US: American Environmental Literature Huss

Spring Term Homework

2016 SPRING TERM HOMEWORK

AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE

WINTER TERM

MAJOR ASSESSMENTS:

1 Found Poem on Thoreau and Emerson

2 Canyonlands Poster on Desert Solitaire

3 Salmon Recovery Persuasive Editorial

4 Wolf Reintroduction Slide Narrative Editorial

5 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Oil, and National Security

Oral Presentation

Minor Assessments:

-Graded Class Discussions

-Reading Quizzes

Term Average:

Papers: 50%

Class Discussion / Debates: 20%

Quizzes / Tests 20%

Homework / Google Doc Journal: 10%

Honors: (two options)

1. Research an environmental issue on your own and write a persuasive editorial with counter argument, concede, and converse rhetorical moves and send it into a paper of your choice. You must use four passages from four texts in this course.

Possible topics:

-Keystone Pipeline Proposal,

- Grazing on Public Lands: www.freestone.com/westernwatershed/

-Global Climate change Agreement (Paris).

-Copper River Mine Proposal (Alaska).

2. Complete the following chapters in the Community School English Test Prep Guide:

-One AP Literature and Composition Test (Due April 8)

-One AP Language and Composition Test (Due April 25)

UPPER SCHOOL WINTER TERM SCHEDULE

MARCH 28-APRIL 1

WEEK TWO: B - F

Tues:

Read Ralph Emerson’s “Nature” on the course site.

By the end of class, have notes that reflect how nature serves the purpose of commodity, beauty, language / thought, spirit.

Please purchase ALL of the following books:

The Portable Thoreau, Henry Thoreau, ISBN-13: 978-0143106500

Encounters with the Archdruid, John McPhee, ISBN-13: 978-0374514310

Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat 0-316-88179-1

The Practice of the Wild ISBN 10: 1 59376 016 7

Wed:

In The Portable Thoreau, read “Where I Lived” and “Solitude”

Please purchase ALL of the following books:

The Portable Thoreau, Henry Thoreau, ISBN-13: 978-0143106500

Encounters with the Archdruid, John McPhee, ISBN-13: 978-0374514310

Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat 0-316-88179-1

The Practice of the Wild ISBN 10: 1 59376 016 7

Thur:

In The Portable Thoreau, read “Sounds” and “Spring”

QUIZ GRADE: Please purchase ALL of the following books:

The Portable Thoreau, Henry Thoreau, ISBN-13: 978-0143106500

Encounters with the Archdruid, John McPhee, ISBN-13: 978-0374514310

Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat 0-316-88179-1

The Practice of the Wild ISBN 10: 1 59376 016 7

THREE: G - D

MON:

In The Portable Thoreau, read “Conclusion”.

Complete four outline body paragraphs (four passages with four difference concepts) for the Emerson-Thoreau Found Poem outline.

TUES:

Read Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire:

Author's Introduction

The First Morning

Solitaire

The Serpents of Paradise

THUR:

Read Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire: “Down the River”

FRI:

HONORS: AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION TEST DUE

Emerson-Thoreau Found Poem Paper Due! “Your Name Found Poem Paper”

On your Canyonlands Trip, finish and keep a journal in which you respond to key passages from Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire in the following chapters:

Cliffrose and Bayonets

Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks

Water

The Heat of Noon: Rock, Tree and Cloud

"The Dead Man at Grandview Point"

"Tukuhnikvats: The Island in the Desert"

"Episodes and Visions"

"Terra Incognita: Into the Maze"

"Bedrock and Paradox"

SPRING TRIPS

FOUR: C - G

MON:

Read in class John Muir’s “Hetch Hetchy Valley” and Gifford Pinchot’s “The Fight for Conservation.” (handouts)

-Watch film “Battle for Wilderness” and “Patagonia Rising” on course site.

-WORK ON CANYONLANDS POSTER ON DESERT SOLITAIRE

TUES:

Write a compare and contrast paragraph that connects the Hetch Hetchy Dam to the Patagonia Dams Issue.

FIRST PARAGRAPH:

-What was the issue in damming Hetch Hethcy Valley? Result?

-What land policy was involved?

-How was John Muir in battle with Gifford Pinchot over environmental policy?

