Close Analysis of passage from Ch. 1 of The Great Gatsby: two "eggs" and two houses
HW: TWO rhetorical terms entries due tomorrow--one from Ch. 1 or 2 of The Great Gatsby, and one from one of the three McGraw-Hill Reader essays we studied last week: "Delusions of Grandeur," "Men at Work," or "Ambition," pages 368-377. Remember, you CANNOT repeat a term you defined first semester.
Read Ch. 2 of The Great Gatsby for Friday's class. Get and read first 50 pages of indie reading book for next Wednesday.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
AGENDA 2/9
Turn in Evidence Logs and annotated current events related to business or the economy.
Generate a list of issues affecting Samohi and questions for guest speaker, Dr. Pedroza: What do you want to know?
Begin close analysis passage from Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby individually or with a partner.
HW: TWO rhetorical terms entries due tomorrow--one from Ch. 1 or 2 of The Great Gatsby, and one from one of the three McGraw-Hill Reader essays we studied last week: "Delusions of Grandeur," "Men at Work," or "Ambition," pages 368-377. Remember, you CANNOT repeat a term you defined first semester.
Generate a list of issues affecting Samohi and questions for guest speaker, Dr. Pedroza: What do you want to know?
Begin close analysis passage from Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby individually or with a partner.
HW: TWO rhetorical terms entries due tomorrow--one from Ch. 1 or 2 of The Great Gatsby, and one from one of the three McGraw-Hill Reader essays we studied last week: "Delusions of Grandeur," "Men at Work," or "Ambition," pages 368-377. Remember, you CANNOT repeat a term you defined first semester.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
AGENDA 2/3
Timed Essay - Argument Prompt
HW: Bring ID cards and any books to return to the textbook room tomorrow, or bring your copy of The Great Gatsby if you have purchased your own.
HW: Bring ID cards and any books to return to the textbook room tomorrow, or bring your copy of The Great Gatsby if you have purchased your own.
Monday, February 2, 2009
AGENDA 2/2
Examine scoring guide and sample essays for the Sanders 2003B argument prompt.
Homework check - show your essays you wrote over the weekend for credit.
After examining samples, score your own or score a peer's essay using the scoring guide.
HW: Timed essay tomorrow. Bring blue or black ink pens, notebook paper, and any notes or handouts you would like to have with you for tomorrow's timed write.
Homework check - show your essays you wrote over the weekend for credit.
After examining samples, score your own or score a peer's essay using the scoring guide.
HW: Timed essay tomorrow. Bring blue or black ink pens, notebook paper, and any notes or handouts you would like to have with you for tomorrow's timed write.
Friday, January 30, 2009
AGENDA 1/30
Discuss the Muckraker prompt and continuum of evidence and how to handle argument prompts.
HW: Write an argument essay for the Sanders prompt. You'll get full credit just for having the complete essay written--we'll peer-score it on Monday according to the scoring guidelines.
HW: Write an argument essay for the Sanders prompt. You'll get full credit just for having the complete essay written--we'll peer-score it on Monday according to the scoring guidelines.
Friday, January 16, 2009
FINAL EXAM REVIEW
STRUCTURE OF EXAM:
HOUR 1: VOCABULARY AND MULTIPLE-CHOICE
Vocabulary List of words to study for exam
Old lists of definitions:
Enrique's Journey vocabulary
The Grapes of Wrath vocabulary
Logical Fallacies vocabulary
The Crucible vocabulary
Thoreau vocabulary
Multiple-Choice practice:
Answers for passage 2 (we went over this one in class today): 8.D 9.C 10.C 11.D 12.E 13.C 14.A
Answers for passage 3 (the extra practice you received in class today): 15.B 16.A 17.B 18.E 19.D 20.A 21.C 22.D
NOTE: The multiple-choice will be approximately 28 questions but will count out of 21 points. Like on the AP exam, you will receive one point for each correct answer and lose 1/4 of a point for each incorrect answer. Your raw score will then count out of 21 points for this segment. If you are uncertain about the meaning of a word, make your best guess. BRING A #2 PENCIL FOR THIS PORTION OF THE EXAM.
HOUR 2: CHOICE OF ESSAY (RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS)
Bring notebook paper and BLUE or BLACK INK pens for this portion of the exam.
