Homework

This week of assignments was updated on 1-20-14.
= Compound Sentence Review = = = = = = = = Homework: = Here is the creative assignment due Tues. You may do it in your writer's notebook or type it. Creative response to Tale of Two Cities : Option 1 W rite a descriptive poem or paragraph showing one of the following: -- the home of the Manettes -- the shoemakers bench in Dr. Manette's room -- the scene under the plane tree, or the death of the child. Option 2 W rite a satirical, humorous paragraph or poem mocking one of the following: -- the lion and the jackle -- Monseigneur and his hot chocolate. Write a second paragraph or a second stanza to the poem satirizing: --lion students versus jackle students -- the hot chocolate drinking, excessively rich and obnoxiously unaware within our society (show a modern version of Monseigneur doing something that reveals his/her attitude)
 * Challenge option:**

Satire Assignment Due Monday Jan.13th Link to chapter "[|How to Create a Visual Argument]." Link to Presi on [|Satirical Strategies].

=Tuesday:= =Read pages 153-166 and practice meta-cognitive thinking in your Writer's Notebook. Trace the evolution of your thinking on the subject. =

Periodic Sentences

=Wednesday: Read the sources in the __Language of Composition__ on The Dumbest Generation? Prepare for a fish bowl style Socratic seminar on Thurs. Each student is encouraged to find one supplemental source so that he/she has something to add to the conversation other than what is available in the common texts read. Also, engage in an individual thinking session where you interrogate and think critically and open-mindedly about the subject so you have fresh, original ideas to add as well. All preparatory notes and questions should be in your writer's notebook.= [|Supplementary Article]

=__Wed. night:__= =1. Choose one of the argument prompts you created, craft a thesis statement, and draft an outline with specific examples, revealing how you would structure your essay. Do this in your writer's notebook. I will walk around on Thurs. to check for completion and answer questions.= =2. Write the topic sentences for each paragraph of your section of the Hamlet paper in your Googledoc. and be sure you have all your textual evidence included below each topic sentence. You may start drafting.= = = =Thursday you will have collaborative work time for your papers.= = = =__Thurs. night:__= =Draft your Hamlet paper paragraphs. Rough drafts should be done by Friday.= = = =Friday you are taking the argument test in class= = = =__Friday-Sunday:__= =Finish drafting your Hamlet paper. Bring four copies of your paper to class on Monday for an on the spot workshop with another group.= =Bring your terms packets to class.= = = =Monday we will workshop papers and work on studying lit./rhetorical terms.= = = = //Hamlet// paper due Tues.***Happy Thanksgiving Break!!! I am thankful to have had a great tri with you. Make me thankful I get to read such great papers over the holiday weekend so I can do another happy dance when I give them back the next week. :) = = = = Tues. Literary Terms "Quiz"/exercise and book check in. =

= Monday 11-4-13 Read Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2 and include annotations = = Consider coming to flex to peer edit your RA essays on Tues. = = Rhetorical Analysis Essays: draft due for peer edit Friday; final draft due Monday. =

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Mon. 10-29 Act 1:5

Tues. 2:1 – page 40

Assignment Read up to page 45, line 215 when Polonius says, “You go seek the Lord Hamlet…”

Wed. Get as far as possible Homework: up to end of Act 2:2

Thurs. writing work & Act 3:1

Fri. Act 3:2 - page 66, line 140 Homework: Act 3:2, line 346 Polonius’s entrance = __10-21-13 Monday__ = = Do Step 3 of the speech assignment; bring your manuscript of the speech with your markings on it and the work you did to reflect on the speech (in your WN) to class Tues. =

== Step 3: Read the cutting you have selected out loud four times. Take a pencil and mark vertical lines where you hear a natural pause. Underline key words you want to emphasize. Choose parts to present more slowly and parts where you will speed up for emphasis. Determine where the climax of the speech is so you can build an arc into your presentation. In your writer's notebook, reflect on the speaker's reliance on ethos, logos and pathos. Note particular parts that illustrate each appeal. Make a pie chart conveying how much of the speech relies on the three appeals. ==

= Tuesday 10-22-13 = == Step 4: In your writer's notebook, further analyze the occasion and audience and consider what language choices and elements of the speaker's approach have to do with that audience and occasion. You may need to do some informal research to do this. Write an introduction to the speech you will present. Begin with a brief attention grabber, and then include any explanation needed to prepare your audience to understand your cutting and the original context in which the speaker delivered the speech. ==

= PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION AND ARGUMENT QUESTIONS DOCUMENTS LINKED IN BLUE BELOW UNDER TUES.'S HOMEWORK. =

