Assignment for Tuesday, March 14

Your assignment for Tuesday has two parts, which are detailed below. Also, come to class ready to continue working on the research paper.

Part 1: Select a passage at least ten lines in length (but not more than twenty) from chapter 5 or 6 of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own that stands out to you for its style (the way it is written) or substance (the point Woolf is making). Write a rhetorical analysis of that passage that explains why it stands out to you. This analysis should be six-to-eight sentences long.

Part 2: Then, just as Woolf chose her topic of women and fiction because she thought it was a poorly understood topic, consider an issue regarding any aspect of communication (social media, mass media, literature, social analysis, journalism, and so on) that is of interest to you. Write something about that aspect of communication in a way that imitates Woolf's style and structure in the passage you wrote about in Part 1, and it should be about as long that passage.

Assignment for Thursday, March 9

Read and annotate chapters 5 and 6 in Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own (pp. 79-114).

Research Paper Update and School Colors Survey

Since I didn't have a chance to go over your papers with you, I'm moving back the date for turning in the next three-to-four pages. Those will now be due Thursday, March 2 (Day 5), and Friday, March 3 (Day 6).

Also, please go here to complete the survey that Saad and Jeongyoon announced at lunch yesterday for the Pebble about the school's new external colors.

Assignment for Thursday, Feb. 16

Continue working on the research paper. The next three-to-four pages are due on Friday, Feb. 17, or Monday, Feb,. 27. You will have all of Thursday's class to work on the paper.

We will resume reading Woolf's A Room of One's Own after the break, but feel free to continue reading it over the break.

Assignment for Tuesday, Feb. 14

Read and annotate chapter 4 in Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. You'll have a little more than half of the class period to continue working on the research paper. I would prefer that you turn in the next three-to-four pages on Friday, Feb. 17, especially if you will be out of town over the break. If you don't turn it in on that day, you'll have to turn it in on Monday, Feb. 27.

Also, remember to touch base with Mrs. Chhablani about your presentation by Friday, Feb. 17.

Assignment for Wednesday, Feb. 8

Read and annotate ch. 3 of Woolf's A Room of One's Own.

Come prepared to continue working on the research paper. The next 3-4 pages are due by Friday, Feb. 17, or Monday, Feb. 27.

Assignments for Wednesday, Feb. 1, and Friday, Feb. 3

For Wednesday, finish chapter 1 of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. (We left off at the top of p. 13).

For Friday, read all of chapter 2 of Woolf's A Room of One's Own.

Assignment for Thursday, Jan. 26

In Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, read to the top of p. 13. (Stop when you finish the sentence "Was that what women hummed at luncheon parties before the war?") While reading, anticipate counterarguments to the points Woolf develops.

Assignment for Wednesday, Jan. 18, and Friday, Jan. 20

For Wednesday: On a 1 -9 scale, score the AP synthesis essays distributed in class. Be sure to read the prompt, sources, and scoring guidelines carefully before you begin scoring the three essays at the back of the handout. During Wednesday's class, we will discuss the synthesis essays that you scored, discuss the Griftopia essay that you will write, and then work on the STP research paper.

On Friday, you will write a synthesis essay on Matt Taibbi's Griftopia. You'll have a total of fifty-five minutes to read the sources and write the essay. You should not take more than fifteen minutes to read the sources, which will leave you with forty minutes to write the essay. (On the AP exam, you will have two hours to write three essays, which leaves an average of forty minutes to write each essay.) During Friday's class, you will write the Griftopia essay, and then we will introduce our next book.

Assignment for Wednesday, Jan. 11

In Griftopia, read the Epilogue (pp. 241-250), "Looting Main Street" (pp. 265-276), and "Invasion of the Home Snatchers" (pp. 277-296; you can skim this chapter).

Come to class prepared to work on your STP research paper. Bring any materials you need to begin writing the research paper.

Assignment for Tuesday, Dec. 20

Finish the exploratory essay; it is due in class on Tuesday.

Assignment for Wednesday, Dec. 14

Read Chapter 2 of Matt Taibbi's Griftopia (pp. 35-77),

If you missed class, we introduced the exploratory essay for the research paper, which is due Tuesday, Dec. 20. A description of the assignment is posted to the right; see me for the related handouts that were distributed in class.

Also, in class we began viewing the documentary The Flaw, which covers the 2008 financial crisis.

Assignment for Thursday, Dec. 8

Read Ch. 1 of Matt Taibbi's Griftopia. Pay attention to the big picture; don't get lost in the details. Also, pay attention to Taibbi's writing style. Some readers believe Taibbi is biased; while reading, think about whether he is biased about or has a perspective on the financial crisis.