Teaching Demo

Teaching Demo

A tiny snapshot of what my teaching looks like

What is the American Identity?

• Is the American Identity one solid identity or can it be multiple identities?

  
  

• Generally speaking, do most Americans hold the same values that make up their identities?

• What is your identity as an American (if you consider yourself to be American)?

• If you’re not an American: 1) What do you think the American Identity is as an outsider, and 2) What is your nationality's Identity?

• If you consider yourself to be dual (triple) nationalities, how does that affect your identity as a patriot to these nation?

Let's remember...

• You were tasked with choosing a nationality represented in the U.S. (Asian-American, Hispanic/Latinx-American, Black-American, White American, etc.)

• Then you had to read the texts assigned to those topics and take notes.

• Lastly, you researched what you could find about your topic using the credible sources cheat sheet.

Now that we have all this information let's get to the writing

But first a quick poll...

Poll

Which would be better in an essay?

• In Simone de Beavoir’s book The Coming of Age, on page 65 she states, “The decrepitude accompanying old age is in complete conflict with the manly or womanly ideal cherished by the young and fully grown.”

• In The Coming of Age, Simone de Beavoir contends that “the decrepitude accompanying old age is "in complete conflict with the manly or womanly ideal cherished by the young and fully grown" (65).

Poll

Which would be better in an essay?

• Tania Modleski suggests that "if television is considered by some to be a vast wasteland, soap operas are thought to be the least nourishing spot in the desert" (123).

• In her critique of soap operas, Tania Modleski argues that some view television as "a vast wasteland" and soap operas as "the least nourishing spot in the desert" (123).

Poll

Which is correct?

• Pearl, who is Hawthorne's symbol of truth, reaches a proportionately happy conclusion, becoming "the richest heiress of her day, in the New World" (243).

• Pearl reaches a proportionately happy conclusion, becoming "the richest heiress of her day, in the New World" (243).

Poll

Which is correct?

• “One finds violence, hostility and aggression everywhere, including TV, the movies, and in many of our everyday social relations” (40).

• “One finds violence, hostility and aggression everywhere, including TV, the movies, and in many of our everyday social relations” (Zigler 40).

Multiple Select

Reasons to integrate sources (check all that apply)

• Let readers know where to find information on your topic.

• Establish your ethos as a good, reliable scholar/researcher.

• Bolstering your point with credibility of reliable sources by using others' opinion, theories, and/or personal explanantion and presenting facts that are open to debate.

• Presenting hard data and facts (i.e. stats, charts, etc.)

Multiple Select

Reasons for using direct quotes (check all that apply)

• The source author has made a point so clearly and concisely that it can't be expressed more clearly and concisely.

• A certain phrase or sentence in the source is particularly vivid or striking, or especially typical or representative of some phenomenon you are discussing.

• A claim you are making is such that the doubting reader will want to hear exactly what the source said.

• Because Mrs. K likes to see quotes in an essay

So now....

You will get together with the other people who chose your topic and write ONE, collaborative essay. Make sure that you...

Open Ended

What makes a good essay?

At this point you should have at least

a basic outline of your essay WITH a thesis and quotes/sources that you want to use to support your thesis.

Remember that this is due by the end of next class, so make sure you are all ready to turn it in!