Outline Essay Assign

Helpful Edit: Due Monday, January 16 Tuesday, January 17

Develop one of your outlines into a 600-1000 word essay. Your audience is the OCHS Literary Magazine staff and the student body of OCHS. Include three rhetorical strategies from the Virtual Salt, underlined and labeled. Include your word count in your  header. 

Agenda, December 16

Due Now: Process Outline OR C&E Outline
Due Now: Vocab 11
Due the day we get back (I honestly don't know what day that is): Know your Ridiculous Rhetorical Devices
Due the day we get back: Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 1 & 2
Due the day after that: Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 3 & 4

1. Vocab Review
2. Argument of the Week: When you're done giggling, take the task seriously
3. "Tiffany"

Agenda, December 15

Due Thursday: Cause and Effect Packet
Due Friday: Process Analysis Outline OR Cause and Effect Outline. No intro - just a thesis, topic sentence for each paragraph; two bulleted details for each paragraph; well-developed conclusion. Typed. Stop writing 5 paragraph outlines, please.
Due Friday: Vocab 11

Info for the bibliography (all the packet texts come from the following anthology): Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition. Ed. Elizabeth Penfield. New York: Pearson Longman 2007  

1. What you'll do this winter 
2. C&E Brainstorm. We must be quick!
3. Process Essay - class choice!
4. "Tiffany"
5. To the library!

Bonus C&E prompts: 
A time you were misunderstood. What caused you to be misunderstood? What were the effects of the experience?
Consider common problems (for example, cheating, infidelity). Try to prevent one by analyzing the cause of this common problem. 

Oregonian Submission Schedule - Revised

Monday, December 19
Grace
Blake
Lindsay
Julia
Rachel C

Wednesday, December 21
Erika
Caleb
Koreena
Sydney
Toni

Friday, December 23
Miranda G
Brady
Geena
Ally
Ryan K

Monday, December 26
Katie
Emily
Rachel K
April
Jaime

Wednesday, December 28
Brogan
Anna M
Madison
Stephanie
Hannah

Friday, December 30
Katie M
Megan P
Austin P
Nataliya
Alan

Monday, Jan 2
Anna R
James
Jesse S
Julie
Danielle

Wednesday, Jan 4
Katie V
Miranda W
Drew
Jesse W
Tiani

Sample Cover Letter

To the Op-Ed Editor:

Please consider my essay, “She Still Hasn’t Paid Me Back,” for publication as an “In My Opinion” column. As concern over the national debt increases, this essay offers a light-hearted exploration of the dangers of spending beyond our means.

Should you choose to publish my essay, please use the following bio: Ed Kline teaches Language Arts at Oregon City High School.

I have pasted the essay into the body of this e-mail and attached it as a Microsoft Word Document. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you for your consideration,

Ed Kline

Mr. Kline Ruins Christmas Break

AP Lang Winter Break Homework 2011 - 12

1) Revisit the definitions of the following rhetorical devices. There are many different definitions you can find, so use The Virtual Salt as your resource. When we return from break, we will consider the effects of these devices and practice using them. Any energy you put into understanding the rhetorical purpose of these devices over break is energy you won’t need to spend during the school term.

Amplification

Anadiplosis

Anaphora

Antithesis

Asyndeton

Chiasmus

Epanalepsis

Epistrophe

Hypophora

Litotes

Parallelism

Polysyndeton

Rhetorical Question

Understatement

Zeugma

2) Begin reading Grapes of Wrath. We'll discuss Chapters 1 & 2 on the first day back. The reading schedule is pretty intense, so you might want to get a couple of chapters ahead. Don't get too far ahead, though. It gets confusing because you know events that haven't happened yet and, eventually, you'll forget what you've read.

3) Submit your essay to The Oregonian. You can find the e-mail address on the Submissions Guideline page.  Be sure to paste your essay into the body of the e-mail and attach your document. Include me as a bcc (if you can) or a cc.

4) Begin considering your next essay, which is the Outline Essay. Develop one of your three outlines into an essay of 750-1000 words. I'll post the prompt on Friday.

Agenda, December 14

Due Now: Process Analysis Packet

Due Now: Outline for a C&C essay: multi-paragraph introduction; topic sentence for each paragraph; two supporting details for each paragraph; no conclusion; So What? explicitly stated at the bottom of the outline. Typed.
Due Thursday: Cause and Effect Packet
Due Friday: Process Analysis Outline OR Cause and Effect Outline. No intro - just a thesis, topic sentence for each paragraph; two bulleted details for each paragraph; well-developed conclusion. Typed.
Due Friday: Vocab 11

Info for the bibliography (all the packet texts come from the following anthology): Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition. Ed. Elizabeth Penfield. New York: Pearson Longman 2007  

1. Process Brainstorm. We must be quick!
2. Lingering "Raven" Questions?
3. Three essays; three organizations

Bonus Process Analysis Prompts! Woo hoo!

