This week, we'll move into February and wrap up Huckleberry Finn. We'll be reading a variety of passages and begin work on the "synthesis" style essay. The synthesis essay is what is used for the ACT (though with shorter passages), and in any paper involving research that you'll do in college. This semester we'll go over both aspects of the synthesis essay: how to organize ideas into paragraphs, how long quotes should be and how they should be cited, how to provide analysis for the quotes, and more. We'll also be starting our unit about gender, with shorter passages from many different viewpoints, as well as discussions and debates.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Review satire and where we are in Huckleberry Finn. Current event day: should the age that someone be tried as an adult be raised to 21, instead of 118? Read and annotate two articles, SOAPS, four corner debate by slips. Move to four corners of your choice. Whole class outline, examples from discussion.
Due: Huckleberry Finn reading through the end of Chapter 25.
Homework: Read chapter 26-28 in Huckleberry Finn.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Read Chapters 29 and 30 from Huckleberry Finn and act them out. Summary of Chapters 31-"Chapter the Last". Read Chapter the Last out loud in class and discuss the novel.
Due: Read chapter 26-28 in Huckleberry Finn
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Vocabulary/grammar/Huckleberry Finn quiz. Receive vocabulary for next week. Intro: brief, two-week unit about gender. Read "Being a Man" essay by Paul Theroux and discuss. (2nd period: In small groups, take a position about whether you agree or disagree with Theroux's viewpoint and brainstorm evidence and examples to support your case. Whole class discussion.)
Note: 1st period will attend the author visit talk by Natalie Baszile, PVHS alumna from 9:00-9:45.
Due: Huckleberry Finn book to turn in to the classroom or the library.
Homework: Read the following articles in the "man packet": "Why Johnny Won't Read," and "Putting Down the Gun." Finish the questions with your original answers after each article and be ready to discuss on Tuesday.
Read at least 25 pages of your independent reading book.
Friday, January 27, 2017
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Second Semester is here!
Welcome to second semester already! We'll ease into it with a four-day week. Here's what's on the agenda:
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Overview of second semester. Suggest TheWeek.com for current event e-mail of the day. Pass back final, go over it. Review Huckleberry Finn and read Chapter 19 in class. Huckleberry Finn group exercise. Read 2 arguments for and against reading Huckleberry Finn as part of a class at high school. Analyze each argument, SAT-style.
Due: n/a
Homework: Finish Huckleberry Finn For and Against article assignment.
Read Huckleberry Finn through Chapter 20 (page 136 of the library version).
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up: The 13 Virtues from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Class vote on Huckleberry Finn For and Against articles. Notes: Satire definition, how to discuss satire in a rhetorical analysis essay, video samples.
Due: Finish Huckleberry Finn For and Against article assignment. Read Huckleberry Finn through Chapter 20 (page 136 of the library version).
Homework: Please read Chapters 21-25 (page 172 of the library version). You're about to learn more about the scam artistry of the Duke and the Dauphin - be ready to discuss what Twain is saying about American society/culture and whether or not his satire is relevant today.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Overview of second semester. Suggest TheWeek.com for current event e-mail of the day. Pass back final, go over it. Review Huckleberry Finn and read Chapter 19 in class. Huckleberry Finn group exercise. Read 2 arguments for and against reading Huckleberry Finn as part of a class at high school. Analyze each argument, SAT-style.
Due: n/a
Homework: Finish Huckleberry Finn For and Against article assignment.
Read Huckleberry Finn through Chapter 20 (page 136 of the library version).
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up: The 13 Virtues from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Class vote on Huckleberry Finn For and Against articles. Notes: Satire definition, how to discuss satire in a rhetorical analysis essay, video samples.
Due: Finish Huckleberry Finn For and Against article assignment. Read Huckleberry Finn through Chapter 20 (page 136 of the library version).
Homework: Please read Chapters 21-25 (page 172 of the library version). You're about to learn more about the scam artistry of the Duke and the Dauphin - be ready to discuss what Twain is saying about American society/culture and whether or not his satire is relevant today.
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Finals Week!
The final for Honors will include the following parts:
Part I. Contains 51 multiple choice questions covering what's on the study guide
Part II. Students will view sets of outlines, and will choose the most effective, logical argument outline out of 4.
Part III. Students will write a 1-2 paragraph response to a prompt about their independent reading book...OPEN BOOK. Feel free to bring your copy. No electronic versions allowed, just paper copies.
Here is the schedule:
MONDAY: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, no school.
TUESDAY: All classes, review day. We will play review baseball to practice for the first part of the final.
WEDNESDAY: Please bring pencils and your independent reading book, as well as materials to study or a book to read in case you finish early.
8:00- 9:55 - First period's final
10:50 - 12:00 - Second period's final
It's been a great semester. I am truly looking forward to more reading, discussion, debates, and even essays (!) with you during Spring Semester. Thanks for all that you do!