-How did Muir lose the battle but win the war?

SECOND PARAGRAPH:

--What was the issue in damming the Rios Baker and Pascua? Result?

--What land policy was involved?

-How did the preservationists win the battle in Patagonia?

-What are the similarities and differences between the loss of Hetch Hetchy Valley and the Preservation of Patagonia?

-WORK ON CANYONLANDS POSTER ON DESERT SOLITAIRE

WED: Read pages 151-191 in John McPhee’s Encounters with the Archdruid

-Watch part of the film Cadillac Desert in class. See course site for video links.

-WORK ON CANYONLANDS POSTER ON DESERT SOLITAIRE

FRI: Read John McPhee’s Encounters with the Archdruid (191-The End.) Come to class ready to discuss.

-Watch part of the film Cadillac Desert in class. See course site for video links.

CANYONLANDS POSTER ON DESERT SOLITAIRE DUE!

FIVE: A - E

MON: HONORS: AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION TEST DUE

Review the course site link “Salmon Recovery Project”:

Review the course site link “Lower Snake River Dams Research”: https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/lower-snake-river-dams-resources

Read PRO DAM REMOVAL: SOURCES # 1-7 (Phil will assign roles and sources for students to read and report to class with a summary).

We will watch the film on Salmon Recovery: RUNNING THE GAUNTLENT in class.

WORK ON PERSUASIVE EDITORIAL ON SALMON RECOVERY (DUE FRI)

WED: Assign roles for the Salmon Recovery Debate: see course site link:

https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/lower-snake-river-dams-resources/snake-river-dam-debate

Read ANTI- DAM REMOVAL: SOURCES 1-9 (Phil will assign roles and sources for students to read and report to class with a summary).

WORK ON PERSUASIVE EDITORIAL ON SALMON RECOVERY (DUE FRI): HALF OF OUTLINE DUE

THUR: DEBATE ON “Salmon Recovery Project”:

Prepare your role and be in character.

See roles on course site.

Remember: You need one quotes from Encounters with the Archdruid

-one quote from Ed Abbey’s Desert Solitaire and

- two facts / quotes from the "Lower Snake Dam Research" page.

I take notes on each statement and rebuttal / statement. One side will make a statement for five minutes, and then one from the other side gets to have a rebuttal and then launch into his / her statement and so forth down the line. Phil keeps score.

It is a great idea to take notes on all of the statements and rebuttals, so when it comes time to write your persuasive editorial on dams and salmon recovery, you can address the counter view in detail and concede!

FRI: PERSUASIVE EDITORIAL ON SALMON RECOVERY DUE: “Your Name Salmon Recovery Paper” (maximum 5 pages double spaced) Include a Works Cite Page (see the Writing Guide for help with this).

SIX: F - C

TUES: Bring Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 3-50. The extra pages of reading account for the ease with which this book reads.

Review the Wolf Depredation Act:

https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/idaho-wolf-management-resources

WED: Read Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 51-98

(Read / Watch through Source #6 on the Idaho Wolf Depredation Act on the course site). Phil will assign students to summarize specific sources.

https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/idaho-wolf-management-resources

FRI: Read Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 99-148.

SEVEN: D - A

MON: Read Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 148-198.

Read through Source #10 on the Wolf Research Page on the course site. Phil will assign students to summarize specific sources.

TUES: Read Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf (199- The End).

Finish watching / reading all of the "Sources" on the Wolf Management Research Page.

Persuasive VIDEO Documentary on Wolf Depredation in Idaho is due Friday in www.movenote.com E-mail me both the narrated slides and send me a copy of your "editorial script."

Also, send the VIDEO Documentary to Governor Otter Governor@gov.idaho.gov

Yes, I am serious.

THUR: Half of outline for Persuasive Editorial on Wolf Depredation due. (See outline Guide on course site). Phil will grade and assist you in your outlines).

FRI: Persuasive VIDEO Documentary on Wolf Depredation in Idaho is due. (We will watch a few in class).

BRING GARY SNYDER’S THE PRACTICE OF THE WILD TO CLASS

Read “The Etiquette of Freedom"

EIGHT: B - F

TUES: Read in the Practice of the Wild: "Place Regions and Commons" and “Tawny Grammar"

In class we will read the Boulder White Clouds Research page and apply Snyder's concepts to the wilderness proposal you favor most.

