AGENDA 9/30

Timed Essay: Rhetorical Analysis
Reflection on Writing

HW: Complete pink Reflection on Writing sheet if you didn't finish it in class. Bring your copy of Grapes of Wrath tomorrow if you have it.

AGENDA 9/29

Submit rhetorical terms entry #1 plus color-marked rough draft
Turnitin.com Instructions - submit rhetorical terms entry #1 before 10/8
Tips for tomorrow's Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Sample essay on Leonid Fridman's 2008 Form B "America Needs Its Nerds" prompt

HW: Prepare for tomorrow's timed essay! Bring blue or black ink pens, notebook paper, and resources you want to refer to during the timed essay.

AGENDA 9/28

Compose Back-to-School Night Letter for parents

Portfolio exchange

Continue to analyze and discuss "America Needs Its Nerds" prompt

HW: Rhetorical terms entry# 1 due tomorrow! Rhetorical analysis timed essay on Thursday.

Back-to-School Night PowerPoint

AGENDA 9/27

Color-marking exercise: self-reflect on Steinbeck paragraph
NOTE: You'll submit your color-marked draft stapled to the back of your rhetorical terms entry on Wednesday!

Analyze and discuss "America Needs Its Nerds" prompt with partners, then share out with class

Draft thesis statement, discuss elements of body paragraphs

HW: Rhetorical terms entry #1 on either simile or diction of ____ from Steinbeck's "Americans and the Land" due Wednesday!

AGENDA 9/24

Review and discuss similes and diction patterns in Steinbeck's "The Americans and the Land," p. 667 in the McGraw-Hill Reader

Introduce Rhetorical Terms Entries Project

Share, analyze, and discuss sample "A" paper

Share, analyze, and discuss sample "C" paper

Rhetorical Devices chart

Rhetorical Terms Entries Checklist

AGENDA 9/23

Discuss and analyze "In the Fire" by Roger Angell
Introduce rhetorical terms project
Review sample rhetorical terms entry - score of A and score of C
Commentary for sample rhetorical terms entries
Rhetorical terms entries checklist
Rhetorical terms chart


HW: Read Steinbeck's "Americans and the Land," pg. 667 in the McGraw-Hill Reader, for Friday. Note the author's use of similes and the diction of predators/prey.

Finish discussion over A Long Way Gone, Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story," Ortiz Cofer's "The Myth of the Latin Woman," and Goldsmith's "National Prejudices."

HW: Read Steinbeck's "Americans and the Land," pg. 667 in the McGraw-Hill Reader, for Friday. Note the author's use of similes and the diction of predators/prey.