Part I. Contains 51 multiple choice questions covering what's on the study guide
Part II. Students will view sets of outlines, and will choose the most effective, logical argument outline out of 4.
Part III. Students will write a 1-2 paragraph response to a prompt about their independent reading book...OPEN BOOK. Feel free to bring your copy. No electronic versions allowed, just paper copies.
Here is the schedule:
MONDAY: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, no school.
TUESDAY: All classes, review day. We will play review baseball to practice for the first part of the final.
WEDNESDAY: Please bring pencils and your independent reading book, as well as materials to study or a book to read in case you finish early.
8:00- 9:55 - First period's final
10:50 - 12:00 - Second period's final
It's been a great semester. I am truly looking forward to more reading, discussion, debates, and even essays (!) with you during Spring Semester. Thanks for all that you do!
Monday, January 9, 2017
January 9-13
It's your only full week in January - there are four-day weeks the rest of the month. We'll prep for finals and cover the Study Guide.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Go through SAT-style rhetorical analysis prompt and share answers. View actual essay responses. Fallacies - review first 6 and add final 3. View fallacy video example. SOAPS review.
Due: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 14-16
Read SAT-style rhetorical analysis prompt, write a sample thesis and pick out 3 rhetorical devices that Green uses in his speech.
Homework: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 17 and 18 through page 105 in the library version.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering the week's vocabulary, grammar and Huckleberry Finn reading. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have A Dream Speech: read and analyze the effective of the rhetoric in the speech, then view it. If time, story rounds with the vocabulary words on the Study Guide.
Due: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 17 and 18 through page 105 in the library version.
Homework: Practice the terms and vocabulary on the Study Guide and be completely finished with the independent reading first semester book(s).
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Go through SAT-style rhetorical analysis prompt and share answers. View actual essay responses. Fallacies - review first 6 and add final 3. View fallacy video example. SOAPS review.
Due: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 14-16
Read SAT-style rhetorical analysis prompt, write a sample thesis and pick out 3 rhetorical devices that Green uses in his speech.
Homework: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 17 and 18 through page 105 in the library version.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering the week's vocabulary, grammar and Huckleberry Finn reading. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have A Dream Speech: read and analyze the effective of the rhetoric in the speech, then view it. If time, story rounds with the vocabulary words on the Study Guide.
Due: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 17 and 18 through page 105 in the library version.
Homework: Practice the terms and vocabulary on the Study Guide and be completely finished with the independent reading first semester book(s).
Enjoy the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday!
Get some rest and have some fun
in addition to preparing for finals.
Monday, January 2, 2017
January 3-6 First week of 2017!
Welcome back! I am really looking forward to the second half of the year. We have a novel (Gatsby), a play (Raisin in the Sun), and several themed units with many collections of shorter essays and passages.
NOTE: If you've fallen behind or have any missing work, you can turn in work for first semester up through January 13 for partial credit.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over first semester schedule/announcements. Pass back in-class argument essays and go over results. View another College Board argument prompt and various responses and rate them.
Due: Read independent reading book (see the homework for December 16 for details). Post to Turnitin.com independent reading group Topic #3 in Discussion tab.
Homework: Turn in textbook, vocabulary book and/or The Grapes of Wrath if you haven't done so already.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Rewrite your weakest paragraph. The Declaration of Independence as an argument - good for evidence, examples also. Receive study guide for final, vocab sheet for next week (last vocab sheet of the semester), and rhetorical analysis practice essay prompt for homework. Study Guide Group Activity.
Due: Turn in textbook, vocabulary book and/or The Grapes of Wrath if you haven't done so already.
Homework: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 14-16.
Read and annotate SAT/rhetorical analysis essay prompt. Come up with a thesis statement and 3 rhetorical devices used in the passage.
NOTE: If you've fallen behind or have any missing work, you can turn in work for first semester up through January 13 for partial credit.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over first semester schedule/announcements. Pass back in-class argument essays and go over results. View another College Board argument prompt and various responses and rate them.
Due: Read independent reading book (see the homework for December 16 for details). Post to Turnitin.com independent reading group Topic #3 in Discussion tab.
Homework: Turn in textbook, vocabulary book and/or The Grapes of Wrath if you haven't done so already.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Rewrite your weakest paragraph. The Declaration of Independence as an argument - good for evidence, examples also. Receive study guide for final, vocab sheet for next week (last vocab sheet of the semester), and rhetorical analysis practice essay prompt for homework. Study Guide Group Activity.
Due: Turn in textbook, vocabulary book and/or The Grapes of Wrath if you haven't done so already.
Homework: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 14-16.
Read and annotate SAT/rhetorical analysis essay prompt. Come up with a thesis statement and 3 rhetorical devices used in the passage.
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