Unit 2: Moving Forward
We are all part of a larger world community. As such, we need to reflect on the elements within our world – self, family, and community as well as the natural and constructed worlds, and our influence on these and on future generations. By exploring various perspectives and our relationships with nature and constructed environments, we can examine our roles (worshipper, exploiter, master, steward, student, etc.). Through deeper understanding of ourselves, our constructed worlds, and nature, we can become agents of change who build a better world for today and for tomorrow.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Blog #7: What do you want to be when you grow up? Not just in terms of jobs, but who you want to be as a person. What will you do in your spare time? Will you have a family? Think about all the questions you have about your future.
Introduction to Unit
Lesson 1: "Love is a Fallacy"
Lesson 1: Activities
Lesson 1: Satire
Lesson 2: "The Veldt"
Lesson 2: Activities
Lesson 3: "To Everything There is a Season"
Lesson 5: "Poems on Parenting"
Lesson 4: "Where Have All the Parents Gone?"
Blog #8-- Reading and Responding
It is time for reading, responding, and reflecting. Have there ever been a time you thought, what if I grew up with different parents, lifestyle, etc.? How would it have changed my life? I want you to consider the following essays below. The first essay is a serious argumentative essay whilst the second essay is a satire on the relationship between teenagers and parents. Read "Where Have All the Parents Gone" (pdf text to the left) and "The Grown Up Problem" in Prose for Discussion. Answer the following questions and publish on your blog.
"Where Have All the Parents Gone?" by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
- What is the "kids as capital" argument (paragraphs 2-6) and what is Dafoe Whitehead's initial response to this argument (paragraphs 7-14)?
- What is Dafoe Whitehead arguing in this essay? What is the main cause/ effect relationship on which this argument is based on?
- Paraphrase and elaborate on paragraph 9. What is Dafoe Whitehead's point in this paragraph? Do you agree with her?
- What are the stages in the shift from the rosy view of parenthood in the 1950s to the dark view of parenthood now? What has happened at each stage to further harm the image of parents?
- How is this reading, published in 1990, related to parenting today? Have we continued a dark view of parenthood?
"The Grown-Up Problem" by Art Buckwald
6. What is the narrator trying to say about teenagers? Parents? What is the satirical joke here?
Reflecting
7. Choose three to four different quotes throughout the texts. Write these quotes in your blog (practice in-text citations!) and respond to these ideas, concepts, or themes. This means you will have to explain why you chose the quote, what it means, and speak more about the topic.
Personal Commentary Essay
Personal Commentary Essay Rubric
Final Exam Review
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