October 3-5

Monday, October 3

• Review rhetorical terms
• Quiz #1

Tuesday, October 4

• JFK Analysis Paper Due (3-4 pages)
• Intro to bi-weekly journals:
• Reading: "The Myth of the Latin Woman" p. 370
• Device to use: alliteration x2
• JFK vocabulary

Wednesday, October 5

• Assign Quarter 1 Book Project (book talk)
• Read outside reading book

Thursday, October 6-Friday, October 7

• No School!
• Homework:
• Study Malcolm X and JFK vocab
• Read

September 26-30

Monday, September 26

• In the library--Mrs. Hall's orientation
• Check out book from AP reading list

Tuesday, September 27

Goal: Assess self and peer work using grading criteria

• Intro and body paragraph due
• Read-alouds with student word
• Review paragraph structure
• Mini-peer reviews (RAGS)

Wednesday, September 28

Goals: work effectively in a small group; visualize words to gain understanding

• Bring summer vocab to class
• Rhetorical device work:
• Review definitions and examples
• Create original examples
• Illustrate

Thursday, September 29

Goals: Work effectively in a small group; analyze strategies of effective writing

• JFK Rough Draft Due (3-4 pages)
• Peer edits with writing communities

Friday, September 30

• Counselor visit (Mrs. Lee-Pope)
• Share rhetorical device examples
• Quiz Monday
• JFK Final Draft due Tuesday

September 19-23

Monday, September 19

Goals: develop writing communities; evaluate peer work

Tasks:

• Weekend highlights
• Rhetorical device examples due--share
• Literary history RD due
• peer review
• final due Wednesday
• Homework:  Read pages 1-6 in text book; take notes on maid ideas, definitions and key words, the rhetorical triangle

Tuesday, September 20

Goals: accumlate language of rhetoric vocbulary; pratice close reading skills

Tasks:

• Course syllabus (parent and student signature due Wednesday)
• Discuss intro to rhetoric
• Read John F. Kennedy's inagural address (p. 51 in book)--look for devices and why he would use these
• Begin analysis chart

Wednesday, September 21

Goals: analyze literature to understand author's purpose

Tasks:

• Literary History Due
• Parent signature due
• JFK anlaysis chart--work to fill out
• Prompt breakdown--HW: write three thesis statements

Thursday, September 22

Goals: analyze literature to understand author's purpose; communicate effectively to a large group
Tasks:

• Thesis statements and analysis chart due
• Share with writing community
• Teach Socratic Seminar with thesis statements

Friday, September 23

Goal: analyze literature to understand author's purpose
Tasks:

• Thesis and graphic organizer
• 6 quotes for support, with page numbers
• Draft body paragraphs
• RD due Tuesday

September 12-16

Monday, September 12

Goal: Develop and utilize vocabulary in context

Tasks:

• Share weekend highlights
• Finish reading Malcolm X's "Learning to Read" and 3 column notes
• Determine class vocabulary words (HW: define words)

4th period:

Digressing, Glutted, Bestial, Occidental, Machinations, Chancellories, Faustian

5th period:

Occidental, Digressing, Machinations, Flogged, Emulate, Atrocities, Feigned

6th period:

Bestial, Exploitation, Atrocities, Machinations, Narcotize, Emulate, Feigned

Tuesday, September 13

Goal: Develop and utilize vocabulary in context

Tasks:

• Vocabulary Log established (running list of vocabulary, to be tested)
• Use each word in a context revealing sentence
• Create "examples/non-examples"
• Illustrate each word

Wednesday, September 14

FAIR DAY!

Thursday, September 15

Goal: establish writing communities for effective peer feedback; use graphic organizer to organize thoughts

Tasks:

• Assign Literary History paper
• Begin brainstorming reading strategies
• Graphic organizer--begin in class, finish as homework

Friday, September 16

Goal: establish writing communities for effective peer feedback; use graphic organizer to organize thoughts

Tasks:

• Graphic organizer due; establish writing communities
• Begin drafting literary history paper
• RD due Monday (typed, double spaced, TNR size 12)

September 6-9

Monday, September 5

No School--Labor Day

Tuesday, September 6

goals: build community in the classroom; identify use of juxtaposition

Picture and paragraph due
Juxtaposition in Mr. Gore

Wednesday, September 7

goals: reflect on writing process; understand process of evaluation

AP Rubic Analysis
Summer essay review

Thursday, September 8

goals: mimic author's syntax

Mr. Gore rewrite
Literary history evaluation

Friday, September 9

goals: analyze a text for author's purpose and use of strategies

Close reading review
Malcolm X excerpt and close reading practice