Tuesday, February 14, 2017

W121 Synthesis Unit Materials

You will find the articles we will be reading (as well as any other materials we use in class) during our Synthesis Unit.

Torture at Abu Ghraib by Seymour M. Hersh

My President Was Black by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Problem With Obama's Faith in White America by Tressie McMillan Cottom (Response to Coates Excerpt)

In the Heart of Trump Country by Larissa MacFarquhar

Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds by Elizabeth Kolbert

PBS Frontline Immigration Battle Documentary

PBS Frontline Immigration Battle Documentary TRANSCRIPT

The Moral Instinct by Steven Pinker

9/11: The View from the Midwest by David Foster Wallace

American Limbo by Jeffrey Toobin

The End of Men by Hanna Rosin

Thresholds of Violence by Malcolm Gladwell

The Big Sort by Bill Bishop

Twilight of the Elites by Chris Hayes

Mr. Wu's Synthesis Essay Example

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Sample Student Synthesis Essay

Below, you can find a PowerPoint that includes all of the assignments that will be due at the end of month of February/ early March and April including instructions on how to accomplish those assignments. This PowerPoint will be updated with every new assignment.

February Reader Response and Writing Process Assignments

April Reader Response and Writing Process Assignments

Draft 1 Introduction Paragraph for Synthesis Essay PPT

Draft 2 Body Paragraph for Synthesis Essay PPT

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