Vocab Styx

Overkill

Words for Going too Far

Due Wednesday, February 18

OPTIONAL: 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 word. 

REQUIRED: Post one sentence as a comment below. The sentence you post must begin with an introductory clause that begins with the word "Although."

Extra Credit (in the form of my eternal admiration): Post a sentence that includes an allusion to Greek mythology OR the 70s/80s era band Styx.

1. ebullience
2. effusive 
3. egregiously
4. flagrant
5. frenetic
6. gratuitous
7. superfluous

Agenda, February 9

Due Now: Division and Classification Packet. Put it on your Bib.      
Due Now: Compare and Contrast Outline. Typed (single space okay).  
Due Now: Post a comment; include a colon. 
Due Wednesday: Cause and Effect Packet. Bib it.
Due Thursday: Division and Classification Outline. Write your claim where your introduction would go, followed by a topic sentence and two supporting details for each body paragraph. You need a minimum of four body paragraphs. Write a complete conclusion.     
Due Tuesday, 2/17: Poor Synthesis Paper         

1. SAT QOD
2. MC Disco
3. Vocab Disco
4. D&C Brainstorm
5. D&C Disco

Agenda, February 6

Due Monday: Division and Classification Packet. Put it on your Bib.    
Due Monday: Compare and Contrast Outline. Typed (single space okay). Multi-paragraph introduction, followed by a topic sentence and two supporting details for each body paragraph. You need a minimum of four body paragraphs. Where you would ordinarily type your conclusion, write a one sentence purpose statement.   
Due Monday: Post a comment; include a colon.  
Due Tuesday, 2/17: Poor Synthesis Paper         

1. SAT QOD
2. Practice MC
3. Argument o' the Week
4. Quothe "The Raven"

Agenda, February 5

Due Now: Compare and Contrast Packet. Bib it.   Due Now: Process Analysis Outline.  
Due Monday: Division and Classification Packet. Put it on your Bib.  
Due Monday: Compare and Contrast Outline. Typed (single space okay). Multi-paragraph introduction, followed by a topic sentence and two supporting details for each body paragraph. You need a minimum of four body paragraphs. Where you would ordinarily type your conclusion, write a one sentence purpose statement. 
Due Monday: Post a comment; include a colon.
Due Tuesday, 2/17: Poor Synthesis Paper         

1. SAT QOD
2. Compare and Contrast Brainstorm
3. The Whole Class Plays House
4. Quothe "The Raven"

Agenda, February 4

Due Now: Compare and Contrast Packet. Bib it.  
Due Thursday: Process Analysis Outline. Typed (single space okay). Multi-paragraph introduction, followed by a topic sentence and two supporting details for each body paragraph. You need a minimum of four body paragraphs. Where you would ordinarily type your conclusion, write a one sentence purpose statement. 
Due Monday: Division and Classification Packet. Put it on your Bib.
Due Monday: Compare and Contrast Outline       

1. SAT QOD
2. Compare and Contrast Brainstorm
3. Why does Barry abandon "Step Two"?
4. A Woman's Structure
5. The Whole Class Plays House

Agenda, February 3

Due Now: Vocab Fore!  
Due Now: Process Analysis Packet.  
Due Wednesday: Compare and Contrast Packet  
Due Thursday: Process Analysis Outline. Typed (single space okay). Multi-paragraph introduction, followed by a topic sentence and two supporting details for each body paragraph. You need a minimum of four body paragraphs. Where you would ordinarily type your conclusion, write a one sentence purpose statement.      

1. SAT QOD
2. 9.5 sentences to ponder
3. Process Analysis Brainstorm
4. Three Essays to Choose From

Poor, Poor Synthesis

Poor Synthesis Essay

Due Tuesday, February 17^th

Question: What, if anything, is society’s obligation to the poor? Using several of the pieces we have read in this unit, as well as your own personal experiences, reading, and research, explain how and why society at large ought (or ought not) to help those who can’t help themselves. Support your thesis with direct quotations from multiple texts (a minimum of three sources from class, plus one additional source from independent research), properly formatted in MLA style.

This paper will require you to define some key terms: society, obligation, and poor. We’ve read a number of models of authors using a variety of techniques to define complex terms. Quoting the dictionary is rarely necessary or effective. If you do quote the dictionary, you don’t need to cite it.

Typed. Double Spaced. Twelve point. No blank lines between paragraphs, except to indicate a major shift in tone or setting. Four – seven pages. Don’t forget a title.

Required:

• Three rhetorical strategies from The Virtual Salt, underlined and labeled (handwritten labels are acceptable, as are footnotes).
• A minimum of three sources from class.
• A minimum of one additional, college-level source from independent research.
• A minimum of two synthesis paragraphs.
• Properly formatted Works Cited Page.

Suggested: Consider the tone you want to set from the outset. Narrative openings emphasize pathos. Openings filled with stats and facts emphasize logos. What is the most effective tone for you to employ?

Audience: 1) “Society.”  2) Yourself.

Purpose: 1) To suggest a plan of action for the future. 2) To convince “society” to embrace your plan.

How to approach this paper:

·      Define your key terms.

·      Develop an opinion on this subject.

·      Gather evidence (from our texts and from research) to support your opinion. This is an argument; therefore, personal experience is valid evidence and first person is an acceptable POV.

·      Consider counter arguments.

·      Craft an outline.

·      Create clear, defensible topic sentences.

·      Draft paragraphs with two quotations to support your topic sentences.

·      Draft paragraphs with an eye towards ethos, pathos, and logos.

·      Proofread to ensure your quotations are properly formatted and cited. For this essay, “you will need to include the author’s name in your parenthetical citation” (Kline 1).

·      Create your Works Cited page.

Go Get Your Gun

In a few weeks, we'll begin reading our next novel: Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo. Unfortunately, we don't have a copy for every kid. There are two things you can do now to solve this problem:

1. Buy your own copy (online or at a local bookstore).
2. Download a copy of the .pdf from this website. You'll need to print it or be able to access it electronically for class.

Vocab Five

OPTIONAL: 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. 

NOT OPTIONAL: Post one sentence as a comment; the sentence you post must include a properly punctuated colon. I repeat: your sentence must include a properly punctuated colon. You only need to post one sentence for the week, not one for each list.

You Say You Want a Revolution?

Words for the Downtrodden

Due Febraury 9

1. alienated

2. alliance

3. disparity

4. servile

5. suppressed

You are so Beautiful

Words for the Interior Decorator

6. embellish

7. florid

8. opulent

9. ornate

10. ostentatious

11. poignant

Agenda, February 2

Due Now: "How to Restore the American Dream," by Fareed Zakaria, in Language. Bib it.        
Due Now: Optional Revision of Education Essay. Highlight the changes, etc.        
Due Now: Vocab Fore!
Due Now: Process Analysis Packet. Take two different kinds of notes. Add the three essays to your Bibliography, but NOT the chapter introduction. The essays are from the collection Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition.You can find the necessary information on the Bibliography Notes page. 
Due Wednesday: Compare and Contrast Packet
Due Thursday: Process Analysis Outline. Typed (single space okay). Multi-paragraph introduction, followed by a topic sentence and two supporting details for each body paragraph. You need a minimum of four body paragraphs. Where you would ordinarily type your conclusion, write a one sentence purpose statement.      

1. SAT QOD
2. Multiple Choice Practice is moving to Friday!
3. 10 minutes on structure in "American Dream"
4. Process Analysis Brainstorm
5. "Runner"