Agenda, April 1

• OCPoWriMo starts today! Send me a poem and I'll publish it here.
• Due Today: Motivational Speech 
• Due Monday, April 4: War Synthesis Outline. Instead of an introduction, state your claim (you don't need to know your claim before you begin writing your outline). For each body paragraph, write a complete topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed details. Your details could be direct quotes or the titles of sources you intend to quote or examples or supporting arguments.
• FYI: You will have homework on Monday night, but I can't give it to you in advance. It will take less than an hour.

Today's Agenda: 

1. Let's get motivated!
2. Questions about speeches / essays / forecasting
3. How do you make Joey Bada$$ sound credible?
4. Establishing sources revisited

Agenda, March 31

• Due Thursday / Friday: Motivational Speech 
• Due Monday, April 4: War Synthesis Outline. Instead of an introduction, state your claim (you don't need to know your claim before you begin writing your outline). For each body paragraph, write a complete topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed details. Your details could be direct quotes or the titles of sources you intend to quote or examples or supporting arguments.

Today's Agenda: 

1. Let's get motivated!
2. Questions about speeches / essays / forecasting
3. How do you make Joey Bada$$ sound credible?
4. Establishing sources revisited

Sorry about all the ads ...

... but this certainly offers an unusual perspective on justice, violence, and war.

"America's Obsession with Superman ..."

Agenda, March 30

• Due Wednesday / Thursday / Friday: Motivational Speech 
• Due Monday, April 4: War Synthesis Outline. Instead of an introduction, state your claim (you don't need to know your claim before you begin writing your outline). For each body paragraph, write a complete topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed details. Your details could be direct quotes or the titles of sources you intend to quote or examples or supporting arguments.

Today's Agenda: 

1. Should you find yourself feeling ill ...
2. Let's get motivated!
3. Questions about speeches / essays / forecasting
4. How do you make Joey Bada$$ sound credible?

Agenda, March 29

• Due Now: Excerpts from Octavian Nothing. 
• Due Wednesday / Thursday / Friday: Motivational Speech 
• Due Monday, April 4: War Synthesis Outline. Instead of an introduction, state your claim (you don't need to know your claim before you begin writing your outline). For each body paragraph, write a complete topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed details. Your details could be direct quotes or the titles of sources you intend to quote or examples or supporting arguments.

Today's Agenda: 

1. Should you find yourself feeling ill ...
2. Questions about speeches / essays
3. Citing Octavian
4. The three sentence intro
5. Open disco
6. Small group practice

The Order of Motivations

Wednesday:

1.     Kadin

2.     Catelyn

3.     Philip

4.     Sammy

5.     Luka

6.     Trova

7.     Hector

8.     Miranda

Thursday:

1.     Emma

2.     Keirsten

3.     Olivia

4.     Ali

5.     Emily

6.     Kameron

7.     Corinne

8.     Chloe

Friday:

1.     Caelyn

2.     Whitnie

3.     Abbey

4.     Alissa

5.     Maddy

6.     Becca

7.     Rebecca

8.     Alex

Agenda, March 28

• Due Now: Bring a hard copy of an image that would help you argue whether there's such a thing as a just war.
• Due Tomorrow: Excerpts from Octavian Nothing. 
• Due Thursday / Friday after break (we'll sign up later today): Motivational Speech 
• Due Monday, April 4: War Synthesis Outline. Instead of an introduction, state your claim (you don't need to know your claim before you begin writing your outline). For each body paragraph, write a complete topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed details. Your details could be direct quotes or the titles of sources you intend to quote or examples or supporting arguments.

Today's Agenda: 

1. Welcome back! Did anybody do anything interesting?
2. Questions about speeches / essays
3. The fickle finger of fate ...
4. How do you read an image?
5. Small group practice

Just a War Essay

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 definition is an important element of argument. 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. Four to seven pages. MLA format.

Minimums:

1) Two synthesis paragraphs.

2) Two sources from the classroom.

