Agenda, April 9

• Due Wednesday, April 11: Submit an essay to the Lit Mag and bring your hard copy to me.
• Coming Friday, April 20: Semi-optional practice exam after school.
• Due Monday, April 23: Just a War Essay.  

Today's Agenda:

1. Per 5: Makeup speeches
2. What's the test like?
3. Talk through some argumentative prompts
4. How much homework do you want?

Agenda, April 6

• Due Now: Motivational Speeches.
• Due Wednesday, April 11: Submit an essay to the Lit Mag and bring your hard copy to me.
• Coming Friday, April 20: Semi-optional practice exam after school.
• Due Monday, April 23: Just a War Essay.  

Today's Agenda:

1. 5 minutes rehearsal time
2. Motivate me!
3. Introducing ...

Agenda, April 5

• Due Now: Motivational Speeches.
• Due Wednesday, April 11: Submit an essay to the Lit Mag and bring your hard copy to me.
• Coming Friday, April 20: Semi-optional practice exam after school.
• Due Monday, April 23: Just a War Essay.  

Today's Agenda:

1. 5 minutes rehearsal time
2. Motivate me!
3. 10 sentences

Some questions that might guide your argument ...

1. What is your definition of justice?
2. What type of warfare are you writing about?
3. What does a just war look like?
4. What are the alternatives?
5. What is the reason behind the war? Consider both/multiple points of view.
6. Who started the war?
7. How is the war fought?
8. Who is fighting the war? Did the people choose to fight?
9. What are the benefits? Who reaps the benefits?
10. What are the costs? Who pays the costs?
11. What is the impact of the war on those who fight? on civilians?
12. What is the outcome of the war? Do the ends justify the means?

Agenda, April 4

• Due Thursday, April 5: Motivational Speeches.
• Due Wednesday, April 11: Submit an essay to the Lit Mag and bring your hard copy to me.
• Coming Friday, April 20: Semi-optional practice exam after school.
• Due Monday, April 23: Just a War Essay.  

Today's Agenda:

1. A note about notecards
2. Laptop time
3. 10 sentences

How to Submit to Lit Mag

Due by the beginning of class on Wednesday, April 11.
 
1. Send your document as an e-mail attachment to the Lit Mag; include me as a cc or bcc. Please use an e-mail account that you check.   
2. In the e-mail that accompanies your attachment, include your name and your Advisory 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. And proofread. Then, proofread again. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are particularly important in a cover letter. 
4. When you have submitted your essay, return the hard copy to me. I will enter your score when I receive your hard copy.  
 
Here's an example of a cover letter:

Dear Editors,
 
My name is Ed Kline, and my Advisory 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

50 Wars You Might Research

1.     WW I

2.     The Emu War

3.     The War in Heaven

4.     The Cold War

5.     Spanish Civil War

6.     Gulf War

7.     Korean War

8.     The Battle of Thermopylae

9.     Civil War (Cuban)

10. French and Indian War

11. Franco-Prussian War

12. Six-Day War

13. WW II

14. Russo-Japanese War

15. Civil War (American)

16. Vietnam

17. The War on Sex Trafficking

18. Revolutionary War

19. The First Persian Gulf War

20. Syrian Civil War

21. 100 Years War

22. The Crusades

23. French Revolution

24. Russian Revolution

25. Campaigns of Moses and Joshua (Biblical)

26. Civil War (Sudan)

27. Sino-Tibetan War

28. Revolutionary War of India

29. Chechnyan War

30. Spanish-American War

31. Mexican-American War

32. Afghanistan

33. Seven Years War

34. War on Drugs

35. PTSD

36. War of 1812

37. Battle of Gettysburg

38. The Boxer Rebellion

39. Body v. illness

40. War on Terror

41. Peloponnesian War

42. Athenian War

43. Falklands

44. Punic Wars

45. Trojan War

46. Bay of Pigs

47. Armenian genocide

48. Zulu Wars

49. The 100 Years War

50. Rwandan genocide

Agenda, April 3

• Due Tomorrow: Excerpts from Octavian Nothing. Bibliographical info is on the handout.
• Due Thursday, April 5: Motivational Speeches.
• Coming Tomorrow: Research day for Just War essays. Use it wisely.
• Coming Friday, April 20: Semi-optional practice exam after school.
• Due Monday, April 23: Just a War Essay.  

Today's Agenda:

1. "The Declaration of Independence": Justified?
2. Octavian Nothing: Just?
3. 10 sentences

Presentation Order

Per 4

Thursday:

1. Ari

2. Lucas

3. Brandon

4. Kat

5. Nemo

6. Linnea

7. Christina

8. Ian

9. Ravyn

10. Nicole

11. Jada

12. Kristen

Friday:

1. Maggie

2. Dean

3. Dominic

4. Joel

5. Xander

6. Gabriel

7. Dylan

8. Kylie

9. Evan S

10. Alissa

11. Matti

12. Isabella

Per 5

Thursday:

1. Josh

2. Haley

3. Baileigh

4. Paxton

5. Evan D

6. Lillie

7. Evan B

8. Isaac

9. Brisa

10. Saul

11. Savonn

Friday:

1. Ashley

2. Riley

3. Roxann

4. Noah

5. Adam

6. Brooke

7. Mitchell

8. Andrew

9. Caitlin

10. Keeley

11. Camille

12. Sarah

13. Rachael

Agenda, April 2

• Due Now: Bring a hard copy of an image about war (black and white is fine). This could be a photograph, a piece of artwork, or a political cartoon. 
• Due Tomorrow: Excerpts from Octavian Nothing. Bibliographical info is on the handout.
• Due Thursday, April 5: Motivational Speeches.
• Coming Friday, April 20: Semi-optional practice exam after school. 

Today's Agenda:

1. Just vs. Justified
2. How many wars have there been?
3. Motivational Speech Sign Up
4. Image as Evidence
5. Rhetorically analyzing an image