1. Agenda: 3/4/2013 * Sit in Vocab. Groups Vocabulary  Share Unit 7 Squares on Board  Review Unit 7 words/Game  Review Units 4-6 ( Reading Workshop  “IJWBA” Soc. Sem. Prep * Review Socratic Seminar Policies Literary Analysis Work  Presidents: ensure all of your members have a gmail account; if not, they will have to set one up by Friday.  Return Historical Background Notes Edmodo  Ist Post TBD * ALWAYS KEEP WORK IN YOUR BINDER; MOST OF IT WILL BE CHECKED AT SOME POINT IN THE SEMESTER

2. Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average” Questions: Complete answers to each of these questions are due on Friday, March 1 1.What purpose does the opening paragraph serve? 2.What kind of detail does Rose use in his characterization of the other vocational education students? Consider his depictions of Bill Cobb, Ted Richard, and Ken Harvey. 3.How does Rose characterize his own response to vocational education? Does he try to evoke sympathy from his readers? What is he trying to evoke? 4.In paragraphs 21, 22, and 23, why does Rose go into such detail about problem-solving? What is his purpose? 5.Is Rose’s description of his father’s deterioration appropriate for this essay? What impact would deleting it have had on the story Rose is telling or the argument he is making? 6.In the description of Jack MacFarland’s influence on Rose, which passages represent the young man’s view of his teacher and which one the adult looking back? How does Rose intertwine them so the overall descriptions have coherence? 7.Is this essay more of a memoir or an argument? 8.How would you characterize the style of this essay? Rather than using a single word, try to describe it with a phrase that captures the different levels of diction.

3. Group #1: “IJWBA” Came from south los Angeles Came from humble beginnings When he was young his test scores got mixed up with another students so he was placed in a remedial class. Is now a professor at ucla Published poetry and two widely praised books.

4. Group #2: “IJWBA” Below average student in a remedial school Surrounded by hot tempered students Very short attention span Loathes school Anti-social

5. Group #3: “IJWBA” High school students Compares Ted, Ken, and brother Clint Ted is all about life and questions Ken is a good kid that just wants to be average Ted doesn’t show emotions when angry Ted didn’t do all that well in school No one gave brother Clint trouble due to his appearance They are all judged differently.

6. Group #4: “IJWBA” Pedagogy-teaching He was smart in average classes, he helped his friends cheat Someone asked for him to be put into a college prep program Chemistry teacher was track coach so he know he’d pass with at least a C. His father’s health was falling reputably, the cut on his shin wouldn’t heal. The doctor couldn’t heal it. So he was made to get it cut off. He did well walking on a fake leg. Until he fell and broke his hip. After that he was made to stay in a wheelchair.

7. Group #5: “IJWBA” Father died from a coma. Jack MacFarland is his teacher. Students thought Jack lived in his car because of how he dressed. Narrator is a senior in high school. Jack built the student’s knowledge of Western intellectual history. The students admired Jack for his intelligence and the way he taught them and was hardworking Narrator feels that his situation isn’t something to stop him from his education. Narrator feels that he’s not the best student out of everyone else, but that he works very hard. Narrator feels that Jack is a role model for him.

8. Group #6: “IJWBA” The narrator had a little below average grades. The narrator feels as if they been average for too long. Not forming part of or belonging to a thing The narrator was thought little of were they wanted to go to college and didn’t know entrance The narrator was not planning on going to college

9. Group #7: “IJWBA” The narrator opened his mind by reading different genres of books. They often went to Mr. McFarland apartment to read newspapers, magazines and books. The narrator got accepted to college. He was surrounded by different genres and varieties of literature.

10. Unit 6: Word: ennui Student: Jacob

11. Unit 6: Word: fetter Student: Malik

12. Unit 6: Word: heinous Student:

13. Unit 6: Word: immutable Student:

14. Unit 6: Word: transmute Student:TJ

15. Unit 6: Word: surreptitious Student:

17. Homework: READING WORKSHOP  Thurs., March 7: Socratic Seminar Questions Due @ the beginning of class (5 points deducted if not turned in @ beginning of class)  Mon., March 11: Socratic Seminar on Mike Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average” WRITING WORKSHOP:  Due Friday, March 8: Draft #2 Comp./Cont. (ensure you’ve included and highlighted 2 words from Vocab. 5 and 2 words from Unit 6) Literary Period Dates/Work  Thurs., March 7: Meet in Library; Website Work  Tues., April 2: Meet in Library; Website Work  Mon., Mar 18: Meet in Library; Website Work Research Paper  Mon.-Tues., Mar 25-26: Introduction to the Research Paper/Work on Framework  Thurs.-Fri., Apr 25-26: Works Cited, MLA doc., and In-text Citation