Elizabeth Jamison

CHANGE IN FRANKENSTEIN: Because of the book shortage (Kaplan Version) the first due date for Frank will be this coming Friday, not Tuesday. If you cannot find the Kaplan version, you certainly may use another version.

* You do not need your books on Tuesday, but please bring print-outs of the MLK letter that I have uploaded here, and also bring your Frankenstein books.

Please download the following two items and read this weekend. Read the letter from the Clergy first. The MLK letter is also in your Norton, if you have it at home. The version below is not perfect; there are several typos and a few changes in punctuation) but it is the best one I could find online.

MLK Letter: Download file

Clergy Letter (read this first): Download file

Agenda:

Vocacb Quiz
Lit Term Quiz #1
Close reading and discussion/Sagan. Good job, class!

Frankenstein: For Friday, read to page 51 in the Kaplan version. This is to the end of chapter I. The first words of page 51 are "When I had attained the age of seventeen...". I want you to do a mini-dialectical journal for this first reading: take three quotes that have a similar effect. Write about those quotes (incorporate some of your new knowledge of rhetorical devices). Typed, please.

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Based on Collegeboard Requirements:

1. How can students identify rhetorical strategies and techniques?
2. How do students analyze, understand, and interpret both nonfiction and fiction readings?

Why is it important to evaluate, use, and cite primary and secondary sources? How can acquiring this knowledge help students to read critically and present an effective argument?

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You do not need your textbooks tomorrow. I have copies.

Please see yesterday's blog for any info you may need.

Just a note: I am very happy with your F451 papers so far. Great job!

Remember to study for the terms quizzes tomorrow and that your response papers are due.

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Bring your textbooks tomorrow!

Agenda:

Vocab Unit 2
Squares/visual on one side, words and definitions on the other .
Discuss themes and vocabulary in "The Scarlet Ibis"
Begin Reading "The Scarlet Ibis"

Homework:

Vocab Q:2 tomorrow!

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I was absent today, but tomorrow we will continue with our short story unit. You should have finished "The Most Dangerous Game" today.

Homework:

Complete the study guide
Vocab Q:2 Friday

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** Class, you do not need to bring your textbooks tomorrow.

I apologize, but I am going to have to miss tomorrow as well. You should work on either your response papers, your lit term presentations, your Frankenstein, or your terms (for the quizzes Friday). I will be in for the second half of tomorrow if you need me and will for SURE be here Friday.

CHANGE: Since I was absent today and you did not get your promised lab time, the response paper will now be due Friday. Make it good! :-) Remember, even though the format is not as structured, the level of professionalism must be high; make this a polished paper which demonstrates your ability to proof for mistakes, to write in MLA format, and to synthesis readings into one piece, using smoothly incorporated quotations as evidence.

Frankenstein: For Tuesday, read to page 51 in the Kaplan version. This is to the end of chapter I. The first words of page 51 are "When I had attained the age of seventeen...". I want you to do a mini-dialectical journal for this first reading: take three quotes that have a similar effect. Write about those quotes (incorporate some of your new knowledge of rhetorical devices). Typed, please.

Friday:

Vocab Q:1
Terms Q:1

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Bring your textbooks tomorrow!

Agenda:

DGP week 3 sentence/parts of speech and sentence parts
Vocabulary Unit 2 words 6-10
Summer Reading Project presentations
Reading "The Most Dangerous Game"

Homework:

Study guide for TMDG due on Friday (4th)
and Thursday (5th)
Vocabulary Q:2 Friday

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* You don't need texts. Bring your response paper materials to the lab with you tomorrow. We will be meeting in the 200 hall lab.

Buy the Frankenstein Novel (Kaplan is best, but if you want to use another edition you may) by Friday. Our first reading assignment will be due next Tuesday. Page TBA

Agenda:

Finish Z Presentations
Discuss F-451 Mult Choice Questions

Tomorrow, we will finally get to the Sagan piece after our time in the lab, so be ready to get in your groups for a SOAPSTONE analysis.

HOMEWORK:

First response paper due Thursday.
Vocab quiz 1 Friday
Lit Term Q:1 Friday

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BRING YOUR TEXTBOOKS TOMORROW!

