AGENDA 11/30

Style Revision PowerPoint: make changes to your body paragraphs by following some of these guidelines

Style Revision PowerPoint as a .pdf for easy viewing

Pass out Rhetorical Historical Paper Scoring Guide and review FLT Sheet and Final Essay Checklists as needed

HW: Continue to draft and revise your rhetorical historical research paper for content and style. Due 12/8! Bring all paragraphs tomorrow--we'll be working on conclusions.

AGENDA 11/29

Preparing to read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

Discuss moral dilemma scenarios and possible responses

Introduce Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Reasoning - cloze notes

Review final essay requirements for research paper and discuss Focused Learning Targets (FLTs)explored during the writing of this paper. Research paper due 12/8!

HW: Continue to work on rhetorical historical research paper. Review the FLTs and decide which elements you need help with. Bring all body paragraphs to class tomorrow for style revision!

AGENDA 11/22

TIMED ESSAY: Rhetorical Analysis - Ed Abbey, excerpt from Down the River

HW: For WEDNESDAY, bring the following:

1) Today's body paragraph, color-marked like Pust's sample

2) Reflection questions answered, stapled to the back

3) Clean copy of your revised paragraph (revise based on color-marking between now and Wednesday to incorporate the things you said you needed in your revision)

4) A SECOND body paragraph(s) section discussing a different source or discourse community, with all of the above components in mind (it should already be "revised" to meet the components we highlighted for)

For MONDAY, bring a THIRD body paragraph section.

NOTE: I will distribute Uh-Oh slips to anyone who does not have these items on Monday. If you are absent on Wednesday, you will automatically get an Uh-Oh slip if you do not have the items complete and with you at the start of the period on Monday.

AGENDA 11/21

Vocabulary: Introduce new words from Nature & Environment Unit

Revision activity: using your body paragraph, get four highlighters (pink, yellow, blue, and green) and color-code your draft following Pust's sample...

Yellow: highlight opening claim (description of how this source is similar to/different from other sources)
Blue: direct quotations, specific details from work, and citations in parentheses
Green: description of impact of genre and/or decisions made to suit a particular audience (e.g, Since this is a children’s book…or Because this is a political cartoon…)
Pink: underlying emotions and tone words (highlighted as individual words) and full sentences describing purpose and motivations

Then, answer the two reflection questions and staple to the back of your color-marked draft:

1) Based on your color-marking and viewing Pust's sample, what do you need to develop in your draft? (e.g., I need to include citations, I need to add more discussion of genre because I don't have enough green, etc.)

2) What do I need help with? (e.g., I don't know how to cite a video, I am not sure what the underlying emotions of this source are, etc.)

HW: Review materials for tomorrow's timed rhetorical analysis essay. HINT: You want to bring your pink FLT sheet for Rhetorical Analysis, your revised Florence Kelley essay, and any handouts related to rhetorical analysis (like your old sample paragraphs we did before the Kelley essay).

Also, for WEDNESDAY, bring the following:
1) Today's body paragraph, color-marked
2) Reflection questions answered, stapled to the back
3) Clean copy of your revised paragraph (revise based on color-marking between now and Wednesday to incorporate the things you said you needed in your revision)
4) A SECOND body paragraph(s) section discussing a different source or discourse community, with all of the above components in mind (it should already be "revised" to meet the components we highlighted for)

For MONDAY, bring a THIRD body paragraph section.

NOTE: I will distribute Uh-Oh slips to anyone who does not have these items on MONDAY. If you are absent on Wednesday, you will automatically get an Uh-Oh slip if you do not have the items complete and with you at the start of the period on Monday.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

I forgot that I have a half-day meeting in the afternoon tomorrow, Monday November 21, so I am rescheduling the timed essay for Tuesday. As such, tomorrow will be a work day, so please bring everything you need for your research paper!

Thank you.

AGENDA 11/17

Analyze and compose body paragraph for Mary Oliver "Owls" passage in small groups

Review components of rhetorical analysis body paragraph:

1a) (OPTIONAL--if you're feeling fancy) Thematic sentence expressing ideas of passage

1) Opening claim that includes both a technique and purpose

2) Meaningful 1/2 sentence to introduce sentence-length quotation that shows technique in action

3) Return to quotation to discuss connotations of particular words - why THAT word choice?

4) Conclude paragraph by exploring significance of ideas or use of that technique -- why is THAT technique used HERE? How does it add to/convey the author's overall purpose or message?

HW: Due TOMORROW: All 6 sets of research notes in either SOAPSTone or REALM style, in MLA format w/ citation at top. Bring in sources (if printed) and introduction paragraph too. 30 points! Timed essay on rhetorical analysis on Monday. Review your FLT sheet for rhetorical analysis (pink) and your Florence Kelley essay revisions prior to Monday's timed essay.

AGENDA 11/15

Introduce new vocabulary words: Nature & Environment Unit

Analyze excerpt from Steinbeck's "Americans and the Land" - compose a body paragraph describing the purpose of the series of similes in the text.

