AGENDA 4/24

Assign speech dates
Complete AP scantrons
Work in groups on speeches

HW: Multiple-choice practice - allow yourself 20 minutes. Continue working on speeches - we'll deliver them beginning next Wednesday!

FULL LENGTH PRACTICE TEST TOMORROW - REPORT TO OUR CLASSROOM, B200, AT 8:45AM, AND BRING #2 PENCILS, BLUE/BLACK INK PENS, NOTEBOOK PAPER, SNACKS, AND SWEATERS IN CASE IT'S COLD. GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer Key for today's multiple-choice practice--

Passage 11
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. D
5. E
6. B
7. B
8. C
9. B

Passage 12
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. E
7. E

AGENDA 4/23

Work on and monitor progress of group speeches

HW: Continue working on local issues speeches.

AGENDA 4/22

Earth Day Assembly: View and discuss The Story of Stuff

AGENDA 4/21

Finish "A Plea for Mercy" - discuss implications for our speeches

Review annotated bibliography expectations.

HW: For Thursday - progress check on speeches (note cards, bibliography entries, research/interview questions, visual aid, etc. Nothing needs to be finished--I just need to see some progress!) For Friday - 2 rhetorical terms entries; 1 "free choice" and 1 from a famous speech.

AGENDA 4/20

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Read Clarence Darrow's "A Plea for Mercy" and discuss rhetorical techniques and appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos

Group work on local issues speeches - note card check and bibliography draft check on Thursday!

HW: 2 rhetorical terms entries due Friday - one "free choice" and one from a famous speech.

AGENDA 4/3

The Great Gatsby vocabulary quiz!

Have a safe, restful, wonderful Spring Break!