This week we will write our first rhetorical analysis in-class essay. Though there are still some terms/concepts to learn in the rhetorical analysis unit, you should be prepared for the prompt you'll receive on Monday.
MONDAY: In-class rhetorical analysis essay. You'll be given a short piece of writing and a prompt and will have the class period to write your best first draft of an essay analyzing the passage. The AP Language and Composition teachers will all read these and score them on October 8. DUE: Tone vocabulary.
TUESDAY: Work on SOAPS and creating high level questions for your independent reading book. Read John F. Kennedy's Inauguration Speech. HW: SOAPS and high level questions for Wednesday. Finish reading Kennedy speech for Thursday.
WEDNESDAY: Review Groucho Marx letter and student response. Review Marriage Proposal essay comments and begin revisions. HW: Revised marriage proposal essays due next Friday (to give you time to go to the writing center next week, and also to get one-on-one feedback from me or Mrs. Garcia).
THURSDAY: Watch JFK's speech. Discuss JFK inauguration speech/parallel structures/allusion. Pick up both Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and the McGraw Hill Reader from the textbook room.
FRIDAY: Current events quiz. Intro to Frederick Douglass. Reading/work time. HW: Read up through chapter 9 in Frederick Douglass and work on "Reading and Rhetoric Worksheet," work on Marriage Proposal essay drafts. Worksheet due Tuesday, October 8, and Marriage Proposal Essays due on Turnitin.com on October 10.
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