The Ways We Lie - Stephanie Ericsson

(4/29/10=class did not meet)
CLASSWORK: 

• Discussion: "The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson (50 Essays, pp. 120 - 129)
• #1, 2, & 4 in the For Discussion and Writing on p. 129

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:
CW: 4/28/10 The Inevitable Lie (argument)

The following assertion is from paragraph 35 of "The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson:

...it's not easy to entirely eliminate lies from our lives.  No matter how pious we may try to be, we will still embellish, hedge, and omit to lubricate the daily machinery of living.  But there is a world of difference between telling functional lies and living a lie.  Martin Buber once said, "The lie is the spirit committing treason against itself."  Our acceptance of lies becomes a cultural cancer that eventually shrouds and reorders reality until moral garbage becomes as invisible to us as water is to a fish.

Write an essay in which you defend, challenge, or qualify this statement.  Use evidence to develop your argument from your reading, experience, and observation. 

The Ways We Lie - Stephanie Ericsson

CLASSWORK:

• Discussion: "The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson (50 Essays, pp. 120 - 129)
• #1, 2, & 4 in the For Discussion and Writing on p. 129

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:
CW: 4/28/10 The Inevitable Lie (argument)

The following assertion is from paragraph 35 of "The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson:

...it's not easy to entirely eliminate lies from our lives.  No matter how pious we may try to be, we will still embellish, hedge, and omit to lubricate the daily machinery of living.  But there is a world of difference between telling functional lies and living a lie.  Martin Buber once said, "The lie is the spirit committing treason against itself."  Our acceptance of lies becomes a cultural cancer that eventually shrouds and reorders reality until moral garbage becomes as invisible to us as water is to a fish.

Write an essay in which you defend, challenge, or qualify this statement.  Use evidence to develop your argument from your reading, experience, and observation. 

The Ways We Lie - Stephanie Ericsson

CLASSWORK:

•  Homework collected: define & provide an example of terms from AP Simulation
• Reading Check: "The Ways We Lie" - Stephanie Ericsson

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:

• Discussion: "The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson (50 Essays, pp. 120 - 129)
• #1, 2, & 4 in the For Discussion and Writing on p. 129

The Ways We Lie - Stephanie Ericsson

(PSSA=no class 4/26)

CLASSWORK:

• Discussion: Responses on AP Multiple Choice Simulation

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:

• AP Multiple Choice Simulation: define and write an example for each term in the following: Hurston - #2 (all) and #9 (just the term "satiric"); King #1, #3, & #6
• Read "The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson (50 Essays, pp. 120 - 129)
• Respond to #1, 2, & 4 in the For Discussion and Writing on p. 129
• Be prepared for a Reading Check

"The Ways We Lie" - Stephanie Ericsson

CLASSWORK:

• Discussion: Responses on AP Multiple Choice Simulation

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:

• Read "The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson (50 Essays, pp. 120 - 129)
• Respond to #1, 2, & 4 in the For Discussion and Writing on p. 129
• Be prepared for a Reading Check 

Letter from Birmingham Jail/How It Feels To Be Colored Me

(PSSA=class did not meet 4/19-22/10)

CLASSWORK:

• Reading Review - AP Multiple-Choice simulation

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:
CW: 4/19 Race per King & Hurston

Compare King's understanding of race to Zora Neale Hurston's in "How It Feels To Be Colored Me" ( (p. 158). Be careful to note ways in which they agree as well as ways in which they disagree.

Letter from a Birmingham City Jail & How It Feels To Be Colored Me

(PSSA=class did not meet 4/21/10)

CLASSWORK:

• Reading Review - AP Multiple-Choice simulation

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:
CW: 4/19 Race per King & Hurston

Compare King's understanding of race to Zora Neale Hurston's in "How It Feels To Be Colored Me" ( (p. 158). Be careful to note ways in which they agree as well as ways in which they disagree.

Letter from a Birmingham City Jail & How It Feels To Be Colored Me

CLASSWORK:

• Reading Review - AP Multiple-Choice simulation

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:

• CW: 4/19 Race per King & Hurston

Compare King's understanding of race to Zora Neale Hurston's in "How It Feels To Be Colored Me" ( (p. 158). Be careful to note ways in which they agree as well as ways in which they disagree.