Our sample body paragraph

HW: SOAPSTone or REALM notes due on Friday for 2 more research sources - typed and in MLA format, complete with citations. Continue to revise introduction as needed. Timed rhetorical analysis essay on Monday.

AGENDA 11/14

Introduction revision: Use highlighters to identify the five necessary components in a partner's paragraph. Then write 2 concrete comments to help your partner revise his/her introduction draft.

See my sample with highlighting

Seminar Part 2 over environment and nature: Steinbeck's "Americans and the Land" and Ehrlich's "The Solitude of Open Spaces."

HW: Revise introduction drafts as needed to include all 5 components and prepare for tomorrow's seminar.

AGENDA 11/9

Check SOAPSTone & REALM Notes: Uh-Oh Slips for people who don't have them ready

Introductions PowerPoint

HW: Grammar Quiz on pronouns tomorrow! Review of Pronouns #1 with Rules and Review of Pronouns #2--make sure you know the four types of errors and how to explain what an antecedent is and to give an example. Read "The Solace of Open Spaces," pages 643-648 and "Americans and the Land," pages 667-671 in The McGraw-Hill Reader. Prepare for a seminar by selecting relevant quotations to discuss. Typed draft of introduction due MONDAY. Return signed Uh-Oh slips tomorrow or Monday.

AGENDA 11/8

Finish modeling REALM Notes, Page 1 and REALM Notes, Page 2

Complete draft of REALM Notes for Period 2

Complete draft of REALM Notes for Period 5

Pust's sample REALM Notes

HW: Typed REALM Notes with MLA format headers and citation for research source #4 due Wednesday. You must have FOUR research notes completed for tomorrow (1 REALM and 3 SOAPSTones; 3 REALM Notes and 1 SOAPSTones; or 2 of each). Read "The Solace of Open Spaces," pp. 643-648 and "Americans and the Land," pp. 667-671 in The McGraw-Hill Reader, in preparation for seminars on Thursday and Monday. Please select quotations that are worth discussing from each text. Grammar quiz on pronoun use on Thursday.

AGENDA 11/7

Stamp & check SOAPSTone writeups. Remember that SOAPSTone analysis for this assignment needs to be typed, an include an MLA formatted header at the top, the title, and an MLA format citation for each source you discuss. SOAPSTone writeups should be done in complete sentences and include specific details/direct quotations from your research sources. Further, you should add appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos at the end of your SOAPSTone analysis for each text (see SAD handout for clarification on the rhetorical appeals).

Sample SOAPSTone + Appeals writeup from Period 2

Sample SOAPSTone + Appeals writeup from Period 5

NOTE: ALL STUDENTS must have SOAPSTones stamped and checked by this Wednesday or I will need to alert parents and advisors that you have fallen behind in your research project.

Introduce REALM Notes, Page 1 and REALM Notes, Page 2

Model REALM Notes using excerpt from The Daily Show - "Intro to Hurricane Katrina." Discuss the impact of the audience, examine details, discuss the bias/values/ethos of the "author," and explain limitations and motivations operating on this text. Remember that since this is apolitical satire, it will poke fun not at the victims of the tragedy, but instead find a humorous angle to mock people in power to help provoke change. Also, because this airs so soon after the tragic events of Hurricane Katrina, one of the limitations Stewart has to think about is how to distance his audience emotionally from the hurricane and provide a humorous relief/viewpoint on the situation, which he does by alluding to past historical political blunders.

REALM Notes Part 1 Draft from Period 2

REALM Notes Part 1 Draft from Period 5

Pust's Sample complete REALM Notes including MLA formatting

HW: Complete a set of typed REALM Notes with an MLA citation and header at the top, for a 4th research source for Wednesday (we'll finish modeling this together tomorrow). Remember, as you choose sources, look for a variety of genres and discourse communities: have you examined a visual source yet? A film? A primary source? A map, chart, graph, or table? An objective news source? A political cartoon? An opinion piece? A speech? A humorous or satirical text or image? Do you have sources from multiple perspectives or target audiences? If not, keep looking, or see me for help!

AGENDA 11/4

NOTE: The links on this site will likely be unavailable for most of the weekend. If you need a handout, please email jpust@smmusd.org and I will send you the attachments.

Grammar Practice: Pronoun Review #1, Pronoun Review #2, and Pronoun Rules

Remember that the antecedent is the thing to which the pronoun refers. For example, in the sentence, "Mrs. Pust went to the store to buy groceries for her family," the pronoun is "her" and the antecedent is "Mrs. Pust."

Turn in FLT reflection and argument essay of your choice to bin

Review SOAPSTone analysis and sample SOAPSTone + Appeals writeup we did together for Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival in class

Sample SOAPSTone from Period 2

Sample SOAPSTone from Period 5

Work time: THREE SOAPSTone + Appeals analyses due on MONDAY. Grammar quiz over pronouns on Wednesday or Thursday of next week.