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The American Dream by Jim Cullen

The American Dream by Jim Cullen. STAARS-TEAR Journal Assignments and Socratic Seminar Assessment AP Language Ms. Milton. Assignment 1 Due Date: August 29, 2019.

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The American Dream by Jim Cullen

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  1. The American DreambyJim Cullen STAARS-TEAR Journal Assignments and Socratic Seminar Assessment AP Language Ms. Milton

  2. Assignment 1Due Date: August 29, 2019 • From Jim Cullen’s The American Dream, read “Introduction: A Dream Country” to the end of “Chapter 1: Dream of the Good Life.” • Create a STAARS-TEAR Journal in which you select 3 to 5 meaningful passages that adequately draw from the beginning, middle, and end of each section assigned for this week. • For each passage chosen, complete a STAARS analysis on it. Use the rhetorical strategies from the sheet to help you complete your analysis on each passage. • Using the information you gleaned from the STAARS analysis, create a TEAR paragraph. Follow the instructions in the acronym to help you write your TEAR paragraph. Refer to the example on the handout to help you. • Your STAARS-TEAR Journals will be graded according to the specified rubric already given to you. • Worth: 100 points

  3. Assignment 2Due Date: September 5, 2019 • From Jim Cullen’s The American Dream, read “Chapter 2: Dream Charter.” • Create a STAARS-TEAR Journal in which you select 3 to 5 meaningful passages that adequately draw from the beginning, middle, and end of each section assigned for this week. • For each passage chosen, complete a STAARS analysis on it. Use the rhetorical strategies from the sheet to help you complete your analysis on each passage. • Using the information you gleaned from the STAARS analysis, create a TEAR paragraph. Follow the instructions in the acronym to help you write your TEAR paragraph. Refer to the example on the handout to help you. • Your STAARS-TEAR Journals will be graded according to the specified rubric already given to you. • Worth: 100 points

  4. Assignment 3Due Date: September 12, 2019 • From Jim Cullen’s The American Dream, read “Chapter 3: Upward Mobility.” • Create a STAARS-TEAR Journal in which you select 3 to 5 meaningful passages that adequately draw from the beginning, middle, and end of each section assigned for this week. • For each passage chosen, complete a STAARS analysis on it. Use the rhetorical strategies from the sheet to help you complete your analysis on each passage. • Using the information you gleaned from the STAARS analysis, create a TEAR paragraph. Follow the instructions in the acronym to help you write your TEAR paragraph. Refer to the example on the handout to help you. • Your STAARS-TEAR Journals will be graded according to the specified rubric already given to you. • Worth: 100 points

  5. Assignment 4Due Date: September 19, 2019 • From Jim Cullen’s The American Dream, read “Chapter 4: King of America.” • Create a STAARS-TEAR Journal in which you select 3 to 5 meaningful passages that adequately draw from the beginning, middle, and end of each section assigned for this week. • For each passage chosen, complete a STAARS analysis on it. Use the rhetorical strategies from the sheet to help you complete your analysis on each passage. • Using the information you gleaned from the STAARS analysis, create a TEAR paragraph. Follow the instructions in the acronym to help you write your TEAR paragraph. Refer to the example on the handout to help you. • Your STAARS-TEAR Journals will be graded according to the specified rubric already given to you. • Worth: 100 points

  6. Assignment 5Due Date: September 26, 2019 • From Jim Cullen’s The American Dream, read “Chapter 5: Detached Houses.” • Create a STAARS-TEAR Journal in which you select 3 to 5 meaningful passages that adequately draw from the beginning, middle, and end of each section assigned for this week. • For each passage chosen, complete a STAARS analysis on it. Use the rhetorical strategies from the sheet to help you complete your analysis on each passage. • Using the information you gleaned from the STAARS analysis, create a TEAR paragraph. Follow the instructions in the acronym to help you write your TEAR paragraph. Refer to the example on the handout to help you. • Your STAARS-TEAR Journals will be graded according to the specified rubric already given to you. • Worth: 100 points

  7. Assignment 6Due Date: October 3, 2019 • From Jim Cullen’s The American Dream, read “Chapter 6” and the “Conclusion: Extending the Dream.” • Create a STAARS-TEAR Journal in which you select 3 to 5 meaningful passages that adequately draw from the beginning, middle, and end of each section assigned for this week. • For each passage chosen, complete a STAARS analysis on it. Use the rhetorical strategies from the sheet to help you complete your analysis on each passage. • Using the information you gleaned from the STAARS analysis, create a TEAR paragraph. Follow the instructions in the acronym to help you write your TEAR paragraph. Refer to the example on the handout to help you. • Your STAARS-TEAR Journals will be graded according to the specified rubric already given to you. • Worth: 100 points

  8. TAD Weekly Highlights Discussion • Get into groups of three or four. • Look through the past week’s reading assignment in your copy of The American Dream. • Review Cullen’s quotes/quotations, anecdotes, and use of rhetorical devices in which you took note and responded. • Choose one of Cullen’s quotes/quotations, anecdotes, or examples of a rhetorical device from last week’s reading assignment and share it with your partner or group members. • This should take five minutes. • At the end of the five minutes, choose which classmate will share his or her highlights with the rest of the class.

  9. Assessment Due Date: October 10, 2019 • Look through your dialectical journals from the past six weeks. • Create five questions that you would like to discuss during the Socratic Seminar that will be held on Friday, October 10, 2019. • Bring evidence (quotes, quotations, examples, anecdotes) from Cullen’s The American Dream as a springboard for each of your questions. • TOPIC: Is Cullen’s analysis correct: The American Dream is open to interpretation and is therefore not the original dream of the Founding Fathers? • This Socratic Seminar will count as a test grade. • Worth: 200 points

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