Friday, December 20, 2019

Agenda, December 20

  • Due Now: Write a synthesis paragraph about poverty or wealth or human nature or communism or capitalism or something else based on two of the pieces we've read this term. Typed. MLA.
  • Due Wednesday, January 8: Complete Bibliography. Please review this website before asking for or giving help. General directions can be found in your journals and on this web page.
  • Due Monday, January 13: Write a 3-5 page narrative about a time you didn't have enough money. This could be something significant or insignificant. No holiday themes, please.
  • Do any time over break (if you want to): I've released a few practice tests on AP Classroom. Do them at you leisure. It's an option, not a requirement. Note: I am currently experiencing technical difficulties at the beloved AP Classroom website. I'll make a new post as soon as I'm able.
Today's Agenda

  1. Braintstorm time
  2. What's left to say?
  3. Snake Oil

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Agenda, December 19

  • Due Now: "'I Just Wanna be Average'," by Mike Rose, from 50 Essays, 2nd edition. Take good newts. (You don't have to do a dialectical journal, but that should shape the way you think as you read.)
  • Due Friday: Write a synthesis paragraph about poverty or wealth or human nature or communism or capitalism or something else based on two of the pieces we've read this term. Typed. MLA. We'll review synthesis on Wednesday.
  • If you're absent tomorrow, be sure to check the blog and get a friend to turn in a hard copy of the synthesis paragraph. 
Today's Agenda
  1. A synthetic review
  2. An "Average" journal
  3. An above-average whole class discussion

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Agenda, December 18

  • Due Now: "A Modest Proposal," by Jonathan Swift, from 100 Great Essays. Take good newts. Add it to your Bib.
  • Late: Complete a SOAPSTone for "On Restraints Upon the Importation ...", "The Roots of Honor," and "The Gospel of Wealth."
  • Due Thursday: "'I Just Wanna be Average'," by Mike Rose, from 50 Essays, ? edition. Take good newts. (You don't have to do a dialectical journal, but that should shape the way you think as you read.)
  • Due Friday (or sooner): Write a synthesis paragraph about poverty or wealth or human nature or communism or capitalism or something else based on two of the pieces we've read this term. Typed. MLA. We'll review synthesis on Wednesday. 
Today's Agenda
  1. A synthetic review
  2. A Swift review
  3. A rhetorical review

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

A Close Reading of "A Modest Proposal"

Complete up to Task 5 before class on 12/18:


Task 1: Diction in paragraphs 1 -6.
In paragraphs 1 – 6, Swift develops an ironic tone, but it is milder than the irony he develops as the essay progresses. Your analysis should track how Swift develops his tone and what specific arguments he introduces implicitly through this irony.
Task: Trace Swift’s diction.
·      Label each example you find as a type of diction, not merely as “diction” (word choice), but, for example, scientific, technical, didactic, pedantic, slang, etc.
·      Keep track of examples with direct quotations but do not feel a need to copy down entire sentences.
·      Look up the exact meaning of words so that you can get the full significance of a word’s denotation. Take notes when you look up a definition. As you find word patterns, draw conclusions about their significance and pose questions that could get you to a better conclusion.
Your end result should be:
Notes on word patterns and specific types of diction, and at least 1 -2 well-formed arguments from your notes on why Swift uses those words (that you develop from your work in the “abstract” column).
Questions you may ask:
·      What is the speaker’s background – where is he from? What is his social class? Is he Irish or English? Is he rich or poor? What perspective does he have?
·      What kind of personality does the speaker seem to have from the language he uses in paragraphs 1 -6? This is not the same person as Swift.
·      What does Swift want the reader to think about this speaker?
What would you think about someone who spoke about this topic (discussed in these paragraphs only) in this way?


Task 2: A Rhetorical Shift
Answer the below question with one sentence. (You may include text support, but this must fit within the one sentence requirement.)
Between paragraphs 7 – 9, Swift’s essay turns from mildly ironic to darkly satirical. What key word or phrase is, your opinion, most indicative of this turn?

