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.

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!)