Wednesday, February 20, 2008

I almost forgot to check-in today with everyone. We had a great class this morning. We looked at themes in Alice Walker: A Life, then got in pairs and looked in the book for supporting evidence for the themes. We defined themes as, reoccurring ideas carried throughout the text. Some of the themes listed and explored were: family, racism & hostility, relationships, intimate, fraternal and professional, activism: the Civil Rights Movement, NAACP, SNCC, etc., poverty, womanist/feminism, education, land, sexuality.

We are going to take these themes and explore them in an essay. Tomorrow we'll continue to share. Continue to find sections in the text that illustrate your themes. Keep reading. By Monday, February 26, I'll like everyone to be up to chapter 36. We'll finish the book by Monday, March 5. Your first draft of your essay is due March 12, final draft March 14. The planning phase will take place the week before where we will develop an initial plan, an outline and find evidence to support our claims. The second book we will read is The Color Purple.

We'll come back to Baldwin afterwards. I plan to talk to each of you before the essay is due about your work, now that you have a significant body of work to look at to see what your style is and what areas of composition you need to work on. We'll do this towards the end of next week, into the following week.

I'd like you to share your thematic explorations here between now and next week. I'd also like you to share your thesis sentences and outlines as they are developed. We will review the Grammar Quiz tomorrow.

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