Agenda, April 13

Due Thursday: RA Packet
Due Thursday: Argumentative Packet
Due Friday: Vocab 9 -11. Be sure to post.


Sudden change in plans: Practice Exam Friday (12:00 - 3:30). Come prepared. Two pencils, two pens, a watch, no food, no cell phones.

1. Argu-no-e-ment Timed Write (last one 'til Friday!)
2. The Ridiculist

• Add Ibid and Op. Cit. 
• Find your Bibliography. Print a new one if you need to.

Agenda, April 12

Due Thursday: RA Packet
Due Thursday: Argumentative Packet
Due Friday: Vocab 9 -11. Be sure to post.

1. Democracy in Action: Practice Exam Friday (12:00 - 3:30) or Saturday (8:00 - 11:30)? Majority rules.
2. MC Practice (12 Minutes)
3. Rhetorical Analysis Timed Write (45 minutes). Focus on the effect.

Vocab 9 - 11

Define the words you need to define. Write a sentence for each of those words. Post one sentence from each list (9, 10, and 11).

Vocab 9

Sittin’ on the Fence

Words for the Indecisive

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

1.     Inconsequential

2.     Superficial

3.     Tenuous

4.     Trivial

Vocab 10

I Will Survive

Words for the Strong Willed

1.     Assiduous

2.     Compelling

3.     Diligent

4.     Dogged

5.     Endure

6.     Intrepid

7.     Maverick

8.     Obdurate

9.     Obstinate

10.  Proliferate

11.  Tenacity

12.  Vitality

 

Vocab 11

Go With the Flow

Words for the Weak Willed

1.     Assimilation

2.     Consensus

3.     Context

4.     Derived

5.     Incumbent

6.     Inevitable

7.     Malleable

8.     Subdue

Feeling at Home

Words for the Comfortable

1.     Inherent

2.     Innate

3.     Inveterate

4.     Omnipotent

5.     Proximity

Agenda, April 11

Due Now: Argument: Chapter 8, 18, and 19 
Due Wednesday at 2 pm: Go to the auditorium to pre-register. 
Due Friday: Vocab 9 - 11 

This Saturday: Practice Exam. Doors open at 7:30. Close at 7:55. Fun begins at 8:00.

1. Special Guests! (he said hopefully)
2. Multiple Choice Practice (24 mins)
3. Argument Discussion
4. Rhetorical Analysis Advice

Agenda, April 8

Due Now: Synthesis Packet
Due Now: Vocab 8
Due Now: A Perfect Score on your Multiple Choice Practice
Due Monday: Argument: Chapter 8, 18, and 19 

1. Vocab Sharing
2. Synthesis Calibration
3. Synthesis Scoring
4. Rhetorical Analysis Hints

Agenda, April 7

Due Now: Synthesis Packet
Due Tomorrow: Vocab 8
Due Tomorrow: A Perfect Score on your Multiple Choice Practice
Due Monday: Argument: Chapter 8, 18, and 19

1. Multiple Choice Practice (12 minutes)
2. Argument, Ch. 7 (Hard Evidence v. Reasoning; Syllogisms; USA Today)
3. Wrap up Arguments
4. Synth. Callibration and Scoring

Agenda, April 6

Due Tomorrow: Read and score Synthesis Packet
Due Tomorrow: Bring Everything's an Argument
Due Friday: Vocab 8
Due Monday: Argument, Ch. 8, 18, and 19

1. Forecasting Questions
2. Rhetorical Scoring Wrap Up
3. Argumentative Scoring Wrap Up
4. Multiple Choice Practice

Agenda, April 5

Due Thursday: Read and score synthesis essays
Due Thursday: Bring Everything's an Argument
Due Friday: Vocab 8
Due Monday, April 11: Everything's an Argument, Ch 8, Ch 18 & 19

1. Quiz Style Seating, Please
2. Synthesis Strategies
3. Synthesis Timed Write
4. OCPoWriMo as time allows

Agenda, April 4

Due Now: Hmmm ... I forget. Something big, I think, but I'm not sure.
Due Now: Everything's an Argument, Ch 4-7
Due Wednesday: Bring Everything's an Argument
Due Friday: Vocab 8
Due Monday, April 11: Everything's an Argument, Ch 8, Ch 18 & 19


Saturday, April 16: Practice exam. Doors open at 7:30. Doors close at 7:55. Test begins at 8:00. Bring pencils and pens.

1. A hearty congratulations!
2. Argument Discussion
3. Argument scoring

Hungry? Try Vocab Ate

Crafty, Crafty

Words for Sneaking Around

Due Friday, April Ate

Provide the definition of the following words. Include the dictionary definition and a translation of the dictionary definition into your own words. Write an original sentence for each. Post one sentence as a comment.

1.     Astute

2.     Clandestine

3.     Coup

4.     Disingenuous

5.     Ruse

6.     Stratagem

7.     Surreptitiously

8.     Wary

9.     Wily