__Monday 10-14-13__
==1. Practice writing attention grabbers. You may do three for one question or three for three different questions. You may use questions from the sheet or from argument prompts we have already written for (advertising in schools or adversity). Try a variety of methods, but at least on as extended definition.==

__**Tuesday 10-15-13**__
==1. Create an outline for whatever question you have chosen to answer on Thurs. for the impromptu. I want you to apply something new that you haven't tried before that is derived from my instruction on in class. You may use one of the questions from the we used in class or one of the actual AP prompts from the day we did stations (Buy Nothing Day, Thomas Paine, or Entertainment). You may stop by after school on Wed. to pick up a copy of one of those three prompts if you did not take one today. If you choose one of the single sentence questions, you may craft a more AP style prompt from it (including a quotation if you so desire).==

Thurs. 40 argument essay - you may use notes or an outline, but do not draft the essay ahead of time.
=Homework: Work on your personal narrative revision. Bring a copy of your chosen speech to class Friday.=


 * 1) ==Begin looking for a speech.==
 * 2) ==Choose one of the thesis statements you wrote in the stations activity and outline the entire essay. Write two versions of introductions, each with a different attention grabber.==

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= For Day 19 Monday 9-30-13:= =1. Revise one of your two Rhetorical Analysis prompts to hand in for me to score. You need to hand in both original copies from when you wrote it in class and the revision that you want me to score.= =2. Also, continue to do invention work for the personal narrative.= =3. Bring Everything's an Argument on Monday.= =4. Your revision of your aphorism essay is due one week from when you get it back.=

Select an advertisement, print or video, to analyze for logic and argumentation.
= BRING your BEDFORD READER on Tue.!!!!!!!! =

Day 20 Tues. 10-1-13

 * 1) ==Read pages 515-552 in __Everything's an Argument__ and find or write an example of each logical fallacy in your focus section.==
 * 2) == **Prepare your personal essay for peer response and revision, and bring a double spaced copy to class on Wed.** ==

Revise your essay based on peer suggestions and bring four hard copies to class on Thurs.
==We will be doing an Argument Impromptu on Thurs. in class. Read and take notes on Chapter 13 in __Everything's and Argument__. Apply ideas from the chapter to your process of revising your essay.==

=Bring $15.00 to class if you wish to purchase your own copy of //Hamlet//.=

Day 22 Thurs. 10-3-12
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Day 23 Friday 10-4-12
==Finish your personal essay with consideration for the suggestions provided by your workshop group members.==

=Days 24 & 25 Oct. 7th & 8th= =Tonight your editing strategy for your personal essays is to read your piece out loud to a living being, human, feline, or canine. Have a pencil in your hand so you can pause to mark parts you want to change after your read-through. On Tues. night, read the paper backwards one sentence at a time, checking for errors and typos, and then do a final, hard-copy edit.= = = =Also, you will turn in your Writer's Notebook to me this Friday, so throughout the week, you need to fulfill the requirements, taking your notebook to the next level in all areas.=

=Papers are due on Wed. the 9th by 3:15. Put them in my physical hand.= = Day 27 Oct. 9th = = Homework: Spend 15 minutes tonight working on grammar. Use the links on the Assignment page, which link to the Grammar page I showed you in class today. I've linked it here too. =

= Day 28 October 10th Read and answer the multiple choice questions in the handout I gave you today. Come to class ready to discuss the rhetorical strategies used by the author. =

= Day 29 October 11th Bring your __Everything's an Argument__ and your __5 Steps to a 5__ books to class on Friday. I am not going to collect your writer's notebooks until I finish grading your essays. = =** Day 30 October 14th **=
 * =** Tonight, I want you to begin to look for a speech for the speech assignment. You may use books, the links on the Links tab of the wiki, or peruse the internet yourself. **=
 * =** Work on terms. We will be having an extensive terms test next week Thursday or Friday. You will need to be familiar with all the terms in the packet. **=
 * =** Continue to read your independent reading book. **=
 * =** By Monday, complete the remainder of the multiple choice sections in Diagnostic/Master Exam starting on page 19 (19-29, but you already did the one on page 25). **=
 * =** Go to the grammar link below, study parallel structure, and do one of the quizzes for parallel structure. **=
 * =** Write five vocab sentences using parallel structure in your writer's notebook __by Tues.__ **=
 * =** Study terms. Quiz on all the terms in the packet will be next __Thurs. or Friday__. Bring 13.50 if you chose to order a Hamlet book. **=
 * =** Have a great weekend!! I'll be grading your essays and writing letters of recommendation. But I will also spend time with my family and relax - you do that too :) **=

**[|GRAMMAR LINK]**

==__Day 31 October 15th__== ==Step 1 of Speech: Be ready to submit a speech to me for approval on Tues.== ==On Tues., you will need your __Everything's an Argument__ book in class.== ==Vocab. sentences due -- I am checking them in your Writer's Notebooks.==

==__Day 32 October 16th__==

Step 2 of Speech
==Read your section of the //New York Times//. If you are able, watch and react to the debate.==

==__Day 33 October 17th__==

Step 3 of Speech
"Ain't I a Woman" rhetorical analysis response due Fri. in your notebook.

