Class Twenty-Two
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Unit Three: Pragmatic American Dreams
In-class journaling:
Reflect on your current draft of paper two for ten minutes, and then submit the draft
In-class Journal #2:
Part One: What are social issues? What does that phrase mean to you when it is used to describe things going on in society? (10-15 mins)
Part Two: What are the major or dominant social issues you are seeing in the readings so far? What do these issues tell us about the worlds of work and play? Use examples that relate to character, setting, plot and tone to shape your response, and be specific! (10-15 mins)
Homework
Pre-write: 1 page What is the American Dream?
Read: I Stand Here ironing by Tille Olsen 446-455
Post-reading writing: What can the point-of-view(s) in I Stand Here Ironing tell us about the American Dream as Olsen is presenting the concept?
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