April 25-April 29

Monday, April 25

Goal: analyze argument in film

• Sources due--share with neighbors
• Finish "Wal-Mart"

Tuesday, April 26

Goal: analyze argument in film and text; use rhetorical strategies to convey argument

• Journal due
• Argument Prompt:
• breakdown
• brainstorm and outline

Wednesday, April 27

Goal: review grammar and rhetorical devices

• Grammar Jeopardy Review

Thursday, April 28

Goal: Assess understanding and application of grammatical/rhetorical devices

• Grammar Final Quiz
• All grammar lessons due

Friday, April 29

Goal: analyze argument; convey argument using rhetorical strategies

• Mutiple choice stems--use for Mock AP Exam
• Work Day:
• Read outside reading book
• Draft argument paper
• HW: Multiple choice practice, study rhetorical devices

April 18-April 22

Monday, Apirl 18-Tuesday, April 19

Nickel and Dimed Presentations #8 and 9

• Read through the end of the book
• Check grades and with classmates--are all of your quizzes and writing assignments up to date?

JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT: "The Proper Place for Sports" by Theodore Roosevelt, pg. 449. Device to use: a cumulative sentence and a periodic sentence (use each once, but label in addtion to highlighting)

Wednesday, April 20

**Mandatory AP Preadminstration Session in the PAC, at 8:15am or 2:30pm**

Final grammar lesson

• Parallel structures
• Next week: Grammar Jeopardy Review (4/27) and Final Grammar Quiz (4/28)--all lessons due

Thursday, April 21

Begin "Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices"

• Analyze connections between film and Nickel and Dimed
• HW: Multiple Choice Practice

Friday, April 22

• MC Practice Due
• "Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices"
• HW: Find two credible outside sources on working conditions (newspaper, journal, credible website, news source)
• HW: Study all summer vocab--start reviewing and practicing applying the terms to prepare for the exam!!

April 11-15

Monday, April 11

Nickel and Dimed Presentation #5

Tuesday, April 12

Assign 4th Quarter Book Report: Mock AP Exam

• Due May 6th

Wednesday, April 13-Thursday, Apirl 14

Nickel and Dimed Presentations #6 and #7

Friday, April 15

Full Multiple Choice Practice Test

• For students not taking the Collge Board exam, this will serve as your multiple choice portion of your test grade.

April 4-April 8

Monday, April 4

Goals: Understand elements of argument; effectively present information to a whole class; work effectively in a small group

• Section 1 presentation

Tuesday, April 5

Goals: Understand elements of argument; effectively present information to a whole class; work effectively in a small group

• Journal assignment: David Sedaris's "Me Talk Pretty One Day" (See attachement in Helpful Handouts)
• Section 2 presentation

Wednesday, April 6

Goal: identify elements of rhetoric and style in an author's language

• Grammar

Thursday, April 7

Goals: Understand elements of argument; effectively present information to a whole class; work effectively in a small group

• Section 3 presentation

Friday, April 8

Goals: Understand elements of argument; effectively present information to a whole class; work effectively in a small group

• Section 4 presentation