21--FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

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1 Daily Assignments: Quarter 1 Week 1 Wednesday, August 21--FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 1. Turn in summer reading assignments 2. Seating chart 3. Syllabus and Course Expectations PP 4. Pass out LOC codes 1. Read Course Expectations and complete Signature Page by Friday 2. Enroll in your section on TurnItIn.com and submit your MC tonight 3. Create AP student account by visiting 4. Purchase/download course texts onto ipad Thursday, August Binder setup reminders 2. Course/AP Test Information PP 3. Emergency procedures 4. Icebreakers 5. Summary vs. analysis activity (if time) 1. Read Course Expectations and complete Signature Page by tomorrow 2. Enroll in your section on TurnItIn.com by tomorrow 3. Create AP student account by visiting 4. Begin studying for your Summer Reading Test (Monday) Friday, August 23--YEARBOOK PHOTOS, EXTENDED HR SCHEDULE 1. Summary vs. analysis activity 2. Summer Reading Test format information 3. Brief review of TBL and MC (name chapters + chapter title analysis) 1. Study for Summer Reading Test (Monday) 2. Purchase/set up English binder by Monday 3. Make sure you have downloaded The Language of Composition by Monday Quarter 1 Week 2 Monday, August Introduce Reading Log 2. Summer Reading Test 3. Binder set-up check 1. Read TLOC pp. 1-7 and define the bold key terms (either on a sheet of paper or in Notability on your ipad) Tuesday, August 27 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE 1. PACC credit mention 2. Hand back summer reading questions 3. Begin Introduction to Rhetoric PP: Joliffe s Rhetorical Framework, the rhetorical triangle, context, exigence, rhetor/persona, subject, audience 4. Begin reading The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln ( TLOC p. 1035)

2 1. Read The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln (TLOC p. 1035) and answer the following questions (on paper or in Notability): Who is the speaker? Who is the intended audience? What is the subject of the speech? What is the context? What is the speech s exigence? Wednesday, August Discuss The Gettysburg Address 2. Introduction to Rhetoric PP: Purpose 3. SOAPSTones PowerPoint 4. Read/mark up The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson ( TLOC pp ) + identify SOAPSTones and exigence (in groups) 1. Read TLOC pp : Logos 2. Read/mark up The Declaration of Sentiments by Elizabeth Cady Stanton ( TLOC pp ) and identify SOAPSTones and exigence (either on paper or in Notability) Thursday, August Reading Log reminder 2. Discuss Declaration of Sentiments SOAPSTones 3. Continue with Introduction to Rhetoric PP: 5 canons, logos 4. Monte Python Witch Scene 5. Logic Lodge worksheet /syllogism practice 1. Finish Logic Lodge Worksheet Friday, August 30 ACTIVITY SCHEDULE 1. Discuss Logic Lodge worksheet 2. Introduce Periodical Project 3. Annotating and close reading ( TLOC pp , Annotating How-To Handouts) 4. Close reading/annotating as a class: The Santa Ana Winds by Joan Didion (TLOC p. 49) 1. Read JFK steel speech (handout) + annotate and answer the following questions: What is the purpose of this speech? Who are the intended audiences? How does the language reflect the intended audience(s)? Find examples of logos and logical syllogisms. Quarter 1 Week 3 Monday, September 2 NO SCHOOL, LABOR DAY Tuesday, September 3 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EARLY DISMISSAL 1. Re-cap JFK speech and annotation 2. Introduction to Rhetoric PP: Pathos and Ethos 3. PACC Credit Mention 1. Read TLOC pp and Define key terms from reading

3 3. After reading "Myth of the Latin Woman" by Judith Ortiz Cofer (in TLOC ), answer questions 1-3 on handout from class (write answers on looseleaf with MLA heading) Wednesday, September 4 1. Close reading: The Atlanta Exposition Address by Booker T. Washington ( TLOC p. 417) 2. Group responses to questions 1-4 on p Introduction to Rhetoric PowerPoint: Arrangement 4. Chronicles of Arrangement and Patterns of Development 5. Work on Reading Log 1. Read Heart of Darkness by Peter Suderman and do the following: -Label each paragraph according to its subject (what it's about) and its purpose (what it does/what point it makes). -Circle or highlight the transitions Suderman devises between each section. -Provide an overall synopsis answering these questions: Does Suderman like the film? Why or why not? Thursday, September 5 1. Discussion of Suderman piece 2. Introduce Periodical Project 3. Work on Reading Logs 1. Bring in Periodical Project Permission Slip by Monday 2. Bring in Mere Christianity tomorrow Friday,.September 6 1. Read, annotate, and analyze "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" by Scott Russell Sanders 2. Mere Christianity Patterns of Development Worksheet (turn in) 1. Periodical Project Permission Slip due Monday Quarter 1 Week 4 Monday, September 9 1. ipad Training 2. Collect Periodical Project Permission Slips 3. PACC Credit Mention 1. Set up ProBoards account--see instructions on yellow sheet or on Quia 2. PACC application due Friday for those who are interested Tuesday, September 10 EARLY DISMISSAL 1. Example Periodical Project post + setup information 2. Discuss The Men We Carry by Scott Russell Sanders 3. Re-cap Chronicles of Arrangement in Mere Christianity 1. PACC application due Friday for those who are interested Wednesday, September 11 SPECIAL 9/11 SCHEDULE 1. Update Reading Logs 2. Introduction to Rhetoric PP: Style, diction 3. Hand out Sentence Explosion Worksheet

