Sunday, September 21, 2014

September 22 - 26

Welcome!  This week we'll continue our study of rhetorical analysis, leading up to an in-class rhetorical analysis essay next Monday, September 29.  Next week we will pick up Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

MONDAY: 5th period - healthcare debate, 6th period - explanations for multiple choice practice test questions.  Lesson about determining tone - an author's attitude about the subject.  DUE: Final "Your Family on the Joad's Journey." HW: Vocabulary exercise for Monday for academic descriptions of tone. 

TUESDAY:  Queen Elizabeth I's Tilburg speech in-class analysis.  The "Rule of Three."

WEDNESDAY:  Review of all of the terms we've learned and "MRS DT FIRST." Step-by-step how to approach an essay prompt.  (Deconstruct prompt, SOAPS, creating a thesis statement.) .  HW:  Read Groucho Marx letter to Warner Brothers and student rhetorical analysis essay in response for Monday.

THURSDAY:  NO SCHOOL - ROSH HASHANAH - JEWISH NEW YEAR.

FRIDAY: Current events quiz.  Discussion of one event/issue and in-class response. Overview of homework. 

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