Due Now: Nothing? Weird. Due Friday: Read and score Argumentative Packet Due Friday: Vocab 7 Due Monday: Your war essay! Check the minimums, please. Due Monday:Everything's an Argument, Ch. 4-7
Due Yesterday: Machiavelli's Logos Due Now: Read and score Rhetorical Analysis Packet Due Friday: Vocab 7 Due Monday: Just your War Essay Due Monday:Everything's an Argument, Chapter 4 - 7. (You might want to look at pages 315 - 327, since you'll be including a visual argument in your War Essay).
SAVE THE DATE: April 16, practice exam. If you can't make it, you'll need to work on it at home.
Machiavelli's Logos
Callibration
Scoring in Small Groups: Read each essay, give a score and justify it, then agree as a group.
Due Now: Machiavelli's Logos Due Tomorrow: Read and score Rhetorical Analysis Packet Due Friday: Vocab 7 Due Monday: Just your War Essay Due Monday:Everything's an Argument, Chapter 4 - 7. (You might want to look at pages 315 - 327, since you'll be including a visual argument in your War Essay).
SAVE THE DATE: April 16, practice exam. If you can't make it, you'll need to work on it at home.
We probably won't discuss it as a class until after May 11th; if you'd like to talk about it sooner than that, leave a comment or come chat with me. You know where to find me.
Provide the definition of the following words. Include the dictionary definition and a translation of the dictionary definition into your own words. Write an original sentence for each. Post one sentence as a comment.
1.Alleviate
2.Asylum
3.Auspicious
4.Benevolent
5.Benign
6.Mollify
7.Reclamation
8.Sanction
Bonus Point – Tell me why the following sentence is funny: The students were happy when the principal agreed to sanction the use of cell phones in class.
Due Now: "The Prince" (please leave a comment when you read this so I can have an idea of how many of you will be prepared come Monday afternoon) Due Now: Three statements from "The Prince" that you agree or disagree with Due Friday, April 1 (no foolin'!): Vocab 7 (to be posted soon)
Return a big ol' pile of work. Please sit alphabetically.
I'm available to answer questions over the break. Post them as comments so your classmates can benefit from your struggles.
War Synthesis Essay
Essay due: Monday, April 4, 2011 (one week after we return from break)
Write a paper that synthesizes classroom sources and your own knowledge, experiences, and research to answer the question “Is there such a thing as a just war?” Remember that a synthesis paragraph begins with your own opinion/topic sentence, which is supported by quotations from two different sources. Not all of your body paragraphs need to be synthesis paragraphs.
Minimums:
1) Three synthesis paragraphs.
2) Three sources from the classroom.
-“The Declaration of Independence,” by Thomas Jefferson (from 50 Essays, 2nd Edition)
-Octavian Nothing, by M.T. Anderson (you can find the necessary bibliographical info for your Works Cited on Wikipedia)
-“The Gettysburg Address,” by Abraham Lincoln (from 50 Essays, 1st Edition)
-Henry V, Part I, by William Shakespeare (http://www.bartleby.com/70/2931.html)
-“The Prince,” by Niccolo Machiavelli (from 50 Essays, 1st Edition)
-Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo
- Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (you've got the link)
-A wide variety of interesting songs presented by your classmates
3) Additional sources from your own research. You do not need to use Gale, but be sure your internet sources are reliable. You will need to work hard to establish these sources. You may consider:
-Historical conflicts, large and small
-Contemporary conflicts, such as wars in Africa and the Middle East
-Contemporary and classical literature
-Readings from Everything’s an Argument
-Modern films
-Personal experience
-Something interesting that I haven’t thought of yet
4) An element of visual rhetoric. This could be an editorial cartoon or an image. You should explain how this image helps you argue that there is or isn’t a just war. Be sure to cite the source of your image.
5) Evidence against your thesis, soundly refuted by your laser sharp logic
6) A properly formatted Works Cited page. If your internet sources aren’t from Gale, you’ll need to include the link. For your convenience, I’ve googled “How to Cite a Song” for you:
Songwriter's last name, first name. "Title of Song." Lyrics. Title of Album. Name of Publishing Company, Year Recorded.
De Sela, Lhasa. "La Frontera." Lyrics. The Living Road. Netwerk, 2004.
If the song is being sung by someone other than the songwriter, here is how that would look:
Dylan, Bob. "Like a Rolling Stone." Lyrics. Perf. The Drive-By Truckers. Highway 61 Revisited. Uncut/Ignite!, 2005.
My lovely wife sent me this link to Mark Bittman's New York Timeseditorial about the way we treat farm animals. Two interesting notes: Mr. Bittman establishes his ethos, in part, by alluding to Peter Singer, who has an essay entitled "Animal Liberation" in our 50 Essays anthology. Also, to my knowledge, Bittman is not a vegetarian, so I don't think this is an argument about what we should eat.
Reading and responding to this article - either in your head or in writing - in a Defend, Qualify, or Challenge fashion would be excellent practice for your brains. I'd be most interested to read your comments, if you have the time or energy.
Due for the next week: More Speeches. Know your due date. Get me your lyrics two days in advance. Due Now: Synthesis Revisions. No revision without a conference with me first. Due Now: Read Synthesizing Visual Rhetoric. Bring an editorial cartoon about war. Due Tomorrow: Henry V. Find a summary of the play. Identify and label the appeals he uses to motivate men to fight. Be prepared to read - no, not read - be prepared to perform the speeches to the class.
Due Now: Common Place 4 Due Now: Selections from Octavian Nothing Due for the next week: More Speeches. Know your due date. Get me your lyrics two days in advance. Due Now: AP Registration forms Due Monday: Synthesis Revisions. No revision without a conference with me first. Due Monday: Read Synthesizing Visual Rhetoric. Bring an editorial cartoon about war.
Due Now: The first round of War Song Speeches. Due Thursday: Common Place 4 Due Thursday: Selections from Octavian Nothing Due Thursday: More Speeches. Know your due date. Get me your lyrics two days in advance. Due Thursday: AP Registration forms Due Monday: Synthesis Revisions. No revision without a conference with me first. Due Monday: Read Synthesizing Visual Rhetoric. Bring an editorial cartoon about war.