4 1. Sentence Explosion Worksheet (top half) 2. PACC application due Friday for those who are interested 3. First Periodical Project response due Monday Thursday, September 12 ACTIVITY SCHEDULE 1. Finish Sentence Explosions Worksheet 2. Introduction to Rhetoric PP: Syntax, tone 3. Tone Vocabulary 4. Begin reading On Bird, Bird-Watching, and Jazz by Ralph Ellison ( TLOC p. 45) 1. Finish On Bird-Watching by Ellison ( TLOC p. 45) and answer questions on p. 46 (#s 1-8) in Notability 2. Periodical Project response #1 due Monday (on ProBoards.com) Friday, September Intro. to Rhetoric: Syntax (Periodic and Cumulative Sentences, IWBIWT) 2. On Bird-Watching Socratic Seminar (discussion points) 3. Begin Tropes and Schemes PP 1. Periodical Project response #1 due Monday by 8:00 a.m. (on Proboards.com--refer to example on Quia to guide you) Quarter 1 Week 5 Monday, September 16 NO SCHOOL, FACULTY RETREAT Tuesday, September 17 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE 1. Introduce Flash Memoir + Imagery PowerPoint 2. Tropes and Schemes 3. Format of Intro. to Rhetoric Test 4. Read The Death of the Moth by Virginia Woolf ( TLOC pp ) 1. Comment on one other student s discussion board post write a thoughtful, insightful response (college-level) 2. Introduction to Rhetoric Test Friday 3. Flash Memoir first draft due Tuesday, September 24 Wednesday, September Finish Trope and Scheme Notes 2. Diction, syntax, tone, tropes, and schemes in The Death of the Moth by Virginia Woolf 3. Information on AP Exam Multiple Choice 4. Sample Multiple Choice questions on The Death of the Moth 1. Comment on one other student s discussion board post write a thoughtful, insightful response (college-level) 2. Introduction to Rhetoric Test Friday 3. Flash Memoir first draft due next Tuesday Thursday, September AP Multiple Choice questions with Woolf piece 2. Code MC answers

5 3. Impact of style on tone + revisit tone descriptors and apply to Woolf piece 4. Rhetoric review (if time) 1. Study for Introduction to Rhetoric Test look over all notes/powerpoint slides 2. Periodical Response #2 due Monday by 8:00 a.m. 3. Flash Memoir first draft due next Tuesday Friday, September 20 MASS SCHEDULE 1. Rhetoric Test: Objective Portion 2. Update Reading Logs 1. Second half of Rhetoric Test Monday--written portion 2. Periodical Response #2 due Monday by 8:00 a.m. (These will be graded more critically than the first set; please see helpful pointers in links below) 3. Flash Memoir first draft due Tuesday--print one copy and have one copy on your ipad Quarter 1 Week 6 Monday, September Written portion of Rhetoric Test 2. Update Reading Logs 3. Finish Death of the Moth multiple choice 4. Coding multiple choice responses 1. Flash Memoir 1st draft due tomorrow print one copy and have one copy on your ipad 2. Purchase Rhetorical Grammar (7th Edition) from Coursesmart by Wednesday 3. Comment on another student s Periodical Project post by Wednesday (see pointers on Quia) Tuesday, September 24 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE 1. Peer edit Flash Memoir 2. Introduce Rhetorical Analysis (PP) 3. The Grammarfesto 1. Read TLOC pp Purchase Rhetorical Grammar (7th Edition) from Coursesmart by tomorrow 3. Comment on another student s Periodical Project post by tomorrow (see pointers on Quia) Wednesday, September 25 EXTENDED HOMEROOM SCHEDULE 1. Tips for writing the AP Analytical Essay + scoring rubric 2. Read and annotate Last Child into the Woods by Richard Louv 3. Grammar PP: Clauses and Phrases 1. Read Rhetorical Grammar Chapter 2 Thursday, September Student samples of AP Q2 + discussion of scores 2. Grammar PowerPoint 3. Sentence Slots Practice 1. Read I Know Why the Caged Bird Can t Read by Francince Prose ( TLOC pp ) and be prepared to discuss 2. Periodical Response #3 due Monday by 8:00 a.m.

