Comp/Lit 9: 11/22/2010

Which Way Home Movie

• Periods 5 & 7, finished the "30 Days: Immigration" first then,
• The students quickly got their homework together, then we started the HBO Documentary Which Way Home.
• We watched the video until the end of the period.
• Before the students left, they turned in their Interactive Notebooks.
• Homework:  Study Vocabulary & Spelling #11-12, Study Prepositions, complete VFA #13-14, complete the Personal Reflection Essay (pages 9-10 in the Introduction to The Tortilla Curtain Packet). The Personal Reflection Essay Reminders.
• Write a well-developed (minimum) one-page paper in response to the following questions: 
• What did you learn about this topic? 
• How has your view of the topic changed, if at all? 
• What is the film's thesis? What interviews, statistics, and images do you remember best or find the most significant? 
• What parts of the film's argument do you agree with? 
• What parts do you disagree with? 
• What part of the argument was most effective/least? Why?
• Be sure that you have a clear thesis (discuss the change that has taken place), and solid support for your opinions and change.
• Your paper will be penalized one letter grade if it does not meet the following criteria: Your paper is not one page in length while implementing 12 pt Times New Roman font, double-spaced, and 1” margins.