21st class
 
Brad Johnson Engl 81, 21st class
RECENT EXAMPLES OF ACTIVISM/VOLUNTEERISM
 
People making airwaves:
1.    Oprah inspiring viewers to participate in the democratic process – be aware of who is running for elective offices. Vote.
2.    World-class sprinter wanting to go to the Olympics – turning disability into an ability. By his example, he is giving more confidence to those who are disabled.
3.    Author of  “Hotel Rwanda” wrote an article about Mia Farrow. She forced the world to face killings in Darfur. Farrow is active in Darfur, helping those who have lost everything. She is a UNICEF world ambassador. Farrow chose the path of activism.
4.    Lance Armstrong, chooses to raise money for awareness of cancer.
5.    Peter Gabriel, musician, works to bring justice to the world
6.    Cuban woman shares what goes on in oppressive Cuba. Many suffer consequences.
 
In our country, many have turned a blind eye to the victims of Katrina. Everywhere in the world, there are dark spots indicating where people have not been helped. If a country gives help to another country, the country receiving help often asks if there a payback required. These countries are skeptical. They are expecting a hidden agenda. Officials need to reach out to those who are in need and listen to the people of that country.
Officials are elected to carry out the will of the people, but they don’t always do that. Therefore, we need to be involved.
 
Workshop Process: 5 stages of writing process
1.    Pre write
2.    Rough Draft: workshop, PRL tonight
3.    Revision: sentence, grammar, spelling, punctuation
4.    Editing
5.    Proof reading
 
Good Writing
1.    Unity unified: verb tense, subject
2.    Well supported
3.    Coherent, logical order, transitions
4.    Sentence skills: grammar, spelling, punctuation
 
In workshop, be concerned with l, 2, 3.
Be concerned with topic sentence, clear, supportive ideas purposeful, concise, clear, writing.
 
WORKSHOP
Reader:
1.    Reader reads out loud
2.    Listens to feedback
 
Listener:
1.    Listens, writes on what was heard
2.    Gives feedback +, -, Move, Change
 
HW:
1.    Write PRL’s
2.    Make changes using your partners’ suggestions:  +  -  ~
3.    Revise your draft.
4.    Build on Sentence Variety. Examples from last week: begin sentence with words ending in ed, ly, to _______, ing (Example: “To begin reading, one must recognize words in that language.”
5.    Concentrate on Sentence Structures;
        IC. IC.
        IC,  f  IC.
        IC ; ic.
        DC, ic.
        IC dc.
        I, interptr, C. – see p. 472. Example: “Nobody, it seems, wants to be                 without a job.” In this sentence, “it seems” is the phrase that serves             as an interruption in the middle of the sentence. This is another                 style of creative writing.\
 
Grammar and peer response letters will be discussed tomorrow
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All will be well when all is done well.” (and on time…)