Research the Boulder White Cloud land policy debates: Boulder White Cloud Wilderness and Northern Rocky Mountain Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), on the course site. Be ready to debate you most favored proposal.

WED: Review the Arctic National Wildlife Wilderness Proposal: review sources #1-5. Phil will assign you to summarize specific sources.

https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge

THUR: Read in the Practice of the Wild: “Blue Mountains Constantly Walking"

Review the Arctic National Wildlife Wilderness Proposal:

https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge

NINE: G - D

MON: Read in the Practice of the Wild: “Good, Wild, Sacred”

---Work on Oral Presentation on ANWR Wilderness Proposal

TUES: Read in the Practice of the Wild: “Survival and Sacrement”

---Work on Oral Presentation on ANWR Wilderness Proposal

THUR: Oral Presentations on ANWR Wilderness Proposal

FRI: Oral Presentations on ANWR Wilderness Proposal

FINAL EXAMS

JANUARY 4-8: D TO A

DUE MON: We will watch an excerpt from the film on Salmon Recovery: RUNNING THE GAUNTLENT.

Review the course site link “Lower Snake River Dams Research”: https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/lower-snake-river-dams-resources

Read in class John Muir’s “Hetch Hetchy Valley” and Gifford Pinchot’s “The Fight for Conservation.” (handouts)

-Watch film “Battle for Wilderness” on course site.

-----Work on Writing Guide Page in class.

----Revise Found Poem Paper

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DUE WED: Printed Writing Guide Page due in class.

Finish John Muir’s “Hetch Hetchy Valley” and Gifford Pinchot’s “The Fight for Conservation.” (handouts)

Read “A Land Ethic” (Aldo Leopold)- handout.

Watch some of Patagonia Rising in class.

----Revise Found Poem Paper (last day to conference is Friday)

----Please purchase ALL of the following books at Iconoclast:

Desert Solitaire, Ed Abbey, ISBN-13: 978-0671695880

Encounters with the Archdruid, John McPhee, ISBN-13: 978-0374514310

Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat 0-316-88179-1

DUE THUR: Read Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire:

Author's Introduction

The First Morning

Solitaire

The Serpents of Paradise

----Revise Found Poem Paper (last day to conference is Friday)

DUE FRI: : Write a compare and contrast paragraph that connects the Hetch Hetchy Dam to the Patagonia Dams Issue.

-What was the issue in damming Hetch Hethcy Valley? Result?

-What land policy was involved?

-How did Muir lose the battle but win the war?

--What was the issue in damming the Rios Baker and Pascua? Result?

--What land policy was involved?

-How did the preservationists win the battle in Patagonia?

-What are the similarities and differences between the loss of Hetch Hetchy Valley and the Preservation of Patagonia?

-------------Read Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire: "Down the River"

----Last day for conference on Found Poem Paper Revision.

WEEK TWO 11-15: B TO F

DUE MON: Read Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire:

Cliffrose and Bayonets

Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks

Water

The Heat of Noon: Rock, Tree and Cloud

DUE TUES: Read Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire:

"The Dead Man at Grandview Point"

"Tukuhnikvats: The Island in the Desert"

"Episodes and Visions"

"Terra Incognita: Into the Maze"

"Bedrock and Paradox"

DUE WED: Read pages 151-191 in John McPhee’s Encounters with the Archdruid

-Watch part of the film Cadillac Desert in class. See course site for video links.

DUE FRI: Read John McPhee’s Encounters with the Archdruid (191-The End.) Come to class ready to discuss.

-Watch part of the film Cadillac Desert in class. See course site for video links.

WEEK THREE 19-22 TUES-FRI: G TO C

DUE TUES: Review the course site link “Salmon Recovery Project”:

Read PRO DAM REMOVAL: SOURCES 1-7

We will watch the film on Salmon Recovery: RUNNING THE GAUNTLENT.

