English 12: Literature of Justice
December 2013
Dan Osar & John Rigney
Week Two Homework Summary
Unit Four: Leadership and the Application of the Vision
Classes #4-10
Week Two – December 9th – 14th
Due Class #4 (Monday) – December 9th
Meet as a team and determine roles and direction.
 FCA #1 - Identify a social issue or injustice your group intends to research and address. Clarify
your stance in 100-150 words.
 FCA #2 - Clarify the division of labor for this project and assign roles. List all roles and
expectations (hand in electronic list via email).
 FCA #3 - Winter Response Log #3: (Written individually) What strengths do you see in this
group? What deficits are you concerned about?
Due Class #5 (Tuesday) – December 10th
Social Justice Project (SJP) - Section One FCAs
 FCA #1 – Document your research: Show proof of your research by creating PDFs of your
actively read notes and/or annotated screen shots.
 FCA #2 – Create a Work Cited Page. Correctly cite your research and efforts using MLA formats.
 FCA #3 – 400 Word Summary of the “Issue Being Explored”
Due Class #6 (Thursday) – December 11th
SJP suggested Sections to be completed: Section #3 & #4.
 FCA #1 – Each member of the team should actively read one of the following poems found in
your literature book:
o “Sonnet for You, Familiar Famine” by Jack Agueros (page 591)1
o “Anthem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen (page 551)
o “Auschwitz” by Salvatore Quasimodo (page 651)
o “Reconciliation” by Walt Whitman (page 678)
o “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall (page 701)
o Other poems offered on the wikisite (look for them under Handouts).
 FCA #2 – Winter Response Log #4: What injustice or social issue is being address in this poem?
What feelings, thoughts, or emotions is the reader left with at the conclusion of the poem?
 FCA #3 – Draft notes for Section #6 of SJP. Half-page brainstorming (200 words)
Due Class #7 (Friday) – December 12th
Conduct a 20-30 minute team meeting to do the following:
 FCA #1 – Assess progress on all parts of the SJP.
 FCA #2 – Clearly identify at least three goals and upcoming benchmarks against which you can
grade yourselves / check your progress. (E.g.: “Drafts of all poems due for Sunday 1:00 PM
meeting.”)
 FCA #3 – Write a 250 word summary to be emailed (by 8:00 AM) in to Rigney / Osar with
update. (All email protocol applies here – “Last Names – Team Update”.)
FLC Warning: If you are on the FLC next week, be responsible and complete all team-work prior to
starting so that your team is NOT left standing.
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Strongly suggest each team member reads this example.
Week Three – December 16th
Due Class #8 (Monday) – December 16th
Social Justice Project – Three Days to go! Suggested FCAs:
 FCA #1 – Drafts of all written material.
 FCA #2 – Clearly labeled Work Cited page with all pictures, documents, data, information, etc.
cited according to MLA format.
 FCA #3 – Actively review the entire project handout and guidelines for all parts of the project.
Due Class #9 (Wednesday) – December 18th
Social Justice Project – Get it DONE!
Due Class #10 (Thursday) – December 19th
Social Justice Project Due – see notes for
 FCA #1 – Any Direct Action activities should be completed and debriefed.
 FCA #2 – All SEVEN sections should be compiled into ONE, very well-labeled document.
 FCA #3 – Emailed to Rigney & Osar using appropriate email protocol. (See SJP Handout for
details below.)
Excerpt from Social Justice Project Handout:
Due Thursday, December 19th by 8:00 AM
Submission Directions: Like most major works this year, you will be expected to submit all of this
electronically. Additionally you may choose to submit this in hard or printed copy, directly to Mr.
Rigney and Mr. Osar. Document and email submission guidelines are expected (“Last Name, Last Name,
Last Name, Last Name – Social Justice”).
NOTE: All submissions should be collated into one single document in the FCA order required. This can
be done using most modern word processing programs. Acceptable document types include PDF, Word,
or Pages. For other programs please ask permission.
Please make sure that each of your individual last names are on all documents2 and that were there are
word count requirements that you clearly indicate total words for each submission.
Don’t forget that you have Winter Holiday Vacation Homework!
Wear your seatbelt over break!
Be safe and stay in touch!
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Headers and Footers usages can be helpful when doing this!