Task 3: Premises and Assumptions
Between paragraphs 19 – 26, Swift delineates various arguments to support his proposal.
Identify three of the arguments and explain the underlying premises that they rely on. *You may want to look up the definition of “premise” to help accomplish this task.
Here is an example:
In paragraph 7, on page 405, Swift states that he is “assured by [their] merchants that a boy or a girl before twelve years old is no saleable commodity.”
The first premise underlying this observation is that the idea that it is acceptable for a human being to be “salable,” but we should only refrain for some age restriction, not morality; i.e. the reason a boy or girl before twelve isn’t “saleable” isn’t because slavery is terrible, but because he or she hasn’t reached some more appropriate age in which slavery would be acceptable.
The other premise underlying this statement is that after twelve a boy or girl becomes “saleable” for some reason the reader might be able to infer, such as prostitution or “wage slavery” (making only enough money to survive so that the worker can work the next day; in essence a slave), which the speaker also accepts as viable options.


Task 4: The “Expedients”
In order to understand a significant portion of this essay, you must understand the meaning of Swift’s discussion of “expedients” in paragraphs 27 – 29.
In your analysis notes, you should answer these questions and draw significant conclusions from your answers:
·      What is an expedient?
·      What does Swift suggest as “other expedients”?
·      Is Swift’s argument to not attempt these satirical? Why or why not?

Task 5: Decoding the satire
Transform paragraph 29-30 into the literal, serious argument that Swift is making in this essay.

Task 6: Making Connections
Brainstorm between 4 -5 contemporary visual examples of satire used to expose a social ill, serious problem, political complaint, or other such object of criticism. Be specific as possible in your description. This would include cartoons, posters, t-shirts, tote-bags, toys, commercials, shows, movies, etc.

Agenda, December 17

  • Due Now: "A Modest Proposal," by Jonathan Swift, from 100 Great Essays. Take good newts. Add it to your Bib.
  • Due Now: Complete a SOAPSTone for "On Restraints Upon the Importation ...", "The Roots of Honor," and "The Gospel of Wealth."
  • Due Thursday: "'I Just Wanna be Average'," by Mike Rose, from 50 Essays, ? edition. Take good newts. (You don't have to do a dialectical journal, but that should shape the way you think as you read.)
  • Due Friday (or sooner): Write a synthesis paragraph about poverty or wealth or human nature or communism or capitalism or something else based on two of the pieces we've read this term. Typed. MLA. We'll review synthesis on Wednesday. 
Today's Agenda
  1. Hyperbole, etc.
  2. Some modest group work
  3. IQ Squared

Monday, December 16, 2019

T.o.C., 12/16

  1. Lazarus v. Trump Official, pgs 1-2 
  2. 9/11 Reflection, pg 3  
  3. Claim, Reason, Evidence, pg A  
  4. Synthesis Paragraph Notes Handout, pg B 
  5. Synthesis Paragraph Notes, pg C  
  6. Synthesis Paragraph Model, pg D  
  7. "Shooting an Elephant" Notes, pg 4-5 
  8. Defend, Qualify, or Challenge, pg 6 
  9. Kline's Favorite Things, pg E 
  10. Show, Don't Tell, pg 7 
  11. Explode the Moment, pg 8 
  12. "Laziness Does Not Exist" Notes, pg 9 
  13. 5 Notes from the year so far, pg F 
  14. Close Reading Practice, pg 12 
  15. Synthesis Scoring Guide, pg G 
  16. "Just Walk on By" Notes, pg 13 
  17. Establishing Sources, pg H 
  18. Argument o' the Week, pg 15
  19. "Me Talk Pretty One Day" Notes, pg. 16
  20. TED Tree Solemn Newts, pg. 20
  21. Fear Brainstorm,  pg. 21
  22. Visual Rhetoric, pg. 22
  23. Google Search Tips, pg. I
  24. Logical Fallacies,  pg. J-K
  25. A Good Intro, pg. L
  26. Bibliography Notes, pg. M-Q
  27. "In Praise of the Humble Comma," pg. 23
  28. Humble Brainstorm / Avowed v. Ascribed Identities / For Sale, pg. 25
  29. "How it Feels" Newts, pg. 26
  30. Name that Device, pgs. 28-9
  31. Liz Prato, pg. 30
  32. The Crucible, Act I, pg. 32
  33. The Metaphor Machine, p. R
  34. Titles, p. S
  35. Act I Study Questions, p. 33
  36.  Act II Notes, p. 34
  37. Act III/IV Notes, p. 35
  38. Logical Fallacies Quiz Answers, pp. T-U
  39. The Crucible in Three Contexts, p. 36
  40. Good Notes, p. V
  41. "Lost in the Kitchen" Notes, p. 37
  42. Rhetorical Devices Notes, p. W
  43. "The Communist Manifesto" Notes, p. 40
  44. A Capitalist Essay,  p. 41
  45. Diction, etc., p. X
  46. Hyperbole, etc., p. Y
  47. Antithesis, etc., p. Z
  48. Anadiplosis, etc., p. AA
  49. SOAPSTone, p. BB
  50. SOAPSTone, p. 42
  51. "On Dumpster Diving," p. 43-44

