Please complete your annotations on the transcript of “The Danger of a Single Story.” Paraphrase Adichie’s first anecdote and her reasoning. Use the handout on paraphrase versus summary.
Think about it…
Consider your reading goal–how will you reach it? What specific habits will you take up to grow?
Also, consider the importance of reading literature.
Homework, 10/3/18
Please complete the rhetorical analysis questions and identify the following in complete sentences:
- Reasons why formerly enslaved black people left the South…
- Reasons for truth and reconciliation…
- Reasons why capital punishment is the stepchild of lynching…
- Reasons why the prison population has skyrocketed…
- Reasons why lynching must be considered domestic terrorism…
- The implications in the last paragraph….
- Identify words or phrases the writer uses to indicate reasoning.
You will turn these in, along with your annotated article, upon entering class tomorrow (10/4/18).
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Please have this ready to turn in tomorrow.
Read about Habit 1 (starting on page 47).
- Define proactive.
- Reflect on the language you use. Is it proactive or reactive? (pg. 51)
- What is the “victimitus virus?” How does being a victim hurt us?
- What is a change agent? How can you become one in your life?
- What are the four power tools of being proactive. Define them.
7 Habits
Here is a PDF version of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens.