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Poverty and HomelessnessDuring the next six weeks, we will explore the social and economic reality of poverty and homelessness in our contemporary world. Toward this end, we will read a variety of texts and screen a number of videos. For this unit, you will have a number of obligations. For each reading, you will complete a/an:Scholar Says: a four-part opportunity to record and stretch your thinking on each reading. This will help you prepare for discussion. These are due on the day the reading will be presented and may not be submitted late or created during class (during the presentation). These notes will be returned to you so you may use them for writing your analysis. Be sure to label them with your name and document reference.Scholar Says…SUMMARIZE: provide a concise recap of main ideasIdentify key points: what are the most important ideas?Define key termsIdentify rhetorical strategies: what writing techniques does the writer use to help make his/her argument?Note areas of difficulty: are all the explanations clear?EVALUATE: judge the quality of the argumentDescribe the appeal—the power in the persuasion (strengths)Describe where the argument lacks ethos or credibility (weaknesses)ANALYZE: to study closely and carefully by breaking down into component partsExplain the argument: What is the writer trying to persuade the reader to believe? What are the sub-claims? Locate evidence: what does the writer use to support his/her claims?Describe the counterargument(s)SYNTHESIZE: combine ideas into a coherent wholeMake real-world connectionsApply some aspect of the argument to the world outside this argumentDiscussion Leader. For each reading, we will have 1-2 discussion leaders who have prepared by reading the text carefully and creating open-ended questions that will get the class talking. Focus on key points, effectiveness of the argument, paying careful attention to debatable issues and questionable claims.Elfie Israel succinctly defines Socratic seminars and implies their rich benefits for students:The Socratic seminar is a formal discussion, based on a text, in which the leader asks open-ended questions.? Within the context of the discussion, students listen closely to the comments of others, thinking critically for themselves, and articulate their own thoughts and their responses to the thoughts of others.? They learn to work cooperatively and to question intelligently and civilly. (89) (Readwritethink)Generate as many open-ended questions as possible, aiming for questions whose value lies in their exploration, not their answer.? Elfie Israel recommends starting and ending with questions that relate more directly to students’ lives so the entire conversation is rooted in the context of their real experiences.Participants are expected to come to class prepared, having read each of the articles with care, the kind of care you hope your classmates have shown when it is your turn to present. If this expectation is not met, we will switch formats that will include a daily reading quiz.Unit Notes. Unit Notes: for each unit, students record notes from reading, discussion, videos that are big ideas, interesting angles, enlightening information, thoughts worth remembering (or not)Rationale for note-taking: 1) trail of thinking, 2) writing journal, 3) inspire further thought, 4) keep focus on the issue at handOnly to be worked on during class (never homework)Submit with final paperUnit ScheduleDeadlineReadingDiscussion Leader10/9Boyle, T. C. Tortilla Curtain. NY: Penguin, 1996. Print.n/a9/6-7McMillan, Tracie. “The New Face of Hunger.” National Geographic. through the three sections. For “snapshots” of different families.9/6-7Parker, Jo Goodwin. “What is Poverty?” Readings for Writers. 8th ed. Eds. Jo Ray McCuen and Anthony C. Winkler. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1995. 594-7. Print. class9/8Perkins, Joseph. “Homeless: Expose the Myths.” Readings for Writers. 8th ed. Eds. Jo Ray McCuen and Anthony C. Winkler. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1995. 599-600. Print. , Jonathan. “Are the Homeless Crazy?” Harper’s. Sept. 1988: 17-19. Print.9/13Singer, Peter. “The Singer Solution to World Poverty.” The Prentice Hall Reader, 8th ed. Ed. George Miller. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007. Print. , Garrett. “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor.” The Language of Composition. Eds. Renee H. Shea, Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin Aufses. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008. 324-333. Print. , Paul. “The Myth of the Culture of Poverty.” Educational Leadership Apr. 2008: 32-36. Web. Oct. 2010. , Barbara. Nickel-and-Dimed: On (not) getting by in America. NY: Metropolitan. 2001. Print complete: 9/16 (work day)Group presentation: 9/20 + AA: 9/239/19Eighner, Lars. “Dumpster Diving.” 230-239. Source Unknown, 1992. Print. Analysis and Group Presentation: Nickel and Dimedn/a10/3Sachs, Jeffrey D. “The End of Poverty, Soon.” Time 24 Sept. 2013. Print. Assignmentn/a10/7Tortilla Curtain in-class writingn/a10/20Argument Analysis: Poverty (2 sources)Unit Notesn/aAdditional SourcesBono. “The good news on poverty (Yes, there's good news).” TED. Feb. 2013. Lecture.Dell, Floyd. “We’re Poor” Readings for Writers. 8th ed. Eds. Jo Ray McCuen and Anthony C. Winkler. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1995. 286-89. Print. (Optional)Duflo, Esther. “Social experiments to fight poverty.” TED. Feb. 2010. Lecture.Five-Minute Film Festival: “Teaching Kids about Global Poverty.” Online Video Clip. Edutopia 6 Dec. 2013. Web. Homeless in America. Dir. Tommy Wiseau. Perf. Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestaro. Wiseau Films, 2004. Film. Jacklley, Jessica. “Poverty, money—and love.” TED. Jul. 2010. Lecture.Novogratz, Jacqueline. “An escape from poverty.” TED. Feb. 2009. Lecture.Orwell, George. “Why Are Beggars Despised? : Grammar and Composition. 1933. Web. Oct. 2010.Rector, Robert. “Reducing Hunger and Very Low Food Security” Testimony before the National Commission on Hunger United States House of Representatives. The Heritage Foundation. 30 July 2015.Shepherd, Adam. “Introduction.” Scratch Beginnings. New York: Harper’s, 2008. Print. (Optional)Sheeran, Josette. "Ending Hunger Now". TED. July 2011. Lecture.Singer, Peter. “The why and how of effective altruism.” TED. Mar. 2013. Lecture.Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle. New York: Scribner, 2005. Print. ................
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