------Prepare Teacher Student Parent Portfolio: (on a Google Doc you send to me via e-mail)

(whether you are attending the conference or not)

1) Excerpt from your Found Poem paper (should demonstrate a writing skill you have developed or improved or are proud you have accomplished)

2) Excerpt from your Found Poem Paper (should demonstrate your comprehension of an environmental concept. More than one cpncept and analysis excerpt is encouraged)

3) Questions about what you are learning or what you hope to learn in the course

4) Plan for Improvement in the course (most students focus on what they hope to improve in their writing, but you can develop a plan for improving reading, writing process: outlines, or class discussions, concept comprehension, etc.)

We will also prepare our roles for the salmon recovery debate.

DUE WED: Assign roles for the Salmon Recovery Debate: see course site link:

https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/lower-snake-river-dams-resources/snake-river-dam-debate

Read ANTI- DAM REMOVAL: SOURCES 1-9

*****Watch film Damnation in class and finish at 6:00pm in Phil's class.

------Prepare Teacher Student Parent Portfolio: (on a Google Doc you send to me via e-mail)

(whether you are attending the conference or not)

1) Excerpt from your Found Poem paper (should demonstrate a writing skill you have developed or improved or are proud you have accomplished)

2) Excerpt from your Found Poem Paper (should demonstrate your comprehension of an environmental concept. More than one cpncept and analysis excerpt is encouraged)

3) Questions about what you are learning or what you hope to learn in the course

DUE FRI: DEBATE ON “Salmon Recovery Project”:

Prepare your role and be in character.

See roles on course site.

Remember: You need one quotes from Encounters with the Archdruid

-one quote from Ed Abbey’s Desert Solitaire and

- two facts / quotes from the "Lower Snake Dam Research" page.

WEEK FOUR 25-29: D TO A

MON AND TUES: PARENT TEACHER STUDENT CONFERENCES

DUE WED: Complete half a persuasive outline for editorial on Salmon Recovery by the end of class.

Read and follow the outline guide: https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/lower-snake-river-dams-resources/editorial-persuasive-outline-guide

Title it "Your Name Salmon Recovery Paper"

DUE THUR: Outline on Salmon Recovery Due for a process grade: to have A--D complete in the outline .

Title it "Your Name Salmon Recovery Paper"

DUE FRI: Salmon Recovery Persuasive Paper due:

Title it "Your Name Salmon Recovery Paper"

WEEK FIVE FEB 1-5: B TO F

DUE TUES: Bring Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 3-50. The extra pages of reading account for the ease with which this book reads.

Review the Wolf Depridation Act:

https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/idaho-wolf-management-resources

DUE WED: Bring Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 51-98

(Read / Watch through Source #4 on the Idaho Wolf Depridation Act on the course site).

https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/idaho-wolf-management-resources

DUE FRI: Bring Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 99-148.

WEEK SIX 8-12 : G TO D

DUE MON: Read Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf to class and read 148-198.

Read through Source #10 on the Wolf Research Page on the course site.

DUE TUES: Read Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf (199- The End).

Finish watching / reading all of the "Sources" on the Wolf Management Research Page.

Persuasive VIDEO Documentary is due Monday in present.me. E-mail me both the narrated slides and send me a copy of your "editorial script."

Also, send the VIDEO Documentary to Governor Otter Governor@gov.idaho.gov

Yes, I am serious.

DUE THUR: Read Barry Lopez Of Wolves and Men Chapters 4-5 (handout).

Persuasive VIDEO Documentary is due next Wednesday in present.me. E-mail me both the narrated slides and send me a copy of your "editorial script."

Also, send the VIDEO Documentary to Governor Otter Governor@gov.idaho.gov

DUE FRI: Read Barry Lopez Of Wolves and Men Chapters 7-8 (handout).

Persuasive VIDEO Documentary is due next Wednesday in present.me. E-mail me both the narrated slides and send me a copy of your "editorial script."

Also, send the VIDEO Documentary to Governor Otter Governor@gov.idaho.gov

WEEK SEVEN TUES 16-19: E TO A

DUE WED: Persuasive VIDEO Documentary is due in present.me. E-mail me both the narrated slides and send me a copy of your "editorial script."

Also, send the VIDEO Documentary to Governor Otter Governor@gov.idaho.gov

DUE THUR: BRING GARY SNYDER’S THE PRACTICE OF THE WILD TO CLASS

Read “The Etiquette of Freedom"

In class we will read the Boulder White Clouds Research page and apply Snyder's concepts to the wilderness proposal you favor most.

