Slides for Day 13 in CREM EWRT 1A

1. CREM EWRT 1A
Day 13

2. Agenda / Participation
 Quiz
 Parable wrap-up discussion
 Including small-group and in-class
writing.
 Proposals: in-class writing
 P4 assignment
 Brainstorming problems
 Participation for today:
 1 point for each contribution to
full group discussion (limit 3)
 2 points for participation in small
group Parable discussion
 3 points for completing and turning
in both pieces of in-class writing
 2 points for participation in
problem discussion

3. Quiz: Parable, Ch. 25
 1. Why do they think Bankole’s sister and her family are dead?
 2. What happens when Bankole goes to the police about his sister?
 3. In the last sentence of Lauren’s narrative, what does she say they name
their new community?

4. In small groups (3-4) prepare answers to
the following questions:
 1. Do you think Acorn will survive?
For how long? Why?
 2. Do you think Lauren's world will
get worse or will it get better? Has
the US "hit bottom"? Why or why
not?
 3. Is the ending hopeful? Is this a
happy ending? Why or why not?
 4. What do you think the next book
in the series would be about?

5. In-class writing
(You will turn this in for points.)
 Is Parable of the Sower a hopeful
book? Why or why not?
 In what ways does it cultivate hope?
How does it make you feel hopeful?
 In what ways does it diminish hope?
How does it make you feel lack of
hope?
 Feel free to refer to Solnit’s
definition of hope in your answer.
 Write at least half a page.
 “Hope is not like a lottery ticket you
can sit on the sofa and clutch,
feeling lucky. I say it because hope is
an ax you break down doors with in
an emergency; because hope should
shove you out the door, because it
will take everything you have to
steer the future away from endless
war, from the annihilation of the
earth’s treasures and the grinding
down of the poor and marginal. Hope
just means another world might be
possible, not promised, not
guaranteed. Hope calls for action;
action is impossible without hope.”
(Solnit 4)

6. In-class writing (part 2)
You will also turn this in.
 Choose one of the two scenarios
below:
 1. Think about your workplace. Think
about the things that don’t work
right or the processes that are
inefficient or useless. Think about
the organizational structure. Think
about the rules you are expected to
follow.
 2. Think about De Anza College. Think
about the things that don’t work
right or the processes that are
inefficient or useless. Think about
the organizational structure. Think
about the rules you are expected to
follow. Think about the barriers to
your success.
 NOW, choose ONE problem in either
your workplace or at De Anza that
you think you have a solution for.
 Write:
 A clear description of the problem
and explain why it is a problem
(paying special attention to why it is
a problem for someone other than
you).
 A possible solution to that problem
that describes:
1. Who would fix the problem.
2. Concrete steps they would take.
 An alternative solution to the
problem and why this solution isn’t as
good as yours.
 This is probably going to be three
paragraphs.

7. Proposals:
What are they? And why do people write them?
From SMG, p. 322.

8. Paper 4 Assignment

9. Problem Brainstorming
 PART 1
 Choose THREE ISSUES.
 Write a brief paragraph about each
of these issues. What are some
problems? Why are these problems?
What do you know about any of
these problems? Write everything
that you know or that seems
relevant.
 PART 2
 Choose ONE of the problems that
came up in Part 1.
 Now write a paragraph about this
problem. Describe everything you
already know about it. Explain why
it’s a problem.
When you’re finished with both parts, you will share your writing
in your small groups.

10. Homework/ Participation
 Homework for Wednesday:
 Read Hope in the Dark, pp. 83-95.
(There will be a quiz.)
 Post PART 1 of your problem
brainstorming (the three
paragraphs about issues) as
Discussion 19 on Canvas.
 Post PART 2 of your problem
brainstorming (the one paragraph
focusing on a problem) as
Discussion 20 on Canvas.
 Don’t forget your participation!
 Participation for today:
 1 point for each contribution to
full group discussion (limit 3)
 2 points for participation in small
group Parable discussion
 3 points for completing and turning
in both pieces of in-class writing
 2 points for participation in
problem discussion