Sunday, Dec. 3 - Complete 45 minutes of vocabulary practice on Membean.com by 11:59 PM
Monday, Dec. 4 - Thatcher Rhetorical Analysis peer review
Friday, Dec. 8 - Magic Lens Quiz - all four levels!
Friday, Dec. 8 - Thatcher Rhetorical Analysis final draft due to TurnItIn.com before midnight
Sunday, Dec. 10 - complete 45 minutes of vocabulary practice - LAST ONE!!!
Upcoming Due Dates:
Friday, December 15 - Final exam essay - write in class (if not exempting final exam)
Monday, December 18 - SLO Exam
Tuesday, December 19 - 1st and 2nd period exams
Wednesday, December 20 - 3rd and 4th period exams
Monday, December 4
LG: Consider and evaluate elements of strong rhetorical analysis writing.
Standards: ELAGSE9-10L3: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening, and to write and to edit so that it conforms to the guidelines in a style manual (e.g., MLA Handbook, APA Handbook, Turabian’s Manual for Writers) appropriate for the discipline and writing type.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Level 4 practice sentence
- Read the College Board released anchor papers for Thatcher prompt.
- https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/apcentral/ap16_english_language_q2.pdf
- Score each student essay using the rubric to justify the numerical values assigned to each paper. Be able to note how the writer was successful and convincing versus how the writer was merely adequate or perhaps entirely unsuccessful.
- Compete a class calibration chart on the projector or whiteboard
- https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/apcentral/ap16_english_language_q2.pdf
- Complete peer review activity for students’ Thatcher prompt essay first drafts (handout here)
- Begin editing/revising Thatcher rhetorical analysis essay, due to TurnItIn.com by Friday, December 8, before midnight. Last Membean practice due Sunday, December 10, before midnight.
Tuesday, December 5
LG: Read and analyze seminal documents pertaining to human rights.
Standards:ELAGSE9-10RI9: Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washington’s Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech, King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Nelson Mandela’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights), including how they address related themes and concepts.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Level 4 practice sentence
- Read the Wilfred Owen poem (handout here) “Dulce Et Decorum Est” (1921), and complete TP-FASSTT analysis (handout here) (Use the this resource for links to audio recordings)
- Ponder and Respond: After the losses of World War I - how is The United States feeling about other countries? How might this affect the United States’s policies on immigration?
- Translate the Preamble of the “United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights” into modern language as a class (handout here)
- In groups, split up all articles and translate to modern language, pick one article the United States upholds well and one they could improve on, share findings with class
- Determine which articles are in need of enforcing in the United States and provide solutions as to how to improve the implementation
- Ponder and Respond: Based on your understanding of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and your own personal opinions and beliefs, what is the role of other countries when genocide occurs? Discuss your opinions, then place a mark on the continuum to answer the following question: From 0-100%, how responsible is the United States for the Holocaust?
- Read Immigration/Emmigration policies and documentation for WWII (handout here) and discuss.
- Homework: Continue editing/revising Thatcher rhetorical analysis essay, due to TurnItIn.com by Friday, December 8, before midnight. Last Membean practice due Sunday, December 10, before midnight.
Wednesday, December 6
LG: Compare two accounts of a historical event, the voyage of the St. Louis; rhetorically analyze a war-time speech. Consider the larger historical context of a literary text.
Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI7: Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums(e.g., a person’s life story in print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account. ELAGSE9-10RI3: Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Level 4 Practice Sentence
- View the video on The Voyage of the St. Louis: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.php?ModuleId=10005267&MediaId=3544
- Ponder and Respond: What details were SIMILAR between the written account and this one? What details were DIFFERENT?
- Create a Venn Diagram in your IAN to demonstrate your thinking
- What seems to be the PURPOSE of each text? How do the details help you to understand the purpose?
- Read Winston Churchill’s “We Shall Fight On The Beaches” (full text here).
- Circle all pronouns and determine their antecedents in the LAST PARAGRAPH only.
- Underline strong diction choices and determine their meaning/significance in context.
- Bracket other rhetorical strategies evident in the speech.
- Circle all pronouns and determine their antecedents in the LAST PARAGRAPH only.
- Discuss/analyze the context of Churchill’s speech, his rhetorical strategies, and his diction choices.
- Homework: Continue editing/revising Thatcher rhetorical analysis essay, due to TurnItIn.com by Friday, December 8, before midnight. Last Membean practice due Sunday, December 10, before midnight.
Thursday, December 7
LG: Begin reading Night, considering Wiesel’s choice in tone and diction and their effects on the audience.
Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI3: Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them. ELAGSE9-10RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RI4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Level 4 Practice Sentence
- Begin reading Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night. Independently, choose ten questions to write developed answers to for chapters 1-3 (handout here). When ready, continue reading Wiesel’s text, and choose 10 questions to answer for chapters 4-9 (handout here).
- Homework: Continue editing/revising Thatcher rhetorical analysis essay, due to TurnItIn.com TOMORROW, December 8, before midnight. Last Membean practice due Sunday, December 10, before midnight.
Friday, December 8
LG: Demonstrate your understanding of grammatical structures, punctuation, parts of speech, and the function of phrases through completing a Magic Lens quiz. Continue reading Night, considering Wiesel’s choice in tone and diction and their effects on the audience.
Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI3: Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them. ELAGSE9-10L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a. Use parallel structure.* b. Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional, absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative, adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing or presentations. ELAGSE9-10L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. a. Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link two or more closely related independent clauses. b. Use a colon to introduce a list or quotation. c. Spell correctly. d. Produces legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens Quiz - all four levels!
- Continue reading Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night. Independently, choose ten questions to write developed answers to for chapters 1-3 (handout here). When ready, continue reading Wiesel’s text, and choose 10 questions to answer for chapters 4-9 (handout here).
- Homework: Continue editing/revising Thatcher rhetorical analysis essay, due to TurnItIn.com by TONIGHT before midnight. Last Membean practice due Sunday, December 10, before midnight.