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The (nonfictionwriting) Mothership: Group work for the Louise Erdrich and Katherine Whittemore essays
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The web annex of the Non-Fiction Writing class at University High School. Tuesday, November 01, 2016. Group work for the Louise Erdrich and Katherine Whittemore essays. First, you'll do some collective searching, writing, and commenting in a group of two or three:. Take one of the longest sentences from either of these essays and break it into two sentences, then post it in the “favorite sentences” googledoc. Label the new sentences “Broken up.”. If so, what? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Final Pro...
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The (nonfictionwriting) Mothership: Essay for Tuesday, November 29, and a quick survey
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The web annex of the Non-Fiction Writing class at University High School. Monday, November 28, 2016. Essay for Tuesday, November 29, and a quick survey. For tomorrow, we will read "The Mistrust of Science". By Atul Gawande. Please answer the following questions in your notebook:. Think of and reflect briefly on at least one way that this essay seems particularly timely at the current moment in history. And please take a couple of minutes to complete this reading survey. 8220; Too Poor for Pop Culture.
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The (nonfictionwriting) Mothership: December 2016
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The web annex of the Non-Fiction Writing class at University High School. Tuesday, December 13, 2016. Essay to read for Wednesday, December 21. For our final meeting of the semester on Wednesday, December 21, please read " Too poor for pop culture. By D Watkins from Salon. The essay is about 1800 words (roughly three single-spaced pages in Word), so it shouldn't take very long to read. A photo of the author, D. Watkins, in East Baltimore (credit: Dave Manigault). Tuesday, December 06, 2016. What’s ...
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The (nonfictionwriting) Mothership: General plan for the final multimedia project
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The web annex of the Non-Fiction Writing class at University High School. Monday, November 21, 2016. General plan for the final multimedia project. Which of your three NFW essays do you plan to use for your final project, and why? Describe the essay in a sentence or two, and articulate briefly why you’re choosing this essay as the starting point for your final project. What aspect(s) of this essay do you want to highlight in your multimedia project? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Don't be so salty.
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The (nonfictionwriting) Mothership: November 2016
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The web annex of the Non-Fiction Writing class at University High School. Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Look through Atul Gawande's essay and locate key passages or ideas. Then on the scrap paper, write answers to the following questions:. Find a passage of Gawande's essay that seems especially timely in a general sense (for this decade, say, or this span of 5-6 years). Find a passage that seems timely in a more specific sense (for this week, month, or year). Did you find this essay persuasive, in general?
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The (nonfictionwriting) Mothership: Multimedia project workshop day
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The web annex of the Non-Fiction Writing class at University High School. Tuesday, December 06, 2016. Multimedia project workshop day. First the writer (the creator of the project) will talk about and share their project ideas, progress, and elements for roughly 5-7 minutes. The other members of the group will take minimal notes while the writer speaks, then write more notes for 3 or 4 minutes after the writer is done. Then the group can discuss ideas for about 5 minutes. What are the best parts? Explore...
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The (nonfictionwriting) Mothership: Peer editing questions for the Information Plus Reflection essay (#3)
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The web annex of the Non-Fiction Writing class at University High School. Thursday, November 03, 2016. Peer editing questions for the Information Plus Reflection essay (#3). Here is the PDF of your peer editing handout. Be sure to begin your answer to each question with both the number and key word (in bold) for each question. If there's not enough room at the end of the draft to answer the questions, I have some scrap paper. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Current syllabus and assignments.
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The (nonfictionwriting) Mothership: Tuesday pre-discussion questions
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The web annex of the Non-Fiction Writing class at University High School. Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Look through Atul Gawande's essay and locate key passages or ideas. Then on the scrap paper, write answers to the following questions:. Find a passage of Gawande's essay that seems especially timely in a general sense (for this decade, say, or this span of 5-6 years). Find a passage that seems timely in a more specific sense (for this week, month, or year). Did you find this essay persuasive, in general?
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The (nonfictionwriting) Mothership: December 2014
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The web annex of the Non-Fiction Writing class at University High School. Thursday, December 11, 2014. More essays on the complexities of race in 21st-Century America. My Vassar College Faculty ID Makes Everything OK. A thoughtful, at times anguished, but ultimately powerful exploration of racial profiling in the US and the messy intersection of racial oppression and cultural/economic privilege in the lives of black teachers, scholars, and students in higher education. Also, a link to the New York Times.
