Class Agenda 5.6

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In-class writing exercise.

1.      In a follow-up to our class Monday, let’s practice writing the kinds of strategies we need to use for close-reading individually.

First, the basics:

-          find a manageable quote you believe supports a theme from the text you find interesting, and which bring forward new possible meanings for our study of riot culture, or the psychology of communities that might participate possibly in rioting (in this case, maybe the 1964 Harlem Riots or later riots of the 1960s). 

- place your manageable quote into an integrated sentence

-      tin a sentence, then write a paraphrase for this quote

Now, write at least three sentences that explain the significance of the quote using thse strategies

- 1) explain the significance of each major word or phrase from the quote, and, if possible, explain the relationship between the words (imagine the words are ideas)

- 2) connect the quote to another short passage in the text, and explain the meaning of the quote’s relationship to that passage

- 3) connect the quote to another passage in another class text, and state their  relationship

- 4) explain how the quote helps us understand the culture of rioting

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