October 12-16

This week we'll continue on Route 66 with the Joads in The Grapes of Wrath and will read new materials for more advanced rhetorical analysis practice.  You'll receive feedback for the first rhetorical essay, and we'll gear up for the next one, an in-class essay. 

MONDAY: Journal warm-up.  Go over old Glossary Assignment, pass back papers. Cumulative sentence exercise. Groucho Marx's letter to Warner Brothers, more information about thesis statements, and Christopher Morley's "On Laziness."

UPDATE: click here to access articles for today's class and enter "1000" for the passcode.  We read through page 9 of the scan, "Writing a Close Analysis Essay" and "On Laziness".

Due: Grapes, Chapter 13 read, Final draft of Marriage Proposal Rhetorical Analysis Essay to Turnitin.com, any remaining nomination forms for known actors for Grapes of Wrath characters.

Homework: Read Chapters 15 and 16 in Grapes of Wrath. If applicable, add to Glossary Assignment and turn in on Friday.


WEDNESDAY:  (PSAT test - all juniors will take the PSAT on Wednesday morning at 7:45 a.m. until 11:20 a.m. Periods 1-3 will be shortened to 50 minutes).  Journal warm-up. Watch clips from the Democratic Debate, then analyze the rhetorical strategies the candidates used as a class.

Due:

Homework: Study for Vocab quiz, read The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 17 for Friday. 

FRIDAY: Journal warm-up.  Vocab quiz.  Go over rhetorical analysis essay steps. Read Grapes Chapter 14 out loud in class; identify and discuss the effect of rhetorical appeals in the chapter.   Prepare for in-class rhetorical analysis essay on Tuesday, October 20.  View CBS video providing a context for JFK's inaugural address; watch part of his speech from YouTube, and then read and annotate the transcript. 

Due: Grapes, Chapter 17 read

Homework:

1. Read the transcript of JFK's speech and annotate it.  Create an outline (outline only!) that would address the question: How does President Kennedy use rhetorical appeals and devices to achieve his purpose?

2. Read the actual Florence Kelley essay prompt handed out in class, read and annotate the passage, then write an outline that would address the prompt.

3. Keep up with e-mails from TheWeek.com.  There will be a current events quiz next week on Thursday covering the e-mails from this Sunday through this Wednesday (I'll post them on this website as well.)

NOTE: You're preparing for an in-class essay next Tuesday (we'll review for 30 minutes before the essay next week). Comments and scores on the final marriage proposal prompt are up in Turnitin.com.