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.
No comments:
Post a Comment