11/2

Warm-up:  Write whether the pairs are synonyms or antonyms and what each word means.
1. vulgar … common 5. pedantic … finicky
2. pretention … affectation 6. kowtow … bow
3. glib … hesitant 7. importunate … demanding
4. inexorably … possibly

Classwork:  Complete practice AP test

Homework:  Read and annotate independent books

10/26

Warm-up:  Write the three most important or memorable moments from the first part of your book.  Reference the page number and explain the significance. 

Classwork:  Group discussion of independent reading, Read Mori's "School"

Homework:  Finish part 2 of independent reading for checkpoint 2 by Wed, begin work on Part 1 - due Fri

10/25

Warm-up:  Identify the phrases in the following sentence and label them as prepositional, appositive, participial, gerund or infinitive.

As a direct result of the successful launching of Sputnik I, the world’s first artificial satellite, winning the technological competition with the Soviet Union become one of the U.S. government’s highest priorities.

Classwork:  Discuss phrases and identify examples of each in Baldwin

Use the Language Network books (pg 48-63) to take notes in your notebook about all 5 different kinds of phrases.

Complete exercises 2 and 5 in LOC (167-173) about appositives.  The notes will help you.  Follow ALL the directions.

Homework:  Part 2 annotations up to checkpoint 1 are due tomorrow!

10/24

Warm-up:  Write an evaluation of Baldwin’s essay.  What was his purpose?  Did he accomplish it?  Why or why not?  Was his tone appropriate for the occasion?  Explain why or why not?

Classwork:  Baldwin Quiz, writing 2 paragraphs about Baldwin's tone w/ specific evidence from text (answering question 12 on LOC pg 129), collected notebooks

Homework:  Independent reading book - finish part 2 annotations up to checkpoint 1 by Friday

10/23

Warm-up:  If you could give all teachers 3 pieces of advice, what would they be?  Why?

Classwork:  Read and discuss Baldwin's essay "A Talk to Teachers"

Homework:  Read and annotate independent books to 1st checkpoint

10/22

Warm-up:  Why did you choose the non-fiction book 
that you did?  What do you expect to learn as you read 
it?  In the past, what active reading strategies have 
worked best for you to understand and enjoy books?

Classwork:  Go over write alike homework, look at
samples, launch independent books, go over style
analysis and checkpoint annotation assignments


Homework:  Read independent books.
First checkpoint due 10/26.

	1st checkpoint 10/26	2nd checkpoint 10/31	3rd checkpoint 11/7
Into the Wild	Chapters 1-8 (pg 85)	Chapters 9-13 (pg 132)	Chapters 14-Epilogue (pg 203)
Being a Black Man	to end of “His Last, Best Cause” (pg 109)	To end of “Meaning of Work” (pg 193)	From “In or Out…” to end of book (pg 288)
The Other Wes Moore	Part 1 – Chap 1-3 (62)	Part 2 – Chap 4-6 (122)	Part 3 – chap 7- Epilogue (180)
Nickel and Dimed	Pg 86 to “The Superwoman mood….”	Pg 169 to “On the Day of my Move….”	To the end of the afterword
Bird by Bird	Introduction – False Starts (84)	Plot Treatment – Writing Groups (161)	Someone to Read Your Draft – end of book
The Winter of Our Disconnect	To the end of Chapter 3 (around pg 99)	Chapters 4-5 (around pg 181)	Finish the book
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking	Introduction and Part One (pg 96)	Part 2: Chapter 4-7 (pg 180)	Finish the book
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior	Preface and Chapters 1-3 (pg 65)	Chapters 4-6 (pg 130)	Finish the book

10/18

Warm-up:  Write a reflection about taking the PSAT or SAT yesterday.  What questions did you feel most prepared to answer?  What do you know that you need to study more?  What have we done in this class that helped prepare you?


Classwork:  Read Alexie's "Superman and Me" on LOC pg 110-112, start write alike assignment


Homework:  MUST HAVE INDEPENDENT READING BOOK BY MONDAY

WRITE ALIKE: USING PROSE, EMERSON, TALBOT, AND ALEXIE VOICE/STYLE

DUE MONDAY, OCTOBER 22ND

You will felicitously answer the following questions from the opening of chapter 4 (pg. 87) using the voice, opinion, and style of the four authors we have studied. You will write in the full persona of the authors you choose considering their views, background, experiences, and even their unique style in which their views were delivered. You will answer the four questions using at least 2 different author’s persona and at least one question must incorporate and focus on the style the writer uses (view sheet given on what constitutes an author’s style). You do not have to include direct quotes from their text to delineate your responses, but you are writing as if you are Prose, Emerson, Talbot, or Alexie.

Questions to answer thoroughly:

1.     What makes a person educated? When we are seeking education, are we looking for knowledge, wisdom, skills, or all three?

2.     Is the purpose of education to make us knowledgeable about ourselves and our culture or to teach practical skills?

3.     Who should decide what is “best” for students to learn?

4.     Should schools impart values as well as knowledge?

10/17

Good luck on your PSAT & SAT!!!!!!

10/16

Warm-up:  SComplete questions 21-28 on pg 28 of PSAT prep book.

