THE AMERICAN DREAM

THE DEFINITION ESSAY

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014• Welcome back to class!

• Turn in:Signed Course OutlinesCommunity Supply (Thank you!!)

2nd : box of tissues

3rd: pack of sticky notes

7th: 3 x 5 index cards

Binder Dividers: Notes/Handouts, Grammar, Vocabulary, Journal, Transfer Tasks/Rubrics

Name Tents

NAME “TENTS”

• To help me learn your names…• Fold your paper in thirds• On one third, write your FIRST and LAST name legibly and big!• Add symbols or pictures of things that say something about you

(sports, hobbies, family, pets, etc.)• Be ready to share• Put out on your desk every day until I learn your names (hopefully

less than 2 weeks)

POP QUIZ! (GET OUT A SHEET OF PAPER)• Put your name at the top.• Number 1-8

1. How do you find assignments that you missed while absent?

2. How often do you get a bathroom pass?

3. What are the school supplies you need for my class?

4. What do you know about me so far?

5. Name at least two things you need to bring to class everyday.

6. What is the cell phone policy?

7. What do you need to be doing before you can be dismissed from my class?

8. Name one good thing about your first day of school yesterday.

TEXTBOOKS

Put your name on the inside and on the outer edges.Bring your binder to class everyday.Textbooks may stay in my roomPersonalize your textbook!!!• On your cover, you need at least:

1) A visual symbol that defines you

2) A visual symbol that defines the world you inhabit

3) A quote that functions as a philosophy you believe.

4) The title: “The American Dream, Literature, and the Power of Language”

5) Due Monday…you have to look at this book all year…make it something you can live with!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2014• Welcome back to class!

• Turn in:Signed Course OutlinesCommunity Supply (Thank you!!)

2nd : box of tissues

3rd: pack of sticky notes

7th: 3 x 5 index cards

Binder Dividers: Notes/Handouts, Grammar, Vocabulary, Journal, Transfer Tasks/Rubrics

Name Tents

Ideas

QUICK JOURNAL! (ON YOUR OWN PAPER)

•What is an American?• Thoughtfully answer this question on a personal basis.

One paragraph minimum please.

•What are your dreams?• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXqCSiVPMLI dreams

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnsa0tBkbLc Russel Wilson

• Thoughtfully answer this question on a personal basis. One paragraph minimum please.

• Answer the same question – What is an American?• List the attributes of the perfect American• What do we admire most about the idea of

being American?

THE BIG QUESTION

•What is the American Dream?• Answer the question on an

individual basis.• In groups of 3, share your answer.• Synthesize your group’s definition to

create one definition you all agree with

MONDAY, AUGUST 25 (MY PARENTS’ 53RD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!!)

• Welcome back to class!

• Turn in:Signed Course OutlinesCommunity Supply (Thank you!!)

2nd : box of tissues

3rd: pack of sticky notes

7th: 3 x 5 index cards

Binder Dividers: Notes/Handouts, Grammar, Vocabulary, Journal, Transfer Tasks/Rubrics

Name Tents

• Have your textbook out on your desk (with your new cover).• Be ready to share.

• Remember: Binder check on Wednesday! (10 points)

Diction

DENOTATION VS.

CONNOTATIONHOW DICTION (WORD CHOICE) MAKES A DIFFERENCE

DICTION

Diction ->tone = author’s attitude

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONNOTATION AND DENOTATION?

• Connotation: • the associations that are connected to a certain word -

- the emotional “suggestions” related to that word (positive and negative)

• Denotation:• Literal meaning of the word• Dictionary definition

DENOTATION/CONNOTATION EXERCISES

I. For each of the 19 rows on the handout, determine the connotation and denotation

• Dictionary definition (denotation)• Positive connotation• Negative connotation

II. In pairs or one your own: Write a sentence employing the positive and negative connotation of a word of your choice Such as fragrance (positive) and odor (negative)

III. Choose one set of words from #1-19 and write three sentences, using each word/phrase, to show how connotation affects the meaning and tone of the sentence.

PATRIOTISM (PG. 6-7)

• “A Cause Greater than Self”

by Senator John McCain

• Read About the Author (context)

• Read the article

• Highlight 12 powerful words (no more, no less)

• On your connotation/denotation sheet, create a list of the words you highlighted

• Next to each word, write the connotation (positive/negative)

• Create a tone poem! (YOU MAY ADD A FEW FILLER WORDS TO MAKE THE POEM FLOW)

• What tone is created by these words? (use your tone/mood handout!)

• Based on your selection of diction, what is McCain’s attitude toward patriotism?

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27

• Binder check! • Have your binder on your desk ready for me to check.

