Daily+Agenda

In case you forgot to write it down (:
 * Daily Agenda

** Tuesday 5/22/12 **

 * ** act 3 and questions **
 * homework **
 * ** finish act 3 and do questions if not finished in class **
 * ** prepare for quiz next class **

** Friday 5/18/12 **
homework
 * review act 2 scenes 1-2
 * read/watch act 2 scenes 3-4
 * begin act 3
 * review questions
 * acts 1-2 quiz next class ***

**Tuesday 5/7/12**
homework: do questions for Macbeth and work on review chart *due on the 15th
 * === **macbeth: finished act 1 and started act 2** ===

**Tuesday 4/23/12**
homework
 * study buddies
 * complete review chart
 * use porfolio to review past essays and multiple choice
 * study fallacies (quiz thursday)*

Monday 4/16/12** **Homework**
 * **Warmup sentences**
 * **Politics and the english language**
 * **Finish "politics"**
 * **Do some extra credit copying**

**thursday 4/5/12**
**homework**
 * **packet of style practice (bring next class)**
 * **guidlines for groups**
 * **complete speech project**
 * **present next class --- individual writeup**
 * **survey on cohen handouts**
 * **non-fiction project**
 * **passage copying**

**Tuesday 4/3/12**
**homework**
 * **assign speech project (*to present one week from today)**
 * **guidlines, rubric, groups**
 * **work in groups to construct presentation of famous speech from American history**
 * **whatever you need to do for your group**
 * ** non-fiction project due 4/12 **
 * ** job **

**Friday 3/30/12**
homework
 * **mock exam**
 * **discussion**
 * **MC and portfolio tracking**
 * **finish/add to essay oportunity**
 * job
 * non-fiction book

**Wednesday 3/28/12**

 * practice AP MC (9Q's with clickers)
 * portfolio: using past essays to reflect and improve

**Monday 3/11/12**
**homework** **big question** **what is the most reliable way to analyze tone?**
 * **AP multiple choice**
 * **tone identification and analysis**
 * **readings on style**
 * **finish readings**
 * **style test next class**

**Thursday 3/8/12**
homework
 * === instructions on ePATs ===
 * activities on "A Modest Proposal"
 * take ePATs
 * finish "A Modest Proposal" activities 1-6
 * non-fiction assignment

**Tuesday 3/6/12- meet in room 124 next class**
homework
 * rhetorical analysis #2
 * read "A Modest Proposal"
 * finish MAUS
 * learn style terms
 * read non-fiction book

**Friday 3/2/12**
**homework** **goals** **big question** **When writing a rhetorical analysis, what is the difference between "what" and "why"?**
 * **warm-up: "the rattler"**
 * **annotation, note-taking, and rhetorical analysis "Santa Ana winds"**
 * **portfolios: rhetorical analysis #1**
 * **finish MAUS**
 * **do your jobs**
 * **practice essays *rhetorical analysis #2 next class!!!!!**
 * **know style terms**
 * **practice strategies for effective rhetorical analysis**

**Wednesday 2/29/12**
**homework** **big question** **If you were to write your EE about MAUS, what would your research question be?** **goals**
 * **warm up: MAUS and recurring symbols**
 * **MAUS discussion**
 * **finish MAUS**
 * **do your jobs**
 * **practice essays**
 * **know style terms**
 * **analyze rhetorical strategies**

**Monday 2/27/12**
**homework** **big question** **What advise should you remember for FCAT writes** **goals**
 * **how to write with style handout**
 * **7 minute writes: show not tell**
 * **satire pieces DENJ**
 * **finish MAUS**
 * **do your jobs!!!**
 * **practice essays**
 * **know style terms**
 * **write stylistically sophisticated prose**
 * **analyze elements of satire**

**tuesday 2/21/12**
what does a successful rhetorical analysis look like?
 * card check
 * in-class rhetorical analysis
 * homework **
 * tropes and schemes quiz next class
 * finish MAUS
 * big question **

** Thursday 2/16/12 *rhetorical analysis essay next class **
homework big question Are you writing "why" and "how" not "what"? goals
 * tone warm-up (quiz grade)
 * course scheduling
 * go over DENJ for satire reading (didn't get to)
 * cards (will be checked on tuesday)
 * MAUS
 * write a well written mature rhetorical analysis

**Friday 2/10/12** **homework**
 * turn in revision
 * warm-up: rhetorical analysis of satire
 * DENJ satirical piece
 * tone quiz next class *
 * style cards

**Wednesday 2/8/12** **homework** **big question** : what style terms should you keep in mind while reading prose in order to understand more?
 * style quiz
 * AP multiple choice
 * MAUS analysis and discussion
 * synthesis essay rewrite (if you got a 4 or lower)
 * terms/cards
 * Job
 * find one page in MAUS and analyze specific details and big ideas
 * goals **
 * recognize rhetorical strategies in a text
 * reflect on own reading and writing processes

**Monday 2/6/12** **Homework** **Goals**
 * midterm (multiple choice) chart questions missed
 * passage analysis (midterm MC)
 * return synthesis essays
 * term cards
 * quiz next class: basic style terms
 * analyze passages for rhetorical strategies
 * reflect on personal strengths and weaknesses
 * Big Quesiton **
 * How do multiple choise on AP exams guide you through rhetorical analysis?

