I
hope you've had a good first week of summer. It's time now to take a look at
our summer work.
SUMMER MEETINGS
We will meet on three Wednesdays this summer.
On Tuesday, July 9* we will meet to share our responses to All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald.
On Tuesday, July 30 we will meet to share our responses to Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich.
On Tuesday, August 20 we will meet to share our responses to Present Shock by Douglas Rushkoff.
SUMMER MEETINGS
We will meet on three Wednesdays this summer.
On Tuesday, July 9* we will meet to share our responses to All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald.
On Tuesday, July 30 we will meet to share our responses to Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich.
On Tuesday, August 20 we will meet to share our responses to Present Shock by Douglas Rushkoff.
The times of our meetings will depend upon the summer school schedule at Gloucester High School. I will send an email on Monday (7/1) about the times. (If GHS offers one summer school English class we'll begin our work at ten am. If GHS offers two summer school English classes we'll begin our work at noon pm. Each session will run for about three hours. We'll eat, work in groups, talk to each other, watch and listen to media on new Chrome books. The time will fly by.)
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WHAT TO DO WHILE YOU'RE READING ALL SOULS
BY MICHAEL PATRICK MACDONALD
While reading All Souls make note of the following:
While reading All Souls make note of the following:
·
the
writing style MacDonald uses (consider how he creates intimacy and a sense of
trust with word choice, sentence structure, tone),
·
the
narrative structure MacDonald uses (consider how he begins and ends the book,
consider how he organizes events into chapters, consider how he introduces
stories within the larger story and builds to climaxes),
·
the
way he characterizes people (by describing their actions and their physical
appearance, by including their own words, by describing how others react to
them, by comparing and contrasting people’s behavior, by showing changes over
time, etc.),
·
and
the way he characterizes places (particularly South Boston).
Overall
how do MacDonald's choices contribute to the purpose, meaning, and effect of
the book?
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WHAT
TO DO AFTER YOU FINISH READING ALL SOULS AND
BEFORE COMING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL ON JUNE 9*.
Respond
to two of the following rhetorical
analysis prompts.
Option #1: Writing Style
Option #1: Writing Style
Find
three passages in the book (one from the beginning, one from the middle, and
one from the end) that exemplify Michael Patrick MacDonald's writing style
(word choice, sentence structure, tone). Analyze how the style of language
MacDonald uses in the three passages has an effect on the reader that
contributes to the purpose of the book as a whole.
Option
#2: Narrative Structure
Find
three passages in the book (one from the beginning, one from the middle, and
one from the end) that show how MacDonald arranges events in a particular way
so that the events have a particular effect on the reader.
Option
#3: Characterization of a Person
Find
three passages in the book (one from the beginning, one from the middle, and
one from the end) in which MacDonald characterizes a particular person (Ma, a
brother, a grandparent, someone else). Analyze exactly how MacDonald
characterizes the person in the passages and analyze how the characterization of
the person contributes to the book as a whole.
Option
#4: Characterization of a Place
Find
three passages in the book (one from the beginning, one from the middle, and
one from the end) in which MacDonald characterizes Southie. Analyze exactly how
MacDonald characterizes Southie in the passages and how the characterization of
Southie contributes to the book as a whole.
Arrange
your responses with the quotations and page numbers of the quotations on the
left side of the paper and with your analysis on the right side. Each analysis
should be between 150 and 300 words.
***
Then, respond
to this argument prompt.
In
All Souls Michael Patrick MacDonald explores the ways that pride both strengthens
Southie and undermines its strength. In a short essay (approximately 500 words)
explore the extent to which pride has a similar effect on Gloucester today. In
the essay show that you understand what MacDonald suggests about pride’s effect
on Southie and then apply that understanding to your experiences and
observations of life in Gloucester.
***
Set your responses up like this:
Your
name
My
name
Class
Date
Three Responses to All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald
(1) Copy
the rhetorical analysis prompt you are responding to here.
Put
the three passages you are responding to in here. Make sure you include the
page numbers.
|
Write
your (150-300 word) response here.
|
(2) Copy
the second rhetorical analysis prompt you are responding to here.
Put
the three passages you are responding to in here. Make sure you include the
page numbers.
|
Write
your (150-300 word) response here.
|
(3) Copy
the argument prompt here: In All Souls Michael Patrick MacDonald explores the
ways that pride both strengthens Southie and undermines its strength. In a
short essay (approximately 500 words) explore the extent to which pride has a
similar effect on Gloucester today. In the essay show that you understand what
MacDonald suggests about pride’s effect on Southie and then apply that
understanding to your experiences and observations of life in Gloucester.
Then
write your argument essay here.
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*If you cannot attend the session you must (1)
send an email to Mr. James Cook with the reason you cannot attend, (2)
turn in your passage responses through email, and (3) read the
description of the session posted on the blog (apenglangghs2015.blogspot.com) and write a response in the comment box.