EXTENDED DEFINITIONS• Extended definitions identify words or concepts using strategies to

demonstrate a variety of ways the word or concept may be defined.

• Extended definitions are useful for providing a complete definition of a word, concept, or idea.

• Start with definition (denotation) and synonym (positive or negative) • Definition: ____________________________

• Synonyms: ____________________________ (positive and negative)

• Strategies -• Exemplification: examples of ____________

• Function: how _________________ acts like or functions as –

what does it DO? or, what effect does it have?

• Classification: categorize by type or kind of

• Negation: what ________________ is not

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28

• You need your textbook! (Thanks, Autumn!!)• You need a highlighter!

EXTENDED DEFINITIONS(PAGE 5)• Extended definitions identify words or concepts using strategies to

demonstrate a variety of ways the word or concept may be defined.

• Extended definitions are useful for providing a complete definition of a word, concept, or idea.

• Start with definition (denotation) and synonym (positive or negative) • Patriotism:

• Definition: love for or devotion to one’s country

• synonym – nationalism; partisanship; devotion

• Strategies -• Exemplification: examples of patriotism

• Function: how patriotism acts like or functions as –

what does it DO? or, what effect does it have?

• Classification: categorize by type or kind of

• Negation: what patriotism is not

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• Look for and annotate (highlight or underline, label):

• Examples of patriotism (exemplification)

• How patriotism acts like or functions as (function)

• Classification of patriotism (what does patriotism include? Or, what is patriotism a part of?)

• What patriotism is not (negation)

• Fill in the graphic organizer to display the additional information provided by the word patriotism.

Note: In June, 2008, Time magazine asked presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama their view on patriotism. This is article is McCain's answer.

CONNOTATION DENOTATION CONNECTED TO TONE

Diction ->tone = author’s attitude

context

WHAT IS CONTEXT?

S.O.A.P.• Speaker – who’s talking and why might that be important?• Occasion – what is the situation? • Audience – who is listening? • Purpose – What is the reason for the speech/text?

THE AMERICAN DREAM (LOOKING THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES)

• Economics – is the AD about wealth? (Examples)

• Ethnicity – is the AD the same for minorities or those who are not of a minority? (Negation)

• Immigration – Is the AD for new or old immigrants? (classification)

• Religion – Does the AD treat all religions equally? (comparison)

• Historical – Is the effect of the AD same now as in the past? (function)

THE AMERICAN DREAM AS SEEN IN AN ECONOMIC CONTEXT

• “Money” – Dana Gioia.

A celebration of money?

WEALTH IS GOOD!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOS2XbO-JP8&list=PL2BD11F8E708F3BC5 Gordon Gekko “Wall Street” Greed is good! First 30-45 seconds.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoMpcz0S3hc Rap song by Leeman BrothaZ Greed is good, but, oh, it hurts.

WEALTH IS GOODEverything You’ve Been Told About the Economy Is Wrong

• The enormous and growing income inequality in the United States is not a sign that the system is rigged. On the contrary, it is a sign that our economy is working. And if we had a little more of it, then everyone, particularly the 99 percent, would be better off.

• Many believe that the U.S. economy currently serves the rich at the expense of everyone else. He contends that this is largely because most Americans don’t know how the economy really works — that the superrich spend only a small portion of their wealth on personal comforts; most of their money is invested in productive businesses that make life better for everyone. “Most citizens are consumers, not investors,” he told me during one of our long, occasionally contentious conversations. “They don’t recognize the benefits to consumers that come from investment.”

• This is the usual defense of the 1 percent. However, consumers actually benefit from the wealthy. Take computers, for example. A small number of innovators and investors may have earned disproportionate billions as the I.T. industry grew, but they got that money by competing to constantly improve their products and simultaneously lower prices. Their work has helped everyone get a lot more value. Cheap, improved computing helps us do our jobs more effectively and, often, earn more money. Countless other industries (travel, telecom, entertainment) use that computing power to lower their prices and enhance their products. This generally makes life more efficient and helps the economy grow.

• The idea that society benefits when investors compete successfully is pretty widely accepted. Dean Baker, a prominent progressive economist with the Center for Economic and Policy Research, says that most economists believe society often benefits from investments by the wealthy. Baker estimates the ratio is 5 to 1, meaning that for every dollar an investor earns, the public receives the equivalent of $5 of value. The Google founder Sergey Brin might be very rich, but the world is far richer than he is because of Google. In agriculture, where, since the 1940s, the cost of food has steadily fallen because of a constant stream of innovations. While the businesses that profit from that innovation — like seed companies and fast-food restaurants — have made their owners rich, the average U.S. consumer has benefited far more. It proves that we should all appreciate the vast wealth of others more, because we’re benefiting, proportionally, from it.

