Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Agenda, December 1

Due Now: "Why Don't We Complain?" by William F. Buckley, in 50 Essays. #20 on the Bib.
Due Now: Read three of your editorials
Due Tomorrow: Vocab 9. Don't forget to post. 

Coming Tomorrow:  Argument of the Week!
Due Monday: Typed, double spaced rough draft of Oregonian Essay. 500-700 words.
Due Next Wednesday: Final draft of Oregonian Essay.


Sit with your groups! 
  1. One last TEP
  2. Brainstorm
  3. Show, Don't Tell: I was cranky. I was mad. I was furious.
  4. Whole Class "Complain"
  5. Buckley's Conclusion
  6. Small Group Editorials

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Agenda, November 30

Due Now: "Why Don't We Complain?" by William F. Buckley, in 50 Essays. #20 on the Bib.
Due Now: Bring a copy of an editorial / opinion article for everyone in your group.

Due Tomorrow: Read three of your editorials
Due Friday: Vocab 9. Don't forget to post.

Due Monday: Typed, double spaced rough draft of Oregonian Essay. 500-700 words.
Due Next Wednesday: Final draft of Oregonian Essay.


  1. A couple of TEP's
  2. "Why Don't We Complain?" Outline
  3. "Why Don't We Complain?" Whole Class
  4. Editorial Swap
  5. Brainstorming topics 

Monday, November 28, 2011

Oregonian Narrative Essay

Due Monday, December 5
Write a 500 - 700 word narrative about one of the two following subjects: 1) A time when you wish you had done something differently; 2) A time when you needed help (it doesn't matter whether you received it). No holiday themes, please.

Typed. Double Spaced. Twelve point. No blank lines between paragraphs, except to indicate a major shift in tone or setting. Don’t forget a title. Don’t forget your header.


Required:
·      A compact story with an inviting opening, a well developed middle, and a satisfying "So what?"
·      Sharp, purposeful diction
·      Vivid showing 
·      Put your word count under your name, date, and period

Suggested: Use your conclusion to connect your personal experiences to the world at large (this is fairly close to required).

Audience: 1) The editor of The Oregonian's Opinion Page. You will be submitting this essay to The Oregonian. 2) The well-educated readers of that newspaper. 3) Yourself.

You can read The Oregonian's Opinion Page here: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/

Agenda, November 29

Due Now: "Why Don't We Complain?" by William F. Buckley, in 50 Essays. #20 on the Bib.
Due Now: Practice MC test. Look up any words you need to look up to earn a perfect score.
Due Tomorrow: Bring a copy of an editorial / opinion article for everyone in your group.
Due Friday: Vocab 9. Don't forget to post.

Due Monday: Typed, double spaced rough draft of Oregonian Essay. 500-700 words.
Due Next Wednesday: Final draft of Oregonian Essay.
  1. A couple of TEP's
  2. Bruce's Jacket
  3. Multiple Choice Quiz: ___ is the correct answer because ...
  4. "Why Don't We Complain?" Outline
  5. "Why Don't We Complain?" Whole Class

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Due Now: "Why Don't We Complain?" by William F. Buckley, in 50 Essays. #20 on the Bib.
Due Tomorrow: Practice MC test. Look up any words you need to look up to earn a perfect score.
Due Wednesday: Bring a copy of an editorial / opinion article for everyone in your group.
Due Now: Bring your synthesis paper
Due Friday: Vocab 9. Don't forget to post.
  1. I read a book for pleasure this weekend. What did you do?
  2. Portfolio Maintenance
  3. A couple of TEP's
  4. Bruce's Jacket
  5. "Why Don't We Complain?" Fishbowl
  6. "Why Don't We Complain?" Whole Class

Vocab? Nein!


Crafty, Crafty
Words for Sneaking Around
Due Friday, December 2

1.     Astute
2.     Clandestine
3.     Coup
4.     Disingenuous
5.     Ruse
6.     Stratagem
7.     Surreptitiously
8.     Wary
9.     Wily

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Agenda, November 18

Due Now: Group Essay #3, #19 on Bibliography
Due Tuesday: Vocab 1-8, Rhetorical Strategies
Due First Day of Winter Tri: "Why Don't We Complain?" by William F. Buckley, in 50 Essays. #20 on the Bib.
  1. What's on the final?
  2. Group Self-Assessment
  3. How would I answer that question?
  4. Group Essay #3

Agenda, November 17

Due Now: "Show and Tell," by Scott McCloud (handout). When you add it to your bibliography, it is from the same collection as "Education." 
Due Now: Bring your curiosity journal to class.
Keep bringing it until we get there.
Due Now: Your next group essay. It should be related to one of your first two.
  Number 19 on the bibliography.
For the final: Vocab 1-8; The sixteen rhetorical strategies. Be prepared to write sentences and examples.