Agenda:

Warm Up: Quick Write: Would you rather be the hunter or the "huntee"? What games have you played where people are being hunted?

DGP/Diagram from last week
Vocabulary Unit 2, Words 1-5
Book exercises to correspond with the first 5 words

Start reading "The Most Dangerous Game"

HOMEWORK:

Summer Reading Projects due tomorrow!

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** You do not need to bring your books tomorrow. Do bring both the Sagan and the Staples essays.

Please buy the Kaplan version of Frankenstein. We will start reading this week (I will post the first reading assignment in the next day or so).

Agenda:

Lesson on first week terms. Click for the handout: Download file

Timed Writing: F-451 Assessment.

Tuesday, we will finish the Zinsser presentations and will have a class discussion on both essays (Sagan/Staples).

Wednesday, you go to the lab for the first half of the period.

Thursday: First Response paper due.

Friday: Vocab quiz and Lit Term Quiz #1

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Bring your textbooks to class Monday!

Agenda:

Vocab in a bag presentations
SUASI (Stand up and SHOUT it!!!)
vocabulary quiz #1
Finish Cask...

Homework:

Summer Reading Projects due Tuesday!

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** Bring your F451 books on Monday for your timed writing final assessment.

Revised tropes/schemes handout: Download file

Agenda:

Zinsser Presentations. Great job so far! We will finish these on Monday OR Tuesday, so be sure to bring your presentation materials on both days.

F451 Assessment: Hint! Be sure to carefully read from page 140 to the end. What is the tone? Notice some analogies, allusions, details, and choice of diction and how these rhetorical devices contribute to the tone.

Assignments:

Carl Sagan: Read the essay "The Abstraction of Beasts", which I gave you today.

Click below and answer the questions:

Answer these questions:

1. Instead of a traditional thesis statement, Sagan uses two rhetorical questions in his opening paragraph. What advantages - and disadvantages - does the technique have? Try writing a thesis state to replace Sagan's questions.

2. At the end of his essay, Sagan raises questions about the legal rights of apes. Respond to these questions in either an essay, bulleted points, or a journal format (no more than 2 pages).

3. Where are the rhetorical questions, and what purpose do they serve?

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You need to bring your textbooks to class.

Agenda:

Vocab review for quiz tomorrow.
SAT/EOCT Vocabulary Exercises
DGP

"The Cask...."
The Cask study guide (maybe the last ten minutes in class)

HOMEWORK:

Work on your summer reading project!
Vocabulary quiz tomorrow on unit 1.
The Cask Study Guide!

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* You do not need textbooks tomorrow.

Agenda:

Vocab
Lit term group assignments/words
Orwell close analysis

Homework:

Presentations for Zinsser tomorrow!

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* Bring your textbooks tomorrow! And study for the vocabulary quiz (Friday).

DGP: sentence #2 day Wednesday (clauses and sentence type)
Vocabulary: words 11-15
Lab: Summer Reading Projects

HOMEWORK:

Summer reading projects due next Tues, but you can get extra credit if you turn it in Friday.
Vocabulary quiz on unit one: Parts of speech, synonyms, antonyms, completing sentence, definitions: Friday

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** You do not need your textbooks tomorrow.

Zinsser Presentations will be held on Friday. Please make sure that you trouble-shoot any technology issues before class. ** Remember that in PowerPoint presentations, you need to save all image and multi-media files in the same place as the PowerPoint file, or when you present, they won't show up. So, if you transfer all files to a jump drive, make sure you transfer all pictures, audio files, video, etc. to the jump drive as well. Test this before class.

Agenda: Writing Tips PowerPoint: I took examples from your essays, so hopefully you will be able to learn from this and make changes in the next one.

Media Center for Project.

