Monday 14- Work on Reading "Veteran's Day" by John McCain and "How it Feels to be a Minority and a Patriot" by Delenda Joseph, Complete one-pager. Use Springboard book to read McCain essay Tuesday 15 -watch "The New American Dream" TED Talk/take notes Read "I Hear America Singing" and "I, Too, Sing America" in Springboard books. Answer questions after each poem. Wednesday 16 - no class today due to PSAT/ASVAB testing Thursday 17 - Review "I Hear America Singing" and "I, Too, Sing America" for diction and tone. Discuss "Let America Be America Again" Hughes in Springboard Discuss Body Paragraph Format Introduce Body Paragraph Assignment - America's Voices Friday 18 - Write Body Paragraph in Class - turn in at the end of the period (25 point writing assignment)
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You can use these articles as a source for your speech. Find the one that relates the most to your topic, and you will need to quote the information in APA format for your speech.
We will be planning our persuasive speeches this week to deliver on Friday. Monday - Research for topic in computer lab Tuesday - Complete outline Wednesday - Finish research and outline; outline due for a grade Thursday - Finish typing rough drafts. Printed copy with rhetorical devices and appeals highlighted and labeled when you give your speech tomorrow. Friday - Speeches due in class
This week we will start the process of identifying rhetorical devices and appeals within popular speeches.
Monday - Rhetorical Device Identification sheets out. Class group work. Tuesday - Gettysburg Address rhetorical appeals Wednesday - Gettysburg Address Speech Quiz Thursday - Gettysburg Address Quiz Recovery/Review of Rhetorical Devices from Monday Friday - Start work on MLK "I Have a Dream Speech" We will be transitioning from The Crucible to reading speeches and finding rhetorical devices to understand how authors use them to make the speeches more effective.
Tuesday, September 3 - Crucible sensory/narrative summative writing Wednesday, September 4 - Rhetorical Appeals (examples of each) / Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Thursday, September 5 - Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (Springboard) Friday, September 6 - quiz on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Good morning, everyone - this is a reminder that all late work MUST BE made up/completed by FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. This includes all quizzes and handouts that are in the gradebook. If you do not make arrangements to make up this work before then, you will receive a zero per my syllabus policy. Please see me if you have any questions!!!
This week we will be focusing on:
Monday, August 26 - you will listen to the play and answer questions for Act 3 in class Tuesday, August 27 - review of Act II and finish Act 3. Take Act 2 quiz Wednesday, August 28 - Finish watching Act 3. Springboard 2.8 handout on Irony Thursday, August 29 - Start watching Act 4. Act 3 Quiz Friday, August 30 - Finish watching Act 4. Read "Why I Wrote the Crucible" in Springboard I handed out the Summative Sensory/Plot grades on Thursday in class. If you want to improve yours for a higher grade, here's what you need to do:
Focuses for the week:
Monday - Read Act 1 of The Crucible/answer plot questions as you read Tuesday - Read Act 1 of The Crucible / answer plot questions as you read / Quiz on Act 1 / Conflict (Springboard 2.8) Wednesday - Watch Act 2 of The Crucible / Act 1 Dialog Formative Assessment Thursday - Act 2 Quiz/ Plot (Springboard 2.10) Friday - Begin Act 3 **You can take the pages out of your Springboard book home to finish the assignments and then turn into me for a grade. I do not have individual files to post on my blog for these. |
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