==__Day 34 October 18th__==

Step 4 of Speech
==I am collecting your Writer's Notebooks Friday!== Writer’s Notebook  We have done too many specific things for me to list them all. I will look collectively at how you have used the notebook on a daily basis in class.
 * • A. Daily reflection in class __/5
 * • B. Reader’s Response on Independent Reading __/5__
 * __ • C. Culture Watch of Advertisement __/5
 * • D. Pre-writing for essays or vocabulary study – literary terms __/5__
 * __ • E. Free-topic reflection __/5
 * • Five vocab sentences (parallel structure) __/5__
 * __ • Notes on Chapter 13 in Everything’s an Argument __/5
 * "Ain't I a Woman" rhetorical analysis response.

*Please put a post-it note on the entry you most want feedback on, so I can be sure to comment.

==__Day 35 October 19th__==

__ Day 14 Monday 9-23 __
=You will get back your Kelley prompts today with feedback, and I will go over the most common strengths and weaknesses I saw in your essays.= == Homework: Read, annotate and interrogate Chapter 5 in __5 Steps to a 5.__ To prepare for Tues., please record thoughts and questions and objections in your writer's notebook. ==

__ Day 15 Tues. 9-24 __
=Today we will discuss Ch. 5 from 5 Steps... and then do a RA impromptu.=

Homework:
== 1. Read   __.__ (Click on the blue name of the chapter to open a PDF.) Record a few passages from the chapter and observations about ideas in the chapter that could help you move forward in your skill as you analyze rhetoric. Review all the terms on pages 36-38 (end of ch. 1). ==

Now that you have written two RA prompts, I would like you to reflect again on the following questions in your writer's notebook:

 * What is close reading? Write a definition in your own words.
 * How is reading and writing rhetorical analysis similar to and different from reading and writing in a context where you are doing literary analysis of fiction?
 * Why must you discuss the message/ideas as well as analyze //how// they are presented?
 * What goals do you have as a reader? What goals do you have for the next prompt?

__ Day 16 Wed. 9-25 __
=Today, I will introduce your next prepared essay assignment: personal narrative.= =We will practice close reading skills.=

__ Day 17 Thurs. 9-26 __
=Today, we will do another RA prompt.= == Homework: == == Your Writer's Notebook is due tomorrow. You only need one free write and one culture watch/quote reflection since the last check. Be sure you have all required responses to the Bedford readings, answers to the questions on Lang of Comp Ch.2, and some pre-writing for your personal narrative (as explained below). ==

=Do invention and brainstorming for your personal narrative in your writer's notebook. If you are interested in using a college essay prompt, select a real one from a school you are interested in or use a common application essay question.= = = =You must have a __rough__ draft of your personal narrative in your WN by Monday.=

Homework
=A full, typed draft of your personal narrative is due on Monday.= = Could you please bring __Everything's an Argument__ to class on Monday? =

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Homework:
== 1. Read Chapter 2 in the Bedford Reader: “The Writing Process,” pages 33-60. RAP the chapter and write several questions for class discussion. Also, write down a one - three sentence quotation that stood out to you from the chapter. == 2. Practice embedding quotes into sentences using any of the readings we have done thus far.

Homework: Your first Writer’s Notebook check will be during the impromptu tomorrow.
**Prepare for your impromptu. You may bring in some notes and possibly an outline, but you should not begin writing the essay. No drafted paragraphs will be allowed.** **Read through Chapter 5 in __Everything's an Argument__, selecting sections to focus on based on your own background knowledge and skimming when you encounter overlap with what you've read or encountered before.**

First Writer’s Notebook check.
First Rhetorical Analysis Impromptu today.

Homework: Write a full, typed draft of your Aphorism essay. Bring four copies to class on Monday!
__** Day 9 Monday 9-16-13 **__ Exchange drafts of aphorism essays. 26 minute multiple choice base line practice Grammar lesson: working quotes into sentence Range Finder Activity *NO WRITER'S NOTEBOOK CHECK THIS WEEK. YOUR NOTEBOOKS WILL BE CHECKED NEXT THURS. (9-26-13). BY THEN YOU WILL NEED ONE "C" ENTRY AND ONE "D" ENTRY.