1. Put a positive spin on a negative behavior (how to lie, for example)
2. How to celebrate a holiday / honor a tradition / survive a family gathering

Agenda, December 13

Due Now: Comparison and Contrast Packet
Due Now: MC Practice #3. Finish the quiz without help, then use resources.

Due Wednesday: Process Analysis Packet

Due Wednesday: Outline for a C&C essay: multi-paragraph introduction; topic sentence for each paragraph; two supporting details for each paragraph; no conclusion; So What? explicitly stated at the bottom of the outline. Typed.
Due Thursday: Cause and Effect Packet
Due Friday: Process Analysis Outline OR Cause and Effect Outline. No intro - just a thesis, topic sentence for each paragraph; two bulleted details for each paragraph; well-developed conclusion. Typed.
Due Friday: Vocab 11

Info for the bibliography (all the packet texts come from the following anthology): Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition. Ed. Elizabeth Penfield. New York: Pearson Longman 2007  

1. MC Questions
2. C&C Brainstorm
3. "Playing House"
4. "The Raven"

Agenda, December 12

Due Now: Comparison and Contrast Packet
Due Tomorrow: MC Practice #3. Finish the quiz without help, then use resources.

Due Wednesday: Process Analysis Packet

Due Wednesday: Outline for a C&C essay: multi-paragraph introduction; topic sentence for each paragraph; two supporting details for each paragraph; no conclusion; So What? explicitly stated at the bottom of the outline. Typed.
Due Thursday: Cause and Effect Packet
Due Friday: Process Analysis Outline OR Cause and Effect Outline. No intro - just a thesis, topic sentence for each paragraph; two bulleted details for each paragraph; well-developed conclusion. Typed.
Due Friday: Vocab 11

Info for the bibliography (all the packet texts come from the following anthology): Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition. Ed. Elizabeth Penfield. New York: Pearson Longman 2007  

1. Storytime with Mr. Kline
2. C&C Brainstorm
3. "Playing House"
4. "The Raven"

Stolen from the Write Around Portland Website

Fall Reading & Anthology Release Party - Dec 16

Join us for a free reading to celebrate the release of our new book, Blueprint to My Backbone, featuring writers from our fall workshops for burn survivors, women in addiction treatment, people in assisted living, teen parents and many others.

Friday, Dec 16

6:30-8:30pm

First United Methodist Church, 1838 Jefferson St.

at the Goose Hollow TriMet MAX stop

Everyone is welcome. Free childcare available. The new books will be available for purchase (cash/check) and make great holiday gifts.

We'll be collecting new journals for writers in our 2012 workshops. (Please, no spiral notebooks or composition books.)

Call 503.796.9224 or visit Write Around Portland for more information.

Vocab Eleven (pun suggestions welcome)

I Will Survive

Words for the Strong Willed

Due Friday, December 16

1.     Assiduous

2.     Compelling

3.     Diligent

4.     Dogged

5.     Endure

6.     Intrepid

7.     Maverick

8.     Obdurate

9.     Obstinate

10.  Proliferate

11.  Tenacity

12.  Vitality

Agenda, December 9

Due Now: Vocab X

Due Now: Outline for a D&C essay: complete introduction; topic sentence for each paragraph; two supporting details for each paragraph; no conclusion; So What? explicitly stated at the bottom of the outline. Typed.

Due Monday: Comparison and Contrast Packet

Info for the bibliography (all the packet texts come from the following anthology): Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition. Ed. Elizabeth Penfield. New York: Pearson Longman 2007  

1. One more thing you can do without me
2. Vocab ?
3. Argument o' the Week: After a series of unsubstantiated accusations of sexual harassment and infidelity, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain suspended his campaign. Defend, qualify, or challenge his claim that “politics is a dirty game.”
4. We're making progress in discussions!
5. "Always, Always, Always," etc.

Agenda, December 8

Due Thursday: "The Plot Against People" and "Desert Religions" (in the D&C packet).

Due Friday: Outline for a D&C essay: complete introduction; topic sentence for each paragraph; two supporting details for each paragraph; no conclusion; So What? explicitly stated at the bottom of the outline. Typed.