6 3. Final draft of Flash Memoir due Tuesday Friday, September Grammar: Phrases and Clauses as modifiers 2. Sentence Slots and Clause Wars 3. "Caged Bird" discussion 1. Periodical Response #3 due Monday by 8:00 a.m. 2. Flash Memoir final draft due Tuesday (typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font, MLA heading) Quarter 1 Week 7 Monday, September Flash Memoir Reminders/Checklist 2. Grammar PP Supplement 1. Practice Playing the Slots (in Notability) 2. Flash Memoir Final Draft due tomorrow (printed copy with orange rubric + TurnItIn.com ) 3. Comment on another student s Periodical Project response by Wednesday Tuesday, October 1 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE 1. Turn in Flash Memoir 2. Go over Playing the Slots 3. Grammar PP: Clauses and Phrases + Examples 4. Begin Phrase/Clause Notes and Practice 1. Phrase/Clause Notes and Practice (Quia link--complete in Notability) 2. Comment on another student s Periodical Project response tonight 3. Read Rhetorical Grammar Chapter 3 and complete Ex. 7 (in Ch. 2) and Ex. 8-9 (in Ch. 3) by Thursday Wednesday, October 2 ACTIVITY SCHEDULE 1. Go over Phrase/Clause practice 2. Grammar: Finish Phrase/Clause Notes 3. Grammar: Never Put a Comma Between 4. Begin "Caged Bird" Clauses/Phrases 1. Read Rhetorical Grammar Chapter 3 and complete Ex. 7 (in Ch. 2) and Ex. 8-9 (Ch. 3) by tomorrow 2. Complete "Caged Bird" Clauses/Phrases worksheet Thursday, October 3 1. Go over Prose "Caged Bird" Clause/Phrase worksheet 2. Grammar: Advanced Verb Tensing 3. Begin reading Why Don t We Complain? by William F. Buckley (handout) 1. Finish reading Why Don t We Complain? by William F. Buckley (handout) + review tips for Rhetorical Analysis 2. Rhetorical Grammar Ch. 3 Practice due Monday (link below) Friday, October 4 1. Buckley piece with note-taking grid

7 2. Buckley Rhetorical Analysis (Q2 practice) 1. Periodical Project Response #4 due Monday by 8:00 a.m. 2. Rhetorical Grammar Ch. 3 Practice due Monday (link below) Quarter 1 Week 8 Monday, October 7 1. Wrap up Rhetorical Grammar Chapter 3 2. Buckley Multiple Choice practice 3. Go over/code answers 1. Read Rhetorical Grammar Chapter 4 and complete Ex. 11, 13, and 15 by Wednesday 2. Respond to another student s Periodical Project Response by Wednesday Tuesday, October 8 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE 1. Coordination Starter 2. Grammar: Coordination and Subordination PP 1. Read Rhetorical Grammar Chapter 4 and complete Ex. 11, 13, and 15 by Wednesday 2. Respond to another student s Periodical Project Response by Wednesday Wednesday, October 9 1. Go over Chapter 4 Grammar Exercises 11, 13, and Grammar: Punctuation of Clauses 3. Chapter 4 Grammar Practice 1. Grammar Test Friday: Sentence Slots, Phrases/Clauses, Advanced Verb Tensing, Coordination and Subordination Thursday, October 10 SPECIAL PEP ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE 1. Grammar Test Study Guide 2. Grammar Review 1. Grammar Test tomorrow: Sentence Slots, Phrases/Clauses, Advanced Verb Tensing, Coordination and Subordination Friday, October 11 SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE 1. Grammar Test 2. Update Reading Logs 3. Begin reading Freakonomics 1. Periodical Project Response #5 due by 8:00 a.m. Monday 2. Read Introduction and Chapter 1 in Freakonomics by Tuesday Quarter 1 Week 9 Monday, October 14 NO SCHOOL, COLUMBUS DAY Tuesday, October 15 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE 1. Highlighting in Freakonomics

8 2. Freakonomics Introduction and Chapter 1 Handout 1. Read + highlight Freakonomics Chapters 2-3 and complete assigned rhetoric questions by Thursday Wednesday, October 16 TESTING DAY Thursday, October Wrap up Freakonomics Intro. & Ch Discuss Freakonomics Chapters Begin reading Freakonomics Chapter 4 1. Read + highlight Freakonomics Chapter 4 by tomorrow (reading check tomorrow) 2. Make sure you have downloaded the Socrative App! Friday, October Reading Check over Chapters Introduce Speakonomics 3. Discuss Freakonomics Chapter 4 1. Read Freakonomics Chapter 5 by Monday 2. Complete Chapter 4 Homework Assignment (end of handout from class)