POOR IS NOT SO GOOD

• Minimum wage calculator from the NYT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hoonyung-hopgood/living-on-minimum-wageis_b_5133586.html Can you live on minimum wage?

• http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/09/opinion/minimum-wage.html?_r=0 An article on the minimum wage life. Is it good enough?

CONGRESS SUPPORTS HOMES FOR THE WEALTHY OVER THE POORDANIEL INDIVIGLIONOV 19 2011, 10:06 AM ET

This week, Congress reinstated the higher limit for loans guaranteed by the Federal Housing Authority. To make matters stranger, it simultaneously cut funding to build and renovate housing projects for the poor

ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT!

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN TERMS OF ECONOMICS.

• What is the American Dream as it relates to money?• Please write a definition employing exemplification

(examples) to support your definition.

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN A RELIGIOUS CONTEXT

Religious Beliefs

and the

The United States Bill of Rights.

RELIGIOUS CONTEXT

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN A RELIGIOUS CONTEXT

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Anmz_QprU – report on ISIS. First 30 seconds.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evu2gni2ypE ISIS attack on Christians

• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/world/middleeast/persecuted-yazidis-again-caught-in-larger-struggle.html?ref=world# slideshow of persecution

• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/world/asia/india-muslims-modi.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A14%22%7D

anti-Muslim behavior in India

Religious news outside of the USA

JOURNAL

• What is your reaction to the religious freedoms (or lack of) in other countries?

• What affect do the religious freedoms we enjoy in America have on you? Your family? Your community?

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN A RELIGIOUS CONTEXT

• What is the American Dream as it relates to religion?• Please write a definition employing comparison.

(In regards to religion, how is the American Dream different than in other countries? How does it affect individuals? Society?)

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN AN ETHNIC CONTEXT

• Turn to 1.4 in The Book. • Read Walt Whitman’s celebration of America “I Hear

America Singing”• What vision of America does Walt see?• Write a contemporary “song” about what you see in

America.

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN AN ETHNIC CONTEXT• Again, Turn to 1.4 in The Book.• Read Langston Hughes’ * bitter commentary in his poem

“I, Too, Sing America.”• What is Langston’s vision of America?• Write a brief description of America from the

viewpoint of a dispossessed minority. (that is you – a high schooler with no rights!)

*Hey! Note use of apostrophe to indicate possession with Hughes’ name! Weird, no? compare to Walt’s use on previous slide.

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN AN ETHNIC CONTEXT

• What is the American dream as it relates to ethnicity?• Please write a definition of the American Dream

employing negation (What the American Dream is NOT, i.e.* The American Dream is not ….)

*i.e. means, more or less, “in other words.”

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE CONTEXT OF IMMIGRATION

• Read 1.7 “Growing up Asian in America” by Kesaya E. Noda

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE CONTEXT OF IMMIGRATION

• What do I want them to do?

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE CONTEXT OF IMMIGRATION

• Photos and stuff. Maybe an article about he border or from the KKK?

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE CONTEXT OF IMMIGRATION• What is the American dream as it relates to immigration?• Please write a definition of the American Dream

employing classification (Who is included in the American Dream? Or, the immigrant‘s American Dream is part of what bigger idea?)

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN AN HISTORICAL CONTEXT

• History and the AD as opportunity for all.

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN AN HISTORICAL CONTEXT

• What do I want them to read/do?

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN AN HISTORICAL CONTEXT

• What is the American Dream in relation to its history as a motivator of people all over the world?• Please write a definition of the American Dream

employing the idea of function. (What has the American Dream DONE in the past

and what does the American Dream DO now? )

SUMMARY OF DEFINITION TYPES

• Exemplification• Comparison• Negation• Classification• Historical

OBAMA KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2008

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awQkJNVsgKM part 1

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UDKXKGZ3PY part 2

Read/listen to Senator Obama’s Keynote Address to the 2008 Democratic convention.Find it in The BOOK on page 78. (1.17)

On a piece of notebook paper -• Identify and record by line number each definition type he

employs.• Make note of the effect of each use of definition type.

TRANSFER TASK #1

essay

HOW TO WRITE A DEFINITION ESSAY

• Considering all that we have read, viewed, listened to, and thought about,

what is the American Dream?

HOW TO WRITE A DEFINITION ESSAY

• Thesis?

• Lead? (reverse order in paper)

HOW TO WRITE A DEFINITION ESSAY - SUPPORT

Short answer? Yes!

HOW TO WRITE A DEFINITION ESSAY

• Concession/refutation

HOW TO WRITE A DEFINITION ESSAY

• Conclusion

• Conclusion does not mean the end - it is a summation of your ideas. What have you concluded from all the evidence you have given us?