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Week 8

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G ood afternoon.  Hope you are happy and well! Sugar Baby, by Kara Walker       Today we'll review a bit and leave most of class time to drafting the short essay report.  I will check whatever draft homework you've completed and give credit for it.  Last night and this morning I spent some time putting together a short essay with the required 3-5 primary and secondary sources, use of direct quotation, and in-text references and citations.  I am not requiring a Works Cited list as the MLA format usually does.  You must have multiple source examples to support and flesh out your observations, experiences, and opinions.  Expert testimonials, case examples, documentary evidence–all these may come into play.  Ideally, you can write the skeleton and then put more meat on it through sustained consideration and accumulated sources that speak to your point.  Below is the draft of my work, not quite 1200 words, which is at the lo...