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.