Transformational Thinking Essay

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Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

* Transformational Thinking Essay -- Yesterday I presented the essay assignment that concludes this unit and indicated to you that we would be working on this essay in class over the next few days.  Please be ready to focus on this assignment with the goal of completing the writing by next Wednesday. NOTE: Tuesday, March 11th is the EAP writing test.  For today, let's complete the Introduction to the essay.

Gandhi Quotes

 HOMEWORK: Two book reviews are to be posted on Goodreads by Friday.  Be sure to fill out the form for book review URL under "Important Links" on my blog.  

"Stride Towards Freedom"

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Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

 

*"Stride Towards Freedom"  -- yesterday you read and responded to this excerpt from King's 1958 book about the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.  

*Transformational Thinking Writing Prompt -- today we will begin the final essay to this unit which brings together the four thinkers that we have studied.  Please go to your Google Docs and create a new document which you will name Period __ Transformational Thinking Essay.  THEN, share this with me immediately: abaltrushes@gmail.com      (HANDOUT)

*For today -- I would like us to get started on the introductory paragraph today.  You will be writing in class over the next few days.  

HOMEWORK:  Two book reviews are to be posted on Goodreads by Friday.  Be sure to follow the rubric and show paragraphing with the appropriate space between each.

"Stride Towards Freedom"

Good Morning!  I hope that you had a very enjoyable weekend!

Please read quietly until we are ready to begin.  (We will not be using the netbooks today).

 

*NOTE: the end of the grading period is this Friday.  You are to have posted on Goodreads two book reviews.  The deadline is Friday at class time.  I will see the URL of your Goodreads page at that time.

*Transformational Thinking Unit -- we are near the end of this study and will conclude it with an essay that I will introduce to you tomorrow.  Right along I have been speaking of this essay assignment which will bring together the four thinkers that we have studied -- Emerson, Thoreau, Gandhi, and King.  

 

*"Stride Towards Freedom" -- reading for supporting ideas.  Read quietly and carefully.  Complete the details on the lines provided and write a response at the end.  Use every line.  (HANDOUT)

HOMEWORK:  Complete two book reviews on Goodreads and share the URL with me by filling out the form under "Important Links" on my blog.  Be sure to follow the rubric and provide clear spacing between each paragraph.

"Letter from Birmingham Jail"

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Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly while the netbook powers up.

*In our times we will find ongoing examples of civil disobedience (and I have shown you some examples).  We also see an ongoing struggle against discrimination.  The following link conveys that and also quotes the text of "Letter from Birmingham Jail." 

The National Voice of the Hispanic Legal Community

*"Letter from Birmingham Jail" -- Yesterday I asked you to copy the questions in my blog into your ENGLISH JOURNAL.   Please complete those questions today.

HOMEWORK:  Two book reviews are to be posted on Goodreads by March 7th.  Follow the rubric and show clear paragraphing by skipping appropriate space between each paragraph.  Be sure to share the URL of the Goodreads page by filling out the form under "Important Links" on my blog. 

"Letter from Birmingham Jail"

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until the netbook powers up.

*"Letter from Birmingham Jail"  -- You have had three days to read, digest, and annotate this text.  Today I will review the text with you, and you will respond to the following questions (please copy into your ENGLISH JOURNAL):

Questions on "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 

1.  What prompted Martin Luther King to write this letter?

2.  What moral reason does King provide in coming to Birmingham?

3.  How does King respond to the criticism that the demonstrations are not "well-timed"?

4.  Explain what King means by the process of self-purification in a non-violent campaign?

5.  What distinction does King make between just and unjust laws?

6.  Describe King's thoughts on "moderate whites."

7.  What are King's thoughts on being an extremist?

8.  At what point in the letter does King give a strong emotional appeal?

9.  What part in this letter caught your attention?

10. Describe your experience in reading this text.  

(NOTE: Provide space between each question and use a different text color for your answers.

Protests in Birmingham, Alabama 1963

HOMEWORK:   Independent reading/book reviews -- book reviews on Goodreads are due no later than March 7th. 

"Letter from Birmingham Jail"

Good Morning!

Please put your cell phone away and out of sight.  Any cell phone or Ipod in use during class will be confiscated.

Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until it powers up.  NOTE:  You have two book reviews due by next Friday, March 7th.  That is the end of the first six weeks . . . . believe it or not.  Time passes swiftly! Please follow the rubric and show clear paragraphing by spacing between paragraphs.  

NOTE: Be sure to put your name on all documents that I share with you (and of which you make copies).  Do NOT change the document name. 

*"Letter from Birmingham Jail" -- Today you are to finish annotating this text.  My objective here is that YOU actively digest this text versus me feeding it to you.

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading/book reviews

"Letter from Birmingham Jail"

Good Morning! 

Please get your netbooks when you arrive and read quietly until your netbook is powered up.

*Before we resume annotating "Letter from Birmingham Jail," I would like us to look at what Martin Luther King describes about Birmingham, Alabama in his autobiography AND an issue that is currently taking place (this week).

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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NOTE:  Please put your name in the upper left corner of your annotated copies of "Self-Reliance," "Civil Disobedience," and "Letter from Birmingham Jail." 

*"Letter from Birmingham Jail" -- Complete the annotation of the text by the end of class tomorrow.  

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading/book reviews.