BOOK ALERT! - In-class essay alert! (Thursday and Friday)

• UPDATE!: Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra due Monday March 12.
• In-class essay Thursday and Friday: bring The Glass Castle, NY Times article,  and the article you read in class (1, 2, or 3) - see links below.

In case you were absent this is what we did today in English 11 (please do this  - we got up to step 4) and be prepared to show it to me when you return Thursday):

1. Choose a prompt: 
   §Prompt A: “Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” Charles R. Swindoll
   §Prompt B: “Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” Robert Fulghum
   §Prompt C: “What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.” Virginia Satir
2. Paraphrase your prompt. Reword the prompt without changing the meaning or adding meaning or making inferences. 
3. Make a claim related to the prompt. Do not use personal pronouns (I, me, him, her, we, etc.) or the words "believe", "think", etc. The claim should be related to the prompt but not another paraphrase. Make sure you show a cause/effect relationship between ideas. A good way to do this is using the "If, Then" statement. The claim should be provable and logical.
4. Make a counterclaim related to the prompt. The counterclaim is an alternate viewpoint to the claim, and can be proven with evidence and logical analysis.
5. Gather evidence (you need 3 pieces in total from a minimum of 2 sources: The Glass Castle/NY Times Article: "How Jeannette Walls Spins Good Stories Out of Bad Memories" or your assigned informational article: "Childhood Trauma Can Cause Illness in Adulthood", "Can Our Childhood Really Predict Our Future" or "Why the Impact of Child Abuse Extends Well Into Adulthood".