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=Monday, May 13= >> =Have you turned in //The Bell Jar//?= > >> On Behalf of Others >> Final Essay >> >> In your reading and writing you have explored texts where writers and photographers wrestled with what was important and what was dangerous in presenting the lives of others – particularly other people who could not speak for or represent themselves. >> For this final assignment, you will revisit these texts and write a 500-word response that reflects your beliefs about doing work “on behalf of others.” >> ** Choose ** one of the following topics: >> >> >> >> Your score will reflect how well you: >>
 * =Bring your card tomorrow to check out Cuckoo's Nest!=
 * =Have you turned in=
 * =1/2 page response to Dorothea Lange's photos:=
 * =what did she select?=
 * =what did she deflect?=
 * =350-word opening statement for photo exhibit?=
 * =Room 718 for essay writing today and tomorrow!=
 * =Start the final essay of the year!=
 * ** #1 ** - **Take a position relative to Agee’s claim** **that it is “curious . . . obscene and thoroughly terrifying” to “pry intimately” into the lives of other human beings.”**
 * Explain your position by drawing on the work with the various texts you’ve studied during this task, in and outside of class.
 * Be sure to use **specific examples** from these texts to support each of the major points you want to make about doing this kind of work.
 * Consider what people who hold a different point of view might say. How will you answer their concerns and questions?
 * In your conclusion address the importance and the challenges of creating—and reading—accounts that aim to do good on behalf of others. In other words, what lessons or implications does this experience hold for the reader or viewer or listener?
 * ** #2 ** – **Imagine you are going to make a documentary about a person or group of people that you believe should be put in a spotlight.**
 * Explain what type of documentary you plan: slide show with sound, film, photo exhibit, etc.
 * Explain whom you will spotlight and why this is important.
 * Consider the ethics of your project:
 * Explain why this is a good thing to do.
 * Explain objections some people might have to your project and why it should still be made.
 * In your conclusion address the importance and the challenges of creating—and reading—accounts that aim to do good on behalf of others. In other words, what lessons or implications does this experience hold for the reader or viewer or listener?
 * State your position clearly and fully.
 * Make specific claims or points that support your position or idea.
 * Develop your claims using your own ideas and evidence (such as data, quotes, and observations).
 * Cite, analyze, and connect the evidence or ideas to your argument.
 * Address claims or viewpoints that differ from your position or argument.
 * Write a conclusion that summarizes your argument and helps your readers to think (for instance, what future implications or consequences might result from continuing or not continuing to sanitize literary works?)
 * Organize your essay clearly using words, phrases, transitions, and clauses to show how the parts of your argument are related.
 * Use a formal style and objective tone.
 * Use the conventions of standard written English and vocabulary relevant to the topic.

=Tuesday, May 14=
 * =check out //One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest//=
 * =return //The Bell Jar//=
 * =finish essay "On Behalf of Others"=
 * =Essay due on Thursday, May 16=

=Wednesday, May 15= > =Tonight: Read from p. 9 to p. 28=
 * =Have you returned //The Bell Jar//?=
 * =Have you checked out //Cuckoo's Nest//?=
 * =vocab warm-up - Unit 7=
 * =17. misanthrope, n. - a person who hates or despises people=
 * =18. pertinacious, adj. - very persistent; hard to get rid of=
 * =19. picayune, adj. - off little value or importance; concerned with unimportant matters=
 * =20. raiment, n. - clothing, garments=
 * =Kesey notes=
 * =Essay "On Behalf of Others" due Thursday=
 * =reading schedule for Cuckoo's Nest=

=Thursday, May 16=
 * =reading schedule for Cuckoo's Nest=
 * =vocab warm-up=
 * =10 minutes to work on p. 87=
 * =Discuss the beginning of the book=
 * =Stream-of-consciousness!=
 * =What's going on?=

=Friday, May 17=
 * =vocab warm-up: time to work on p. 88 exercise=
 * =get character list=
 * =discuss book=