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In regards to the object I would bring to college with me, I have chosen the cork bulletin board that hangs on the wall above my bed. This object may seem to be just a bunch of simple words and pieces of paper to the casual observer, but due to a large number of years during which the bulletin board has been collecting scraps and mementos of my life, it has become a meaningful repository of memories that I treasure. There are a pictures, concert tickets, and even immature love letters, all of which are like a puzzle that together forms the pieces of my life. Knowing its with me, college will be easier to take and I won’t feel homesick, but instead I will look forward to the new tacks, nametags and bumper-stickers I can fill it with depending on my future.

Revisiting organization: Re-examining vision: topic, approach, voice, point of view, direction Revisiting organization: structure, order, argument Editing for style: reconsidering syntax, imagery, clarity Proofreading: grammar Peer reading Model Separated Conference Simulated Question Integrated

It was the playbill that won the first tack in the cork board; “The Phantom of the Opera” inspired me not only to seek out the ones refused compassion from the world, but also to learn the ways of the theatre, to desire to create the next Don Juan who would bring the ghosts of people’s hearts up from the basements to the center stage. Then, rolling across the board, a time-stream of pictures: friends, family, boys, better times. The one my eyes always find amidst the multitude is of a young girl and a handsome boy, his arms wrapped around her with a smile and glowing face, the same tack pinning down a ticket to a concert, a first date, a first kiss.

The simple words, the simple pieces of paper, the simple incidents that make a person; how can someone put into words the colorfulness of the mind and soul without showing the cork board, filled with not only thousands of tacks, but empty holes, from papers taken out and never replaced? Try reading between the lines of immature love letters, asking what happened at the birthday parties, concerts and movies after reading the invitations and tickets, studying the expressions of faces in the dozens of pictures, attending the various conventions commemorated by nametags, laughing at all the cheap bumper-stickers with mind-provoking sayings, or crying on the drawings from appreciative camp children. Here before me, staring me in the face at every break and eve, is all the inspiration I need to fit together the puzzle of my life: just a smaller piece of the puzzle I will find myself connected to when my new cork-board is being filled on the first day of college.

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College essay = argument? Why are you a good fit for this summer class? What will you add to it? How has failure made you a better person? Some people say experience is a better teacher than books. Others disagree. What is your position?

Does an individual have the right to violate an unjust law Does an individual have the right to violate an unjust law? If so, under what circumstances? Write an essay in which you argue that individuals do or do not have this right. Use examples from history or from your reading to support your argument.

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Does an individual have the right to violate an unjust law Does an individual have the right to violate an unjust law? If so, under what circumstances? Write an essay in which you argue that individuals do or do not have this right. Use examples from history or from your reading to support your argument.

"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.“ --Thomas Jefferson (attributed) "One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.“ --Martin Luther King

Anton: I think it was right for Enrique to try to break the law. His situation was so bad for himself that he really had no other choice. The law wasn’t meant to protect him, so why not break it? It wasn’t even really his law. On the other hand, I don’t think you can really blame the people who had to enforce the law for the good of the majority. It’s just an unfortunate situation for everyone that they want to protect what is theirs or what they need most. Humans are selfish.

Before Argue Persuade Example lead sentence: While some might argue that students should be expelled for the complaints they make about their teachers online, the law supports their freedom of speech in the digital arena as well as the real word. Example lead sentences: Should schools allow students to post negative comments about their teachers online? Absolutely not; recognizing the potential damage of posts to real human beings is a vital component of any student’s education.

“There are points at which individuals should break a law.” During (part 1) Mental Moves Make a Claim Agree Disagree “There are points at which individuals should break a law.”

Anticipate Opposition Evidence: Textual, observation, experience Mental Moves During Make a Claim Support the Claim Anticipate Opposition Evidence: Textual, observation, experience

Anticipate Opposition Mental Moves Make a Claim Support the Claim Agree Disagree Anticipate Opposition

Consider Your Audience Integrate (Structure) Mental Moves Dring Consider Your Audience Claim, then counterclaim Integrate (Structure) Point by point

Consider Your Audience Integrate (Structure) Anticipate Opposition Mental Moves Make a Claim Consider Your Audience Support the Claim Integrate (Structure) Anticipate Opposition

What makes a law just or unjust? During (part 2) What makes a law just or unjust? Can one person determine that a law is unjust? Should there be consequences for breaking unjust laws?

