Welcome! The class worked really hard last week on the in-class Douglass essay, and I'm excited to go through them. We'll work on some extension activities this week after reading Douglass, and then work on a special mini-unit covering impactful Supreme Court cases next week.
This is the last week to sign up and pay for the AP exam. Be sure to finish the process if you haven't already, and contact me if you have any questions.
Here's what's on the agenda for the week:
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Discussion about Wesley Yang's "Paper Tigers." Race in the classroom: video about types of books in high school vs. college, discussion. Notes: paradox, irony, videos covering irony.
Due: Finish reading Wesley Yang's "Paper Tigers."
Homework: Please read "On Laziness" on pages 32-33 in the Rhetorical Analysis Packet.
Study for vocab quiz on Thursday.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocabulary, grammar, and "Paper Tigers" reading. Special Halloween activities.
Due: Read "On Laziness" on pages 32-33 in the Rhetorical Analysis Packet.
Homework: Please read George Orwell's "Killing an Elephant" from the Rhetorical Analysis Packet, pages 34-37 and note any rhetorical devices utilized by Orwell to support his main point.
Monday, October 28, 2019
Monday, October 21, 2019
October 21 - 25
Welcome! Here's what's on the agenda for the week:
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Go through the steps of the entire 2018 Albright prompt to "calibrate," then use the new rubric to score actual student rhetorical analysis responses and see how the College Board scored them.
Due: Please read and outline the 2018 Albright rhetorical analysis prompt.
Please read pages 19-22 in the Rhetorical Analysis Packet.
Homework: Bring your copy of Frederick Douglass with you, if you have a book copy.
Go over the steps to writing a rhetorical analysis essay.
Keep up with the current event e-mails for the week.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Write an in-class rhetorical analysis essay prompt. (You will have a full hour, the material has to do with Frederick Douglass so you are familiar with it, and there will be notes all over the board to help.)
Due: Bring a book copy of Frederick Douglass with you, if you have one.
Homework: Study for the current event quiz on Friday. (Please click here for the e-mails covering Sunday through Wednesday.)
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Current event quiz. Receive AP Vocab List for next week. Notes: Irony, hyperbole, oxymoron. Go over the ending of Frederick Douglass. Read "Letter to My Old Master." Discussion questions and current day extensions. Begin reading Wesley Yang's "Paper Tigers."
Due: n/a
Homework: Finish reading Wesley Yang's "Paper Tigers" and be ready to discuss the questions at the end of the article.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Go through the steps of the entire 2018 Albright prompt to "calibrate," then use the new rubric to score actual student rhetorical analysis responses and see how the College Board scored them.
Due: Please read and outline the 2018 Albright rhetorical analysis prompt.
Please read pages 19-22 in the Rhetorical Analysis Packet.
Homework: Bring your copy of Frederick Douglass with you, if you have a book copy.
Go over the steps to writing a rhetorical analysis essay.
Keep up with the current event e-mails for the week.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Write an in-class rhetorical analysis essay prompt. (You will have a full hour, the material has to do with Frederick Douglass so you are familiar with it, and there will be notes all over the board to help.)
Due: Bring a book copy of Frederick Douglass with you, if you have one.
Homework: Study for the current event quiz on Friday. (Please click here for the e-mails covering Sunday through Wednesday.)
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Current event quiz. Receive AP Vocab List for next week. Notes: Irony, hyperbole, oxymoron. Go over the ending of Frederick Douglass. Read "Letter to My Old Master." Discussion questions and current day extensions. Begin reading Wesley Yang's "Paper Tigers."
Due: n/a
Homework: Finish reading Wesley Yang's "Paper Tigers" and be ready to discuss the questions at the end of the article.
Monday, October 14, 2019
October 14 - 18
It's mid-October already! Please be sure to sign up for the AP exam using the two-step process on the right-hand sidebar by midnight on November 3. Here's what's on the agenda:
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Ralph Ellison passage - syntax. Notes: figurative language and its effect in persuasion. Review and read Frederick Douglass.
Due: Read Frederick Douglass, Chapters 9 and 10.
Homework: Finish Frederick Douglass for Thursday, (Chapter 11).
