It's the last week before finals! We've already worked hard to lay the foundation of the argument unit, and students are outlining and brainstorming challenging prompts. We'll continue with Huckleberry Finn, the argument unit, and preparing for the final.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Red herring fallacy video. Discuss Huckleberry Finn reading, through Chapter 17. There will be two Huck Finn questions included on the current events quiz this week. Go over Boorstin prompt outlines, read sample essays. Revise a student's Boorstin essay. Review fallacies, act out a few more group scenes. Learn 3 more fallacies.
Due: Boorstin outline. Huck Finn through Chapter 17.
Homework:
Revise one paragraph of the Boorstin student essay provided in class for Thursday.
Read and mark up Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech for Thursday, looking for rhetorical devices/appeals.
Study for Current Events Quiz for Thursday, January 14 covering Sunday, January 10 through Wednesday, January 13. The e-mails are here.
Make sure you're caught up with the Learnerator homework from Winter Break. I'll be updating the Gradebook with completion credit.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up - review rhetorical analysis terms. Current events/Huck quiz. Look at Boorstin rewrites. Receive argument essay prompt that will count as the final. Read and discuss i class briefly. Read article about the writing of the "I Have a Dream" speech. Look at student notes/annotations for Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. View the delivery of the speech. Working in groups, write a practice rhetorical analysis outline about the speech (contest).
If time, read and analyze Robert Kennedy's "Remarks on the Assassination of MLK" speech.
Due:
Mark up Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech with annotations, noting rhetorical devices/appeals.
Boorstin essay revisions - will be turned in for credit with your own outline.
Homework: read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 18-21 (through page 136). There will be three Huck Finn questions on the first part of the final, given Tuesday, January 19. Part I will include multiple choice questions for two passages. (50% correct = full credit on the multiple choice.)
Work on the argument essay prompt provided in class. This will be due to Turnitin.com by Thursday, January 21 at 12:00 p.m. (noon). There will be time in class to work on the essay and upload (approximately 2 hours). The laptop cart will be in the room for you to use.
Journals will be collected at the end of Tuesday's class for participation credit. If you were absent on any given day, just put the date at the top with a note that says "Absent." No need to find out what the prompt was for that day.
NOTE: The final will be given in 2 parts:
Part I: Tuesday, January 19: Multiple Choice
3 Huckleberry Finn questions
2 multiple choice passages followed by questions. (50% correct = full credit)
Part II: Thursday, January 21
Argument take-home essay due to Turnitin.com by noon. You will have time during the two-hour final to complete the essay and laptops will be provided.
Enjoy the three-day Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday! I look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday.
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