Homework: Review the Bedford Reader’s introductory comments on argument and persuasion in Ch. 13, and one model essay from this section to read and react to in your WN. Include the following:

 * == Imitation of favorite sentence ==
 * == Questions ==
 * == Reflections ==

Prepare your Florence Kelley essay to turn in to be scored.

 * Homework: Review the __Bedford Reader’s__ introductory comments on narration in Ch. 4, and one model essay from this section to read and react to in your WN. **


 * == Imitation of favorite sentence ==
 * == Questions ==
 * == Reflections ==


 * == Imitation of favorite sentence ==
 * == Questions ==
 * == Reflections ==


 * == Imitation of favorite sentence ==
 * == Questions ==
 * == Reflections ==

Papers turned in today will be graded first. All Aphorism Essays due at the latest by Monday.
=Your Writer's Notebook will be checked on Thurs. or Friday of next week.= =Read41-49 in 5 Steps to a 5, do the multiple choice practice on pages 181-182 & bring this book to class on Monday.=

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =__Current Week__= =Literature Resource Center username= homestead or hhs password = highlander= =Click this link to view: Tale of Two Cities Final Assessment - We will still be writing this on Friday, so you may begin the prep work today even though we don't have school. You need to find your literary criticism (I will show you how to access the Literary Resource Center on Thurs.), choose a reference, and gather your quotes. Writing your thesis and gathering your quotes is the first step. = = Please feel free to email me thesis statements for approval today. acicero@mtsd.k12.wi.us = = Call me if you have any questions: 262-242-5115 = =Goals for the week:= =Students will...=
 * =apply close reading and interpretive/analytical skills for successful demonstration of comprehension on an AP Lang multiple choice test.=
 * =successfully collaborate to create a prepared synthesis essay that argues for a strong thesis.=
 * =apply writing skills in the context of the college essay.=
 * =apply the skills learned in our study of synthesis in the realm of literary analysis.=

=__Homework:__=
 * =For Wed. Finish __TTC,__ and write a typed, edited draft of your part of the collaborative synthesis essay.=
 * =On Tues. Take a full multiple choice test (for inclusion in your final exam grade).=
 * =For Thurs. Cancelled due to snow day: Edit your college essay draft. Still on: Prepare for Friday's __TTC__ test.=
 * =For Fri. Bring your literary criticism, thesis, quotes, and reference with you for the final __TTC__ essay.=
 * =** Due Mon. or Tues. Final draft of collaborative research. I will create a separate assignment for ISWAC worth 10 points. If your part is ISWACed, you will get the points. If not, it will not count against you in any way. **=
 * =** For Tues. One typed, well-edited college essay due in class for workshop **=
 * =** Due Wed. Final draft of college essay **=

=__By Wednesday__ 2-20-13: Read __TTC__ 274-298 = =Read one source on our technology topic by this day. = =On Thurs. Rhetorical Analysis final = = = =__By Friday:__ Please watch this video and use your notebook to record discussion points for our discussion Friday. [|Digital Nation] = =Friday discussion topic: Technology: miracle or menace? How can making wise judgements about the quality and quantity of screen time improve the life of a modern student? =

__** Tues. **__** Multiple Choice Final **
 * Read TTC 298-323 for Friday **
 * 323-363 for Monday **
 * Finish the book for Wednesday **

***Begin brainstorming ideas for college essays in your writer's notebooks.
 * TTC synthesis next Friday **

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= __Goals for today:__ =
 * ==Build understanding of how Dickens argues through fiction.==
 * ==Continue to define the purpose of satire by seeing how a fiction writer can move in and out of a satirical handling of a subject and use the strategy to further an argument.==
 * ==Continue to deepen our understanding and ability to apply varying organizational strategies for essay writing.==

Read, annotate and prepare to discuss 130-150 in TTC for Wed.
==Read, annotate and summarize your first article for your annotated bibliography for Wed. Bibliographical citation required. Please share a google.doc with me as your means of turning it in -- one per group if you are working together.==

Read 177-199 in TTC There will be a quiz.
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= __Goals__ = = 1. Reflect on the feedback I provided on your essays. = = 2. Develop a deeper appreciation for Dickens as a writer through close reading and inquiry about his style choices = = 3. Understand how higher level thinking questions provoke higher level thinking answers = = 4. Continue to refine their definition and understanding of satire =

