Day 82: 10 May 2012

1. Discussed the structure of Berry's Argument

Paragraphs 1&2

• Frames his argument with Blomfield's love of the work of farming and the people who do it
• Premise: You can't be good at something that you don't love.
• Statement: the love of farming is an economic necessity.

Paragraphs 3-5

• Japan's recognition and attempt: the young didn't make the transition successfully.
• Shifts focus to the US
• Presents 3 obstacles to the solution: 1) politicians and economists are blind to the problem 2)the young people are "over-educated, ignorant" and "white of collar and soft of hands." 3)we want food without effort

Paragraphs 6-7 (extended metaphor)

• Faust is us.
• Mephistophiles is the policy makers and politicians
• The witch is industrial food

Final 2 paragraphs: Explanation of the metaphor and possible solution

• discussion of the cost of the agri-business solution
• Conclusion: "We have ahead of us a lot of hard work that we are not going to be able to do with clean hands. We had better try to love it." Brings together elements of the whole work in to one sentence.

2. Discussed some of the possible ways to understand/respond to his argument. 

3. Complete the following sheet:

https://docs.google.com/a/oconeeschools.org/file/d/0B_CqpmMQoSLBT0V4QXQwM1hHZ0E/edit

Day 81: 09 May 2012

1. Discussion of Berry's primary points.
2. Discussion of how thesis and antithesis lead to synthesis (solution rather than compromise)
3. Journal responding to Berry's idea that we need to motivate more young people to farming and away from college.
4. Workshopping the new essays.

Day 80: 08 May 2012

1. Introduced Wendell Berry
2. Read "The Love of Farming"
Process

• Break his argument into sections
• Figure out what each section does--how it shows his personality and goals
• Find detailed support for #2

3. Wrote a paragraph in response

https://docs.google.com/a/oconeeschools.org/file/d/0B_CqpmMQoSLBdjR6ZHBNSU1vbHc/edit

Day 79: 07 May 2012

1. Course Evaluations
1.5 sentence patterns
2. Discussed schedule for the remaining 2 weeks.
3. Workshopped topics and outlines for the final paper (due at the end of class 5/14)

Days 77-78: 3-4 May 2012

Prewriting and Writing Days

Day 76: 02 May 2012

1. Prepped the Eulogies

• discussion of the manner of death for all the major characters.
• talked about how Cassius acts as his own prophet when he is comparing Caesar to a Colossus
• Brutus and Cassius both end up dying dishonorable deaths.

2. Listened to the scenes

3. Discussed the important plot points for each of the major characters for a characterization essay.

4. Produced 2 possible thesis for review.

Day 75: 30 April 2012

1. Prep guide for the parley.
2. Listened to the Parley (V, i)
3. Essay preparation beginning  the summation.

https://docs.google.com/a/oconeeschools.org/document/d/1flJe5bufbBn-QLjNDppvzOzac0y7d7seoCVjqRLbtHA/edit