Friday, October 30, 2009

AGENDA 10/30

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Trip to textbook room to get The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Grammar Practice: Pronoun Consistency/Shifts in Pronoun Person #2
View and Discuss two clips from Morgan Spurlock's film Super Size Me
Clip 1: 1st graders and hasty generalizations
Clip 2: Fast Food Direct Media Advertising Budget Comparison and appeals to pathos

HW: Read The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Chapters 1 and 2, and be prepared to discuss

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

AGENDA 10/21

Finish presenting Fallacies PPT

HW: Post current event replies for 10/12 by 11:59PM PST tonight! Rhetorical Terms Entry #1 (typed copy and electronic copy to Turnitin.com) on Steinbeck's "Americans and the Land" due Friday. Suggested terms include: simile, metaphor, analogy.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

AGENDA 10/20

"What Goes Around" Health Assembly

HW: First rhetorical terms entry on Steinbeck's "Americans and the Land," McGraw-Hill Reader, p. 667, due on Friday, 10/23. Submit a typed copy in class and an electronic copy to Turnitin.com.

Get a nonfiction independent reading book (preferably connected to a topic you'd like to study for your fall research paper) and be 1/5 of the way through it by Monday, 10/26. Bring the book on Monday, 10/26.

Reply to current event postings for 10/12 by 11:59PM tomorrow (10/21).

Monday, October 19, 2009

AGENDA 10/19

Grammar Practice: Pronoun Consistency #1 (Shifts in Pronoun Person)
Review of English pronoun use and appropriate pronoun use

Introduce and begin presenting Fallacies PPT

HW: First rhetorical terms entry on Steinbeck's "Americans and the Land," McGraw-Hill Reader, p. 667, due on Friday, 10/23. Submit a typed copy in class and an electronic copy to Turnitin.com.

Get a nonfiction independent reading book (preferably connected to a topic you'd like to study for your fall research paper) and be 1/5 of the way through it by Monday, 10/26. Bring the book on Monday, 10/26.

Reply to current event postings for 10/12 by 11:59PM on Wednesday (10/21).

Thursday, October 15, 2009

AGENDA 10/15

Ethos, Logos, and Pathos PowerPoint

HW: First rhetorical terms entry on Steinbeck's "Americans and the Land," McGraw-Hill Reader, p. 667, due on Friday, 10/23. Submit a typed copy in class and an electronic copy to Turnitin.com.

Get a nonfiction independent reading book (preferably connected to a topic you'd like to study for your fall research paper) and be 1/5 of the way through it by Monday, 10/26. Bring the book on Monday, 10/26.

Reply to current event postings for 10/12 by 11:59PM next Wednesday (10/21).

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

AGENDA 10/14

Finish introducing Rhetorical Terms Project
Sample Rhetorical Terms Entry Score of A
Sample Rhetorical Terms Entry Score of C
Scoring Commentary on Sample Rhetorical Terms Entries

HW: First rhetorical terms entry on Steinbeck's "Americans and the Land," McGraw-Hill Reader, p. 667, due on Friday, 10/23. Submit a typed copy in class and an electronic copy to Turnitin.com.

Get a nonfiction independent reading book (preferably connected to a topic you'd like to study for your fall research paper) and be 1/5 of the way through it by Monday, 10/26. Bring the book on Monday, 10/26.

Reply to current event postings for 10/5 by 11:59PM tonight. Reply to current event postings for 10/12 by 11:59PM next Wednesday (10/21).

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

AGENDA 10/13

Grammar practice: Semicolon Use #3

Vocabulary Quiz

HW: Post your reply to the 10/5 current event articles on Turnitin.com if you haven't already--due by 11:59PM PST on Wednesday. Get a nonfiction independent reading book, and read the first 1/5 by Friday, 10/23.

Monday, October 12, 2009

AGENDA 10/12

Library - browse independent reading books
For independent reading books, select any nonfiction book that interests you--preferably something that might connect to your fall researched argument paper

List of possible topics for fall researched argument paper

HW: Study for tomorrow's vocabulary quiz over The Grapes of Wrath vocabulary words. Post your reply to the 10/5 current event posts if you haven't already--due by 11:59PM on Wednesday!

Friday, October 9, 2009

AGENDA 9/9

Grammar Practice: Semicolons #2
Link to handout for semicolon use
Continue to discuss "In the Fire" by Roger Angell, specifically catalogue and the diction of battle
Introduce Rhetorical Terms Project
Analyze Sample Rhetorical Terms Entry Score of A
Analyze Sample Rhetorical Terms Entry Score of C
Scoring Commentary on Sample Rhetorical Terms Entries


HW: Study for vocabulary quiz on Tuesday 10/13
Reply to current event on Turnitin.com by 11:59PM PST Wednesday, 10/14
Check calendar within Turnitin.com to see which students must post new current events by Monday, 10/12, 11:59PM PST

Thursday, October 8, 2009

AGENDA 9/8

Finish discussing OPTIC and Dorothea Lange's photograph "Migrant Mother"
Read and discuss "In the Fire" by Roger Angell, discussing in groups of 4 or 5:

1) What are Angell's main points about the catcher?
2) What parts of this piece are especially well-written, unusual, or memorable?
3) What rhetorical techniques does Angell employ in this text?
Specifically, what patterns in word choice do you notice?

HW: Study for vocabulary quiz on Tuesday. Reply to current event postings on Turnitin.com if you weren't one of this week's posters. Submit 2nd draft of GW paper if you haven't already.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

AGENDA 9/7

Vocabulary warm-up for The Grapes of Wrath vocabulary list (quiz next Tuesday!)
Continue to discuss Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" using OPTIC strategy

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

AGENDA 10/6

Grammar Practice: Semicolons #1
OPTIC Analysis of Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother"

HW: 2nd Draft of GW intercalary chapter essay due tomorrow for my comments. Study vocabulary - quiz next Tuesday.

Monday, October 5, 2009

AGENDA 10/5

Revise GW papers - color-mark to ensure body paragraphs and thesis statements are complete. 2nd draft due Wednesday to pust for comments.

HW: Revise GW papers for Wednesday.

Friday, October 2, 2009

AGENDA 10/2

Grammar Quiz - Verbs
Begin peer revision on GW papers

Thursday, October 1, 2009

AGENDA 10/1

Computer Lab: introduce Current Events Discussion Board Project
Create Turnitin.com account