September 9 - 13

It's week three, and we're getting into the first big topic of the year: the rhetorical situation and rhetorical analysis. I love the unit we are starting and am looking forward to analyzing everything from older passages, speeches, commercials, and even clips from the upcoming primary election debate.

There is still some "housekeeping" to be done as far as the College Board and registering for the exam. Beginning this year, the College Board is asking all AP students to register and pay by November 4, 2019, at regular price, and by November 15 (with a $50 late fee). You will register at myap.collegeboard.org and pay using the Total Registration website. Please see the uploaded letter under "Class Handouts" on the right-hand sidebar for more details.
 
Here's the agenda for the week:

TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Discuss Frederick Douglass and the first two chapters of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Presentation by Ms. Lewis from the College and Career Center. Continuation of SOAPS, the rhetorical situation. (Fifth period - an analysis of George W. Bush's 9/11 speech).

Due: Completed Interest Inventory Sheet.

Obtain a copy of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Please read chapters 1-2 (page 1-9 in the Dover edition.)

Here are some ways to obtain a copy:

• Check it out from the PV High library
• Check it out from another local library
• Buy it in-person at a bookstore
• Order it online through Amazon for $1.62 by yourself
• Add to Ms. Mogilefsky's order for $1.62 (let me know if you'd like to add to my class order and pay later. Books will be delivered to class on Thursday of this week. I have extras)
• Read it for free online at Project Gutenberg

Homework: Study for current events quiz covering the "10 Things You Need to Know Today" e-mails from Sunday, September 8 through Wednesday, September 11. (Click here for a document that includes all of these e-mails on Wednesday, September 11.)
 
THURSDAY:  Journal warm-up. Current events quiz. Receive vocab sheet for next week. Receive Frederick Douglass books if you ordered one through me. Using school Chromebooks, register for Turnitin.com and the AP exam. "Eleventh Grade: The Dark Side" PowerPoint. Notes and examples of the rhetorical situation, SOAPS, and if time, logos, ethos, pathos written examples.

Due: Study for current events quiz.

Homework: Please read Frederick Douglass, Chapters 3-5.

Reading in AP Rhetorical Analysis Packet, pages 3-8.