AGENDA 11/28

Introduction to Chapter 3, Analyzing Arguments, From Reading and Writing
Overview PPT

HW: Bring textbook the rest of this week! Finish independent reading 📚 and work on independent reading projects.

AGENDA 11/18

Reminder: Independent reading - finish books this week
Stamp check for questions 3, 7, and 8 from page 1032 of textbook
Discuss Thoreau

1. Share your annotations, answers to questions, and funneling or other strategies you used
2. What did you do differently? Where did you agree? (Jot notes)
3. Choose the  three aphorisms that you think best represent Thoreau’s argument. Copy them down and cite by (Thoreau #)
4. Write a SOAPSTone claim for this piece, including the title and author.
5. Write down 5 questions that you could use in dialogue with Thoreau, to get him to clarify his arguments, to add support, or to push back on his ideas.

...due at end of period

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: Contribute a relevant, helpful image (max of two per word!) for the vocabulary words from Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience." Make sure the images are suitable for classroom use and would display well (that they are not too pixellated, for example). Use the first several slides as examples. Here's the link to edit the vocabulary document! Due by Tuesday, 11/22. Write your name in the "Notes" tab and a description of your image.

HW:  Finish independent reading 📚 and annotate and funnel the three current event articles in the packet. Bring your annotated, funneled packet to class on Monday, and consider doing the extra credit challenge!

AGENDA 10/24

Collect permission slips for field trip

Begin crafting scripts using script instructions for Election Project

Continue reading Act II of A Mighty Mighty People 

HW: Finish reading Act II of A Mighty Mighty People for homework and copy down two quotations worth discussing, make one Level 2 question and one Level 3 question to bring to class Tuesday: you'll have one set for Act I and one set for Act II.
Here are some of the songs from Act I:

"How I Got Over"
"Rocka My Soul"
"Mary Don't You Weep"
"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around"
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

Here are some of the songs from Act II:
"Be My Husband"

"Troubles of the World"

"Oh Freedom"

"I'll Fly Away"

"Steal Away"

AGENDA 10/21

Collect permission slips for field trip

Complete survey for Proposition sign up (one group member submits for all)

Work on annotated bibliographies and view sample

Begin reading A Mighty Mighty People 

HW: Finish reading A Mighty Mighty People for homework and copy down two quotations worth discussing, make one Level 2 question and one Level 3 question to bring to class Monday. Finish and submit annotated bibliography to Turnitin.com.
Here are some of the songs from Act I:

"How I Got Over"
"Rocka My Soul"
"Mary Don't You Weep"
"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around"
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

AGENDA 10/17

Vocabulary from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

AGENDA 9/29

Read, Annotate, Reread, and Funnel the two Prefaces to The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

HW: Finish this week's Commonplace Books assignment, focusing on a current article from a reputable news source about any of the Presidential candidates (this may be a news article or op-ed piece) or Presidential debates (due this weekend).

AGENDA 9/27

Discussing last night’s debates. Please answer on a separate sheet of paper (or at the bottom of your notes from last night’s debates):

WARM-UP: What did you notice in terms of rhetorical appeals? How did the two major-party candidates show their credibility/ethos? How did they use facts or statistics to appeal to logos? What emotional (pathos) appeals were made? What feelings do you think they were most trying to inspire in their audiences?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfzKOG5fWKg

NPR’s annotated transcript: http://www.npr.org/2016/09/26/495115346/fact-check-first-presidential-debate

Introduction to The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
PPT introducing Characteristics of Slave Narratives as a genre
Read and discuss the Preface

HW: Begin working on this week's Commonplace Books assignment, focusing on a current article from a reputable news source about any of the Presidential candidates (this may be a news article or op-ed piece) or Presidential debates (due this weekend).