Stand Books Field Trip Thurs. Oct. 21, 2010

Upcoming Events:

1. Join me at Strand Books, this Thursday, Oct. 21, leaving at 3 p.m. to pick up books, on the cheap!


2. ESSAY #2 “The Crucible”, by Arthur Miller = 100 points

Only essays (Draft #1) in MLA format, proof read, complete with proper Bibliography (www.easybib.com), will be accepted Monday, Oct. 25 and Tues. Oct. 26

1st Draft Due
P2, P5 and P7 Monday Oct. 25, 2010
P3 and P8 Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010

Religion Essay Topics:

A. Othering within Miller’s Allegorical “Pressure Cooker”——
Address topical examples of Othering from within “The Crucible” and today.

i. Define “Othering”

ii. Using Miller’s play, explain how and why certain characters were “Othered”

iii. Who do some of these characters represent in real time (1950s)?

iv. Why has Miller chosen to illustrate these people in such a way?

v. looking at today’s political “pressure cookers”, who is being othered, why, by whom?

B. Characterization and Hierarchy—The Struggle for Power——
Address topical examples of Hierarchal Power Plays within Miller’s play’s setting (1692), 1953 and now.

i. Scrutinize the personal and professional worlds of Puritan Massachusetts:

ii. Who was on top? In the middle? The lowest?

iii. Compare those power struggles with those of 1953

iv. What are some of the similar Power Plays happening in today’s political or religious
worlds?

v. Who are the players? What do they want?

C. Scapegoats: Then and Now——
Address topical examples of Scapegoats from within “The Crucible”, 1953 and today.


i. fear and paranoia drive certain people to doing outlandish things


ii. DO NOT define “scapegoat”, simply dive right in, analyzing how and why they were
used and by whom?

iii. be sure to have Safe Search articles complete with source, author(s) and date and where published


iv. use class discussion notes, recent prep for Religious Debates (fear and paranoia within Abortion or Gay Rights Issues) and other materials


D. Paradoxical Natures: In Search of a Perfect Religion——
Address topical examples of contradictory behaviors and actions within religious
“organizations” from within “The Crucible” and today.

i. be sure to utilize your wonderful in-class write-ups from Madonna, West and Native Elder

ii. notes from class discussions, Window notes, and your own personal perspectives

iii. DO NOT define paradox, simply DIVE right in to analyze what the particular absurdities are with citations.


I will not read 2nd Draft, due at a later date, that does not follow prescribed format, does not come with completed Peer Edit Sheets, and comments by peer on 1st Draft.




3. Religious Debates Wed. and Thurs. Oct. 27 and 28th during Doubles (P2, P5, P7 and P8 Gay Rights/ P3 =Abortion)



4. Parent Teacher Night--Thurs. Oct. 28 6-8:15 and Friday, Oct. 29--12:30-2 p.m.



5. As part of our mid-November Slave Narrative Unit, scholars must buy a copy of The Classic Slave Narratives with The Life of Olaudah Equiano, The History of Mary Prince, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

ISBN # 9780451528247

Other places to buy on-line for CHEAP
www.bigwords.com
www.textbooks.com
www.half.com

Or simply join me this Thursday to Strand Books.

6. Noon Sat. Oct. 30
Three more books on Goodreads = 100 points

7. Wednesday Nov. 3 = 100 points
Religious Debate Response write-ups: MLA and complete with bibliographies


i. Answer all prompts from Debate sheet

ii. add cited quotes

iii. staple in-class worksheet to MLA write-up

iv. include all roles of partners and a portion of their work

v. proof read and checked for grammatical errors


8. Grades for Term 1 CLOSE on Monday, Nov. 8, as they are due in for Report Cards Monday, Nov. 15. There are several chances for many to improve grade between now and then with these big-ticket items, approximately 500 points including daily participation, HW, as well as those on Goodreads.

All work assigned after Nov. 8th will go towards Term #2.

9. Building Clean-up Sat. Oct. 23, see Mr. Shaw or I for further details.