November 5 - November 9

It's November, finally. This month, we'll write another in-class rhetorical analysis essay, finish The Grapes of Wrath, begin the Rhetorical Historical research paper, liven up the agenda with discussion and debate, and start the Argument Unit. We'll also enjoy the November holidays along the way!

MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Check questions in packet for "Dumpster Diving" article and discuss. Read student rhetorical analysis example from Expansion Pack, as well as revision. Notes: hyperbole, parallelism, and paradox. Read "Santa Ana Winds" by Joan Didion (pages 10 and 11 in AP Expansion Packet). Read and analyze a practice Rhetorical Analysis prompt, outline in groups. Turn in warm-up journals.  

Due: Please read and annotate Dumpster Diving from the AP Expansion Pack, page 15-21. Please answer the questions on page 22 right into your packet itself and be ready to discuss on Monday.

Please read Chapter 19 of The Grapes of Wrath, page 315-326.

Please make sure you've answered all of the warm-up questions in your journal. At the end of the period on Monday, they'll be due in the classroom bin.

Homework: Read and annotate Shooting an Elephant (pages 4-7 in the Expansion Pack) for Wednesday. Look for at least one paradox in the text. (We will talk about it in class on Friday.)

WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Write the second in-class rhetorical analysis essay.

Due: Read and annotate Shooting an Elephant (pages 4-7 in the Expansion Pack) for Wednesday. Look for at least one paradox in the text. (We will talk about it in class on Friday.)

Homework: Study for the Current Events/Reading quiz on Friday. 

FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering TheWeek.com current events e-mails from Sunday, November 4 - Wednesday, November 7 and readings ("Dumpster Diving" and Shooting an Elephant). Introduce the "Rhetorical Historical" Research Paper. Discuss Orwell's Shooting an Elephant. Go over Marriage Proposal compare/contrast style prompt from Monday. Current event topic.

Due: Study for Current Events/Reading quiz.

Homework: Please read The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 20, and think about the characters you might like to play during the action scene with Tom, Al, Floyd, Jim Casy, and the deputy and contractor. Also note how the following characters deal with the intense challenges they face in this chapter: Tom, Connie, Uncle John, and Jim Casy.