HOMEWORK:

First research assignment due Friday:

- Find two articles from websites including but not limited to: elibrary elibrary, Galileo , google scholar, the newspaper, periodicals, etc.
- On ONE of the articles, make notes (annotations) that will help you to remember later what the article is about. When we start to write our researched argument papers, you will need these notes to jog your memory.
- Type a one paragraph annotation below the source (MLA format). Entry should be about 4-5 sentences of summary with an evaluation of the article. How will you use this article for future research? I know you are just beginning, so I would choose two different topics (if you are unsure) and read both. See what interests you.
- Bring both articles and the one typed annotation on Friday.

- Cobb Virtual Library URL: http://cvl.cobbk12.org

CVL User Name: cobbhs
CVL Password: three
GALILEO Password: trainband (valid 5/15/08 to 8/31/08)
fallback (valid 8/31/08 to 12/12/08)

F451 Assessment on Monday:
- For this assessment, I will choose an excerpt from the text and will ask you to write an essay analyzing the excerpt and relating it to the text. You will be able to use your book during the assessment. This weekend I will give you some hints as to the section of book and certain rhetorical devices you should be noticing.

LIterary Terms Presentation Groups/Words Selection:

Tomorrow you will draw numbers and will decide.

Orwell: Bring your work to class tomorrow.

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** Bring both your textbooks AND your summer reading books and project. We will go to the computer lab for the second half of the class to work.

Agenda:

DGP day 2
Vocab:
- book exercises
- stupid clues, saying what the word "reminds you of..." and saying what the word "isn't"

Quickwrite: On revenge. What moves you to action?
Prework on study guide for "The Cask of Amontillado"
We began reading "The Cask..."

Homework:

Vocab quiz #1: Friday
Vocab in a bag extra credit opportunity (Friday)
Summer Reading: Due Tuesday (turn in Friday for extra 10 points)

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** You do not need your text books tomorrow. You will have half the period (or about half) to Quietly work in the Media Center. Tomorrow, we will discuss Orwell, get vocab books, and possibly discuss your first timed essays in the beginning of class.

CHANGE IN DUE DATE:

I was able to secure a lab for August 27, so your first reponse paper will now be due August 28th.

Agenda:

Discuss Argument/Issues
Lab - Zinsser Project

HOMEWORK: Research article due Friday. Zinsser projects due for presentations Thursday.

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You DO need your books tomorrow (Tuesday).

Agenda:

Allusion a day practice.
- defined allusion
- "Once in a Blue Moon"
- Achilles' Heel
- Pearls before Swine
- Cross the Rubicon

Vocabulary - Book work. Unit 1 words 1-5
DGP Week 2

4th: Finish " The Sniper"
Start "The Cask..."

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** You do NOT need your textbooks tomorrow. Bring your Zinsser books tomorrow.

Agenda:

Warm up: Quick write on Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"
Handouts: Rhetorical terms
Close Reading, Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"

HOMEWORK: Read the Orwell piece if you forget this weekend.

Be working on Zinsser projects.

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Download for potential research topics. Of course there are others not listed; if you think of another one, please run it by me first.

Download file

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** You WILL need your textbooks on Monday.

Agenda:

Vocab unit one. Students, you must bring your $8 by Monday so that you can begin with the vocabulary unit. On Monday, we will start working in the vocabulary (red) books, and Friday will be our first vocabulary quiz.

DGP: Daily Grammar Sentence #1
- parts of speech, sentence parts, clauses, punctuation, diagramming

Your Personal Logo: Presentations

The Sniper: Clips (4th) and story (5th).

HOMEWORK:

You should have your summer reading book FINISHED and should be working on your Think Tac Toe proejcts this weekend!

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** You do not need your books on Monday.

Great job on your first Socratic Seminar! Most everyone was well prepared, and you showed that you understand the book. I like the additional comments that focused on rhetorical analysis; you probably don't realize how much you already know! Now, we just need to put a name on each rhetorical strategy. (We'll start the "naming" next week).

I explained the Zinsser project (to be presented next Thursday and Friday.

For Monday:

Be working on your Zinsser project. Bring your materials and book with you for this, because I will give you some time to work on it in class.

Ongoing Research Topics: I would start doing some research for your articles. I will post topics later today.

Read George Orwell (Shooting an Elephant), which is in your Norton, and answer the questions (I have posted both of these on this blog if you do not have your textbook at home). Be ready to discuss the essay on Monday.