= __Due Dates__ = = By Tues. you need to have completed your revision of your contest essay and have it ready for submission. = = __By Thurs.__ (this is changed) you need to submit your synthesis essays (one typed, both original drafts included). = = __For Wed.__ Read 59-79 in __TTC.__ = = Read the rhetorical analysis prompt and Onion article. Bracket the "chunks" of paragraphs that go together and note literary devices like sarcasm, imagery, hyperbole, simile, metaphor, irony, etc. = =__ For Friday: __= = Write a rhetorical analysis of the satire prompt we discusses in class today. = = Read 79-104 in TTC. = = Get your preliminary research question approved. = = __For Monday:__ Begin your annotated bibliography. Read in TTC 104 to 130. I don't have my book at home, so sorry for the lack of specificity. I'll clarify tomorrow. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
 * __ A Tale of Two Cities __**** Reading **
 * 20-39 **
 * 39-59 **
 * 59-79 **
 * 79-104 **
 * 104-130 **
 * 130-150 **
 * 130-150 **
 * 150-177 **
 * 177-199 **
 * 200-223 **
 * 223-247 **
 * 251-274 **
 * 274-298 **
 * 298-323 **
 * 323-342 **
 * 242-363 **
 * 363-382 **

=__On the above video, click on the title to get it to open youtube and choose full screen.__= =__WEEK 5__= =__Due Tues.__ Contest essays due with the layout and cover page formatted to the specifications required for the contest. Be prepared to discuss pages 1-20 in Tale of Two Cities (TTC)=

=__Due Wed__. Read, annotate, and prepare to discuss 20-39.=

=__Due Thurs.__ I changed this: Read, annotate, and prepare to discuss 20-39 in TTC. Vocab week 38 - choose five focus words to learn. Choose five sentences you admire in TTC and write imitation sentences, each with one of your focus words.=

=__Due Friday__ MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTICE TODAY= =__Due Monday__ Your modest proposal is due.= =Read, annotate and prepare to discuss 39-59.= =__Due next Wed.__ Type out the better of your two synthesis essays with minor changes only. You will hand in both original hand written impromptus and your typed one. You will get credit for both but a quality grade only on the typed one.=

__For Friday__ Writer's Notebooks due. Work on your free write and your argument observation/analysis.
=__Wednesday 1-2-13__= =Find one quality source for your chosen contest essay.= =Process your multiple choice results:= =Revision Due Friday.= =__Thursday 1-3-13__ Read and annotate the source you found yesterday. Find, read and annotate a second quality source for your essay. React to both in your writer's notebook.=
 * Look for patterns in types of question you got wrong.
 * Identify terms or concepts you did not know that would have helped you get answers correct.
 * Choose five you got wrong and write a brief explanation as to why the correct answer was better than the answer you chose.

=Finish your revision. Use two to three post-it notes to point out revision choices you are proud of that illustrate understandings that will affect your next synthesis essay. Briefly explain what you did and why you think it's better.= =__Friday 1-4-13__= =For Monday, find, read and annotate two more sources related to your essay. Begin to plan, organize, and engage in invention for your essay. Your first typed draft will be due Tues.= =__Monday 1-7-13__= =Bring a typed, double-spaced draft of your contest essay to class Tues.= =Fill out vocab. week 37 and bring it to class.= =I will collect writer's notebooks for the second check this Friday.=

=Welcome to second trimester!= =**Day 1 December 5th**= __**Long term assignments.**__

1. Revise and type your extended metaphor for writing. You may prepare it as a paragraph or a poem.

 * Choose one of the following questions and write an extended metaphor to explore a minimum of five similarities.**
 * 1) **1.** **How is a writer/editor like a doctor/surgeon?**
 * 2) **2.** **How is a writer like a coal miner?**
 * 3) **3.** **How is writing like sculpting clay or stone or like carving wood?**
 * 4) **4.** **How is writing like deep sea diving?**
 * 5) **5.** **How is learning to write like learning to play a musical instrument?**
 * 6) **6.** **How is creating a strong piece of writing like writing or conducting a symphony?**
 * 7) **7.** **How is being a writer like being a chef? Or How is writing like cooking?**
 * 8) **8.** **How is writing like driving?**

**Apply the concepts of ethos, logos, and pathos to the task of synthesis. How do these appeals relate?**
=**Day 2 December 6th**= ===__Due 7th:__ Read your selected article from the //NY Times//. Annotate, think, and prepare to initiate a discussion by raising questions and posing possible claims that either support, refute, or qualify the claim or point of view of the author.=== = = =Day 3 December 7th= __**Long term assignments.**__

