1/30 & 1/31

Fetterolf out

Thursday:  Carefully read Thoreau's "Where I Lived and What I Lived for on pg 276-281 of LOC.  On loose-leaf paper, write a paraphrase of each paragraph.  Make sure that you clarify the main ideas and meaning.  Turn in paraphrase to substitute at the end of class.

Friday:  Complete Discussion questions 1, 3 & 6 on LOC pg 281 and rhetoric and style questions 1 through 9 and #12 on LOC pg 281-2.  (13 questions total)  Turn these questions into substitute by the end of class.

Homework:  Due Monday - Read "In Search of the Good Family" on LOC pg 283-8 and complete questions 1-8 on pg 288-9.

Also, complete SAT registration if you haven't already.  

1/29

Warm-up:  Take a prompt and carefully read both the prompt and the attached rubric. 

Classwork:  Write argumentative essay (part of midterm)

Homework:  SAT registration

1/28

Warm-up:  Look over the list of argumentative prompts (at front of rows) and write a reflection.  What are the different types of questions?  Which would be hardest and easiest to answer?  Why?  What argumentative techniques would you try to emulate from essays we have read this year?

Classwork:  SAT codes; discuss argumentative essays; look for examples of how King used strategies, read and discussed sample essays about the 2007 prompt (incentives for charities)

Homework:  Imitation letters due tomorrow; SAT registration

1/27

Warm-up:  study for A-S test

Classwork:  guidance presentation about scheduling; multiple choice portion of A-S test

Homework:  imitation letter due Wed.  

1/24

Warm-up:  Write one sentence with a favorable slant about Beyonce lip-synching at Obama’s inauguration.  Then write a second sentence with an unfavorable slant. 

Review for A-S test.

Although Beyonce was lip-synching at the actual inauguration, she still had the talent to record those tracks, and she did what she had to do to preserve the integrity and majesty of the event despite the terrible wind conditions.

Even though that was her voice on the recording, Beyonce showed her lack of skill and professionalism at the inauguration by resorting to lip-synching.  

Classwork:  write essay about style, syntax or slant for A-S test

Homework: study for A-S multiple choice

1/23

Warm-up:  Take a style worksheet.  DO NOT write on it.  Take notes and answer the questions in your notebooks.

Classwork:  Discuss/review terminology, find examples of terms in MLK's letter from Birmingham

Homework:  study for P-S test tomorrow

1/16

Warm-up:  Reread the 3rd passage of the AP test and write a SOAPSTone analysis.

Classwork:  bloodthirsty 3rd passage, work on P-S defintions and examples

Homework:  due 1/21 P-S glossaries with definitions and examples - must be handwritten

1/15

Warm-up:  Evaluate your book.  How well did the author make his/her argument?  Explain.  Why is or isn’t this an important book for students to read?  In what ways does the writing in this book seem like the type of writing you will be required to produce in your academic career?

Classwork:  Using the models provided, write an AP style argumentative prompt about a major debatable issue of your independent book, then make a brief outline about how you (or others) would answer with evidence from the text; bloodthirsty 3rd passage of AP test

Homework:  P-S vocab due Tuesday 1/21

1/14

Warm-up:  What are 2 quotes from the first 20 paragraphs of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” that you find most powerful?  Explain why.

Classwork:  finish reading "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and complete rhetoric and style questions 7,8 &10 in notebooks, turn in notebooks at end of class

Homework:  finish independent book

1/13

Warm-up:  Read pg 259 of LOC and answer 3 of the questions posed. 

Classwork:  Start reading "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and taking notes on main ideas and argumentative strategies

Homework:  read independent book

1/10

Warm-up:  Reread the 4th passage on the AP test and write a SOAPSTone analysis of it. 

Classwork: bloodthirsty and go over practice AP test

Homework:  finish reading independent book by Wed 15th; bring LOC book all week next week

1/9

Warm-up:  What is the argument of your book so far?  How is the writer developing that argument?

Classwork:  quiz on independent book, go over first passage of AP test, explain style analysis assignment and give time to start.

Independent Book Style Analysis

Write an answer of at least a couple of sentences to answer each question.

1.  How is the book organized?  Chapters, parts, essays?  Note any kind of transition or division.

2.  Is the book formal and academic?  Casual and conversational?  Austere or flowery?  Journalistic or poetic?  Descriptive or strictly factual?  Explain with examples.

3.  Is the book objective or subjective?  How do you know?

4.  Does the author seem credible on the subject?  How does s/he develop that credibility?

5.  After completing the activity below, explain the author’s typical sentence structure and what patterns are common.

Then choose 1 full page of text from pages 100-110.  Do not choose a page that has a graphic or chapter heading.  For that page complete the following tasks.

1.     Label each sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound complex. 

2.     Circle the subject and verb of each clause – independent and/or subordinate.

3.     Count the number of periods, semicolons, and colons used to separate independent clauses.  Note the number of any other punctuation marks – dashes, colons (not used to separate independent clauses), parentheses, etc.

Homework:  Finish style analysis assignment for tomorrow; finish book by Wed 15th

1/8

Warm-up:  Write a reflection on taking the first part of the AP test yesterday.  What was surprising?  How did you feel while taking the test?  What types of reading strategies did you use?

Classwork:  finish practice AP test; start reviewing AP test answers in groups (contest called bloodthirsty)

Homework:  finish 2nd checkpoint of book

1/7

Warm-up:  READ these tips for taking multiple choice AP test

1. read passage first to get the gist – think about SOAPSTone

2.  go back to lines in questions – really investigate

3.  pace yourself (about 15 mins per passage)

4.  can take guesses without penalty (but only 20% chance)

5.  don’t panic, just do your best and trust your reading ability – don’t think about answer patterns or doubt yourself

Classwork:  AP practice multiple choice test

Homework:  read independent books

1/6

Warm-up:  What do you think is your group’s most convincing evidence that your assigned character suffers the most?  How will you discount the suffering of the other characters?

Classwork:  Scarlet Letter debate; discuss multiple choice test strategies to prep for practice AP test

Homework:  read independent book

1/2

Warm-up:  Select the two most important moments from the first 3rd of your independent book and explain why they are significant.

Classwork:  discuss 1st 3rd of independent book and outline significant moments; debate prep for Scarlet Letter

Homework:  read toward 2nd checkpoint; finish debate prep