Orwell Essay: Download file

Homework (Orwell): Download file

F451: Next week we will do some AP multiple choice practice on this text. You will take your timed writing assessment and should have the book completed by Monday, August 25.

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** You do not need your textbooks tomorrow.

I will give you some time to work on your summer reading projects, so bring your books!

Agenda:

Vocabulary
Quick writing activity
Notes: Plot diagram
"Story time with Dr. Seuss"
The Sniper (started)

Homework:

Logo assignment due tomorrow!

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** You do not need your textbooks tomorrow.

Agenda:

Brief discussion about F-451
Timed Writing
Pre-Test - Lit terms

- You turned in your logo assignment

Homework:

Socratic Seminar tomorrow!

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** You do NOT need to bring your textbooks tomorrow (Thursday).

Agenda:

Brief essay lesson (narrative and argument)
Get Textbooks
First timed essay!

Homework:
Logo due Friday.
$8 vocab (I will for SURE sell them tomorrow and Friday).

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** No books tomorrow.

Agenda:

Discussion about class/expectations, etc.
Good Job so far on the Summer Reading!
Multiple choice pretest.

Homework:

Logo due tomorrow (typed).
F451 to 110/Seminar questions for Friday
Friday is the LAST day to turn in your summer reading journal...

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Agenda:

Warm Up: Quick write about...YOU!
Literary Terms Pre-Test
Summer Reading Project Review

Homework:

Due August 26: Think Tac Toe: Download file

Due Friday, August 15: Logo Assignment - Download file

Bring $8; I will sell books Wednesday - Friday.

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You do not need to bring your books tomorrow.

We got our books today, and each day I will indicate on this blog (see above) whether you need to bring them. I know you received a lot of handouts today, but know that this will make it much easier for you in the future. Please be sure to email me if you have any questions.

Agenda:

Get books
Discuss Projects:
- ongoing research due dates
- response paper
- faq
- lit terms project

Lesson:
- definition of rhetoric
- ethos, logos, pathos
- the Rhetorical Triangle

** Tomorrow we will take our multiple choice pre-test.

HOMEWORK:

F451- Read to page 110 and do Socratic Seminar Q's (Friday)
Logo Assignment: (Thursday)
First Research Article and Annotation (NEXT Friday, August 22)
$8 Vocab books
Syllabus

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Great Job Today!

Agenda:

Welcome Sheet and Warm Up Discussion
Syllabus
Procedures
Logo Handout

4th Block (we did the scavenger hunt and will follow up with that tomorrow).

HOMEWORK:

Don't forget to bring your $8 for vocab!!
Logo due Friday
Syllabus signed by Friday (4th) and by Tuesday (5th)

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** Please Note: We did not get to the ad assignment, so don't worry about it. I will assign it in the next couple days.

Introduction to rhetoric.
Diction - Word Choice. When studying serious literature, whether prose, poetry, fiction, or nonfiction, students should NEVER skips words they do not know. That would be like ignoring half the music in your favorite song, or refusing to listen to the lyrics of a song.
Syntax - The way words are arranged within sentences. How writers manipulate and control the sentence is a strong determiner of voice and imparts personality to writing.
Organization: The order in which information, or the argument, is presented in the work of prose.

The Rhetorical Triangle:

Speaker
Subject
Audience
Context
Intention

- Welcome Sheets
- Class Discussion/What to expect in an AP Language class
- Syllabus/handouts
- Logo Handout
- Socratic Seminar Handout
- Hand out F-451

HOMEWORK:
- Bring $8 for vocabulary books.
- Tomorrow, bring an advertisement that "speaks" to you, that persuades you to buy the product it is selling. Why is the ad effective? In a typed one-page analysis, identify the following:
1. speaker (who is really selling the product?)
2. audience (who is the target market for this product and why?)
3. subject (what is the ad about?)
4. what is the context? (selling cigarettes today and selling them fifty years ago are two different issues...)
5. intent (what is the intent of the ad?)

- For Friday: Socratic Seminar questions for F-451 and read to page 110
- Thursday: Logo due (typed and ready to present)

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