1. Select an article related to the topic you discussed with your partner. Read, annotate, and prepare to discuss your findings with your partner, adding to the conversation in a meaningful way.
===2. Engage in metacognition as you look over your thought journey as recorded while reading the sources in the Mandatory Community Service section of the __Language of Composition__ book. Write a thesis for the prompt on page153, and create a brief outline of how you would defend that thesis. You do not need to write the essay. Read and react to the Sample Synthesis Essay on pages 165-166, comparing and contrasting the author's thesis and approach with your thesis and approach.===

Day 4
===Due Dec. 11th: In your notebook, write 5 periodic sentences, each with a week 35 vocab. word. At least two need to have correct use of subject pronoun agreement. Avoid ROs, CSs, and FRs. Read pages 166-174, and prepare for a graded discussion tomorrow in class. You may use your notebooks and the book during the discussion. To kill two birds with one stone, you may want to read first and then write your sentences about the subject discussed in the sources.===

[|Subject/Pronoun Agreement]

Nothing is due on Monday, but you should work on your revision. If you get it done, you could go to the writing lab with it on Monday.
==For Tues. Complete a revision of your Locavore essay. It should be typed, fully-edited, and polished for quality in all six traits: ideas and content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and grammar/mechanics.==

Wed.: Read Chapter 3 in the __Bedford Reader__. Fill in vocal. 36 and bring it to class.
=For Wednesday, read the handout I gave you before break.=

=For Monday: Bring a hard copy of your paper for peer editing.= =Tues. Official Due date for = =Wed. I will give some extensions, so some of you may turn in your Hamlet paper on Wed.= = = =For Tues. Finish reading and annotating the play. Write a thesis for submission tomorrow. Collect your quotes and arrange them in the order in which they will appear in the paper.= = = =For Monday: Please read as much of Act V as possible, and if you are ready to craft a thesis for your paper, please do. I will be approving thesis statements on Monday.=

=Thursday 11-15-12 - Rhetorical Analysis Summative Assessment in the small cafeteria. Use the 1994 prompt as a study guide.= = = =For Friday 11-16-12, please finish Act IV.=

=For Wed. 11-14-12 Read the article and analyze the strategies and rhetorical devices the author used, but then, also consider to what extent you would want to emulate his approach in doing your own persuasive writing. Make a list of three effective strategies you admire and three points of departure where you would take a different rout in trying to convince. Enrichment: Find another article or editorial on the same subject and compare and contrast the approaches. Explain why one author was more persuasive than the other.= = = =For Tues. 11-13-12 Please read and annotate Act III Scenes III and IV. Come ready to share your comments, insights and interpretations. Look for opportunities for cross referencing.= =For Monday 11-12-12= =Read Act III, Scene II and annotate. Please look up at least two words whose full denotation you feel would help inform your interpretation of a line. Include those definitions in your annotation.=

=Due Wed.= =Final Draft of Rhetorical Analysis Essay= =Read Hamlet up to the end of Act II. Annotate and look up allusions as you read.=

=Due. Friday: Writer's Notebooks including:= =A. class notes/reflections= =E. a free topic entry= =B. a thesis driven reflection on your independent reading book, including some textual evidence and close reading of at least one passage= =C. a culture watch= =D. vocabulary sentences for your favorite words from week 29 and 30.= = = =For Tues. 11-6-12 Write a rhetorical analysis essay from your prompt on your speech or from a classmate's prompt and speech. Try to write it in about 40 minutes, but do take extra time for editing and re-working and improving.= =The maximum length is two pages double spaced. Most of the 8's and 9's in the last batch were about 1 1/2 to two pages in length. Be sure to communicate an interpretation of the message of the speech rather than just identifying rhetorical strategies. The idea is to convey how the strategies work to convey the message and meaning. Use lots of little quotes -- lots of textual evidence to illustrate your claims.= = = =For Wed. 10-31-12 Please peruse the following list of prompt templates and write one for your speech.= The following list of rhetorical analysis prompts, while I have striped them of the authors' names and of the ideas particular to the piece of writing they were originally written for, illustrate the type of phrasing you will encounter on the test. Read all of them so as to familiarize yourself with how to craft a rhetorical analysis prompt in general. Then, create one for the speech you studied and delivered or will deliver. Each one has fill in the blank parts where you will insert the name of the speaker, and in some, an aspect of the speech. Choose the one that best fits your speech and use it as a template.


 * How to read these templates:**
 * (Provide historical context and relevant information about the speaker, occasion, and audience.)** Read the speech carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies **(Place speaker's name here.)** uses to establish his/her position about **(Articulate the subject or overall message of the speech here.) .**

Read the speech carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies...uses to achieve his/her purpose. Support your analysis with references to the text.
 * Prompt templates:**

Read the speech carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the methods that... uses to persuade.... to....


