Remaining events in Am-Lit

REMEMBER ALL PROFICIENCIES ARE DUE JUNE 3rd (Friday)
ESSAY REFLECTION FOR FINAL PROJECT DUE THURSDAY, JUNE 2nd
PROJECTS DUE START OF CLASS, FRIDAY JUNE 10TH

May 17th- Final Project/BrainstormOnline identity/ Critical Response essay

May 19th- Adoptive readings/prepare questions for speaker

May 23rd/25th- Into the Wild showing/wrap up run-overs

End Identity unit on the 25th

Tuesday 31st- Brainstorm day for project/start on it/proficiency day

Thursday, June 2nd- Writing day- ALL PROFICIENCIES DUE TODAY!  Also, essay for final project due today!!!

Monday, June 6th- project work day

Wednesday, June 8th project work day

Start projects on June 10th

Final Project groups:

Group 1:

Garrett

Taylor N.

Emily M.

Group 2:

Alex S.

Erika W.

Group 3:

Victoria

Mariah

Group 4:

Sam

Mallory

Dakota

Group 5:

Jaspreet

Caitlin

Group 6:

Jazz

Alyssa

Kelly

Sarah

Group 7:

Taprie

Rosa

Group 8:

Kyler

Lance

Irene

Bri

Group 9: Jeremy- Early Grad

Group 10:

Tristin

Blake

Sam R.

Reese

Group 11:

David

Jordan

Gabby

Sierra

Group 12:  Chris

Colored People Essays

Anyone who turned their essays in during class will receive their papers back in class on Tuesday, May 17th!  If you turned it in after class- aka between 3pm and midnight, you will receive your essay on Thursday, May 17th (or via e-mail earlier).

THANKS!!!

Colored People Prompt

You will need to address the following prompt in a well-constructed essay and turn it in no later than Friday, May 13th, 2011.  If you turn it in electronically, you must submit it no later than midnight!

How does Henry Louis Gates use language and/or rhetoric to develop his point of view?

The ABCDs of on-demand writing also work here!!!  Attack the prompt- what is this actually asking?

What are you looking for?  Examples of language and rhetoric and the ways that he persuades us to think about INTEGRATION.

You are essentially doing two things here:  1st you are defining what his point of view is.  The 2nd thing you are doing is using language and/or rhetoric to prove it.  Please remember, this is not an essay to define his point of view- we already know what it is- you should engage in HOW he uses language and/or rhetoric to establish it!

Henry Louis Gates asserts that integration should respect individual rights by ____, _____, and _____.

Suggestion:  When you develop your thesis, I would encourage you to develop your follow topic sentence.  BECAUSE I grade you heavily on this and it affects two categories:  Ideas and Content and Organization. 

Chapters 8-11

Quote from page 92 starting with "Nobody ever talked about race...white go with white.  Colored go with Colored."

Analysis:  Integration- The claim is that integration is not working.  It has no affect.  If any, it is on a small scale.  Not only is it on a small scale, but it is self segregation.  Society also enforces that.  Think back to the example of the magician. 

Dualism- perfect for one person but self-identity for another.  This chapter shows nothing but a pleasing game.  You like who you are, but want to have the same liberties as others. 

Issues of prejudice or racism:

Mrs. Sheetz and the scissors episode. 
When it comes to prejudice it exists within ones own racial boundaries.  Example can be found on page 100 with the example of blacks and Africans interacting with each other and their perspective on one another.  HLG makes the point that it is not one color against another- it is a humanity issue.