Nonfiction+and+Essays+Unit



__Nonfiction and Essays Handouts __
 * March 8 - handout not available online
 * March 9 - no handouts


 * **March 10- 11 Wal-town Handouts **





Monday, March 21- Welcome Back Gators!

DUE DATES: this week -WED. Mar23: All 5 essays (below) read -THURS. Mar. 24: Hand in "Reading and Evaluating an Essay" for 'Brain Candy'

MONDAY, March 21:

__** in-class **__ - begin essay: "Brain Candy" by Malcolm Gladwell - begin using the worksheet. Do pages 1,2 3



Write a personal response:



**__ homework __** **-work on "Reading and Evaluating an Essay"** **Completed package "Reading and Evaluating an Essay" due: THURSDAY, March 24 **

**TONE HANDOUT: ** 

**-ALSO,** Read all FIVE of the following essays for homework by WED. March 23:
 * "It's Time to Think about Visors" p.248
 * "Lessons from a Walk in the Rainforest" p. 338
 * "Chicken Hips" p. 319
 * "Whose Lathe?" p. 256
 * "Arming the Spirit" p. 311

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> **PREPARE A PRESENTATION WITH YOUR GROUP BASED ON THE ESSAY YOU CHOOSE. MAKE SURE TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS OF THE ESSAY WHEN YOU PRESENT:**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Thesis and supporting arguments**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Methods of Development (2-3)**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Stylistic Devices (2-3)**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Tone and diction that produces the tone**


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">BELOW IS THE HANDOUT FOR THE PRESENTATION. THE RUBRIC IS ON THE LAST PAGE (p.4) **



<span style="color: #af2c2c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">*Group work analysis begins Thursday, March 24. <span style="color: #af2c2c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">*Presentations are WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 and THURSDAY, MARCH 31 <span style="color: #2800ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">For the PERSONAL RESPONSE choices, click on the document below and open it. The quotations are listed in the document.

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<span style="color: #882caf; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Continue keeping notes for the ISU novel - at least 4 pages evident by this Friday - March 25