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Friday, February 6th

2/6/2015

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Objectives:
  • Understand when to quote vs. italicize a title
  • Write a solid draft or your lit analysis essay that addresses the essay prompt

Starter:  

Survey for Keagan's Stats class (check your email)

Announcements:
  • Shout out to Ind. Study Honors students on their exhibition last night!
  • Hmwk/Cal page is updated with deadlines for the essay and book club honors documents

Agenda
1.  Read this handout on when to quote vs. italicize titles.  Then, be ready to answer the following questions:
  • Would you quote or italicize The Durango Herald?
  • Would you quote or italicize The Catastrophe of Success?
  • Would you quote or italicize The Stranger?
  • Would you quote or italicize the lesson of the moth?
  • When do you underline titles?

2. Time to draft your essay/Read "The Land Ethic"

3. Last 15 minutes of class: Listen to "Everything is Connected" Podcast, episode 1 
  • What does "rewilding" mean?
  • What pieces of evidence did this podcast provide to defend the claim that "everything is connected"?
  • How would this concept change the way we interact with the land?


Resources for the lit analysis essay
  • Examples of Introducing Quotes and Block Indentation with prose and poems
  • Literary Analysis Essay prompt/student example/tips/rubric
  • Parenthetical Documentation and Works Cited Page
  • Setting up quotes (refresher!)
  • Owl at Purdue's Writing Lab on Block Quotes (for quotes that are 4 lines or longer)
  • Titles: Quotes or Italics?
  • Passive Voice 
  • How to write concisely (AKA: Streamlining)
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