November 13 - 17

I hope everyone had a spectacular three-day weekend!  We finish Frederick Douglass and write the second rhetorical analysis/SAT-style essay about Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; see the details below.

MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Discuss the ending of Frederick Douglass. Overview of the process of writing a rhetorical analysis essay.  Write a rhetorical analysis essay analyzing Douglass' argument against slavery.

Note: you'll have just over an hour to write out the essay and it will be due at the end of the class.  It's an in-class essay, but open note and open book.  Rough outlines and notes are fine; please do not write out an entire essay that you bring with you and simply copy, either in notes or written in the book.  You'll turn in any notes along with your essay, and show me the book (if used) as you turn it in.  I'm asking that the essay be written in class so that you get practice with supports first and you're confident when you're writing the SAT and/or ACT essays.    

Due: Please finish Chapter 11 of Frederick Douglass (finish the book).  Please be sure to bring your book , notes, and/or annotations to class with you! 

Please read 20 pages of your independent reading book.

Homework: Study for the quiz on Thursday/Friday.

Please bring your independent reading book with you to class on Thursday/Friday.

WEDNESDAY: (2nd period only) Journal warm-up, vocabulary activity.  Healthy survey.
Due: n/a

Homework: Study for the quiz.

Please bring your independent reading book to class on Friday.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up.  Quiz covering vocabulary, grammar, and Frederick Douglass.  Read and annotate articles about what to do about the homeless issue in Los Angeles in preparation for a roundtable discussion/debate for Monday/Tuesday.  Reading/work time with independent reading book.

Due: Please bring independent reading book to class with you.

Homework:  Please read another 20 pages of your independent reading book and post a response to the Independent Reading Turnitin.com Discussion Board, Post #3, before next class.  You should be up to about 180 - 200 pages in the Independent Reading Book.