-       The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume I, by M.T. Anderson

-       “The Gettysburg Address,” by Abraham Lincoln (from The Language of Composition)

-       Henry V, Part I, by William Shakespeare (http://www.bartleby.com/70/2931.html)

-       “Remarks by the President at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize,” by Barack Obama 

 

-        Songs shared by your classmates.

-       Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo

3) At least three additional sources from your own research. Be sure your internet sources are reliable and college level. 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

-       Modern films

-       Popular songs

-       Personal experience

-       Something interesting that I haven’t thought of yet

4) An element of visual rhetoric. This could be an editorial cartoon or a chart or a graph or an image. Your image should be included in the body of the paper. 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 class, 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." Title of Album.  Name of Publishing Company, Year Recorded. Format.

Motivational Speech, 2016

Your task is to deliver a motivational speech in which you encourage your classmates to do (or stop doing) something. This is a formal speech, so you will need to stand on your own two feet and deliver your speech from note cards. The purpose of the note cards is to remind you of your organization. You should not write your entire speech on your note cards.
 
Your target length should be between three and five minutes, though the length of your speech will be determined by the content. You need to include each of the following rhetorical strategies in your presentation:

Motivational Speech Scoring Guide

_____ A series of analogies

_____ One or more allusions

_____ Personification

_____ An appeal to “national” pride

_____ An appeal to family pride

_____ Alliteration

_____ Inverted Syntax

_____ Hyperbole

_____ Antithesis

_____ Other rhetorical strategies

_____ Well prepared

_____ Well delivered

_____ Effective Argument

 

Agenda, March 18

• Due Now: "The Declaration of Independence," by Thomas Jefferson (in The Language of Composition).  
• Late: Submit your Outline Essay to the Lit Mag. Bring your hard copy (with all revisions) to class with you. Easiest 10 points of the term. Bring your JGHG with you, too.
• Due Monday, March 28: Bring a hard copy of an image that would help you argue whether there's such a thing as a just war.
• Due Tuesday, March 29: Excerpts from Octavian Nothing. 
• Due Thursday / Friday after break (we'll sign up on Monday): Motivational Speech 
• Due Monday, April 4: War Synthesis Outline. Details to follow. 

Today's Agenda: 

1. Portfolio Maintenance
2. Sticky Extrication
3. What wars do you know? 
4. The Three Sentence Intro
5. "The Declaration of Independence": Classically Appealing

Agenda, March 17

• Due Now: Henry V, Act III, sc. 1 and Henry V, Act IV, sc. iii, 24-72. Use any resources necessary to understand the context and the content of the speech; use your own keen intellect to accurately label the rhetorical strategies Shakespeare employs. When you cite these speeches, use the links provided; remember, if you found it on the web, cite it like a website. 
• Due Now: "The Declaration of Independence," by Thomas Jefferson (in The Language of Composition). 
• Due before the beginning of class tomorrow: Submit your Outline Essay to the Lit Mag. Bring your hard copy (with all revisions) to class with you. Easiest 10 points of the term. Bring your JGHG with you, too.
• Due Monday, March 28: Bring a hard copy of an image that would help you argue whether there's such a thing as a just war.
• Due Tuesday, March 29: Excerpts from Octavian Nothing. 
• Due Thursday / Friday after break(we'll sign up on Monday): Motivational Speech 
• Due Monday, April 4: War Synthesis Outline. Details to follow. 

Today's Agenda:

1. Shakespeare's Rhetoric Continued
2. Quoting Verse
3. Motivational Speech Brainstorm
4. I do declare!

Agenda, March 16

• Due Now: Henry V, Act III, sc. 1 and Henry V, Act IV, sc. iii, 24-72. Use any resources necessary to understand the context and the content of the speech; use your own keen intellect to accurately label the rhetorical strategies Shakespeare employs. When you cite these speeches, use the links provided; remember, if you found it on the web, cite it like a website. 
• Due Thursday: "The Declaration of Independence," by Thomas Jefferson (in The Language of Composition). 
• Due before the beginning of class on Friday: Submit your Outline Essay to the Lit Mag. Bring your hard copy (with all revisions) to class with you. Easiest 10 points of the term. Bring your JGHG with you, too.
• Due Monday, March 28: Bring a hard copy of an image that would help you argue whether there's such a thing as a just war.
• Due Tuesday, March 29: Excerpts from Octavian Nothing. 

