Monday, May 5, 2014

Thursday, May 1st.

Class covered a variety of topics today.

First Mr. Zartler shared the remaining dates in Apricot Irving's residency:
April 29th: "Hunger"; May 6th "Feast"; May 8th short lesson led by Mr. Zartler to prep; May 13th: "Conferences"; May 15th "Revision"; May 20th "Practice Reading"; May 21st Public Reading at Broadway Books in the evening.

Mr. Zartler then gave a lesson on how to write and include a "section thesis" in a "section introduction" in the thesis. He reviewed how the quote patter: "Intro the quote; quote the quote; cite the quote; explain the quote" should be followed with paraphrased evidence as well as embedded quotes in the thesis.

Class reviewed block indenting.

Mr. Zartler provided handouts and discussion for writing effective introductions and conclusions.

Next Mr. Zartler introduced the Food in Film unit.
Films to be studied are: Eat Drink Man Woman directed by Ang Lee;Ramen Girl starring Brittany Murphy; and Jiro Dreams of Sushi a documentary about the greatest sushi chef Jiro.

The films all feature tension or conflict between apprentices and masters; tradition and innovation; and conflict between generations.

The class considered the tension between tradition and innovation in a short writing and group activity.

The class will begin studying Eat Drink Man Woman  on Monday.

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