Saturday, January 26, 2013

Homework for the week of 1/28

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!

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Homework for the week of 1/14

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

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Homework for the week of 1/7

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