November 4 - 8

Hopefully everyone had a chance to sign up and pay for the AP exam before the regular due date. If not, you can still sign up with a late fee. This week, we'll continue with more advanced rhetorical analysis terms and examples.

MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over "On Laziness" and "Killing an Elephant." (5th period only notes: paradox). Oxymoron, hyperbole notes. Rhetorical analysis of Disney songs -short video for fun. Satire notes, how to write about the effects of satire, video examples as a whole class. If time: cumulative sentences and group activity.

Due: Please read "Killing an Elephant" by George Orwell.

Homework: Please read "Death of the Moth" and annotate for rhetorical devices. What is the speaker's purpose in the short story? How does Woolf make her point?

Keep up with current event e-mails.

WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Play preview - 4th Period: 9:50-10:20, 5th Period: 11:25-11:55.
Sign up for Albert i.o. multiple choice practice on Chromebooks. Discuss "Death of the Moth" and share annotations. Debate watch and analysis.

Due: Read "Death of the Moth" and annotate for rhetorical devices.

Homework: Study for Current Events and reading quiz covering "Killing an Elephant" and "Death of the Moth."Click here for current events e-mail information for the quiz on Friday, November 8.

FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Current events/reading quiz. Notes: Parallelism/parallel structure. Current event discussion/debate. Analyze debate answers with rhetorical devices. 

Due:  n/a

Homework: Albert i.o. multiple choice: The Gettysburg Address (1863), and "Shopping for Knowledge" (more modern). Note: I can see how much time was spent on the passages. Please do your best, and spend more than 20 minutes on Gettysburg and 15 minutes on "Shopping" for full credit. (See the Albert i.o. instructions on the right-hand sidebar for more info.)

Enjoy the three-day holiday for Veteran's Day! 

I look forward to seeing you next week.