Breakthrough Writer

1A Agenda 4-17-17: Blue Book Exam

Choose One:

A. Develop a thesis that explains Debra Dickerson's claim from "The Great White Way" that on one hand race is America's obsession while on the other hand race does not really exist except as a phony "arbitrary system for establishing hierarchy and privilege." Support your thesis with 4 paragraphs. Please double-space. 

B. Develop a thesis that explains the causes of Caroline Knapp's anorexia in her essay "Add Cake, Subtract Self-Esteem." Support your thesis with 4 paragraphs. Please double-space. 

Quizzes 5 and 6 for 1A Spring 2014

Quiz 1 Due April 23 in class

In 333 words, explain how social media, according to Turkle, encourages dehumanization and narcissism. 

Quiz 2 Due May 5 in class

In 333 words, defend or refute the accusation that Alone Together is the misguided rant of an alarmist Luddite. You may wish to refer to MIT Profile, London Review of Books, Christian Educators Journal, Inventing the Self, T. David Gordon, Brian Sarnacki, Cogdogblog, and Sherry Turkle's Ted Talk.

 

 

Quiz #4: Due in Class on April 9th

Two-Question Quiz with a response of 165 words for each question. You can bring book and notes to class to write the quiz in class or you can type at home and bring typed quiz to class. Either way is fine.

Question One: Compare the distinguishing characteristics of learned helplessness in the two stories,  2 “A House Behind the Weeping Cherry” and “A Good Fall.”

Analyze the characteristics of The Third Eye in the story “In the Crossfire.”

Quiz #3 for Spring of 2014: Cooked, Due March 5th

In 333 words, contrast the Jeff Henderson who denies the reality of his moral failings and the Jeff Henderson who takes accountability for his moral bankruptcy.

Quiz #2: Cooked

Develop a 330-word argument that states Jeff Henderson's life after prison was MORE difficult than his life in prison.

Quiz 1 Spring 2014 for Escape from Camp 14: Due February 6

 In a typed, double-spaced quiz, answer the following questions in two or three complete sentences and use examples from the book. Quiz is graded on content, grammar, and diction (correct and precise language choice). Again, no rewrites so make sure you proofread your quiz.

 

One. Describe in detail the dark secret that proves to be the cause of Shin's incapacitating guilt?

 

Two. Whether you agree or not, explain the idea that Shin's behavior, like everyone else's in Camp 14, was based on a radically different moral code than people who do not struggle to survive in a North Korean prison camp and that this different moral code compels us to judge Shin differently from those of us who live in the free world.

 

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1A Quiz #6: Fall Semester 2013

Write your introduction, your thesis and your Works Cited page (5 sources).

Quizzes 4 and 5, Fall Semester 2013

Quiz 4

In two paragraphs, each about 165 words, refute or defend the argument that "The Beauty" and "Temporary Love" represent the book's most pessimistic stories.

Quiz 5

In two paragraphs, each about 165 words, defend or refute the argument that "Choice" and "In the Crossfire" represent the book's most optimistic stories.

1A Quizzes #2 and #3: Cooked by Jeff Henderson

Quiz #2: In 333 words, analyze the causes behind Jeff Henderson's family environment that contributed to his criminal activities.

 

Quiz #3: In 333 words, support the idea that for Jeff Henderson life after prison was more excruciating than life in prison.

Quiz #1, Due September 11 in My Office: Fall 2013

In 333 words, typed and double-spaced, analyze the tragic relationship between Shin and his parents. Be sure to proofread your quiz for grammar, mechanics, and diction.