Each person is responsible for 2 questions)
Your answers should be more than one word options.  We will fine tune these in class tomorrow.

Look at the example below of a function question 

The rhetorical function of the phrase "[…]and raises a mighty dust where there was none before," (line 20) is

   

A. an indication of the fact that man is inherently dirty

   

B. to create a metaphorical reference to the amount of trouble man creates

   

C. to allude to the ease with which the man, like a broomstick, accomplishes his task

   

D. to juxtapose the woman's sweeping with the man's position as the broom

   

E. to show a parallel relationship between the broomstick and man

Create your own Satirical Essay & Analysis Due Friday Dec. 20

Satire - the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Now that we have started looking at some specific satirical techniques - you have the opportunity to apply them and create your own satire using some of the essays we have read as models.

Satire Essay Assignment

Colbert Report or Jon Stewart Precis

1. Write a precis on a modern day satire following the format

These are the videos we watched today:

Colbert report on Mayor Rob Ford

Jon Stewart video (write on Obamacare OR Mayor Rob Ford)

include:

1. spokesperson's argument
2. techniques / modes and 3 examples of evidence (you only need quoted words or phrases for the second sentence)
3. style & purpose (what does the speaker want us to understand / think / do )
4. audience & tone / relationship (what does he invite the various audiences to do?)

write the precis under your "Ugly Truth about Beauty" Precis

your sentences should be separated out. Have a space between them.

2. bring your Beloved book tomorrow 

Socratic Beloved 2nd meeting

Please prepare for the 2nd meeting (Monday, December 9) by - 
1. Reading Socratic Guidelines 
2. taking notes on the following questions using evidence from the book 

1. Memory: What role does memory play in the book? What does Sethe teach her children about memory? Why?  How do different characters deal with the past and why?
2. Love?: Talk about the choice Sethe made regarding her children when schoolteacher arrives to take them all back to Sweet Home. Can her actions be justified—are her actions rational or irrational? Would you argue that a mother’s love is strong?
3. Title: Why do you think the book is titled Beloved rather than “Sethe” or “The Ghost” or some such?  What features of the book does the title emphasize?
4. Self-alienation: Consider the extent to which slavery dehumanizes individuals by stripping them of their identity, destroying their ability to conceive of the self. Consider, especially, Paul and how he can't determine whether screams he hears are his or someone else's. How do the other characters reflect self-alienation? Why do humans alienate themselves? Where else do we see this?
5. Silence: How does the idea of silence appear throughout the book? Who has been silenced, how and why? Who breaks that silence and how? 
   
   
   3. Chapter Reading Guiding Questions for Beloved
   
   
   4.  Extra Credit - 
   
   
   • Write 3 different socratic questions. Prepare a paragraph length bulleted list of answers that include textual evidence. 
   • Bring these to the conversation and offer your opinion 
    or   

• write answers to the questions for each chapter  

Ugly Truth about Beauty Precis

On Tuesday - we read the satire "The Ugly Truth about Beauty" for satirical techniques & modes
Today, we began writing a precis (a 4 sentence analytical summary) of an essay
Complete this on google docs by Thursday beginning of class
Title it ____(per) ____(name) _____(precis)

 

Format 

 

1. Name of author, [optional: a phrase describing author], title of work (date in parentheses)

some form of verb says (such as “assert,” “argue,” “suggest,” “imply,” “claim,” etc.);

followed by that and the essay’s thesis (paraphrased or quoted).

 In "The Ugly Truth about Beauty" (1998) Dave Barry _________ that "_________"(4). 

2. Explains how the author develops and/or supports the thesis, give a good sense of the author’s examples, usually in chronological order.

 Barry____ (verb) this _______  (paraphrase thesis) by ____ (3 techniques and examples) juxtaposing men's perceptions of their looks ("average  looking") (5) with women's ("not good enough") (7), by ________ing …,(“         “), and by ______(“      “).

 

3. States how (overall style) and why author’s purpose followed by “in order to” to explain why

He _________________ these differences in order to __________(“___”) (purpose with text).

4. A description of the intended audience and tone/or relationship the author wants to establishes with the audience.

Barry clearly addresses ________ in this essay (“                “) to offer _________, while also appealing to _________________by _______ using ________ (technique)

Monday - socratic on Beloved

Monday - Socratic on Beloved Read up to page 160

Turn in the following written if you were absent (excused) on Monday

1. Character impressions - What is your impression of the following characters? How does Toni Morrison present the following characters (use Morrison’s words or scenes to support your point (physical, psychological characteristics) what is their role in the story?) Use quotes to support your points

a. Sethe

b. Denver

c. Beloved

d. Baby Suggs

e. Paud D.

2. Create a list of words you think this book is about (i.e. love, family)

3. What lessons do you think Morrison suggests about these ideas throughout the book? (use text to support)

ex: Your present is intertwined with your ancestry and history; therefore if you do not learn about your past, you may have a fractured identity.

ex: The bond between mothers and their children cannot be broken.

 

On Compassion Essay Due Friday tonight

Please make sure you have shared your "On Compassion" essay with me at jenmurphy11@gmail.com

Email me if you have questions.

Read up to p. 160 Beloved and bring notes (only if you need to write them down)
for Monday December 2nd
Be prepared to discuss your impression of the characters and explain with reference to specific scenes

Have a safe, happy, and relaxing break.