 * Lord Chesterfield Prompt: The passage below is an excerpt from a letter bvy the eighteenth-century author Lord Chesterfield to his young son, who was traveling far from home.** Read the //speech// carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies that //Chesterfield// uses to reveal his/her own values. Support your analysis with references to the text.

Read the speech carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies...uses to satirize how. Support your analysis with references to the text.

Read the speech carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies...uses to develop his/her position about. Support your analysis with references to the text.

Read the speech carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies...uses to develop his perspective about.... Support your analysis with references to the text.

Read the speech carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies ...uses to ague for **or** against.... Support your analysis with references to the text.


 * Florence Kelly Prompt:** **Florence Kelly (1859-1932) was a United States social worker and reformer who fought successfully for child labor laws and improved conditions for working women. She delivered the following speech before the convention of the Nationals American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22, 1905.** Read the speech carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies //Kelly// uses to convey her message about //child labor laws// to her audience. Support your analysis with references to the text.

Read the speech carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies...uses to achieve his/her purpose. Support your analysis with references to the text. = =

=__10-23-12 10-24-12 10-25-12__= =Read and annotate pages 65-97 in __5 Steps to a 5__.= =Revision of your Rhetorical Analysis prompt due __Thurs. or Friday__ You must hand in both of the original drafts with the scores on them. The draft you want me to grade should be on the top.=

=Your personal narrative revisions are due on Friday if you are in 2nd hour.= =Fill out Barron's vocab week 29 for Friday.= =Also due, Friday: Multiple choice practice (to be handed out on Thrus.)=

__OLD HOMEWORK BELOW THIS LINE___ =__ Day 1 Tuesday 9-4 __=

2. Read and annotate “Good Readers, Good Writers.”
== 3. Write a rough draft of an imitation of “Salvadore…” Yours should be the same basic length. Go sentence by sentence and try to imitate the rhythm, sentence structure, and arrangement of ideas. The subject matter is you, so you are writing in third person about your self, making this a kind of self-portrait. Before you begin, consider what tone you want to create through your language choices. Also consider what concrete, sensory details you want to include in order to show yourself. ==

1. Read Chapter 2 in the Bedford Reader: “The Writing Process,” pages 33-60. RAP the chapter and write several questions for class discussion.
== 2. Purchase or check-out your nonfiction book selection. If you read a non-fiction book over the summer, a fiction title will be acceptable. Consider __Jane Eyre, 1984, or Pride and Prejudice__. Consider reading the same book as another student or group of students so you can discuss. ==

3. Read Chapter 7 of __Everything’s an Argument__ for Thurs.
4. Continue to think about the topic for Thrus.'s impromptu

Argument Question Options:

 * == Should all American high school students read Shakespeare? ==
 * == Can music heal? ==
 * == Do you agree with new federal regulations of school lunches which call for more fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, and less salt and fat? ==
 * == Should teenagers have credit cards? ==
 * == How important is travel in the life of an educated person? ==

Homework: Review the Bedford Reader’s introductory comments on argument and persuasion in Ch. 13, and one model essay from this section to read and react to in your WN. Include the following:

 * == Imitation of favorite sentence ==
 * == Questions ==
 * == Reflections ==

Homework: Review the __Bedford Reader’s__ introductory comments on narration in Ch. 4, and one model essay from this section to read and react to in your WN.

 * == Imitation of favorite sentence ==
 * == Questions ==
 * == Reflections ==

Homework: Review the __Bedford Reader’s__ introductory comments on __description__ in Ch. 5, and one model essay from this section to read and react to in your WN.

 * == Imitation of favorite sentence ==
 * == Questions ==
 * == Reflections ==

Homework: Review the __Bedford Reader’s__ introductory comments on compare and contrast in Ch. 7, and one model essay from this section to read and react to in your WN.

 * == Imitation of favorite sentence ==
 * == Questions ==
 * == Reflections ==

Homework: Review the Bedford Reader’s introductory comments on cause and effect in Ch. 11, and one model essay from this section to read and react to in your WN
= Hour 2: Revise your Aphorism Essay by Wed. Include a brief reflection in your writer's notebook on what you learned from my feedback. = Hour 5: Answer the questions following the FDR speech we read today.
 * == Imitation of favorite sentence ==
 * == Questions ==
 * == Reflections ==

We will be answering the impromptu prompt with the Horace quotation in class on Thurs. Please report immediately to the IMC at the beginning of class.

