Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Frederick Douglass




Today I will: 
-Finish rhetorical analysis of Thoreau's Civil Disobedience
-Begin Rhetorical Analysis of Narrative of the Life of an American Slave

Please take out:
-Pencil
-paper

Agenda:
-Finish Civil Disobedience "Doing"
-Begin Rhetorical Analysis of Narrative of the Life on an American Slave

Homework:
-Read and annotate the 1997 AP Prompt for 10 minutes (to see what you notice on your own)
-Then, answer 1-6 of the Rhetorical Analysis of the prompt on your own piece of paper. (This will give you an idea of what you can notice as you become better at Rhetorical Analysis).




Monday, October 29, 2018

Civil Disobedience


Today I will: 
-Complete rhetorical analysis of Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"
-Finish analyzing my multiple choice test

Please take out:
-Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"

Agenda:
-Complete "Saying" for Civil Disobedience
-Begin the "Doing" portion of Civil Disobedience

Homework:
-Finish Civil Disobedience "Doing" #1-6

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Thoreau and Civil Disobedience

*Thoreau
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Today I will: 
- Begin rhetorical analysis of Thoreau's Civil Disobedience
-Finish analyzing my multiple choice test

Please take out:
-a piece of paper

Agenda:
-Background of Thoreau (Classroom)
-School of Life - Thoreau
-Civil Disobedience

Homework:
-Finish Civil Disobedience "Saying" (through the paragraph I assigned)
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Monday, October 22, 2018

Revisiting Multiple Choice

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Today I will: 
- Take the 2nd half of the MC exam from 2012 and complete an analysis of question types.

Please take out:
-The Crucible rhetorical analysis responses
-pencil

Agenda:
-Collect Crucible film analysis
-Finish 2012 MC Test

-MC Analysis - What do you notice about the passages? What do you notice about the types of questions you are struggling with? What seems to be working for you? What doesn’t?

Homework:
-None!

Thursday, October 18, 2018

The Crucible continued

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Today I will: 
- Learn about the college application process.
- Watch The Crucible

Please take out:
-nothing is needed today

Agenda:
-Visit from Ms. Roberts about the college application process
-Continue watching The Crucible

Homework:
-None!

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

The Crucible

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Today I will: 
- Complete rhetorical analysis comparing the play and the movie version of The Crucible.

Please take out:
-Pencil
-paper

Agenda:
-Watch The Crucible
-Timed Writing & Quiz Make-ups

Homework:
-None!

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Timed Writing

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Today I will: 
- Complete a partner Timed Writing on The Crucible

Please take out:
-Chromebook

Agenda:
-Make sure RRJ's are turned in to turnitin.com
-The Crucible Rhetorical Analysis Timed Writing

Homework:
-None! Enjoy your 3 day weekend

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Wrapping up The Crucible

Today I will: 
-Take a multiple choice and short answer quiz on Acts II and III in The Crucible.
-Read Act IV and identify rhetoric in "The Crucible"

Please take out:
-The Crucible

Agenda:
-Act II & III Quiz 
-Finish Act IV
-TW Prep
-Movie

Homework:
-Continue to work on RRJ's
Speaker, Audience, Content, and Content - due Thursday (3A), Friday (3B)
-Review notes in preparation for TW on Thursday (3A) & Friday (3B)

Monday, October 8, 2018

The Crucible, Act IV

*John and Elizabeth Proctor
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Today I will: 
-Take a multiple choice and short answer quiz on Acts II and III in The Crucible.
-Read Act IV and identify rhetoric in "The Crucible"

Please take out:
-HW: The Crucible Rhetorical Analysis
-Pencil

Agenda:
-Act II & III Quiz 
-Read Act IV
-TW Prep
-Movie

Homework:
-Continue to work on RRJ's
Speaker, Audience, Content, and Content - due Thursday (3A), Friday (3B)
-Review notes in preparation for TW on Thursday (3A) & Friday (3B)

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Why do you come, yellow bird?

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Today I will: 
-Read Act III and identify logical fallacies and complete rhetorical analysis for "The Crucible"

Please take out:
-The Crucible
-Crucible Notes

Agenda:
-Finish reading Act 3 (logical fallacies)
-Rhetorical Analysis 
-Begin reading Act IV

Homework:
-Continue to work on RRJ's
Speaker, Audience, Content, and Content
-Crucible Act III Rhetorical Analysis

Monday, October 1, 2018

The Crucible

Today I will: 
-Review the strengths and growth areas for AP timed writings.

Please take out:
-The Crucible
-Crucible Notes

Agenda:
-3A: Finish Reading Act II
-Sample Essays & finish essay reflection
-Begin reading Act 3 (logical fallacies)

Homework:
-Continue to work on RRJ's
Speaker, Audience, Content, and Content