MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Notes: Introduce SOAPS (method of analyzing passages) with examples. Samples of effective and ineffective rhetoric - class input.
Receive copy of rubric for narrative drafts, hear more samples. Pull out rough drafts and do a self-check against the rubric and see what is needed with your own draft, make notes on your paper. Peer review in three rounds with rubric.
Begin reading Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 13 in class.
Upload narratives to Turnitin.com (under the 1st or 2nd period class code) by Monday night, October 3 at 10:00 p.m.
Class Codes:
1st period - 13367577
2nd period - 13367597
Password (all lower case):
soaps
Due:
1. Using the rubric as a guide, type out a very rough draft of the narrative writing assignment (1-3 pages, double spaced) and please bring a hard copy with you to class on Monday.
See sidebar for narrative rubric and narrative sample from Chipotle contest winner.
2. Read another 10-20 pages of your Independent Reading book, noting some of the rhetorical devices we've already studied (logos, ethos, pathos, figurative language, imagery, repetition, connotation, juxtaposition).
- a. For the 2nd topic listed in Turnitin.com under the Discussion
tab: please respond with a quote in MLA format showing an original
example of a rhetorical device we've studied in class so far (figurative
language, imagery, juxtaposition, connotation, logos, pathos, ethos)
not already on the discussion board. Write at least one sentence about
the quote describing how the example is effective and helping the
author's overall goal/purpose.
- b. Please read and respond to at least 1 other discussion board
member's post from last week. Respectfully disagreeing is just fine!
For Wednesday: Read and annotate an op-ed from the Washington Post about nuclear power after Japan was hit by a massive earthquake in 2011. Using what you know about rhetorical analysis so far, analyze the methods the author uses to persuade and be ready to talk about whether or not you think they are effective.
For Friday: Finish Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 13. Be prepared to talk about everything that happens in the chapter on Friday.
Upload narratives to Turnitin.com (under the 1st or 2nd period class code) by Monday night, October 3 at 10:00 p.m.
Class Codes:
1st period - 13367577
2nd period - 13367597
Password (all lower case):
soaps
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Discuss nuclear power article and view a student analysis essay responding to it. Read 2 articles about a current event, SOAPS analysis, discussion, debate.
Due: For Wednesday: Read and annotate an op-ed from the Washington Post about nuclear power after Japan was hit by a massive earthquake in 2011. Using what you know about rhetorical analysis so far, analyze the methods the author uses to persuade and be ready to talk about whether or not you think they are effective.
Homework: Finish Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 13. Be prepared to talk about everything that happens in the chapter on Friday.
Study for quiz.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocab, grammar, Grapes reading. Notes: Diction, tone. Tone vocabulary for next week. Tone exercises.
Due: Finish Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 13. Be prepared to talk about all of the events in the chapter on Friday.
Homework:
Read another 20-30 pages of your independent reading book and think about the tone that the author or authors use. Come into class ready to share three different, original words that describe the tone of the book or books so far.
Upload narratives to Turnitin.com (under the 1st or 2nd period class code on the right hand sidebar of this site) by Monday night at 10:00 p.m.
Class Codes:
1st period - 13367577
2nd period - 13367597
Password (all lower case):
soaps
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