Due Monday: Comparison and Contrast Packet
Due Friday: Vocab X

Info for the bibliography (all the packet texts come from the following anthology): Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition. Ed. Elizabeth Penfield. New York: Pearson Longman 2007  

1. Two things you can do without me
2. D&C Brainstorm: students, teachers, any subject divided into masculine and feminine, same subject, divided and classified any way
3. All three essays - What's the division? What are the classifications? What's the "So what?"
4. How to Organize Your Paper
5. "Always, Always, Always"

Agenda, A day that will live in infamy

Due Now: Final Draft of Oregonian Narrative. 400-500 Words. Include word count on the first page. Staple on top of 1st draft.
Due Now: Take notes on Division and Classification; Read "Always, Always, Always"
Due Now: "On Compassion," by Barbara Lazear Ascher, in 50 Essays. #21(ish) on your bib.

Due Thursday: "The Plot Against People" and "Desert Religions" (in the D&C packet).

Due Friday: Outline for a D&C essay: complete introduction; topic sentence for each paragraph; two supporting details for each paragraph; no conclusion; So What? explicitly stated at the bottom of the outline. Typed.
Due Friday: Vocab X

Info for the bibliography (all the packet texts come from the following anthology): Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition. Ed. Elizabeth Penfield. New York: Pearson Longman 2007  

1. Three crosses. Which one is right? How do you know?
2. A "Compassionate" Class discussion
3. D&C Questions
4. D&C Brainstorm: Customers, Drivers, Fans of a Specific Subject
5. "Always, Always, Always"

Agenda, December 6

Due Wednesday: Final Draft of Oregonian Narrative. 400-500 Words. Include word count on the first page.
Due Wednesday: Take notes on Division and Classification; Read "Always, Always, Always"
Due Now: A perfect score on your MC section. You may use resources, but work independently.
Due Now: "On Compassion," by Barbara Lazear Ascher, in 50 Essays. #21(ish) on your bib.

Due Friday: Vocab X

1. MC in groups
2. "On Compassion" Rhetorical Analysis Questions
3. A "Compassionate" Class discussion

If You're Still Searching for a Topic ...

Subject: Write about a time you needed help.

This morning, I wanted my daughter to help me rake the front yard. Did I need help? No. Was I incapable of doing the work myself? Nope. I just thought the work would be more fun with her company. As an added bonus, I could teach her some lame fatherly lesson about hard work and blah, blah, blah. (I'll skip the actual narrative, because this hypocrite doesn't have to write 500-700 words about this subject.)

So what?

We had a great time. I remembered raking leaves with my dad, and I thought about one day in the future, when Wrig will be out there doing yard work with her kids, thinking about me. For a brief period of time, I was reminded that I belong to something larger than myself or even my family. I am part of the fraternity of fathers (and mothers), who have a job far more significant and complex than I usually care to admit. (And I could go on, but I won't, because hopefully you get the idea. The whole point of the "So What?" is to make this essay matter to people who don't know you.)

I'm looking forward to reading your essays!

Agenda, December 5

Due Now: Oregonian Narrative, 500-700 words. Check you minimums.
Due Wednesday: Final Draft of Oregonian Narrative
Due Tomorrow: A perfect score on your MC section. You may use resources, but work independently.
Due Tomorrow: "On Compassion," by Barbara Lazear Ascher, in 50 Essays. #21(ish) on your bib.

1. Peer Review
2. Your editorials. I promise!
3. Multiple Choice Practice Section (15 minutes exactly)

Vocab X (Malcom's Distant Cousin)

Sittin’ on the Fence

Words for the Indecisive

Due Friday, 12/9

1.     Ambiguous

2.     Ambivalent

3.     Apathetic

4.     Arbitrary

5.     Capricious

6.     Equivocate

7.     Indifferent

8.     Spontaneous

9.     Whimsical

It’s a Small World, After All

Words for the Insignificant

10.  Inconsequential

11.  Superficial

12.  Tenuous

13.  Trivial

Agenda, December 2

Due Now: Read three of your editorials
Due Now: 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.

Sit with your groups! 

1. Topic Questions / Artistic License v. Fictionalizing / The Point of the Assignment
2. Vocab 9 Questions
3. As you think about your topics ...
4. Show, Don't Tell: I was frustrated; I was hesitant; I felt relieved.
5. Argument of the Week, pt. 1: What counts as evidence?
6. Argument of the Week, pt. 2: 
   Defend, Qualify, or Challenge: In order to become a well-rounded citizen, students must explore a wide variety of subjects, regardless of their natural inclinations. 10 minutes only. Write a scratch outline and start your intro.
7. Your editorials

If You're a Fan of Football

The following editorial about the BCS is an interesting example of an argument that might not be effective. Granted, Dan Wetzel has made a few more dollars than I have as a journalist, but sometimes opinion articles are intentionally abrasive to create controversy (and, therefore, increase readership).

Feel free to post a comment about the quality of his rhetoric.

"Illegitimate BCS Process Holds Game Hostage"