Sit with your group.
  1. Rhetorical analysis of images
  2. Curiosity Journals. Finally. 
  3. Group essay #3: What are you going to talk about?

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Agenda, November 16

NaNoWriMo, Day 16. Headin' downhill.

Due Now: "Show and Tell," by Scott McCloud (handout). When you add it to your bibliography, it is from the same collection as "Education." 
Due Now: Have a functional understanding of ALL the tone words 
Due Now: Bring your curiosity journal to class.
Keep bringing it until we get there.
Due Now: Your next group essay. It should be related to one of your first two.
  Number 19 on the bibliography.
For the final: Vocab 1-8; The sixteen rhetorical strategies. Be prepared to write sentences and examples.

Sit with your group.
  1. Refining the tone chunks
  2. The purpose of "Show and Tell" is to defend the art of the comic, redefine our understanding of literature, and ______ the reader how to _________.
  3. Reading more closely.
  4. Curiosity Journals. Ha!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Agenda, November 15

NaNoWriMo, Day 15. Halfway home.

Due Now: "Show and Tell," by Scott McCloud (handout). When you add it to your bibliography, it is from the same collection as "Education." 
Due Now: Have a functional understanding of ALL the tone words 
Due Now: Bring your curiosity journal to class.
Keep bringing it until we get there.
Due Now: Your next group essay. It should be related to one of your first two.

For the final: Vocab 1-8; The sixteen rhetorical strategies. Be prepared to write sentences and examples.

Sit where you sat yesterday.
  1. Fix it!
  2. Chunking the Tone Words
  3. "Show and Tell" Whole Class Disco
  4. Curiosity Journals. Ha!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Agenda, November 14

NaNoWriMo, Day 14. How's yer calluses?


Due Now: All revisions. You should not have any of your essays in your possession.
Due Now: "Show and Tell," by Scott McCloud (handout). When you add it to your bibliography, it is from the same collection as "Education." 
Due Now: Have a functional understanding of ALL the tone words 
Due Tuesday: Bring your curiosity journal to class.

Due Tuesday: Your next group essay. It should be related to one of your first two.

Don't sit with your groups today! Sit next to somebody new or somebody you miss.
  1. Fix it!
  2. Chunking the Tone Words
  3. "Show and Tell" Whole Class Disco

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Fix It, If You Want (Round 2)


[Try to eliminate the 2nd person and tighten up the language]: Experience is the knowledge you gain through living life. The knowledge you gain from other people is also experience, but theirs and not your own.

More than a century later, Mike Rose, a professor of education at UCLA, and writer who attended high school at a private Catholic college prep school explains how his senior English teacher, Jack MacFarland helped him realize his passion for writing.

[Fix the agreement error (it’s the second most common agreement error I see); you only need to change one word]: Knowledge of this type is not obtained from a signed certificate from a government institution, but gained through patience, study, and experiment, available to each individual that attempts them.

Over a century later, a similar argument made by Malcolm X – an African American Muslim minster and human rights activist – shows his insights in 1965’s “Learning to Read”.

Well, this is the wrong approach, and learning should be important because it gives students a better outlook on their lives and what they want their lives to be, not what their test score should be.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Fix it! (If you want)

My goal is to read somewhere between nine and eighteen papers this weekend. It would probably take too much class time to complete eighteen fix it sentences on Monday, so I'll post a few here this weekend. Fix 'em if you want; ignore 'em if you don't. Feel free to post your fixes in the comments to help your classmates.

Here's the first batch of three:


Rose’s placement was a mistake, and telling anyone their not good enough for mainstream education is a mistake. Both Rose and Douglass felt like they had no meaning, because they were outside the mainstream, when in reality both had worth far above the norm and only needed a push to reach their potential.

To be educated is to have knowledge; yet day in and day out the public education system does not give America’s youth knowledge, but rather a series of test taking skills and strategies to exceed on college level entrance exams.

With the class came a workbook filled with practice tests and study material.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Agenda, November 10

Day 10. 16,667 words. Hm.


Due Monday, 11/14: All revisions. If you already have an A, come talk to me before you revise. If you have received the same comment three times, come talk to me before you revise. If you're still in the C range on the narrative, it means you're not telling me a story.
Due Now: Next group essay. Focus on tone. And everything else. Add it to your bib. You should have exactly 17 citations now.
Due Thursday: Vocab 8

Due Monday: "Show and Tell," by Scott McCloud (handout). When you add it to your bibliography, it is from the same collection as "Education." 
Due Monday: Have a functional understanding of ALL the tone words 
Due Tuesday: Bring your curiosity journal to class.