Study for the vocab/grammar quiz covering the AP Vocab for the week.
WEDNESDAY: No late start - come in for the PSAT at 7:45 a.m.
THURSDAY: NOTE: 5th period earthquake drill, shortened classes. Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocabulary, grammar, and reading. Go over Kelley rhetorical analysis essay.
Due: Finish Frederick Douglass, (Chapter 11).
Homework: Please read and outline a rhetorical analysis prompt.
Please read pages 19-22 in the Rhetorical Analysis Packet.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Ralph Ellison passage - syntax. Notes: figurative language and its effect in persuasion. Review and read Frederick Douglass.
Due: Read Frederick Douglass, Chapters 9 and 10.
Homework: Finish Frederick Douglass for Thursday, (Chapter 11).
Study for the vocab/grammar quiz covering the AP Vocab for the week.
WEDNESDAY: No late start - come in for the PSAT at 7:45 a.m.
THURSDAY: NOTE: 5th period earthquake drill, shortened classes. Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocabulary, grammar, and reading. Go over Kelley rhetorical analysis essay.
Due: Finish Frederick Douglass, (Chapter 11).
Homework: Please read and outline a rhetorical analysis prompt.
Please read pages 19-22 in the Rhetorical Analysis Packet.
Monday, October 7, 2019
October 7 - 11
It's another four-day week! You've turned in your first rhetorical analysis essay, and while I'm grading it, we'll practice deciphering tone from a variety of passages and get back into Frederick Douglass.
Please sign up for the AP exam on the College Board website at myap.collegeboard. org, using the join codes on the right-hand sidebar of this website, then 2. Pay at the Total Registration Website.
Please complete this signup process by 11:59 on November 3 for regular prices with no late fees.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Frederick Douglass review, reading. Songs of slavery and their meaning. Tone activities: exercises and examples as a whole class and in groups.
Due: Revise and edit the Kelley rhetorical analysis passage and upload the final draft to Turnitin.com by Monday, October 7 at 11:00 p.m.
Homework: Study for Current Events Quiz covering TheWeek.com e-mails from Sunday, October 6, through Wednesday, October 9. (Click here for a Word doc with all of the e-mails for the quiz.)
WEDNESDAY: Holiday - Yom Kippur. No school.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Current Events Quiz. Class analysis of Queen Elizabeth I's Speech to the Troops at Tilbury. Notes: figurative language, syntax. Reading: Ralph Ellison passage.
Due: n/a
Homework: Please read the rest of Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 of Frederick Douglass. We're almost done with the book!
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
September 30 - October 4
I hope everyone enjoyed the three-day weekend! Please sign up for the AP exam using the two-step process that is detailed on the right-hand sidebar of this website by 11:59 p.m. on November 3rd!
Here's what's on the agenda for this week:
MONDAY: No school for students, staff development day.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Review rhetorical analysis essay process, Kelley passage, and work on first paragraph of Kelley essay in class on Chromebooks. Introductions/thesis statements.
Here's what's on the agenda for this week:
MONDAY: No school for students, staff development day.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Review rhetorical analysis essay process, Kelley passage, and work on first paragraph of Kelley essay in class on Chromebooks. Introductions/thesis statements.
Due: Type out the full rough draft response to the prompt and upload
to Turnitin.com by Monday night, September 30th, at 10:00 p.m. This
should be very rough - just put the outline into sentences and include
examples of each rhetorical device (what) and how it adds to the
effectiveness of the passage (how). A simple intro and conclusion is
fine, and the entire essay should be 4-6 paragraphs. We will work with
these drafts next week.
Homework: Study for the Tone Vocabulary quiz on Friday.
FRIDAY:
Journal warm-up. Quiz covering Tone Vocabulary sheet. Notes: body paragraphs and conclusions in rhetorical analysis essays. Work on sample conclusions in groups, then work on your own Kelley draft on Chromebooks. Musical tone activity in groups.
Due: n/a
Homework: Revise and edit the Kelley rhetorical analysis passage and upload it to Turnitin.com by Monday, October 7 at 11:00 p.m.
(We'll get back into Frederick Douglass next week!)
(We'll get back into Frederick Douglass next week!)
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