November 21-23

It's Thanksgiving week...and an appropriate time to thank the honors classes for all of your work so far this semester, and specifically for the excellent Socratic Seminars held on Friday.  I really enjoyed listening to the conversations and I liked the way nobody seemed to shy away from the more controversial topics and respectfully disagree with each other.  Hopefully that will help make for some good Grapes essays. 

TUESDAY: Journal warm-up.  Watch the ending from the 1940 version of The Grapes of Wrath movie as well as a low-budget student short of the entire movie that is true to the book version and compare and contrast.  Discuss outlines - check your examples and evidence to ensure that the sources cannot be discredited and that each example is distinctive and proves your points.  View samples from class.  Work time on laptops to begin first draft of Grapes essay.

Due: Detailed, original outline response to one of the essay prompts to Turnitin.com by Monday night, November 21, at 10 p.m.

Homework: Write a draft, revise it, and post the essay to Turnitin.com by Tuesday night, November 29, at 10:00 p.m.

Have a wonderful and well-deserved Thanksgiving break!