  1. Vocab Questions
  2. Fix it!
  3. Going deeper with your essays
  4. Jigsaw

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Agenda, November 9

Due Monday, 11/14: All revisions. If you already have an A, come talk to me before you revise. If you have received the same comment three times, come talk to me before you revise. If you're still in the C range on the narrative, it means you're not telling me a story.
Due Now: Next group essay. Focus on tone. And everything else. Add it to your bib. You should have exactly 17 citations now.

Due Today: Bring your rhetoric detectors to the assembly.
Due Thursday: Vocab 8

Due Monday: Have a functional understanding of ALL the tone words 
Due Tuesday: Bring your curiosity journal to class.
  1. The Need to Exceed
  2. Fix it!
  3. TEP Paragraph selection
  4. More time with your essay

Agenda, November 8

NaNoWriMo Day 8.

Due Monday, 11/14: All revisions. If you already have an A, come talk to me before you revise. If you have received the same comment three times, come talk to me before you revise. If you're still in the C range on the narrative, it means you're not telling me a story.
Due Now: Next group essay. Focus on tone. And everything else.

Due Today: Bring your rhetoric detectors to the assembly.
Due Thursday: Vocab 8

Due Monday: Have a functional understanding of ALL the tone words 
  1. 15 minute TEP
  2. How do we help our group members dig deeper?
  3. Tone in your group essay

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Vocab Ate


It’s Getting Better
Words to Make You Feel Good
Due Thursday, November 10

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.

Liar, Liar
When the Truth is in Question

1.     Dubious
2.     Fabricated
3.     Hypocrisy
4.     Slander
5.     Spurious

Agenda, November 7, 2011

NaNoWriMo Day 7. Put your word count on the board, if you like.

Due Now: All H.i.F. Revisions.
Due Now: Education Synthesis. Check the minimums. 

Due Monday, 11/14: All revisions. If you already have an A, come talk to me before you revise. If you have received the same comment three times, come talk to me before you revise. If you're still in the C range on the narrative, it means you're not telling me a story.
Due Tuesday: Next group essay. Focus on tone. And everything else.

Due Thursday: Vocab 8 
  1. 5 minutes to review
  2. 30 minutes to teach
  3. Don't use that Tone with me!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Agenda, November 4

NaNoWriMo, Day 4. My word count is 998. What's yours?

Due Now: Group choice essay. Add it to your bibliography.
Due Now: Vocab 7
Due Monday, 11/7: All H.i.F. Revisions. If you already have an A, come talk to me before you revise. If you have received the same comment three times, come talk to me before you revise.
Due Monday, 11/7: Education Synthesis. Check the minimums. 

Due Tuesday: Next group essay 

  1. A few more synth. paragraphs
  2. What's due Tuesday?
  3. Small group rhetorical analysis: purpose, diction, persona, anything else, dominant rhetorical strategy
  4. Small group jigsaw

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Agenda, November 3

NaNoWriMo, Day 3

Due Now: Group choice essay. Add it to your bibliography.
Due Friday: Vocab 7
Due Monday, 11/7: All H.i.F. Revisions. If you already have an A, come talk to me before you revise. If you have received the same comment three times, come talk to me before you revise.
Due Monday, 11/7: Education Synthesis. Check the minimums. 

  1. What's the dominant rhetorical strategy in "Lost"?
  2. What's the target of Barry's satire?
  3. How to make your group successful / some potential pitfalls
  4. Small group discussion

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Agenda, November 2

Day 2 of NaNoWriMo, if anyone's counting


Due NowEducation Narrative Revisions are due. If you choose not to revise, please return your essay to me. 
Due Now: "Lost in the Kitchen," by Dave Barry, in 50 Essays. (Add it to your bibliography). Focus on Persona.

Due Now: One synthesis paragraph from your essay.

Due Thursday: Group choice essay. Add it to your bibliography.
Due Friday: Vocab 7
Due Monday, 11/7: All H.i.F. Revisions. If you already have an A, come talk to me before you revise. If you have received the same comment three times, come talk to me before you revise.

Due Monday, 11/7:
Education Synthesis. Check the minimums.
Does anyone remember this post?

  1. What's tonight's homeowork?
  2. Bibliography under the doc cam
  3. Persona in the Kitchen, and Beyond!