**Thursday 2/2/12** **Homework** :
 * revise 1 sentence from synthesis essay #1
 * write synthesis essay #2
 * finish Maus (return next class)
 * make term cards and study

{Tuesday 1/31/12}

 * Read and Score Sample Essays
 * Evaluate Your Own Essay (And Portfolios)

Homework:

 * Finish MAUS
 * Synthesis Essay Next Class

Big Question:

 * What Should You Practice Before The Next Synthesis Question?

Goal:

 * Expository Essay
 * Evaluate Essay
 * Move Through Writing Process

{Friday 1/27/12}

 * Warm-Up: Visual Elements Of MAUS
 * Discuss Chapters 1-2 Of MAUS

Homework:

 * Read Chapters 3-4 Of MAUS

Big Question:

 * What are the Visual Rhetorical Strategies

Goal:

 * Analyze Text for Rhetorical Strategies and Meaning
 * Analyze Visual Rhetoric

{Wednesday 1/25/12}

 * Warm-Up: (The St. Louis Refugee Ship Blues) [Art Spiegelman]
 * Distribute (MAUS) and Begin Reading

Homework:

 * Read Chap.1-2 of (MAUS)

Big Question:

 * What are the basics of rhetorical analysis

Goal:

 * Analyze Visual Rhetoric

{Monday 1/23/12}

 * Warm-Up: (Revision)
 * Self-Evaluation
 * Peer Evaluation

Homework:

 * Final Draft (Hard Copy) Due (1/25/12)
 * And By Midnight at Turnitin.com (1/24/12)

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__Thursday 1/19/12__ __ homework __ __ Big Question __ What is the difference between source's arguments and your own? __ Goals __ __Tuesday 1/17/12__ __homework:__ __Monday 12/19/11__ __Thursday 12/16/11__ __Friday 12/9/11__ __Wednesday 12/7/11__
 * excerpt from The Little Bood of Plagarism and The Dartmouth Handbook of Sources
 * write rough draft (physical copy) due next class
 * turn it in to turnitin.com by midnight on Sunday
 * using sorces to construct argument
 * citing sources
 * stages of the writing process
 * warm-up: finding topics in the AP synthesis questions
 * mini-lecture: quoting; in-text citations and topic outline
 * peer-evaluate synthesis questions
 * synthesis outlinde due next class
 * study/ practice for exam
 * annotated bibliography
 * (home work determined on how much work got done in class)


 * learn all of your terms
 * job! wiki!

__Monday 12/5/11__


 * Prepare for argument essay
 * Read "Fail"
 * do works cited DUE: 12/7
 * have __Freakonomics__ read
 * learn all of your terms
 * do job

__Thursday 12/1/11 __
 * Prepare for argument essay
 * Read "Fail"
 * do works cited DUE: 12/7
 * have __Freakonomics__ read
 * learn all of your terms
 * do job

__Tuesday 11/29/11__
 * Make sure you have
 * - finished__ Freakonomics __
 * learned terms

__Friday 11/25/11__ __Wednesday 11/16/11__
 * Finish reading modes packet ( modes packet is missing a page "Marrying Absurd"- Didion)
 * Finish reading __Freakonomics__


 * Read thru ch. 4 of __Freakonomics__

__ Monday 11/14/11 __
 * Extra Credit " Music-That's-Life"
 * All Terms quiz Wed, 11/16/11
 * Look over Job standards:Jobs
 * Read Freakonomics through Ch. 4 by Friday

__Wednesday 11/09/11__
 * (Ms. Cohen absent)
 * Finish "The Thin Blue Line" questions

__Monday 11/07/11__ either: "a comment, response, link" you can even take ideas from other wiki's
 * Read Ch. 2 of __Freakonomics__
 * TERMS QUIZ NEXT CLASS * quizlet
 * EXTRA CREDIT: make page on wiki about extra info on "The Thin Blue Line";

__Thursday 11/03/11__ and fill in missing information using other classes wikis or cohen's handouts
 * Read Ch. 2 of __Freakonomics__
 * Look over "The Thin Blue Line" Notes