Letter from a Birmingham City Jail & How it Feels To Be Colored Me

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:
(Item #3, p. 189, 50 Essays)
Criterion Writing assignment: 4/19 Race per King & Hurston

Compare King's understanding of race to Zora Neale Hurston's in "How It Feels To Be Colored Me" ( (p. 158).  Be careful to note ways in which they agree as well as ways in which they disagree.

Proposal - final day

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:

• ONLY IN-CLASS WORKDAY = completion of proposal

"Letter from Birmingham Jail"

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:

• LAST IN-CLASS WORKDAY = respond and submit CW assignment 4/6/10 Letter from Birmingham Jail
• 4/16/10 = extension of final proposal deadline

"Letter from Birmingham Jail"

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:

• LAST IN-CLASS WORKDAY = respond and submit CW assignment 4/6/10 Letter from Birmingham Jail
• 4/16/10 = extension of final proposal deadline

"Letter from Birmingham City Jail"

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:

• 4/15/10 = respond and submit CW assignment 4/6/10 Letter from Birmingham Jail
• 4/16/10 = extension of final proposal deadline

"Letter from Birmingham Jail" - class day for essay

REVIEW: 4/6/10 CW prompt:

Martin Luther King Jr. made the following observation in "Letter from Birmingham Jail": "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Luke warm acceptance is much more bewildering than out right rejection" (paragraph 23). Write an essay explaining why you agree or disagree with King's statement. Use specific evidence from your own experience, observation, or reading to develop your position.

 

DISCUSSION: composing an argument response

 

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:

• 4/13/10 = respond and submit CW assignment 3/22 King - Rhetorical Analysis
• 4/15/10 = respond and submit CW assignment 4/6/10 Letter from Birmingham Jail
• 4/16/10 = extension of final proposal deadline

Letter from a Birmingham City Jail - make-up of 4/9/10

REVIEW: 4/6/10 CW prompt:

Martin Luther King Jr. made the following observation in "Letter from Birmingham Jail": "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Luke warm acceptance is much more bewildering than out right rejection" (paragraph 23). Write an essay explaining why you agree or disagree with King's statement. Use specific evidence from your own experience, observation, or reading to develop your position.

DISCUSSION: composing an argument response

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:
4/12/10 = respond and submit 4/6/10 CW assignment (due 4/13/10)
4/14/10 = extension of final proposal deadline

"Letter from Birmingham Jail" - composing an argument

REVIEW: 4/6/10 CW prompt:

Martin Luther King Jr. made the following observation in "Letter from Birmingham Jail": "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Luke warm acceptance is much more bewildering than out right rejection" (paragraph 23).  Write an essay explaining why you agree or disagree with King's statement.  Use specific evidence from your own experience, observation, or reading to develop your position.

DISCUSSION: composing an argument response

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK: 

4/12/10 = respond and submit 4/6/10 CW assignment (due 4/13/10)

4/14/10 = extension of final proposal deadline

Letter from Birmingham Jail - extension

CLASSWORK:

• review Proposal precis
• 4/13/10 - Letter from Birmingham Jail

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:

• 4/9/10 - Final Proposal paper due

Letter from a Birmingham City Jail - Day 2 Essay

CLASSWORK:

• review Proposal precis

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK:

• 4/6/10 - Letter from Birmingham Jail - extension?
• 4/9/10 - Final Proposal paper due

Letter from a Birmingham City Jail - essay

CLASSWORK:

• discuss written responses to Questions on Rhetoric & Style "Letter from Birmingham City Jail"
• review Proposal precis

HOMEWORK:

• 4/9/10 - Final Proposal paper due
• 4/6/10 - Letter from Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King Jr. made the following observation in "Letter from Birmingham Jail": "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Luke warm acceptance is much more bewildering than out right rejection" (paragraph 23). Write an essay explaining why you agree or disagree with King's statement. Use specific evidence from your own experience, observation, or reading to develop your position.