Synthesize atleast 3-5 sources and your own observations to defend challenge or qualify the statemnet ” america still prvoides access tot he american dream ” you must make a coherent well written argumentative essay. your argument should be central; your sources should support that argument.
We’re gonna go through all the stages: Planning and prewriting: What are the elements of a strong paper ? How can you use these elemnts as a sort of to do list for your planning
Drafting: How will you voice your position without overlooking the nuances and complexities of the topic what assumptions and beliefs will you say and base upon your sources how do the ideas in your sources relate to the position ? do not put evidence in there that doesn’t support what you’re saying. even in a counter argument, you need to be able to refute that counterargument.
Evaluating and Revising do you consistently show how each quote relates to your central position How can you make sure your syntax is complex and varied, especially the openings of your sentences Are your ideas sequences in a way that guides your reader to reaching the same conclusion you did ?
Any time you are writing always keep a rubic infront of you.
transitions should enhance coherence do not restate a thesis for her ever. do not get to the end and say ” based on these things america still provides access to the american dream ” go beyond what you already told her, and tell her how your evidence gets back to that point.
You do not need I all the way through your paper
don’t write her a paper with ai because turnitin.com will ” light you up ” ( fake news ) turnitin detects duplicate papers from other teachers which is interesting. “this paper has been submitted to the university of wisconsin. ” That is such a cool feature and thats pretty damn cool.
you’ll read about 20 pages a day you’ll read some in class and some at home it is a little ” scandalous ” “it’s a good read ” focus on the bigger picture with the book
by the time you come in here tuesday on the 6th you will have read through page 66 of this novel we will read a good bit of it today
she will quiz you
we will watch an interview from the author about the book on the 6th we answer questions on the book and you do registration at 9:30 and you register for your last time ever in high school for your future classes the essay will be due February the 29th on the 27th 28th and 29th we write in class
novel will be finished by the 23rd and unit 1 will be done by the 21st
unit 1 structure :
listen to audiobook or read on your own complete a google slide spresentation for each set of pages that we read ( these will be pre-designated pages from the book ) take quizzes and complete close reads over various sets ( not all ! ) write a literary analysis essay
book of unknown americans
depicts the experience of an immigrant family written from many different perspectives it is not every immigrant’s experience, this is one of millions. in the book you will see stereotyping from one of the families people think “Everybody crossed the border illegally ” that is not true “everybody comes to america because they want something for free” that is not true some people leave their country because they are trying to escape crime or war or something like that every immigrant experience is not the same
Context on Author
her father was an immigrant he came and met her mom they got married he has stayed for more than 40 years now her mom said ” no one from the newspaper will ask for her dads story ” she thought she had the power to tell stories like her dads telling all these stories of all these different immigrants all over latin america not only immigrants from latin america but all over the world should have their stories told, it would be nice to continue the spirit of that, unknownamericans website is for submitting those stories with a photo of themselves.
she thinks it is really important for us to hear those stories and understand that so often there is not that much that seperates us, there seems to be this idea that immigrants are somehow bad, but when you start reading these stories it breaks down these walls and these stereotypes, because you see that they are just like you.