Here is this week's agenda.
Take note that we will have some time in class for those who need to finish the m.c. test, as well as for test corrections this week. There is also an essay you can write to go along with these test corrections to earn back an additional 5 pts. This essay must be completed and turned in by Friday, 12/21. The essay prompts are linked on the agenda and here.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Monday, December 10, 2018
This week...
Here is the agenda for this week.
Take note of the on-going reading and responses, due next week on Tuesday, including a rhetorical analysis essay.
There is a multiple choice test on Thursday, which will allow you to gain more experience with rhetorical analysis. This will be a test that you take independently for the hour, and it must be made up in my classroom, if you are absent. You will complete test corrections for questions you get wrong, which are worth +.5pt. back on your score, and must be completed by Thurs., 12/20.
If you would like some practice with these types of questions, in addition to what we have done in class, go to https://www.practicequiz.com/ and select AP English Language or SAT reading practice questions.
Take note of the on-going reading and responses, due next week on Tuesday, including a rhetorical analysis essay.
There is a multiple choice test on Thursday, which will allow you to gain more experience with rhetorical analysis. This will be a test that you take independently for the hour, and it must be made up in my classroom, if you are absent. You will complete test corrections for questions you get wrong, which are worth +.5pt. back on your score, and must be completed by Thurs., 12/20.
If you would like some practice with these types of questions, in addition to what we have done in class, go to https://www.practicequiz.com/ and select AP English Language or SAT reading practice questions.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Bush's eulogies
Choose ONE of the eulogies given at George H.W. Bush's funeral (you picked up a paper copy of this in class, but they are all linked below, in case you want to switch).
George W. Bush's eulogy to his father
George P. Bush's eulogy to his grandfather
Jim Baker's eulogy to his friend
Jon Meacham's eulogy to his friend and writing subject
Read and analyze the eulogy for the choices this speaker made to convey his message and memorialize his close friend/relative. Consider ways that this person used both literal and figurative language to bring across his point. Look for places that his diction was particularly elevated and effective, and the ways that appeals of ethos and pathos were included to emphasize how Bush should be remembered.
Develop a writing plan and an opening introduction paragraph with thesis, rather than writing a full rhetorical analysis essay. Ref. this doc to help with your writing plan.
This will be due on Tuesday, 12/11.
George W. Bush's eulogy to his father
George P. Bush's eulogy to his grandfather
Jim Baker's eulogy to his friend
Jon Meacham's eulogy to his friend and writing subject
Read and analyze the eulogy for the choices this speaker made to convey his message and memorialize his close friend/relative. Consider ways that this person used both literal and figurative language to bring across his point. Look for places that his diction was particularly elevated and effective, and the ways that appeals of ethos and pathos were included to emphasize how Bush should be remembered.
Develop a writing plan and an opening introduction paragraph with thesis, rather than writing a full rhetorical analysis essay. Ref. this doc to help with your writing plan.
This will be due on Tuesday, 12/11.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
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