 * 1) ==Work on your writer's notebook==
 * 2) ==Do invention work / pre-writing for your personal essay __for Friday.__==

Could you please bring __Everything's an Argument__ to class on Friday?
= ALERT I am going to be observed by a doctoral student and need to give you the following information so you know who the woman sitting in my room is. Please open this document and allow your parents to have the opt out option - although she is not observing students, but my teaching. Thanks so much!!= = =

=__ Homework for Monday 10-1-12: __=
 * 1) == Bring your first draft of your personal narrative. ==
 * 2) == Read and annotate 5 Steps to a 5 pages 67-85 ==
 * 3) == Conduct a Self / Peer Evaluation of Writer's Notebook ==

Day 20 Tues. 10-2-12

 * 1) ==Read pages 515-552 in __Everything's an Argument__ and find or write an example of each logical fallacy in your focus section.==
 * 2) == **Prepare your personal essay for peer response and revision, and bring a double spaced copy to class on Wed.** ==

Finish your personal essay with consideration for the suggestions provided by your workshop group members.
Homework: I am starting back at the top of this page starting today! That way you won't have to scroll down so far.

Days 24 & 25 Oct. 8th & 9th Tonight your editing strategy for your personal essays is to read your piece out loud to a living being, human, feline, or canine. Have a pencil in your hand so you can pause to mark parts you want to change after your read-through. On Tues. night, read the paper backwards one sentence at a time, checking for errors and typos, and then do a final, hard-copy edit.

Also, you will turn in your Writer's Notebook to me this Friday, so throughout the week, you need to fulfill the requirements, taking your notebook to the next level in all areas.

I also want to encourage you to make significant progress in your independent reading books this week. You will need to reflect on the book in your WN, so I am hoping you will do a bunch of reading prior to your completion of that entry.

Papers are due on Wed. by 4pm. Put them in my physical hand. = Day 27 Oct. 9th Spend 15 minutes tonight working on grammar. Use the links on the Assignment page, which link to the Grammar page I showed you in class today. I've linked it here too. =

= Day 28 October 10th Read and answer the multiple choice questions in the handout I gave you today. Come to class ready to discuss the rhetorical strategies used by the author. =

= Day 29 October 11th Bring your __Everything's an Argument__ and your __5 Steps to a 5__ books to class on Friday. I am not going to collect your writer's notebooks until I finish grading your essays. = =** Day 30 October 12th **=
 * =** Tonight, I want you to begin to look for a speech for the speech assignment. You may use books, the links on the Links tab of the wiki, or peruse the internet yourself. **=
 * =** Work on terms. We will be having an extensive terms test next week Thursday or Friday. You will need to be familiar with all the terms in the packet. **=
 * =** Continue to read your independent reading book. **=
 * =** By Monday, complete the remainder of the multiple choice sections in Diagnostic/Master Exam starting on page 19 (19-29, but you already did the one on page 25). **=
 * =** Go to the grammar link below, study parallel structure, and do one of the quizzes for parallel structure. **=
 * =** Write five vocab sentences using parallel structure in your writer's notebook __by Tues.__ **=
 * =** Study terms. Quiz on all the terms in the packet will be next __Thurs. or Friday__. Bring 13.50 if you chose to order a Hamlet book. **=
 * =** Have a great weekend!! I'll be grading your essays and writing letters of recommendation. But I will also spend time with my family and relax - you do that too :) **=

**[|GRAMMAR LINK]**

Step 3 of Speech
"Ain't I a Woman" rhetorical analysis response due Fri. in your notebook.

I am collecting your Writer's Notebooks Friday!
Writer’s Notebook We have done too many specific things for me to list them all. I will look collectively at how you have used the notebook on a daily basis in class.
 * • A. Daily reflection in class __/5
 * • B. Reader’s Response on Independent Reading __/5__
 * __ • C. Culture Watch of Advertisement __/5
 * • D. Pre-writing for essays or vocabulary study – literary terms __/5__
 * __ • E. Free-topic reflection __/5
 * • Five vocab sentences (parallel structure) __/5__
 * __ • Notes on Chapter 13 in Everything’s an Argument __/5
 * "Ain't I a Woman" rhetorical analysis response.

*Please put a post-it note on the entry you most want feedback on, so I can be sure to comment.

Step 5 of Speech
=__I am so sorry I forgot to update this to match what I wrote on the board in class.__= =Revision of your Rhetorical Analysis prompt due __Wed. or Thurs.__ You must hand in both of the original drafts with the scores on them. The draft you want me to grade should be on the top.=

=Your personal narrative revisions are due on Tues. if you are in 5th hour, and on Friday if you are in 2nd hour.=

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