Tuesday, January 31

Short class; early release day schedule due to incoming storm.

Reminder, Blizzard Bag no later than FRIDAY.
Introduced "Spirit of Individualism" vocabulary unit.  Quiz Friday!

Assigned Longfellow poetry teams and poems.
Working together,

1. Analyze your poem.  Be sure you understand it completely.
2. Create a glossary of unfamiliar words and share it, using Google Docs, with Ms. Bishop.
3. Practice together to create a single dramatic reading (you may read in unison, alternate stanzas, or assign each team member different parts of the poem, however you like BUT be sure you can read fluently and with dramatic expression!)
4. As an individual, create an illustration of a passage from the poem.

Projects are due on FRIDAY.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, February 3: Longfellow poem presentations.

Monday, January 30

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Students completed work on Open Book Quiz.
COLLECTED quizzes.

Began notes on "The Spirit of Individuality" (336--343 in textbook).

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 30: OPEN BOOK QUIZ on the Declaration of Independence.

Friday, January 27

Discussed questions on the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Woman.
Students began work on Open Book Quiz.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 27: OPEN BOOK QUIZ on the Declaration of Independence.

Thursday, January 26

Homework check for class participation credit: Question 2 (284) and 5 (287) on the letters from Phillis Wheatley and Abigail Adams.

Discussed questions on the homework/unclear passages from the letters.
Discussed student answers to the questions.
COLLECTED homework for a score.

Distributed History Channel handout with background facts on the Declaration of Independence.
Students read and annotated their copies of the handout.
Discussed interesting and surprising facts from the handouts.

Began discussion student questions on unclear passages in the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Woman.  (We will finish this discussion tomorrow and begin the open book quiz.)

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 27: OPEN BOOK QUIZ on the Declaration of Independence

Friday, January 13

Short block today due to exam schedule.

Continued work on a rhetorical analysis essay on Patrick Henry's speech.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 13: Finish rough draft; writers' groups will meet Thursday, January 19..

TUESDAY, January 17: Midterm Exam.

Thursday, January 12

Choice of reading or vocabulary work.
Continued work on a rhetorical analysis essay on Patrick Henry's speech.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 13: Rough draft of essay due for discussion in writers' groups. Finish rough draft; writers' groups will meet Thursday, January 19..

TUESDAY, January 17: Midterm Exam.

Wednesday, January 11

Introduced Rhetorical Terms study guide.
Choice of reading or vocabulary work.

Continued work on a rhetorical analysis essay on Patrick Henry's speech.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 13: Rough draft of essay due for discussion in writers' groups.
TUESDAY, January 17: Midterm Exam.

Tuesday, January 10

Introduced midterm vocabulary.
Continued work on a rhetorical analysis essay on Patrick Henry's speech.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 6: "The Right to Be Free" vocabulary unit 1 quiz.
TUESDAY, January 17: Midterm Exam.

Monday, January 9

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.  (No log required Tuesday, January 17, due to midterms.)
Began writing a rhetorical analysis essay of about 1500 words, on Patrick Henry's speech.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 6: "The Right to Be Free" vocabulary unit 1 quiz.
TUESDAY, January 17: Midterm Exam.

Friday, January 6

Vocabulary quiz.
Homework check.
Discussed student examples of rhetorical strategies, including:

• Imagery
• Allusions
• Rhetorical questions
• Emotionally loaded language/words or elevated language/word choices
• Repeated words
• Repeated sentence structures (parallel structure)

Discussed types of appeals, impact of strategies on audience.
Students selected their sense of most important or interesting types of strategies.
Began outlining an essay of about 1500 words, analyzing Patrick Henry's speech.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 6: "The Right to Be Free" vocabulary unit 1 quiz.
TUESDAY, January 17: Midterm Exam.

Thursday, January 5

Choice of vocabulary review or silent reading.

Introduced the task of writing a rhetorical analysis paper.
Finished reading Patrick Henry's address to the Virginia Convention and discussed meaning of unfamiliar words and confusing allusions.

Students began highlighting examples of rhetorical strategies, including:

• Imagery
• Allusions
• Rhetorical questions
• Emotionally loaded language/words or elevated language/word choices
• Repeated words
• Repeated sentence structures (parallel structure)

Will finish identifying and labeling examples as homework tonight.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 6: "The Right to Be Free" vocabulary unit 1 quiz.
TUESDAY, January 17: Midterm Exam.

Wednesday, January 4

Reviewed "The Right to Be Free" vocabulary unit on Quizlet.
Gave notes on the Rhetorical triangle (Occasion, Purpose, Audience) and on how different rhetorical strategies can be used to appeal to reason, emotion, or "ethos"--reasons, such as shared values or intelligence--to trust a speaker's words.
Introduced Patrick Henry's address to the Virginia Convention (263) and began talking about the meaning of his words.

HOMEWORK

FRIDAY, January 6: "The Right to Be Free" vocabulary unit 1 quiz.

Tuesday, January 3

Short block due to 2 hour delay schedule.
Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs (and optional vacation logs).
Introduced Rhetoric and the Age of Reason.
HOMEWORK: Read "Persuasive Rhetoric" and "Prepare to Read" (260--262).

HOMEWORK

FRIDAY, January 6: "The Right to Be Free" vocabulary unit 1 quiz.