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!
One last TEP
Brainstorm
Show, Don't Tell: I was cranky. I was mad. I was furious.
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.
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.
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.
A couple of TEP's
Bruce's Jacket
Multiple Choice Quiz: ___ is the correct answer because ...
"Why Don't We Complain?" Outline
"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.
I read a book for pleasure this weekend. What did you do?
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.
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.
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.
Refining the tone chunks
The purpose of "Show and Tell" is to defend the art of the comic, redefine our understanding of literature, and ______ the reader how to _________.
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.
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.
[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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
A few more synth. paragraphs
What's due Tuesday?
Small group rhetorical analysis: purpose, diction, persona, anything else, dominant rhetorical strategy
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.
What's the dominant rhetorical strategy in "Lost"?
What's the target of Barry's satire?
How to make your group successful / some potential pitfalls
Due Now: Education 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?
