Lesson Plan Über Alles

From Inquiry to Academic Writing Critical Thinking Lessons

Lesson One: Chapters 1 and 2

Lesson Two: Chapter 3

Lesson 3: Chapters 5 and 6

Lesson 4: Chapter 7

Lesson 5: Chapter 9

Lesson 6: Chapter 8

Readings for Essays 2 and 3

Essay 2

Chapter 12 Education:

Kozol: "Still Separate, Still Unequal"

Ravitch: "The Facts About the Achievement Gap"

Tatum: "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"

Edmundson: "On the Uses of a Liberal Education"

Chapter 13 Media Studies: 

Turkle, "Growing Up Tethered"

hooks, "Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor"

Essay 3

Chapter 14: Sociology

Fuentes: "The Myth of Race"

McIntosh: "White Privilege"

Kimmel: "Gender, Class, and Terrorism"

Ehrenreich: "How I Discovered the Truth About Poverty"

Chapter 17: Business and Marketing

Dickler: "The United States of Wal-Mart"

Satel and Lilienfeld: "The Buyologist Is In: The Rise of Neuromarketing"

Zakaria: "The Rise of the Rest"

 

 

 

Writing Assignment for Sherry Turkle's Alone Together

Sherry Turkle explains (from her Ted Talk) that when we compulsively "share" on social media, we are using people "to fill the holes of our fragmented selves." Develop a thesis that analyzes how persuasively she supports this assertion in her book Alone Together. Support your thesis with 4 paragraphs. Please remember to double-space. 

Gold and Curdled Milk Standard of Attendance and Reading Preparedness in Total Point Scheme

Grading for 1A for Fall and Spring 

Two in-class essays: 75 each, 150

Four typed essays: 100 each, 400

Annotated bibliography and first 3 typed pages 100

Final essay: 150

Attendance and Reading Preparedness  100

100-point Gold standard of the above is zero absences and tardies and showing up prepared to give informed opinions about the assigned readings. 

Zero-point Curdled milk standard of the above is 4 or more absences, 3 or more tardies, absorbed by your smartphone, doing homework from other classes at your desk, and not being able to give informed opinions because you're not keeping up with the assigned readings. 

I can use my discretion for everything in-between. 

Total Points: 900

1C Grading

Three typed essays: 100 equals 300

Final: 200

Four in-class essays: 4 x 75 equals 300

Attendance and Reading Preparedness  100

100-Point Gold Standard of the above is zero absences and tardies and showing up prepared to give informed opinions about the assigned readings. 

Zero-Point Curdled Milk standard of the above is 4 or more absences, 3 or more tardies, absorbed by your smartphone, doing homework from other classes at your desk, and not being able to give informed opinions because you're not keeping up with the assigned readings. 

I can use my discretion for everything in-between. 

Grand Total: 900

 

Critical Reading Portfolio Or Gold Standard for Attendance and Reading Preparedness

Critical Reading Portfolio

Summary and Thesis Paragraph: summary of the essay and the essay's main idea or thesis.

What's Persuasive and What's Not Paragraph: 

Questions You Have About the Essay

Vocabulary Words You Learned

You must turn in the whole document to turnitin

Grading for 1A

Two in-class essays: 75 each, 150

Four typed essays: 100 each, 400

Annotated bibliography 50

Outline or first 3 typed pages: 50

Final essay: 150

Midterm Critical Reading Portfolio 100

Final Critical Reading Portfolio: 100

Total Points: 1,000

1C Grading

Three typed essays: 100 equals 300

Final: 200

Four in-class essays: 4 x 75 equals 300

Two critical reading portfolios: 100 each, 200

Grand Total: 1,000

 

Man's Search for Meaning Essay Prompt: Do We Pursue Happiness Or Does Happiness Ensue?

Based on your reading of Man's Search for Meaning, develop a thesis that explains the notion that happiness cannot be pursued but rather must ensue as a result of a meaningful existence.