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Agenda, December 16

  • Due Monday: "A Modest Proposal," by Jonathan Swift, from 100 Great Essays. Take good newts. Add it to your Bib.
  • Due Tuesday: Complete a SOAPSTone for "On Restraints Upon the Importation ...", "The Roots of Honor," and "The Gospel of Wealth."
  • Due Wednesday: "'I Just Wanna be Average'," by Mike Rose, from 50 Essays, ? edition. Take good newts. (You don't have to do a dialectical journal, but that should shape the way you think as you read.) 
Today's Agenda
  1. Dig in!
  2. Hyperbole, etc.
  3. Some modest group work

If you were absent on Friday ...

We wrote an essay in class. You should spend NO MORE than 60 minutes on this task. If you spend more time on it than that, you are doing to wrong assignment.

Here are the directions. Typed. MLA. Due Friday, 12/20, or sooner.


Your task: Write a rhetorical analysis of “On Dumpster Diving.” Your essay should include an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Each body paragraph should be built on one of the discussion questions from class.

The introduction can be short and perfunctory.
·      You need to establish the author, the title, and the purpose of the essay you’re analyzing (try not to include the word purpose. Instead of writing “The author’s purpose is to encourage us to …” write “The author encourages us to …”).
·      You might want to spend a moment contextualizing the text (when was it written? Why does it matter now?). If this becomes time consuming, skip it and get to the body paragraphs. You can add this info later if you finish early.

Each body paragraph should be built around one of yesterday’s discussion questions. Remember that rhetorical analysis answers the following questions:
·      What choices does the author make?
·      Why does the author make those choices?
·      How do those choices impact the reader?
·      How does this moment open or fit or close the argument?
·      How do these choices help the author achieve his or her purpose?
You don’t need to address all questions in all paragraphs, and you don’t need to address them in this order.

The close may also be short and perfunctory. It’s another opportunity to contextualize the argument, or you may simply summarize your claims.

Do not:
·      Use first person singular. Instead, refer to the reader or the audience or we or us.
·      Evaluate or give your opinion. Your job is to explain how the rhetoric works, not whether you like it or whether it’s effective.

Do:
·      Embrace formulas, if you find them helpful.
·      Ignore formulas, if you find them constricting.
·      Focus on the task of explaining what choices a writer makes and why he or she makes those choices.

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Agenda, December 13

  • Late: "On Dumpster Diving," by Lars Eighner, from 50 Essays, 3rd edition. Take good notes AND complete 4 dialectical journal entries (typed, from four different pages). Be sure to defend, qualify, challenge, analyze, question, connect, or evaluate.
  • Due Monday: "A Modest Proposal," by Jonathan Swift, from 100 Great Essays. Take good newts.
  • Due Tuesday: Complete a SOAPSTone for "On Restraints Upon the Importation ...", "The Roots of Honor," and "The Gospel of Wealth."
Today's Agenda
  1. Dive in!

