HOMEWORK+Assignments

April 1-19, 2013

**Varsity Debaters (i.e., 7th/8th period Debate class)**

 * We will be read an article on critical pedagogies by Henry Giroux entitled "Public Pedagogy and the Politics of Resistance." You will begin keeping a journal in which you relate our readings on critical pedagogies to your experiences of being educated (by teachers, the media, peers, parents, etc.). We will use these entries to jumpstart our conversations in class about the arguments in our reading, your judgements of their veracity, and how these arguments could be used in theory debates.**


 * 1) **Monday, April 1: Socratic seminar over reading & journal entry #1.**
 * ** Due: **Read pages 1-5 & #1 journal entry
 * 1) ** Wednesday, April 3: Socratic seminar over reading & journal entry #2. **
 * ** Due: **Read remaining pages of the article & #2 journal entry
 * 1) **Friday, April 5: Socratic seminar over reading & Journal entry #2**
 * 2) **Tuesday, April 10 & Thursday, April 12: Corporate Council**
 * **Due:** Journal entry #3 (Tuesday) and Journal entry #4 (Thursday)
 * 1) **Monday, April 15: no homework**
 * 2) **Wednesday, April 17: Interpretation writing**
 * 3) **Friday, April 19:**
 * **Due: Journal entry #5, Cut 1 card to explain what a critical pedagogy is, and cut 2 card that justify the importance of a critical pedagogy.**

** Novice Debaters **

 * We will discuss a parts of John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hitman. Using the reading and our discussion, you will practice cutting cards and writing your own Disadvantage to be used on next year's topic. **
 * 1) **Tuesday, April 16, after school:**Socratic seminar over the reading. Card cutting & analysis writing exercise.
 * Due: Read the preface and prologue
 * 1) **Thursday, April 18, after school:**Socratic seminar over the reading. "Fortifying the arsenal" drill.
 * pages 196-202, 211-219.
 * 1) **Thursday, May 2, after school:** Extension and CX drills
 * Due: Read pages 3-19 and 131-140,

=**Rawls' Theory of Justice Essay-- Draft 1**=
 * Due: February 11, 2013**
 * Assigned: January 28, 2013**

4-5 page (double spaced) essay explaining Rawls' theory of justice. The essay must follow the guidelines and will be graded according to the rubric, which you can find here

Read Another Kind of Education by Patricia Collins & Identify a related article (send me an email with the title of your article, your article attached, and what you used from the reading to find this related article).
 * Due Date: 12/11/12**
 * Assigned Date: 12/3/12**
 * Chapter 3 is the assigned reading.
 * Chapter 4 is recommend and encouraged, but not required by Dec. 11

CX: Read "Species-Being & Human Nature" & identify a related article LD: Read AFF contention-level article & identify a related article
 * Due Date: 12/5/12**
 * Assigned Date: 12/3/12**

Read Section 4 of Chapter 1 (pg. 41-50) of __Representations: Cultural Representation and Signifying Practices__ Assignment: 1- Precis: main idea of the reading (3 sentences). Structure of the argument (3 paragraphs)
 * Due Date: 11/2/12**
 * Assigned Date: 10/25/12**


 * Assigned Date: 10/25/12**
 * Due Date: 10/31/12**

Read section 1 of Chapter 1 (pg. 15-30) of __Representations: Cultural Representation and Signifying Practices__ Assignment: 1- Precis: main idea of the reading (3 sentences). Structure of the argument (3 paragraphs)


 * Due Date: 10/29/12 (by the time you get to class)** changed from 10/25/12
 * Assigned Date: 10/23/12**

Read the introduction to __Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices.__ Assignment: 1- Precis: main idea of the reading (3 sentences). structure of the argument (3 paragraphs). 2- What is language? (1 paragraph) How is it produced/reproduced? (1 paragraph) Why is it important? (1 paragraph) 3- Write a complete argument **against** something in the reading

Bonus assignment (for those who want to dominate!): Read chapter 1, complete a precis, write a complete argument against something in the reading.

Link to __Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices__: []