Today's Agenda:

1. Obama's Style
2. Decoding Shakespeare
3. Shakespeare's Rhetoric

How to Submit to Lit Mag

1. Share your google doc with the Lit Mag and with me.
2. In the e-mail that accompanies your attachment, include your name and your first period teacher. You should also include a brief summary of your piece and an explanation of why your piece is a good fit for the Lit Mag.
3. Proofread like crazy. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are particularly important in a cover letter.

Here's an example:
Dear Editors,

My name is Ed Kline, and my first period teacher is Mr. Kline. I have shared my essay, "Why Do We Have To Do This?" for your consideration. This essay is a thoughtful exploration of the ridiculous things teachers ask us to do and a righteous challenge to their arbitrary authority. The students of OCHS will appreciate this essay for its candor and its accurate depiction of our daily miseries.

Please let me know if you have any difficulties opening the doc.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Ed Kline

Agenda, March 15

Due Now: Obama Nobel
Due Tomorrow (Yikes!): Henry V, Act III, sc. 1 and Henry V, Act IV, sc. iii, 24-72. Use any resources necessary to understand the context and the content of the speech; use your own keen intellect to accurately label the rhetorical strategies Shakespeare employs. When you cite these speeches, use the links provided; remember, if you found it on the web, cite it like a website.
Due Thursday: "The Declaration of Independence," by Thomas Jefferson (in The Language of Composition)
Due before the beginning of class on Friday: Submit your Outline Essay to the Lit Mag. Bring your hard copy (with all revisions) to class with you. Easiest 10 points of the term.

Today's Agenda:

1. Submission Guidelines 
2. The three sentence introduction
3. Search and Destroy Obama's Rhetoric
4. Obama's Style

Agenda, March 14

• Due Today: 1987 Multiple Choice Corrected
• Due Today: Obama's Nobel Acceptance Speech (in Bibliography too!)
• Due Friday before class begins: Outline Essay to OCHS Literary Magazine (feel free to keep revising and conferencing)

 
Agenda

1. MC Review
2. A Nobel Discussion
3. One last thing . . . 

Agenda, March 10

• Due Monday: 1987 Multiple Choice Corrected
• Due Monday: Obama's Nobel Acceptance Speech (in Bibliography too!)
• Due Next Friday before class begins: Outline Essay to OCHS Literary Magazine (feel free to keep revising and conferencing)
• Due today before 3:30: Pay for your AP tests in accounting. If you need financial assistance, see Mr. Kline after class.

 
Agenda

1. Some reminders
2. Song Speeches

Agenda, March 8

• Due Now:The title of the song you will be speaking about
• Due Now: "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln (The Language of Composition, 1035-36
• Due This Week: Song Speech
• Remember: Lyrics to me 48 hours in advance (if you want copies)
• My contact info: stolstrup10@georgefox.edu 

 
Agenda

1. Some reminders
2. Song Speeches
3. Whole Class "Address"

Agenda, March 7

• Due Now:The title of the song you will be speaking about
• Due Now: "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln (The Language of Composition, 1035-36
• Due This Week: Song Speech
• Remember: Lyrics to me 48 hours in advance (if you want copies)
• My contact info: stolstrup10@georgefox.edu 

 
Agenda

1. What's your song?
2. Song Speeches
3. Multiple Choice

Agenda, March 4

• Due Now: Argumentative Timed Write
• Due Now: Outline Essay Revisions 
• Due Monday:The title of the song you will be speaking about
• Due Monday: "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln (The Language of Composition, 1035-36
• Due Next Week: Song Speech
• Remember: Lyrics to me 48 hours in advance (if you want copies)
• My contact info: stolstrup10@georgefox.edu 

 
Agenda

1. Kline Announcements
2. Argue away