Agenda, December 12

  • Last Chance: Bring cans for the canned food drive.
  • Due Now: "On Dumpster Diving," by Lars Eighner, from 50 Essays, 3rd edition. Take good notes AND complete 4 dialectical journal entries (typed, from four different pages). Be sure to defend, qualify, challenge, analyze, question, connect, or evaluate.
  • Due Monday: "A Modest Proposal," by Jonathan Swift, from 100 Great Essays. Take good newts.
  • Due Tuesday: Complete a SOAPSTone for "On Restraints Upon the Importation ...", "The Roots of Honor," and "The Gospel of Wealth."
Today's Agenda

  1. Diction, etc.
  2. Urgent Questions about Dumpsters
  3. Dive in!

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Agenda, December 11

  • Do Every Day, Per 3: Bring cans for the canned food drive.
  • Due Now: Read and annotate one of three essays about capitalism; add it to your Bibliography.
  • Due Thursday: "On Dumpster Diving," by Lars Eighner, from 50 Essays, 3rd edition. Take good notes AND complete 4 dialectical journal entries (typed, from four different pages). Be sure to defend, qualify, challenge, analyze, question, connect, or evaluate.
Today's Agenda
  1. SOAPStone
  2. Whole class discussion?
  3. Diction, etc.

Agenda, December 10

  • Do Every Day, Per 3: Bring cans for the canned food drive.
  • Due Now: Read and annotate one of three essays about capitalism; add it to your Bibliography.
  • Due Thursday: "On Dumpster Diving," by Lars Eighner, from 50 Essays, 3rd edition. Take good notes AND complete 4 dialectical journal entries (typed, from four different pages). Be sure to defend, qualify, challenge, analyze, question, connect, or evaluate.
Today's Agenda

  1. A quick thought about the SAT with essay
  2. Small Group Share Out
  3. Whole class discussion
  4. SOAPSTone

Monday, December 9, 2019

Agenda, December 9

  • Do Every Day, Per 3: Bring cans for the canned food drive.
  • Due Now: Read and annotate one of three essays about capitalism; add it to your Bibliography.
  • Due Wednesday: "On Dumpster Diving," by Lars Eighner, from 50 Essays, 3rd edition. Take good notes AND complete 4 dialectical journal entries (typed, from four different pages).
Today's Agenda

  1. A quick thought about the SAT with essay
  2. Diction, syntax, figurative language, imagery, analogy
  3. Groups or whole class discussion? 

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Agenda, December 6

  • Late: Dialectical Journal of "The Communist Manifesto," by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, from 100 Great Essays. Minimum four entries. Typed.
  • Do Every Day, Per 3: Bring cans for the canned food drive.
  • Due Monday: Read and annotate one of three essays about capitalism; add it to your Bibliography.
  • Do this weekend: Reread your Marx notes after you read your capitalism essay.
Today's Agenda
  1. A Collective Discussion
  2. Diction, syntax, figurative language, imagery, analogy
  3. Whole class reading 

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Agenda, December 5

  • Due Thursday: Dialectical Journal of "The Communist Manifesto," by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, from 100 Great Essays. Minimum four entries. Typed.
  • Do Every Day, Per 3: Bring cans for the canned food drive.
  • Do tonight: Spend 10 minutes researching the author of your essay about capitalism.
  • Due Monday: An essay about capitalism (but don't start tonight unless you have to)
  • Do, just for kicks, some time not in class: Calculate the impact of the LoLL on your 1st trimester grade.
Today's Agenda

  1. Follow up on LoLL's
  2. A Communist Jigsaw
  3. A Collective Discussion
  4. Diction, syntax, figurative language, imagery, analogy 

