It's the last week of 2015!
This week, we'll finish the Rhetorical Historical Term paper, continue reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and continue with Argument.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Collect Grapes projects from wall, turn in Grapes book to class. Rough draft peer editing in rounds. Argument notes - types of evidence/article - I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose.
Due: Full rough draft of paper.
Homework: Work on drafts, upload starred rough draft with starred/marked paragraph for teacher notes to Turnitin.com by Wednesday night, December 16 at 10:00 p.m.
Finish reading "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose." What kind of evidence does she use? Is this an effective argument, in your view?
WEDNESDAY: Discuss "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read". Notes: satire vs. parody, examples. Periodic sentences.
Homework: Work on drafts, upload starred rough draft with starred/marked paragraph
for teacher notes to Turnitin.com by Wednesday night, December 16 at
10:00 p.m.
FRIDAY: (minimum day, 35 minutes) Metonymy and synechdoche. Check-in term papers. Discuss reading/Learnerator multiple choice practice over break.
Homework:
1. Please upload the Rhetorical Historical Term Paper by Sunday, December 20 at 11:59 p.m. to Turnitin.com with visuals, the text of the paper, and Works Cited all included.
2. Learnerator, please complete the following: (see sign up on the right hand navigation bar if you need instructions)
Under the sections "Rhetoric" and "Author's Meaning and Purpose" complete "Was the World Made for Man" by Mark Twain.
3. Please read Huckleberry Finn through Chapter 11 and be ready to discuss the book's style and content after break.
4. If you're up for it, the homework for January 6 is a short "Huckleberry Finn Raft Project". You can get a jump on that if you have time over the break.
Thanks for a wonderful 2015. I hope you have a fabulous (and well-deserved) Winter Break.
I look forward to seeing you next year!
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