Research the Boulder White Cloud land policy debates: Boulder WhiteCloud Wilderness and Norhtern Rocky Mountain Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), on the course site. Be ready to debate you most favored proposal.

DUE FRI: Read in the Practice of the Wild: "Place Regions and Commons" and “Tawny Grammar"

Review the Arctic National Wildlife Wilderness Proposal:

https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge

WEEK EIGHT: 22 TO 26 : B TO F

DUE TUES: Review the Arctic National Wildlife Wilderness Proposal:

https://sites.google.com/a/communityschool.org/us-american-environmental-literature-huss/environmental-lit-final-paper/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge

---- Read in the Practice of the Wild: “Blue Mountains Constantly Walking"

DUE WED: Read in the Practice of the Wild: “Good, Wild, Sacred”

---Work on Oral Presentation on ANWR Wilderness Proposal

DUE FRI: Read in the Practice of the Wild: “Survival and Sacrement”

---Work on Oral Presentation on ANWR Wilderness Proposal

WEEK NINE 29- MARCH 4: G TO D

DUE MON: Three students present on ANWR Wilderness Proposal

DUE TUES: Three students present on ANWR Wilderness Proposal

END OF SPRING TERM

MARCH 31 - APRIL 4 (WEEK 2)

Due Mon: Review Ralph Emerson's "Nature" (1836) annotated link. Add the Emerson's "Nature" Key concepts link to your Google doc Journal titled "Your Name American Environmental Lit Journal." We will define these concepts in class.

Remember to bring all of the texts for the course for a homework grade.

Due Tues: Read "Where I Lived, What I lived For" in The Portable Thoreau. Add the Thoreau Concept Sheet to your Google doc Journal. We will fill out these concepts in each class this week.

Due Wed: Read "Sounds" and "Solitude" in The Portable Thoreau.

Due Thur: Read "Spring" and Conclusion in The Portable Thoreau. Complete the Thoreau Concept Sheet in your Google doc Journal for a grade. Create a "found poem" for either Emerson or Thoreau over the weekend. Place the found poem in your Google Doc before class on Monday so we can project them onto the screen and develop how to analyze it for key Emersonian and Thoreauvian concepts.

Due Fri: Review and start found poem assignment. Read Ed Abbey's Desert Solitaire: Author’s Introduction and 1-24.

APRIL 7 - APRIL 11 (WEEK 1)

Due Mon: Read Ed Abbey's Desert Solitaire: 45-75 in Ed Abbey's Desert Solitaire.

Due Tues: Read Ed Abbey's Desert Solitaire: 75-92 in Ed Abbey's Desert Solitaire.

Due Wed: FOUND POEM AND ANALYSIS DUE before class. Poems and analyses will be projected in class. We will continue to discuss Ed

Abbey's Desert Solitaire.

Due Thur: Read Ed Abbey's Desert Solitaire: 129-160. Bring your Desert Solitaire on the Junior Solo Trip and finish at least 161-220 and 245-303. Also, bring a journal to the junior solo to record your observations of and thoughts about the desert landscape and your reactions to Desert Solitaire passages.

Due Fri: drop class

APRIL 14 - APRIL 18 TRIP WEEK

APRIL 21 - APRIL 25 (WEEK 2)

Due Mon: Bring your Junior solo Journal and your annotated Desert Solitaire to class. We will work in class on your Desert Project. Also, bring Encounters with the Archrdruid to class.

Due Tues: Read first half of "The River" section (at the end of the book) in Encounters with the Archrdruid.

Due Wed: Finish "The River" section (at the end of the book) in Encounters with the Archrdruid.

Due Thur: We will watch excerpts of "Cadillac Desert" in class. Film night: Patagonia Rising.

Due Fri: Freewrite and outline your persuasive letter to the Chliean President about the dam proposals in Patagonia.

APRIL 28 - MAY 2 (WEEK 1)

Due Mon: Persuasive letter to the Chliean President about the dam proposals in Patagonia.

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MAY 5 - MAY 9 (WEEK 2)

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MAY 12 - MAY 16 (WEEK 1)

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MAY 19 - MAY 23 (WEEK 2)

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MAY 26 - MAY 30 FINAL EXAM WEEK

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