Partners: Find lines from texts During (part 2) Claim: Because laws represent the collective wisdom of a society, no one individual has the right to violate those laws. Partners: Find lines from texts Counterclaim: Because the majority group in a society can overlook the rights of minorities or can be misled by a powerful view, individuals have the right to violate laws that are clearly unjust. Sticky notes on board Reading and note-taking Citizens should obey: “I will obey those in control. That’s what I’m forced to do.” (Ismene) Citizens should resist: “I’ll lie down there forever. As for you, well, if you wish, you can show contempt for those laws the gods all hold in honour.” (Antigone) Class claim and counterclaim

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Laws shape and define the structure of any group of people by setting boundaries, justly or unjustly. However, at a certain point, laws might infringe upon the basic universal human rights of any individual if the law is not carefully thought out and planned. Unjust laws are broken in modern society quite often, and there are points at which individuals not only may break a law, but should break it. An example of this is the Civil Rights movement, in which individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr., violated laws through civil disobedience in order to fight injustice. One might claim that such disobedience creates chaos and incites others to break the law, but without the ability to protest such laws, how will change ever occur? Examples from history (Civil Rights) and two plays (Antigone and The Crucible) demonstrate this fact. If humans can’t violate a clearly unjust law, any government could oppress its people without fear of consequences—there must be a way to stop bad government and bad laws. Make a Claim

Laws shape and define the structure of any group of people by setting boundaries, justly or unjustly. However, at a certain point, laws might infringe upon the basic universal human rights of any individual if the law is not carefully thought out and planned. Unjust laws are broken in modern society quite often, and there are points at which individuals not only may break a law, but should break it. An example of this is the Civil Rights movement, in which individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr., violated laws through civil disobedience in order to fight injustice. One might claim that such disobedience creates chaos and incites others to break the law, but without the ability to protest such laws, how will change ever occur? Examples from history (Civil Rights) and two plays (Antigone and The Crucible) demonstrate this fact. If humans can’t violate a clearly unjust law, any government could oppress its people without fear of consequences—there must be a way to stop bad government and bad laws. Support the Claim

Anticipate Opposition Laws shape and define the structure of any group of people by setting boundaries, justly or unjustly. However, at a certain point, laws might infringe upon the basic universal human rights of any individual if the law is not carefully thought out and planned. Unjust laws are broken in modern society quite often, and there are points at which individuals not only may break a law, but should break it. An example of this is the Civil Rights movement, in which individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr., violated laws through civil disobedience in order to fight injustice. One might claim that such disobedience creates chaos and incites others to break the law, but without the ability to protest such laws, how will change ever occur? Examples from history (Civil Rights) and two plays (Antigone and The Crucible) demonstrate this fact. If humans can’t violate a clearly unjust law, any government could oppress its people without fear of consequences—there must be a way to stop bad government and bad laws. Anticipate Opposition

Consider Your Audience Laws shape and define the structure of any group of people by setting boundaries, justly or unjustly. However, at a certain point, laws might infringe upon the basic universal human rights of any individual if the law is not carefully thought out and planned. Unjust laws are broken in modern society quite often, and there are points at which individuals not only may break a law, but should break it. An example of this is the Civil Rights movement, in which individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr., violated laws through civil disobedience in order to fight injustice. One might claim that such disobedience creates chaos and incites others to break the law, but without the ability to protest such laws, how will change ever occur? Examples from history (Civil Rights) and two plays (Antigone and The Crucible) demonstrate this fact. If humans can’t violate a clearly unjust law, any government could oppress its people without fear of consequences—there must be a way to stop bad government and bad laws. Consider Your Audience

Integrate (Structure) Laws shape and define the structure of any group of people by setting boundaries, justly or unjustly. However, at a certain point, laws might infringe upon the basic universal human rights of any individual if the law is not carefully thought out and planned. Unjust laws are broken in modern society quite often, and there are points at which individuals not only may break a law, but should break it. An example of this is the Civil Rights movement, in which individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr., violated laws through civil disobedience in order to fight injustice. One might claim that such disobedience creates chaos and incites others to break the law, but without the ability to protest such laws, how will change ever occur? Examples from history (Civil Rights) and two plays (Antigone and The Crucible) demonstrate this fact. If humans can’t violate a clearly unjust law, any government could oppress its people without fear of consequences—there must be a way to stop bad government and bad laws. Integrate (Structure)

Consider Your Audience Integrate (Structure) Anticipate Opposition After Make a Claim Consider Your Audience Support the Claim Integrate (Structure) Anticipate Opposition

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