Possible Readings:
*Graduation by Maya Angelou
*No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston
*On Being a Cripple by Nancy Mairs, *The Stranger in the Photo is Me by Donald Murray
*Salvation by Langston Hughes, *Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell
*Girl by Jamaica Kincaid
*Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
*I am Asian American by Andrea Bittle
*Poetry: In Memory of Fong Lee by Bao Phi
*How it Feels to Be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston
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Writing:
-Students will be expected to write informal responses to the texts as directed. These informal writings will include thoughts, connections to own experience, questions about the text, words, images, phrases or details that make an impression, along with identification of the author’s purpose, audience, and tone.
-Rhetorical Analysis paragraphs based on close reading of text
- Personal Narrative incorporating elements of Narration and rhetorical strategies and devices
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Research:
-Personality inventory/quiz
-Current events / debates
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Unit Goals:
-Analyze and interpret samples of purposeful writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies.
-Use effective rhetorical strategies and techniques when composing.
-Write for a variety of purposes.
-Create and sustain original arguments based personal observation and experience.
-Gain control over various reading and writing processes, synthesis of sources, drafting, revising/rereading, editing, and review.
-Demonstrate understanding of the conventions of the conventions of citing primary and secondary sources.
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