TUESDAY: Patrick Henry's Speech, "In a Virginia Convention" Patrick Henry uses several persuasive techniuqes to illustrate his points. In a small group, construct a pragraph wherein you discuss how he presents himself to the delegates and promotes his argument. Classroom Activity: Work on Rhetorical Analysis and Precis Homework: Watch the following film on the Declaration of Independence: Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSKOx8DKPIg Answer questions from take-home quiz
WEDNESDAY: The Declaration of Independence: Reading with a focus Continue working on rhetorical analysis and precis for Patrick Henry piece. Students will receive a hard copy of “What Is an American?” Letter III of Letters from an American Farmer Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur (as James Hector St. John) written ca. 1770-1778, published 1782.
FRIDAY: Vocabulary Quiz 7 Independent Reading: Nonfiction *Points will be deducted if proper book is not brought to class. No locker runs!
Week of 10/31-11/4
MONDAY: Happy Halloween! Creative Writing Assignment (Scary Story) No vocabulary this week ***Notebooks due FRIDAY!***
TUESDAY: Scary Story Read Aloud Finish reading and annotating Jean de Crèvecoeur's "What is an American?"
WEDNESDAY: Minimum day ***Notebook III Inventory Checklist*** Finish rhetorical precis assignment for "What is an American?" Prepare for class discussion tomorrow
THURSDAY: Junior Counseling Presentations Complete all outstanding notebook work. Notebooks Due tomorrow!
MONDAY: Weekly Vocabulary (Quiz Thursday November 10th) Students will participate in mini-Socratic seminar in which they will discuss “What is an American?” Letter III of Letters from an American Farmer Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur (as James Hector St. John) written ca. 1770-1778, published 1782. *Summary Quiz: "What is an American?"
TUESDAY: Students will continue to prepare for the rhetorical analysis timed writing section of the AP exam. Students will read and annotate an excerpt from Virginia Woolf (from a previous AP exam/hard copy only). Then students will write a paragraph wherein they write a paragraph summarizing and explaining Woolf's main idea. Students will analyze how Woolf uses language to convey the lasting significance of these moment from her past. Students will try to catch the author's complexity and tone in their summaries.
WEDNESDAY: Warmup activity (tone): Students will read an excerpt from Thomas Paine's Common Sense, identify tone. Students will look for clues that help them determine the author's attitude. There are many, however, diction, figurative language (especially metaphor), irony, imagery, and syntax are the most common. In groups, students will also explain how Paine could have communicated a different tone in some portion of the passage.
Students will review a rhetorical analysis prompt from a previous AP exam. Students will study the rubric (scoring guide) and several student examples to gain a better understanding of the scoring process. ***Please note that all AP students will be given their first rhetorical analysis timed write next week in class.***
THURSDAY: ***Vocabulary Quiz*** Students will take a closer look at the rhetorical mode of argumentation. Students will take notes on a powerpoint presentation that summarizes the main points of argumentation and also review sentence frames to support their argumentative writing.