2. Politics: What is the nature of the relationship between the citizen and the state? Foundational Texts: by George Orwell 1984, by Aldus Huxley A Brave New World, Supporting Texts: by Jonathan Swift “A Modest Proposal,” by Oliver Goldsmith “National Prejudices,” on Peace in by Virginia Wolff “Thoughts an Air Raid,” Selections from by Henry David Thoreau “Civil Disobedience,” an by George Orwell “Shooting Elephant,” an by Harold Ickes “What Is American?” (speech), (speech), by John F. Kennedy “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” Visual Texts: (painting), by Pablo Picasso Guernica Cover of March 17, 2003 The New Yorker, Cover of April 2003 Harper’s Magazine, Assessments: Daily discussion: Small-group and full-class discussion of texts. Weblog: Weekly prompt drawn from texts on class weblog. Students must respond to the prompt and to responses. Responses must include evidence drawn from the readings. other students’ Journal: Personal rhetoric journal. Students will respond to daily/weekly reading with entries dissecting the rhetorical merits of the work, with examples. Quizzes: Students are given a quiz on most readings. These check for understanding of meaning and strategies. Quiz: Vocabulary from readings Quiz: Grammar from daily warm-up exercises, syntax discussions and/or reading notations. Test: Multiple-choice questions regarding rhetorical devices and their usage within given passages; short essay comparing the world view in any of the supporting texts to the dystopian views revealed in and 1984 A Brave New World. Composition: Responding to a quotation. In an George Orwell observes that the white man turns tyrant it is “Shooting Elephant,” “when his own freedom that he and that this man a mask, and his face grows to destroys,” “wears fit in.” Write an essay in which you support, refute or qualify the paradoxes that Orwell presents.
2. Politics: What is the nature of the relationship between the citizen and the state? Foundational Texts: 1984, by George Orwell A Brave New World, by Aldus Huxley Supporting Texts: “A Modest Proposal,” by Jonathan Swift “National Prejudices,” by Oliver Goldsmith “Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid,” by Virginia Wolff Selections from “Civil Disobedience,” by Henry David Thoreau “Shooting an Elephant,” by George Orwell “What Is an American?” (speech), by Harold Ickes “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” (speech), by John F. Kennedy Visual Texts: Guernica (painting), by Pablo Picasso Cover of The New Yorker, March 17, 2003 Cover of Harper’s Magazine, April 2003 Assessments: Daily discussion: Small-group and full-class discussion of texts. Weblog: Weekly prompt drawn from texts on class weblog. Students must respond to the prompt and to other students’ responses. Responses must include evidence drawn from the readings. Journal: Personal rhetoric journal. Students will respond to daily/weekly reading with entries dissecting the rhetorical merits of the work, with examples. Quizzes: Students are given a quiz on most readings. These check for understanding of meaning and strategies. Quiz: Vocabulary from readings Quiz: Grammar from daily warm-up exercises, syntax discussions and/or reading notations. Test: Multiple-choice questions regarding rhetorical devices and their usage within given passages; short essay comparing the world view in any of the supporting texts to the dystopian views revealed in 1984 and A Brave New World. Composition: Responding to a quotation. In “Shooting an Elephant,” George Orwell observes that “when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys,” and that this man “wears a mask, and his face grows to fit in.” Write an essay in which you support, refute or qualify the paradoxes that Orwell presents.
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