Happy Monday! Today you’ll need:Today you’ll need: Your notebook for a quick Weeds and RosesYour notebook for a quick Weeds and Roses The paper you began your Read Around comments onThe paper you began your Read Around comments on A pen!A pen! A brain (borrow if you have to)A brain (borrow if you have to) Your essay charting paper (yellow or blue or green?)Your essay charting paper (yellow or blue or green?) Homework: RER due Wednesday! Huck Finn 1-12 for Thursday; Reading group in here Tuesday after school!Homework: RER due Wednesday! Huck Finn 1-12 for Thursday; Reading group in here Tuesday after school!

Weeds & Roses Boorstin’s Dissent

Weed #1: Use what you’ve got! If a cute girl gave you her number, you’d use it, right??If a cute girl gave you her number, you’d use it, right?? Likewise, if the author, title of his work and even a morsel of the work is given to you, USE it!Likewise, if the author, title of his work and even a morsel of the work is given to you, USE it! MUST mention author’s nameMUST mention author’s name MUST mention title of workMUST mention title of work Pretty good idea to use quotes from the workPretty good idea to use quotes from the work Quote it! Don’t plagiarize it!Quote it! Don’t plagiarize it!

Use What You’ve got! “…The process of this is called dissention, ‘the great problem of America today…its cancer,’ as Daniel Boorstin claims in The Decline of Radicalism. Boorstin claims in a liberal society—such as America—dissent is the root of all problems…” Disagreement is part of the inherent nature of humans.

Use what you’ve got! “Disagreement is part of the inherent nature of humans. People have been disagreeing since the beginning of time and disagreement has led to change. While those who disagree and resolve their arguments, there are others who stand by and dissent. Those who dissent are the minority of America. Those who dissent do not argue; they quarrel. In The Decline of Radicalism, by Daniel J. Boorstin, Boorstin believes that disagreement is essential to democracy, while dissention is detrimental. Boorstin is correct in his distinction between disagreement and dissent.

Weed #2: Hello, CD? I know you guys have all kinds of information rattling around up thereI know you guys have all kinds of information rattling around up there My impromptu toolboxMy impromptu toolbox What’s in your toolbox?What’s in your toolbox? Pop culture?Pop culture? Potter mania?Potter mania? Hunting, fishing, spore specialist?Hunting, fishing, spore specialist? Politics?Politics? Sports?Sports?

Some Great CD: GangsGangs Iraq war dissentersIraq war dissenters Proposition 8Proposition 8 Creationism vs. EvolutionCreationism vs. Evolution ??????

Weed #3: Comma, Comma, commas Some basics:Some basics: 1.Use commas to set off an appositive: Boorstin, author of The Decline of Radicalism, ate ants as a child.Boorstin, author of The Decline of Radicalism, ate ants as a child. Dissent, like its sibling, disagreement, has roots in our egos.Dissent, like its sibling, disagreement, has roots in our egos. 2.Use a comma to separate a verb from a quote, but not if you use the words “that” Boorstin declares, “Ants are part of a well-rounded scavengers diet.”Boorstin declares, “Ants are part of a well-rounded scavengers diet.” Boorstin declares that “If more Americans would eat ants…”Boorstin declares that “If more Americans would eat ants…” Notice how “that” functions as the comma

Roses! Nice use of transitions:Nice use of transitions: “When an empire collapses, however, dissention can cause even more blood to be shed.”“When an empire collapses, however, dissention can cause even more blood to be shed.” “That expressing of opinion or feeling is mostly seen in the hallways of every school in America.”“That expressing of opinion or feeling is mostly seen in the hallways of every school in America.” “Although debates can be a product of dissent, so can people’s religious beliefs.”“Although debates can be a product of dissent, so can people’s religious beliefs.” “The truth is, though, nobody ever lives life based on a dictionary definition.”“The truth is, though, nobody ever lives life based on a dictionary definition.”

Roses!! A litany of introductions!! See online handout for samples!A litany of introductions!! See online handout for samples!

Scores! “Dissent” 9—09—0 8—28—2 7—07—0 6—46—4 5—105—10 4—64—6 3—73—7 2—02—0 “Buy Nothing Day”

And Now, for something completely different! The class analogy!