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Agenda, December 4

  • Due Thursday: Dialectical Journal of "The Communist Manifesto," by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, from 100 Great Essays. Minimum four entries. Typed. (The link is to a description of dialectical journals for a different teacher's class. The advice is useful; the assignment details are not.)
  • Do Every Day, Per 3: Bring cans for the canned food drive
Today's Agenda
  1. Things you can do in a dialectical journal: defend, qualify, challenge, question, analyze
  2. "The Communist Manifesto," whole class
  3. "The Communist Manifesto," small group
  4. Diction, syntax, figurative language, imagery, analogy 

Monday, December 2, 2019

Agenda, December 3

  • Due Thursday: Dialectical Journal of "The Communist Manifesto," by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, from 100 Great Essays. Minimum four entries. Typed. (The link is to a description of dialectical journals for a different teacher's class. The advice is useful; the assignment details are not.)
Today's Agenda
  1. What shall we do with our LoLLs?
  2. Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Tone / Persona
  3. What is communism?
  4. "The Communist Manifesto," one sentence at a time.

LoLL T.o.C., Fall Tri

  1. Lazarus v. Trump Official, pgs 1-2 
  2. 9/11 Reflection, pg 3  
  3. Claim, Reason, Evidence, pg A  
  4. Synthesis Paragraph Notes Handout, pg B 
  5. Synthesis Paragraph Notes, pg C  
  6. Synthesis Paragraph Model, pg D  
  7. "Shooting an Elephant" Notes, pg 4-5 
  8. Defend, Qualify, or Challenge, pg 6 
  9. Kline's Favorite Things, pg E 
  10. Show, Don't Tell, pg 7 
  11. Explode the Moment, pg 8 
  12. "Laziness Does Not Exist" Notes, pg 9 
  13. 5 Notes from the year so far, pg F 
  14. Close Reading Practice, pg 12 
  15. Synthesis Scoring Guide, pg G 
  16. "Just Walk on By" Notes, pg 13 
  17. Establishing Sources, pg H 
  18. Argument o' the Week, pg 15
  19. "Me Talk Pretty One Day" Notes, pg. 16
  20. TED Tree Solemn Newts, pg. 20
  21. Fear Brainstorm,  pg. 21
  22. Visual Rhetoric, pg. 22
  23. Google Search Tips, pg. I
  24. Logical Fallacies,  pg. J-K
  25. A Good Intro, pg. L
  26. Bibliography Notes, pg. M-Q
  27. "In Praise of the Humble Comma," pg. 23
  28. Humble Brainstorm / Avowed v. Ascribed Identities / For Sale, pg. 25
  29. "How it Feels" Newts, pg. 26
  30. Name that Device, pgs. 28-9
  31. Liz Prato, pg. 30
  32. The Crucible, Act I, pg. 32
  33. The Metaphor Machine, p. R
  34. Titles, p. S
  35. Act I Study Questions, p. 33
  36.  Act II Notes, p. 34
  37. Act III/IV Notes, p. 35
  38. Logical Fallacies Quiz Answers, pp. T-U
  39. The Crucible in Three Contexts, p. 36
  40. Good Notes, p. V
  41. "Lost in the Kitchen" Notes, p. 37

Monday, November 25, 2019

Agenda, Finals Day

  • Do this weekend: Add Dave Barry to your bibliography. It's from 50 Essays, 1st edition.
Today's Agenda
  1. Logical Fallacies Slide Show
  2. Be careful how you talk about grades: 1) You are not your grade. 2) You are literally off the scale. 3) Unfortunately, there are no effort points on this assignment. 4) The grade you earned that breaks your heart might be an incredible accomplishment for the person sitting right next to you. 5) You still have time to grow, even if you earned an A. 6) Feel free to come get feedback.
  3. What do you do when you take good notes?
  4. "Lost in the Kitchen": Take good notes
  5. Small group disco
  6. Whole class disco

Friday, November 22, 2019

Agenda, November 22

  • Do Friday, and Saturday: Go see The Addams Family!
Today's Agenda
  1. Logical Fallacies Slide Show 
  2. Work time: 20 minutes
  3. Rehearsal time: 10 minutes
  4. Presentation time!

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Logical Fallacies Slide Show Scoring Guide


Logical Fallacies Scoring Guide


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