British Lit!

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Welcome to

• British Lit!
• Task 1 Seat yourselves in alphabetical
  orderaccording to FIRST NAMESstarting at seat 1.

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Monday, August 4th

• What am I learning today?
• ELACC11-12RI5 Analyze and evaluate the
  effectiveness of the structure an author uses in
  his or her exposition or argument, including
  whether the structure makes points clear,
  convincing, and engaging.
• ELACC11-12L1 Demonstrate command of the
  conventions of standard English grammar and usage
  when writing or speaking.
• What am I going to do today?
• Syllabus Course Intro (Brit Lit Movie)
• Who's my teacher?
• Policies and procedures
• Student Info Sheets
• A Source of Inspiration https//www.youtube.com/w
  atch?vx78PnPd-V-Anoredirect1
• Autoethnography
• TRSS forms while you are writing
• How will I show I learned it?
• HW Compose an autoethnography Due Wednesday,
  8/6
• Syllabus Signature due Friday, 8/8
• BRING 12 to purchase vocabulary book

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Autoethnography

• Morphemes (word parts)
• Auto(prefix self)
• Ethno(root from a nation/society)
• Graphy(suffix "writing" or a "field of study)
• Ethnography a qualitative research method in
  which a researcher uses participant observation
  and interviews in order to gain a deeper
  understanding of a group's culture
• Autoethnography focuses on the writer's
  subjective experience rather than, or in
  interaction with, the beliefs and practices of
  others. As a form of self-reflective writing,
  autoethnography is widely used in performance
  studies, as a method in living educational
  research and English.

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Autoethnography
Due (handwritten OR typed) Wednesday, 4/6

• Introduction
• Identify your grade, age, and educational
  backgroundwhere were you raised? How many
  schools have you attended? What kind of academic
  assistance have you received at home?
• Body (can be as many paragraphs as you need)
• What are your study habits like?
• Do you need a particular environment to study? To
  read? To write?
• What types of writing and reading do you prefer?
  Why?
• What academic subjects do you prefer? Which do
  you hate? Why?
• Conclusion
• What do all of these things say about who you are
  as a student of Harrison High School? As a US
  citizen? As a person in the real world?
• Advice (Start with the micro and extend to the
  macro)

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Due Dates

• Wednesday 8/6 autoethnography
• Friday, 8/8 Syllabus Signature
• ASAP (but Friday at the latest) BRING 12 to
  purchase vocabulary book

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Partner Share

• Choose one item in your possession today that
  helps to define who you are.
• Describe the item and its importance to your
  classmate.
• Be ready to introduce your classmate (and briefly
  explain the importance of his/her object).
• ONLY TWO PEOPLE PER GROUP.