To prepare for rhetorical analysis, look over your rhetorical terms entries and "The Death of Benny Paret" practice that we examined on Monday. Also, take a look at the Stewart passage that I gave out on Tuesday--you might consider writing a thesis statement or a body paragraph as practice and then email me for feedback.
To prepare for synthesis, look over your sample materials from the Flagburning essay (the packet and the two student sample essays). Review your researched argument paper, and take a look back at the televised election debate packet as well. Again, you might consider writing a new thesis statement or body paragraph for televised election debates or flagburning (now that you have a better idea how to write a researched argument paper) and then email me for feedback if you're unsure how to tackle this type of prompt.
Venn Diagram comparing Rhetorical Analysis and Synthesis - tips and notes from class today comparing the two essay types.
HOUR 1: VOCABULARY AND MULTIPLE-CHOICE
Vocabulary List of words to study for exam
Old lists of definitions:
Enrique's Journey vocabulary
The Grapes of Wrath vocabulary
Logical Fallacies vocabulary
The Crucible vocabulary
Thoreau vocabulary
Multiple-Choice practice:
Answers for passage 2 (we went over this one in class today): 8.D 9.C 10.C 11.D 12.E 13.C 14.A
Answers for passage 3 (the extra practice you received in class today): 15.B 16.A 17.B 18.E 19.D 20.A 21.C 22.D
NOTE: The multiple-choice will be approximately 28 questions but will count out of 21 points. Like on the AP exam, you will receive one point for each correct answer and lose 1/4 of a point for each incorrect answer. Your raw score will then count out of 21 points for this segment. If you are uncertain about the meaning of a word, make your best guess. BRING A #2 PENCIL FOR THIS PORTION OF THE EXAM.
HOUR 2: CHOICE OF ESSAY (RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS)
Bring notebook paper and BLUE or BLACK INK pens for this portion of the exam.
To prepare for rhetorical analysis, look over your rhetorical terms entries and "The Death of Benny Paret" practice that we examined on Monday. Also, take a look at the Stewart passage that I gave out on Tuesday--you might consider writing a thesis statement or a body paragraph as practice and then email me for feedback.
To prepare for synthesis, look over your sample materials from the Flagburning essay (the packet and the two student sample essays). Review your researched argument paper, and take a look back at the televised election debate packet as well. Again, you might consider writing a new thesis statement or body paragraph for televised election debates or flagburning (now that you have a better idea how to write a researched argument paper) and then email me for feedback if you're unsure how to tackle this type of prompt.
Venn Diagram comparing Rhetorical Analysis and Synthesis - tips and notes from class today comparing the two essay types.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
AGENDA 1/7
Partner discussion: What are all of the reasons that people might follow bad/unjust laws?
(Review Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Reasoning)
Introduction to excerpts from Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"
Introduce new vocabulary from "Civil Disobedience"
Online resource: http://thoreau.eserver.org/civil.html
This online resource contains the full annotated text AND a Spanish translation! :)
HW: Reminder--your three rhetorical terms entries (#6, #7, and #8) from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are due tomorrow if you haven't submitted them already--two should be on humor devices and one can be any other device you haven't written up yet from Huck Finn (I recommended "colloquialism" or "dialect," as you'll recall...)
Finish reading "Civil Disobedience" by Friday
Finish reading Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for next Wednesday (pace yourself appropriately!)
Be at the halfway point or beyond in your independent reading book for Friday--bring your book as book groups will meet!
Stand-up seminar tomorrow on Morality and Moral Decisions in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn...be prepared to talk!
(Review Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Reasoning)
Introduction to excerpts from Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"
Introduce new vocabulary from "Civil Disobedience"
Online resource: http://thoreau.eserver.org/civil.html
This online resource contains the full annotated text AND a Spanish translation! :)
HW: Reminder--your three rhetorical terms entries (#6, #7, and #8) from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are due tomorrow if you haven't submitted them already--two should be on humor devices and one can be any other device you haven't written up yet from Huck Finn (I recommended "colloquialism" or "dialect," as you'll recall...)
Finish reading "Civil Disobedience" by Friday
Finish reading Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for next Wednesday (pace yourself appropriately!)
Be at the halfway point or beyond in your independent reading book for Friday--bring your book as book groups will meet!
Stand-up seminar tomorrow on Morality and Moral Decisions in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn...be prepared to talk!
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