Monday:
- Bring a #2 pencil to class today
- "4th of July" annotated for rhetorical strategies AND rhetorical analysis outline due tomorrow (both will be collected)
- AP exam check due Friday!
Tuesday:
- Due Thursday: Read Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" on page 914 in textbook. Answer q's #2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12 under "Rhetoric and Style." Bring textbook to class on Thursday.
- AP exam check due Friday
Wednesday:
- Swift reading due tomorrow
- AP exam check due Friday
Thursday:
- Read Mark Twain's "Damned Human Race" and annotate for satirical qualities
- AP exam check due TOMORROW!
Friday:
- Read Gloria Naylor's "The Meaning of a Word"; answer q's #1-3 under "Writing Strategy" and q. #1 under "Language"
- If you are purchasing your own copy of Huck Finn, you will need it for Monday!
Monday:
- Finish The Crucible for tomorrow
- Final draft of essay due Thursday--hand in hardy copy & upload to turnitin.com
- Fallacies due Thursday
- AP checks due no later than 2/1!
Tuesday:
- Read Miller's "Why I Wrote The Crucible" and answer questions
- Discussion board due Sunday night
Wednesday:
- Argument essay due tomorrow
- Fallacies due tomorrow
- Discussion board due Sunday night
Thursday:
- Due Tuesday, 1/29: Frederick Douglass' "What To The Slave Is The 4th of July?" with rhetorical analysis
- Discussion board due Sunday night
- AP exam checks!
- Optional: Purchase The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Monday and Tuesday:
- Draft #1 of argument essay due Wednesday (finally!). Bring 3 copies to class.
- Act III of The Crucible due Thursday; expect a brief quiz
Wednesday:
- Act III of The Crucible due tomorrow; expect a brief quiz
- Continue tracing your fallacy!
- Draft #2 of argument essay due Monday
Thursday:
- Read and annotate Orwell's "Politics in the English Language" for tomorrow
- Draft #2 of argument essay due Monday
- Finish The Crucible for Tuesday
Friday:
- Read pages 592-593 in textbook; complete #1-15 on pages 593-594 (for Monday)
- Draft #2 due Monday
- Finish The Crucible for Tuesday