Classwork:  PSAT prep, complete section 3, go over section 3 and 5


Homework:  Study for SAT/PSAT, get independent books

10/15

Warm-up:  Review for vocab quiz

Classwork:  vocabulary quiz, write 5 multiple choice PSAT style questions (modeled after the questions in Section 1 of your practice book) based off of a passage from Prose, Emerson, and/or Talbot

Homework:  Study for PSAT, get independent reading book

10/12

Warm-up:  According to the company spokesperson, the majority of the wrongful termination lawsuits filed against the company were -------, representing bogus claims made by ------- former employees hoping to strike it rich.

A.  legitimate . . disgruntled     B. frivolous . . greedy

C.  uncommon . . surprised    D. embarrassing . . contented

E.  warranted . . wise

Classwork:  Talbot quiz, PSAT/SAT reminders and room assignments, discussion of Talbot, Emerson essay strongest paragraph selection

Homework:  study for vocab quiz, study for SAT/PSAT

Independent Books

Independent Book Assignment

You must select and obtain one of the following books by October 22nd^.  You may not read a book that you have read before.  You can purchase these books at a bookstore, borrow them from a library, or borrow them from a friend (seniors have many of these).   You may also use an electronic version of the book on your phone or e-reader as long as you will be able to bring this resource to class on days that it is required to bring the text.

1.  Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

2.  Being a Black Man: At the Corner of Progress and Peril by the staff of the Washington Post

3.  The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore

4.  The Winter of Our Disconnect by Susan Maushart

5.   Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

6.  Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

7.  Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

8.  Sway:  The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori and Rom Brafman

Details about assignments and assessments related to your reading will be announced soon.

10/11

Warm-up:  Choose the best words.
 Eduardo Galeano’s novel consists of discrete vignettes, so the reader must supply the invisible ------- binding such apparently ------- parts.

A. emotions . . impersonal       B.  interpretations . . somber

C. descriptions . . related        D. connections . . independent

E.  categories . . cohesive

Classwork:  Discuss Emerson writing, Go over section 1 of PSAT prep, Complete Section 5 of PSAT prep book

Homework:  Read "Best in Class" and complete Exploring the text questions 1-8 by Friday/ Study Emerson/Prose vocab for Monday

Get independent book

10/10

Warm-up:  Choose the best words.

When, in 1864, a factory established by Alfred Nobel to manufacture nitroglycerin blew up, the scientist discovered that the explosive was as ------- as it was powerful, ------- to detonate without warning.

A.  dormant . . ready  B. fickle . . unlikely

C. volatile . . liable      D. unprecedented . . intended

E.     inactive . . designed

Classwork:  Complete Section 1 of PSAT prep booklet and go over the answers, independent reading lists distributed and discussed

Homework:  Emerson/Prose vocabulary, read "Best in Class" and complete exploring the text questions 1-8 by Friday

10/9

Warm-up:  Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 

The success of the Norman Invasion depended on -------logistical operation: in planning it, William the Conqueror wisely left no detail -------.

A.     a puzzling . . untarnished

B.     a realistic . . unsupervised

C.     an intricate. . overlooked

D.     an erroneous . . ignored

E.     a flawed . . unattended

Classwork:  finish and present ideal education reforms, in class analytical essay on Emerson answering this prompt:

Discuss how Emerson uses figurative language, rhetorical questions, and allusions to present and promote his ideas about education.  Write a paragraph for each strategy that develops thoroughly how that strategy illuminates his vision and persuades the audience to adopt his ideas.  Use specific examples from the text and explain and interpret the importance of those choices.  Obviously you must clarify his vision for education and evaluate his effectiveness to complete your paragraphs.  

Homework:  Study Emerson/Prose vocabulary, prepare for PSAT/SAT

10/8

Warm-up:
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

True to her altruistic beliefs, Natalie ------- the ------- attitude of her colleague that a client represented nothing more than a source of income and an opportunity for advancing one’s professional reputation.

A.     applauded . . conscientious  B.     condoned . . aggressive

C.     lamented . . mercenary  D.     adopted . . egotistical

E.     belittled . . magnanimous

Classwork:  Quiz on Emerson, go over Emerson rhetoric and style questions (special attention to #4, 6, 9, and 10), designing ideal education reforms according to or that differ from Emerson (will finish and present tomorrow)

Homework:  Study Emerson/Prose vocabulary words.  Suggestions for studying include looking up the words in the context of the essay, looking up definitions, looking for synonyms or antonyms among the assigned words, practice using them in sentences, etc.

Moribund (90)

Parse (92)

Soporific (93)

Reductive (97)

Delineated (99)

Trifling (102)

Ardent (105)

Automaton (106)

Indelible (90)	Affinity (90)	Percolate (90)	Pieties (92)	Moribund (90)
Sophomoric (92)	Rumination (92)	Fervor (90) /Fervent (99)	Paradigm (92)	Parse (92)
Felicitously (92)	Perennially (92)	Affably (92)	Fealty (96)	Soporific (93)
Canonical (95)	Cede (96)	Ambiguity (97/8)	Banal (97)	Reductive (97)
Cantankerous (97)	Plausible (98)	Transmuting (99)	Empathy (99)	Delineated (99)
Thwarting (102)	Whimsies (102)	Anarchy (102)	Imperturbable (102)	Trifling (102)
Procured (103)	Iconoclast (103)	Incur (104)	Indolence (104)	Ardent (105)
Taciturnity (107)	Correlative (105)	Rogue (106)	Martinet (106)	Automaton (106)